Richard Elliott

I am a dedicated and highly motivated professional with over 20 years of progressive growth and experience in nursing leadership and management. I have a strong vision for excellence, patient safety, transparency, commitment to quality and dedication to patient and employee satisfaction. I am an effective, visible, and organized leader skilled in the use of transformational theory to develop and empower staff in advancing nursing practice at the bedside.

• Registered nurse (RN): State of New Jersey
• CMSRN (Certified Medical Surgical Nurse)
• American Heart Association Health Care Provider – Basic Life Support, current

• Co-Lead/ Author for successful Magnet Designation; Exemplary Professional Practice Domain.
• Recipient of the Bronze Award for improvement in quality metric for blood stream infections.
• Relationship Based Care Award; Transformational Leadership (2013)
• Successful implementation of first 23-hour observation unit at Pennsylvania Hospital
• Co-Designer and Nurse Leader for Nurse Driven Continuous Observation Process.
• Lead team to accomplish 60% certification among Nursing staff.
• Established a functional shared governance model which invites 80% of the bedside nurses to participate in decision-making.
• Dynamic Co-Chair of the Nurse Executive Board charged to mentor both experienced and new to practice managers.
• Consistent achievement of staff effectiveness using national benchmarks.

• Continuous Observation (2013) Poster
• Decreasing the Use of Continuous Observation
• AONE, Denver CO

• Pennsylvania Hospital Relationship Based Care Award; Transformational Leadership (2013)
• Emil & Lynn Hubschman Recognition Award (2010, 2012)