Rebecca McNeil
Dublin,OH
Summary
Dedicated Nurse Leader and Educator with 26 years of clinical expertise, driven by a profound passion for community service and the elevation of the nursing profession. I pride myself on being a high-standard practitioner who views "compliance" as the floor, not the ceiling, consistently working to exceed expectations in every facet of care and education.
As a passionate advocate for the nursing community, I am dedicated to modeling the "servant’s heart" in healthcare—mentoring peers and educating future clinicians to provide holistic, high-quality care. I have a proven track record in designing training that bridges the gap between complex regulatory requirements and practical, compassionate implementation at the bedside. My career is defined by this "servant leadership" philosophy, focused on inspiring interdisciplinary teams to find purpose in their roles while fostering a culture of accountability, continuous improvement, and relentless service to the community.
Overview
23
23
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification
Work History
CNA Primary Program Instructor & PN Instructor
South-Western City School District
Grove City, OH
05.2020 - Current
Train high school juniors and seniors on medical terminology, patient centered care, pathophysiology, and patient centered care and diagnostics.
Certificates they earn:
- AHA BLS
- 1st Aid
- CNA: Certified Nurses' Aide
- OSHA: Healthcare
- Human Trafficking from the Ohio Department of Safety
Accomplishments at this job:
- Changed curriculum to improve scores and increase employability
- Established standards and improved certification scores to 100% for 3 years running
- Advocated for jobs, tuition reimbursement, and testing abilities
- Instituted basic professional standards
Additional topics for college and career prep:
- Phlebotomy
- Human Trafficking
- Patient Safety
- KPI & policy
- EMR
- Data review, interpretation, and improvement
Consultant RN
AlphaSights
Columbus, OH
01.2019 - Current
Reviewed products, ideas, policies, and paperwork for industry. Was paid for expertise and opinion.
Adjunct Professor/Clinical Instructor
Xavier University
Columbus, OH
04.2020 - 01.2022
Taught clinical for nursing students:
- Set standards for students
- Clinical expectations
- Paperwork and grading
- Empathy driven care during COVID pandemic
Assistant Director of Nursing / Staff Development Manager / Infection Preventionist / Wound Care Nurse
Friendship Village in Dublin
Dublin, OH
06.2019 - 07.2020
- Managed staff
- Planned staff training
- Accountable for organizing training, tracking completion of training, implementation of new processes or equipment, and oversaw results
- Coordinated wound care of patients
- Led a decrease in infection rates and oversaw Infection Control
Agency RN
Maxim Healthcare Services
03.2019 - 06.2020
Clinical Educator for ICU, Rapid Response Team, Admission & Discharge Team, Vascular Access Team, and Dialysis
Mount Carmel West (MCW), Mount Carmel Health System (MCHS), Trinity Health
Columbus, OH
03.2006 - 01.2019
- MICU at MCW, MCHS (worked multiple ICUs: CCU, SICU/trauma/open heart, NICU)
- Bedside RN, Charge RN, Preceptor
- Improved retention
- Decreased infection rates: CLABSI & CAUTI numbers were zero during trial
- Decreased readmission rates
ICU RN for multiple agencies working all ICUs across Columbus, Ohio. Casual for varied experience
MCHS
Columbus, Ohio
04.2003 - 03.2006
- Concurrent with working @ MCHS
RN and Charge RN; for varied experience
Select Specialty Hospital - Columbus
Columbus, Ohio
05.2004 - 08.2004
- Concurrent with working @ MCHS
Education
CTE Educator - Education
The Ohio State University
Columbus, OH2024
Master of Science - Bioethics & Health Policy
Loyola University
Chicago, IL2019
Post-Graduate Certificate - Human Trafficking
Drexel University
Philadelphia, PABSN - Nursing
Mount Carmel College of Nursing
Columbus, OhioSkills
- Managed the end-to-end instructional design lifecycle: conducting specialized research, developing comprehensive curricula, facilitating training sessions, and auditing measurable outcomes
- Partnered with clinical and operational leadership to translate quality performance gaps into actionable education plans, focusing on participant-centered care and risk intervention
- Created targeted reinforcement strategies in response to audit findings, testing, and documentation trends, ensuring that clinical assessments and interventions met stringent regulatory expectations
- Spearheaded "Professionalism Covenants" and servant leadership frameworks, fostering a culture of interdisciplinary collaboration and accountability among trainees, peers, and other professionals
- Designed and delivered high-stakes training modules for a variety of audiences: critical care healthcare team professionals (physicians, nurses, aides, therapists, etc) and pre-nursing programs, college level students, and multi-attendee symposiums: utilizing medical simulations, data driven information, and clinical skill reviews to improve practical application , documentation, and decision-making
- Audit trainings, measure clinical impact, develope tracking for data driven follow-up, empower others through education, and deliver results
Affiliations
- American Association of Critical Care Nurses (AACN)
- American Society for Bioethics & Humanities (ASBH)
Certification
- Registered Nurse in Ohio: RN 289834
- Healthcare Ethics Consultant-Certified (HEC-C: #00105938): American Society for Bioethics & Humanities (ASBH) – 2025
- CCRN: American Association of Critical Care Nurses (AACN): Certification of Adult Critical Care Nurse (CCRN) – 2025
- Nursing Home Infection Preventionist – CDC training course completed
- BLS: Current
- ACLS: Current
- ACLS Instructor: Instructor ID 11130212031
Timeline
CNA Primary Program Instructor & PN Instructor
South-Western City School District
05.2020 - Current
Adjunct Professor/Clinical Instructor
Xavier University
04.2020 - 01.2022
Assistant Director of Nursing / Staff Development Manager / Infection Preventionist / Wound Care Nurse
Friendship Village in Dublin
06.2019 - 07.2020
Agency RN
Maxim Healthcare Services
