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Penny Dunne-Muzi

Germantown,USA

Summary

Dynamic Clinical Educator with extensive experience at Froedtert Health, excelling in evidence-based teaching strategies and critical thinking. Proven track record in enhancing patient care quality and facilitating successful onboarding processes. Adept at developing educational programs and fostering strong communication among healthcare teams to ensure optimal patient outcomes.

Overview

21
21
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification

Work History

Clinical Educator, RN

Froedtert Health
Milwaukee, USA
01.2022 - Current
  • Provides educational leadership to care providers to enhance specialized patient care within established healthcare setting.
  • Utilizing evidenced-based research and national standards, monitors trends and implements educational strategies to ensure compliance with quality standards and parameters.
  • Consults with leadership and staff to serves as a resource to ensure quality patient care.
  • Assists with the orientation and onboarding of new staff to the department.
  • Clinical Educator Chair for Nursing Research Council

Donor Net Coordinator

Froedtert Health
Milwaukee, USA
10.2016 - 01.2022
  • Responsible for evaluating deceased donor organ offers for the abdominal transplant programs at Froedtert and Children's Hospital.
  • Facilitate the transplant of accepted organs by coordinating transportation for surgeons to recover organs, admission of recipient patient, case documentation and follow-up of recipient outcomes.
  • Position is highly autonomous, requiring meticulous attention to critical details, time management and multitasking.

RN, CVICU (SICU)

Froedtert Health
Milwaukee, USA
04.2007 - 10.2016
  • Responsible for assessing, planning, implementing and evaluating nursing care for high-acuity cardiothoracic and cardiovascular surgical patients in intensive care.
  • Highly skilled in the care of patients on IABP, CRRT, ECMO, Impella, HeartMate, LVAD and RVAD.
  • Obtained certification in critical care nursing (CCRN) with subspecialty certification in cardiac surgery (CSC) and cardiac medicine (CMC) from AACN.
  • Active on Practice Council as part of shared governance.
  • Trained preceptor responsible for training nursing students and newly hired employees.
  • Developed orientation procedural process for nurses learning to care for newly admitted cardiothoracic surgical patients.
  • Participated in teaching critical care classes for newly hired employees.

Organ Procurement Coordinator

Wisconsin Donor Network
Milwaukee, USA
06.2004 - 04.2007
  • Responsible for the assessment of potential organ donors at hospitals within the donor service area of Southeastern Wisconsin.
  • Performed full history and physical exam and medically managed donor while allocating organs for transplant to appropriate transplant centers.
  • Facilitated organ recovery with multiple transplant teams.
  • Responsible for hospital outreach and education.
  • Strong communication skills required to interact with hospital staff and family.

Education

Master of Science - Nursing Education

Cardinal Stritch University
Milwaukee, WI
05.2023

Bachelor of Science - Nursing

University of Wisconsin - Milwaukee
Milwaukee, WI
05.2012

Associate of Science - Nursing

Rose State College
Oklahoma City, OK
05.2000

Skills

  • Critical thinking
  • Verbal and written communication
  • Epic Systems proficiency
  • Time management
  • Employee scheduling
  • Problem resolution
  • Patient advocacy
  • Patient care assessment
  • In-service training programs
  • Evidence-based practice
  • Evidence-based teaching strategies
  • Transition-to-practice facilitation
  • Educational course development
  • Gaming education development

Affiliations

  • American Association of Critical Care Nursing (AACN)
  • Association for Nursing Professional Development (ANPD)
  • Midwest Association for Nursing Professional Development
  • Emergency Nurse Association (ENA) Instructor
  • Association for Radiologic & Imaging Nursing (ARIN)

Certification

  • Licensed Registered Nurse, Current
  • BLS - 08/25
  • ACLS - 08/25
  • Nursing Professional Development, Board Certified
  • CCRN, Inactive Status

Accomplishments

  • Poster presentation at 2024 Building Bridges Conference
  • Created a Hour-long Educational Escape room for Transplant nurses at Froedtert Hospital
  • Created the Competency Orientation Tools for Interventional Radiology and Cath Lab staff at three Froedtert Health Hospitals, based on the Donna Wright Model
  • Collaborated on the creation of the first in-situ medical emergency simulation for Cath Lab at Froedtert Hospital and Froedtert Menomenee Falls Hospital
  • Served as Clinical Educator Chair on the housewide Nursing Research Council

Timeline

Clinical Educator, RN

Froedtert Health
01.2022 - Current

Donor Net Coordinator

Froedtert Health
10.2016 - 01.2022

RN, CVICU (SICU)

Froedtert Health
04.2007 - 10.2016

Organ Procurement Coordinator

Wisconsin Donor Network
06.2004 - 04.2007

Master of Science - Nursing Education

Cardinal Stritch University

Bachelor of Science - Nursing

University of Wisconsin - Milwaukee

Associate of Science - Nursing

Rose State College

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