Mary Elizabeth Gracia
Boise,Idaho
Summary
Experienced professional seeking a position to leverage expertise and continue professional development. Committed to achieving success and expanding knowledge. Dedicated to contributing skills and abilities to organizational growth and success. Striving to make a valuable impact aligned with professional goals.
Overview
11
11
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification
Work History
Lead RN - St Luke's Urology
St. Luke’s Health System
10.2022 - Current
- Provide direct supervision for 3 Adult Urological clinics
- Onboarded new employees through orientation meetings and training sessions before deployment to permanent assigned clinic.
- Reviewed staffing patterns, to meet Provider/patient care needs. Developed and distributed nursing assignments for clinical staff for individual and group tasks.
- Enforced nursing practice standards and collaborated with Nurse Manager to facilitate unit and institution policies and procedures to boost medical care quality.
- Developed and distributed nursing assignments for unit employees that outlined individual and group tasks.
- Provide care to patients in adult specialty clinics, Urology, Same Day Clinic, Cardiology and Urgent Care service lines.
- Updated patient charts with data such as medications to keep records current and support accurate treatments.
- Educated patients, families and caregivers on diagnosis and prognosis, treatment options, disease process, and management and lifestyle options.
- Conducted routine facility inspections, identifying areas needing improvement and eliminating hazards posed to staff and residents for continued compliance with associated regulations.
- Spearheaded and implemented new projects to expand scope of engagement.
Heart Center Cardiology Program Operations Supervisor
The Children’s Hospital of San Antonio Heart Center
03.2021 - 11.2022
- Supervise scheduling staff and oversee process for Non-Invasion Cardiology procedures, EP, and Heart Catheterizations
- Manage and update databases for Fetal Cardiology, Coronary Clinic and Society of Thoracic Surgeons (STS)
- Collaborate with Cardiology, Anesthesia services, OR scheduling team, PICU, and NICU when scheduling in-patient and urgent, surgical and/or non-invasive procedures
- Manage patients and schedule for the Anomalous Coronary Artery clinic
- Facilitate and prepare for monthly Coronary program conference
- Collaborate with Fetal Cardiology staff to facilitate patient care
- Initiate and establish insurance authorizations for CT surgery team
- Facilitate patient logistics for outlying families
- Cultivated positive relationships with vendors to deliver timely and cost-effective supply of services and materials.
- Maintained database systems to track and analyze operational data.
- Gathered, organized and input information into digital database.
- Applied strong leadership talents and problem-solving skills to maintain team efficiency and organize workflows.
- Solicited customer feedback to identify and improve on areas of weakness.
Heart Center Coordinator
The Children’s Hospital of San Antonio Heart Center
10.2013 - 03.2022
- Coordinate and schedule surgical procedures in collaboration with CT surgeons, Mid-level providers, Cardiology department, and other service lines as needed
- Acquire and distribute patient information needed for patient care
- Initiate and establish insurance authorizations
- Initiate and establish durable medical equipment, home care and in-home therapy for our patients when needed
- Collaborate with Child Life, Spiritual Life, Social Work, Case Management, NICU and PICU coordinators to meet the patient’s and family’s needs
- Patient care – provide and teach wound care, remove AV wires, chest tubes, and other needs that arise
- Created and maintain discharge teaching program in collaboration with mid-level providers and surgeons
- Provide discharge teaching & wound care teaching
- Facilitate Maternal Fetal (MFM) patient care in collaboration with the Patient Care coordinator and Cardiology team
- Established and maintain The Heart Center Support Group in collaboration with Mid-level providers, Child Life, Social Workers, CHEF Teaching Kitchen team, and Heart Center Administration
- Coordinate and conduct quarterly meetings, annual reunion and holiday events
- Outreach to outlying hospitals and communities that do not have Cardiology or Cardiothoracic service lines
- Assist in Mid-level student orientation and teaching.
Education
Bachelor of Science in Nursing -
University of the Incarnate Word
San Antonio, TXAssociate Degree in Nursing -
North Harris Community College School of Nursing
City, STSkills
- Clinical judgment
- Pediatric Advanced Life Support
- Advanced Life Support
- Basic Life Support
- Precepting
- Unit Administration
- Case Management
- Wound Care
- Nursing staff leadership
- Data Collection
- Patient Management
Certification
Pediatric Nursing Certification Board - Certified Pediatric Nurse, 06/2018 - present
Committees
- Patient and Family Centered Steering Committee, 07/2017 - 11/04/2022
- Facility Joint Nursing Council - Co-chair, 09/2018 - 11/04/2022
- Member of the Society of Pediatric Cardiovascular Nurses, 06/2017 - 11/04/2023
- Member of American Nurses Association, 01/2022 - Present
- Care Council Chairperson 01/24 - present
Bilingual - Languages
- English
- Spanish
Languages
English
Native or Bilingual
Spanish
Professional Working
Timeline
Lead RN - St Luke's Urology
St. Luke’s Health System
10.2022 - Current
Heart Center Cardiology Program Operations Supervisor
The Children’s Hospital of San Antonio Heart Center
03.2021 - 11.2022
Heart Center Coordinator
The Children’s Hospital of San Antonio Heart Center
10.2013 - 03.2022
Bachelor of Science in Nursing -
University of the Incarnate Word
Associate Degree in Nursing -
North Harris Community College School of Nursing
Pediatric Nursing Certification Board - Certified Pediatric Nurse, 06/2018 - present
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