Megan McGhee
Overland Park,KS
Summary
Professional healthcare provider with background in pediatric surgery and critical care. Adept at delivering high-quality patient care, ensuring adherence to medical protocols, and collaborating effectively with multidisciplinary teams. Skilled in preoperative and postoperative care, patient education, and communication. Known for reliability, adaptability, and results-driven approach to patient outcomes.
Overview
18
18
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification
Work History
General Surgery Nurse Practitioner
Children's Mercy Hospital and Clinics
02.2023 - Current
- Provides comprehensive, evidence-based advanced practice nursing care based on the physiologic, psychosocial, and developmental needs of patients and families within the framework of the collaborative practice agreement
- Formulates a holistic plan of care, integrating the physiologic, psychosocial, safety, developmental, and educational needs of patients and families.
- Prescribes and performs diagnostic and therapeutic interventions and procedures.
- Utilizes technologies to effectively provide high quality patient care.
- Clearly communicates the plan of care to patients and families, facilitating communication with the interdisciplinary team.
- Evaluates diagnostic findings and the patient’s progress toward expected outcomes.
- Utilizes principles of teaching and learning to meet the educational needs of patients and families.
- Provides patients and families with professional and community resource information, making referrals as needed.
Critical Care Charge Nurse
Children's Mercy Hospital and Clinics
08.2017 - 02.2023
- Provides advanced illness management and health promotion for patients requiring critical care.
- Utilizes knowledge of scientific principles to provide safe, high quality, comprehensive, family-centered and age-appropriate nursing care for patients requiring critical care management.
- Provides patient and family education, advocate for complex needs of critically ill children and coordinate patient care with the multidisciplinary team.
- Collaborates with the unit and hospital staff, Nursing Director team, Nursing Supervisor, families, physicians, and other members of the multidisciplinary team to provide critical care.
- Responsible for management and flow of a combined 67 bed PICU/CICU department.
- Provides family-centered care, support and advocacy for patients, families, and staff.
- Assisted in integration and design of the new CICU department.
- Consistently leads departments lean huddles.
- Provides performance evaluations and growth of 10-15 staff nurses.
Registered Nurse, Intensive Care Unit
Children's Mercy Hospital and Clinics
08.2013 - 02.2023
- Provides comprehensive care to critically ill medical, surgical, and cardiovascular patients.
- Respond efficiently and promptly to rapid changes in patient condition.
- Development; managed execution of care plans and patient evaluations.
- Utilized strong critical thinking skills newborn to 21 years old in a 67 bed PICU/CICU department.
- Work collaboratively with a multidisciplinary team on patient care plan.
Registered Nurse, Intensive Care Unit
American Mobile Healthcare
10.2012 - 08.2013
- Collaboration with the multidisciplinary team on care plan management.
- Comprehensive family-centered care provided to pediatric intensive care patients ages newborn to 21 years.
- Pediatric Intensive Care Unit Traveler at Children's Mercy
Registered Nurse, Intensive Care Unit
Cross Country Travel Corps
05.2010 - 10.2012
- Interim staff nurse in pediatric intensive care departments at Kaiser Permanente Hospital, Dell Children's, Boston Children's Hospital, and American Family Children's Hospital.
- Managed care from admission to discharge.
Registered Nurse, Float Pool
St. Louis Children's Hospital
06.2007 - 05.2010
- Care for pediatric patients on a general medicine inpatient unit for 12 months followed by a position in the critical care float pool.
- Provided care in the Critical Care Float Pool: PICU, NICU, CICU, ED
- Managed care from admission to discharge.
Education
Master of Science - Pediatric Nurse Practitioner- Primary Care
The University of Missouri
Kansas City, MO12.2022
Bachelor of Science - Nursing
The University of Missouri
St. Louis, MO05.2008
Associate of Science - Nursing
Goldfarb School of Nursing At Barnes-Jewish College
St Louis, MO05.2006
Certification
- Certified Pediatric Nurse Practitioner-Primary Care, PNCB 2/2/2023-2/28/2026
- Nurse Practitioner - MO, United States State License Number: 2023005434 Expires: Feb 28, 2025 National Provider Identifier Number: 1518661537
- Nurse Practitioner - KS, United States State License Number: 53-82033-061 Expires: Jun 30, 2025 National Provider Identifier Number: 1518661537
- Critical Care Registered Nurse (CCRN), AACN, 2016-Present
- Licensed Kansas Registered Nurse Multi-state #14-118582-061, 2012-Present
- Pediatric Advance Life Support (PALS) Instructor, 2017-Present
- Pediatric Advance Life Support (PALS) Provider, 2010-Present
- Trauma Nursing Core Course (TNCC) Provider, 2010-9/30/2025
- Basic Life Support (BLS) Provider, 2006-Present
Professional Memberships
American Association of Critical Care Nurses, 2016-Present
Timeline
General Surgery Nurse Practitioner
Children's Mercy Hospital and Clinics
02.2023 - Current
Critical Care Charge Nurse
Children's Mercy Hospital and Clinics
08.2017 - 02.2023
Registered Nurse, Intensive Care Unit
Children's Mercy Hospital and Clinics
08.2013 - 02.2023
Registered Nurse, Intensive Care Unit
American Mobile Healthcare
10.2012 - 08.2013
Registered Nurse, Intensive Care Unit
Cross Country Travel Corps
05.2010 - 10.2012
Registered Nurse, Float Pool
St. Louis Children's Hospital
06.2007 - 05.2010
- Certified Pediatric Nurse Practitioner-Primary Care, PNCB 2/2/2023-2/28/2026
- Nurse Practitioner - MO, United States State License Number: 2023005434 Expires: Feb 28, 2025 National Provider Identifier Number: 1518661537
- Nurse Practitioner - KS, United States State License Number: 53-82033-061 Expires: Jun 30, 2025 National Provider Identifier Number: 1518661537
- Critical Care Registered Nurse (CCRN), AACN, 2016-Present
- Licensed Kansas Registered Nurse Multi-state #14-118582-061, 2012-Present
- Pediatric Advance Life Support (PALS) Instructor, 2017-Present
- Pediatric Advance Life Support (PALS) Provider, 2010-Present
- Trauma Nursing Core Course (TNCC) Provider, 2010-9/30/2025
- Basic Life Support (BLS) Provider, 2006-Present
Master of Science - Pediatric Nurse Practitioner- Primary Care
The University of Missouri
Bachelor of Science - Nursing
The University of Missouri
Associate of Science - Nursing
Goldfarb School of Nursing At Barnes-Jewish College
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