Michelle Allen
523 Breezeway Dr. Pearl City
Summary
Illinois State Board Certified Registered Nurse with over 14 years of experience delivering high-quality care to patients in Obstetrics and Neonatal care units. Proven leader effective at uniting and guiding nursing teams toward achieving patient care goals, improving satisfaction and continuously supporting wide-spread healthcare system improvements. Focused on continuously advancing expertise while driving innovation, collaboration, and education.
Overview
19
19
years of professional experience
Work History
Registered Nurse/Charge Nurse, NICU
SwedishAmerican Hospital
Rockford
08.2019 - Current
- Collaborate with providers and families to provide high quality critical care to infants.
- Educate families on the diagnoses, treatment, and the continuing care of their infant, as well as assist with individualized discharge planning needs.
- Support families through clear communication focused on individual needs; based on cultural diversity and beliefs.
- Coordinate care with multidisciplinary team to prepare for treatment, execute interventions and enhance continuum of care.
- Organize and delegate tasks during high-pressure situations to ensure safe and efficient patient care.
- Evaluate patient acuity for staffing assignments according to guidelines to promote proper care for patients.
- Assess the unit patients continuously from admission to discharge and ensure clear, communication to oncoming care team.
- Utilize professional nursing skills and critical thinking to provide holistic care to the at-risk newborn.
- Establish and maintain collaborative working relationships between multidisciplinary team members.
Nursing Operations Leader
FHN - Freeport Health Network
Freeport
03.2015 - 08.2019
- Thrived in leadership role by utilizing personal strengths including organization, time management, clear communication and follow through to ensure meeting of expectations.
- Addressed unit staffing concerns, including nurse-patient staffing ratios, resource management, allocation of responsibilities and optimized workload management.
- Provided clinical leadership and oversight to inpatient LDRP Obstetrics unit and OB-GYN office practice.
- Managed women's service line workflow to meet patient needs and enhance patient and staff satisfaction.
- Maintained nursing skills and competencies to provide safe patient care according to patient demand and staffing needs.
- Participated in continuing education programs to maintain competence and currency in nursing role.
Registered Nurse
Freeport Health Network
Freeport
08.2007 - 05.2015
- Supported new mother through labor and delivery process, postpartum changes, breastfeeding and newborn care.
- Completed timely, thorough documentation of maternal and neonatal care, assessments, and interventions.
- Provided complex and complete nursing care to infants requiring a higher level of care in addition to coordinating neonatal transport based on the perinatal agreement.
- Implemented and monitored completion of staff ongoing education programs.
- Collected and reported statistical data to evaluate with an emphasis on process improvement.
- Served within the organization as a member of peer interview team, quality impact teams.
Education
Bachelor of Science - Nursing
Lewis University
Romeoville, IL2013
Associate of Applied Science - Nursing
Sauk Valley Community College
Dixon, IL2007
References Available Upon Request
Timeline
Registered Nurse/Charge Nurse, NICU
SwedishAmerican Hospital
08.2019 - Current
Nursing Operations Leader
FHN - Freeport Health Network
03.2015 - 08.2019
Registered Nurse
Freeport Health Network
08.2007 - 05.2015
Bachelor of Science - Nursing
Lewis University
Associate of Applied Science - Nursing
Sauk Valley Community College
References Available Upon Request