Nicole Johnson

• Collect, abstract, analyze, and compile complex data
• Submits quarterly reports to the Department of Public Prenatal Birth Defect Program
• Provide monthly visual feedback and performance reports for the CMS SEP-1 Core Measure
• Work in collaboration with the ICU Director of Inpatient Critical Care Quality/Associate Chief Medical Officer to improve SEP-1 performance and compliance by providing some poignant improvement initiatives, such as boilerplate language for provider documentation, encourage the need for protocol/guideline when caring for the suspected/known septic patient
• Participated in discussion with the Emergency Department Quality Team to provide what is required from CMS' SEP-1 Core Measure
• Actively participate in ongoing Performance Assessment Regulatory Compliance projects that are required by The Joint Commission, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services, or both: 1) Health Equity- to ensure that each inpatient patient is assessed for SDOH, 2) High risk diabetic patients, 3) participated in the assessment of Suicide Risk Assessment
• Recruited to work during the COVID-19 pandemic for the Critical Care Allocation Project

• Established rapport and trusting patient relationships to ensure compassionate care and quality care
• Developed, coordinated, and managed quality contracts/nursing care plans ensuring patients receive quality care with overall better quality outcomes
• Improved hypertension quality outcomes by 21% from 2015-2016 by ensuring proper care was provided, educating patients on disease processes to meet patients goals
• Provided follow up calls re: emergency room and hospitalization discharges to update the patient's care plan that was directed towards the patient's knowledge/education, safety, adherence to treatment plan, reviewing medications, and discussed any barriers to care that would prevent patient from proper follow up visits with PCP or specialist
• Attended corporate meetings along with clinical specific meetings
• Managed Microsoft excel spreadsheets and abstract clinical information into EHR to ensure compliance and quality
• Managed quality contracts for ÄQC (BCBS), Medicaid ACO, Medicare NextGen ACO (risk adjustment)

BIDMC

RN, Reisman 11 Hematology/Oncology unit

• Maintained the safety of patients, through effective critical thinking assessments, making appropriate decisions, implementing interventions when a patients clinical status changed while maintaining the patients dignity during stressful events (trigger events).
• Collaborated and worked well with an incredible team of night nurses to ensure over all the well being of patients, families, and each other
• Prepared patients and families for end of life while providing appropriate nursing needs.
• Supported CMO patient; providing support to family at time of death and bereavement, follow policy to contact organ bank and overseeing MD's death certification.

CADBURY COMMONS ~ CAMBRIDGE, MA

RN Private Duty

• Provided care for an elderly female with multiple chronic disease issues complicated by controlling her chronic diabetes; monitored glucose levels while supervising the patients independence with self administration with insulin injections and documented any reactions; maintaining daily weight logs and dietary intake; served as liaison and advocate between MD's and case manager.

SOUTH SHORE HOSPITAL ~WEYMOUTH, MA
RN, Emerson 3 & 4 Medical/Surgical Unit

CAMBRDIGE HEALTH ALAINCE ~CAMBRIDGE, MA
RN, 4West Medical/Surgical/Telemetry Unit

STURDY MEMORIAL HOSPITAL ~ ATTLEBORO, MA
RN, Medical/Surgical/Pediatric/Telemetry Unit

BRIGHAM&WOMANS' HOSPITAL, BOSTON, MA

RN, Tower 10 Medical/Surgical/Telemetry &Float Pool

• Treated 5-6 patients per shift and at times a total of 8-10 patients; delivering high quality and compassionate treatment to primarily an indigent patient population, whom sustained chronic health problems due to non-compliance with care post discharge associated with high rate of alcohol and drug abuse.

RN, Bigelow 6 Pediatric Intensive Care Unit

• Successful treatment of respiratory, genetic syndromes, cardiac, neurological, short- term postop, trauma's, and procedural sedation- to children in an ICU.
• Developed and maintained quality care, creating evidence based research for the use Of C02 detectors that were implemented in protocols and guidelines. (achievement).

RN, White 10- Medical/Surgical/Telemetry Unit

• Extensive adult inpatient experience and treatment of CVA's/neurological deficits, CHF/CAD- endocarditis, endocrine disorders, TB/CF/other respiratory disorders- trachs, GI disorders- G- tubes, J-tubes, NG tubes, inpatient hospice/CMO, amputees, alcohol withdrawal sxs, classified and performed wound care.
• Actively participated ni unit based quality assurance research, known as TCAB.