03.2019 - 06.2020
Consultant RN
AlphaSights
01.2019 - Current
Clinical Educator for ICU, Rapid Response Team, Admission & Discharge Team, Vascular Access Team, and Dialysis
Mount Carmel West (MCW), Mount Carmel Health System (MCHS), Trinity Health
03.2006 - 01.2019
RN and Charge RN; for varied experience
Select Specialty Hospital - Columbus
05.2004 - 08.2004
ICU RN for multiple agencies working all ICUs across Columbus, Ohio. Casual for varied experience
MCHS
04.2003 - 03.2006
CTE Educator - Education
The Ohio State University
Master of Science - Bioethics & Health Policy
Loyola University
Post-Graduate Certificate - Human Trafficking
Drexel University
BSN - Nursing
Mount Carmel College of Nursing
AWARDS & HONORS
2024 Teacher of the Year Award Nominee
2016 March of Dimes: nurse of the year finalist, 2016 Nominee for 4th Annual Ohio Nurse of the Year Awards: Nurse Educator
2004 MCW ICU Impact Award
2002 MCW ICU Impact Award
Multiple in-house recommendations, comments, and accolades by various staff
PUBLICATIONS
- McNeil, R. (2016). The Healthcare Community and Human Trafficking: https://www.studentdoctor.net/2016/02/healthcare-community-and-human-trafficking/
- Wolf, L., McNeil, R., et al, New Nursing Graduates: Now that We Have them, How Do We Keep Them? Lippincott Williams & Wilkins. May/June 2009
- Procedure writer for Lippincott Williams & Wilkins
- Content reviewer and Course reviewer for Lippincott Williams & Wilkins
- Developed the course on Human Trafficking for Lippincott in 2017 and then updated it to meet the requirements for Florida to use as licensure requirement education. Both were associated with CEs.
- Developed the course on Human Trafficking to meet the requirements for Illinois to use as licensure requirement education; associated with CEs.
Leadership
Came up with creative solutions to known problems and thought outside the box to offer innovative education and programs to save money for the healthcare system and improve patient care. I chose to follow the mission and serve patients best by training others to offer excellent patient care and see the person in the bed as an individual without judgement and with an ethical approach to healthcare. Over the years, I presented new equipment approved by the FDA, new procedures, new evidence, and new ideas to offer better patient care and improve satisfaction, to decrease healthcare costs and readmissions, and to improve employee engagement and morale. I have initiated new classes, brought in new products and procedures, worked with outside companies to improve products available and bring them to the system. I worked on campus, system and Trinity wide projects. I interviewed potential hires, reviewed new hires and worked on action plans as well as educational needs on action plans. I did payroll and PTO for the MCW Clinical Education team for several years. I participated in leadership meetings and actively created solutions for concerns and needs over the years I initiated training for and maintained records for certification reviews such as trauma recertification, neuro recertification, and participated in joint commission and ODH reviews- intentionally chosen to speak with reviewers as well as prepare paperwork and search for answers to questions. I looked at the lack of education offered for experienced healthcare workers and began a Critical Care Symposium and was able to procure funding, gather speakers, bring in revenue to our Foundation, have healthcare workers from 10 facilities outside of ours attend, and offer continuing education for and interdisciplinary team. The 2nd year of the symposium, I more than doubled the attendance, grew the attendance from outside facilities, and increased the support by other companies. At the request of the ICU Medical Director, I taught classes for each rotation of Physician Residents and Medical Students on end of life conversations and ACLS review. I taught interdisciplinary teams about what human trafficking is, how to recognize it in patient populations, and who to contact to offer the necessary care to that population. I routinely wrote policies and competencies as well as new educational programs.
Key Successes
- Made changes to increase cohesiveness in Pre-nursing program
- Improved statistics to multi-year 100% CNA passage rate
- Instrumental in co-localizing several ICUs into a cohesive, well trained Surgical, Medical, Trauma, Cardiac, Open Heart, Neuro comprehensive ICU
- Developed the CEBT/CRRT program and designed documentation, wrote policy and competency
- Initiated Nursing Grand Rounds with ONA CE
- Developed and facilitated Ultrafiltration/Aquapheresis Program
- Decreased readmissions for heart failure for patients in trial
- Increased patient satisfaction and quality of life per survey
- Designed code notes for system
- Conceptualized, procured funding for, and designed multi-year Critical Care Symposium that had attendees from across Ohio as well as attendees from 3 additional states
Classes Taught
- Documentation
- Continuous Extracorporeal Blood Therapy/Continuous Renal Replacement (CEBT/CRRT)
- CNA / STNA training
- Advanced EKG
- ACLS
- Code and Emergency response
- Basic EKG
- EKG Reviews and Remediation
- JCAHO preparation
- Intraabdominal Balloon Pump (IABP)
- ICU Skills and Education
- Rotoprone
- Arctic Sun Management
- Beyond the Basics
- Campus Skills and EKG Review
- Defibrillator Management
- New Equipment
- Aquapheresis
- Admission/Discharge Team Training
- Sterile Process
- Procedure Team Training
- Malignant Hyperthermia Simulation
- Various Simulations
- Benefits and Work Life Balance
- Team Building
- Massive Transfusion Devices
- Blood Transfusion Safety
- Heart Failure
- Orientation Classes
- Preceptor Training
- Married State Precepting
- IV Insertion
- Foley Insertion
Committees
- TBT: Healthcare
- Policy Committee
- Critical Care Quality Committee (System and Campus)
- Trinity, MCHS, and MCW Institutional Ethics Committees
- Trinity Human Trafficking Committee
- Sepsis Committee (system and campus)
- Code Review Committee
- Critical Care Symposium – Originator, organizer and Chair
- Multiple Symposium Committees