Molly Ormand
Dallas
Summary
Dedicated and compassionate Registered Nurse (RN) with strengths in communication, leadership, and critical thinking. Experience as an Assistant Nurse Manager and charge nurse with dependability to remain calm under pressure and skillfully handle difficult patients and high-stress situations. Determined to foster a team environment built on trust and mutual respect. Driven to help and uplift others by offering assistance when it is needed and creating a positive environment for both staff and patients.
Overview
6
6
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification
Work History
Assistant Nurse Manager, NSICU
UT Southwestern Medical Center
02.2024 - Current
- Responsible for operations including leading staff, human resource management, material supply management, and payroll.
- Mentors new nursing staff members, fostering teamwork and improving unit efficiency.
- Performs audits on documentation of patient assessments, interventions, and outcomes in compliance with regulatory standards.
Registered Nurse, Neuro Surgical ICU
UT Southwestern Medical Center
06.2022 - 02.2024
- Trained for and led the unit as charge nurse while using communication and collaboration with bedside staff to create a positive work environment.
- Contributed substantially to successful department JCAHO accreditation by consistently operating to highest standards of care.
- Led and participated in unit-based teams to audit and improve QI projects, increase unit morale, and help further nursing research.
- In-unit involvements: leader of Beacon team, member of Reward & Recognition committee, member of pain audit team, unit representative for a research project, preceptor for nurse residents program, recipient of the 2023 Rookie Registered Nurse of Nursing Excellence award.
Registered Nurse, Neuro ICU
UT Health Tyler
01.2021 - 05.2022
- Coordinated care as charge nurse through staff assignments, assisting and rounding with physicians, monitoring patient orders, and communicating with ancillary departments.
- Provided evidence-based care in a Joint Commission recognized comprehensive stroke center and specialized in the knowledge and care of stroke patients.
- Collaborated with intensivists, neurologists, and neurosurgeons to quickly assess patients and deliver appropriate treatment while managing rapidly changing conditions.
- Maintained quality care and comfort for patients with acute strokes, brain tumors and other conditions.
Unit Patient Care Technician
CHRISTUS Trinity Mother Frances
12.2019 - 12.2020
- Monitored, tracked and conveyed important patient information to healthcare staff to help optimize treatment planning and care delivery.
- Utilize time-management skills in a hospital setting by balancing a large patient load and delivering care in a time-sensitive manner.
- Contribute quality care to patients in various units of a hospital as a member of the nursing resource team using flexibility and critical thinking.
Supplemental Instruction (SI) Leader
University Of Texas At Tyler
01.2019 - 05.2019
- Conducted tutorial services for students to provide academic support in Anatomy and Physiology.
- Gained and utilized strong leadership skills through classroom management, teaching tutoring sessions and working alongside other SI leaders.
- Developed student-specific tutoring plans alongside professors to ensure a positive learning experience for students.
Education
Bachelor of Science in Nursing -
University of Texas At Tyler
Tyler, TX12.2020
Skills
- Reliable and Responsible
- Leadership
- Critical Thinking
- Student Precepting
- Honest and Ethical
- Attention to Detail
Certification
- BLS - Basic Life Support
- ACLS - Advanced Cardiovascular Life Support
- NIHSS Certified
- IHI - Basic Certificate in Quality and Safety
- CITI Research Trained
Reasearch and Publications
Multidisciplinary Teamwork Perceptions When Mobilizing Ventilated Neurosurgery Patients
Vinar, Adrianna Lall; Cipher, Daisha J.; Ormand, Molly; Carlisle, Byron; Behan, Deborah
Journal of Neuroscience Nursing 55(6):p 199-204, December 2023. | DOI: 10.1097/JNN.0000000000000726
Vinar, Adrianna Lall; Cipher, Daisha J.; Ormand, Molly; Carlisle, Byron; Behan, Deborah
Journal of Neuroscience Nursing 55(6):p 199-204, December 2023. | DOI: 10.1097/JNN.0000000000000726
Ormand M, Miller N, Anderson R, Doyle B, Mehdi A, Smith L, Perera A, Payne M, Stout D, Carlisle B. Becoming 1 of only 4 Beacon Gold Neuroscience Intensive Care Units in the USA. (submitted to Mayo Clinic 10th Annual Neuro and Intensive Care: Review, Workshops and Controversies 2024)
Timeline
Assistant Nurse Manager, NSICU
UT Southwestern Medical Center
02.2024 - Current
Registered Nurse, Neuro Surgical ICU
UT Southwestern Medical Center
06.2022 - 02.2024
Registered Nurse, Neuro ICU
UT Health Tyler
01.2021 - 05.2022
Unit Patient Care Technician
CHRISTUS Trinity Mother Frances
12.2019 - 12.2020
Supplemental Instruction (SI) Leader
University Of Texas At Tyler
01.2019 - 05.2019
Bachelor of Science in Nursing -
University of Texas At Tyler
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