Quality-driven, deeply committed Registered Nurse professional bringing varied clinical expertise, strong interpersonal and communication skills, and intuitive nursing wisdom honed from 10+ years of patient care and nursing leadership at major metropolitan medical teaching and Magnet hospitals.
Adaptable and resilient with strong work ethic, proactive transformational leader with strengths in change management, collegial collaboration, and mentorship.
Agile and adept at managing concurrent objectives to promote efficiency, influence positive patient outcomes, promote expedient throughput, and enhance patient satisfaction. Remains calm under pressure and crisis management
Overview
30
30
years of professional experience
Work History
RN Recovery Care Coordinator , Market
Contessa-Amedisys/Mount Sinai Hospital
New York, NY
02.2022 - Current
Works directly with patients and their providers to allow patients to receive acute care in the comfort of their homes, instead of an inpatient hospital setting
Identifies, screens, presents, and discusses potential patients to providers for program inclusion. Direct discussions include ED providers and hospitalists but may extend across multiple subspecialties
Facilitates communication and coordination between all care team members to coordinate Hospital-at-Home, or Rehabilitation-at-Home, admissions.
Coordinates care with physicians, nursing staff, and other interdisciplinary providers to ensure that patient outcomes are achieved within an established period, and with maximum efficiency in resource utilization.
Conducts initial and ongoing assessments, initiates clinical care protocols, determines and manages outcomes, and ensures continuity of care through discharge planning, utilization of resources, and analysis of positive and negative variances.
Coordinates referrals and appropriate resources to assist patients and caregivers with continuing care in the outpatient setting.
Maintains all required documentation in all interactions with our health team partners.
Develops educational materials to help explain various conditions and treatments to patients.
Identifies potential safety hazards in the environment or among patients' behaviors.
Participates in quality improvement initiatives to enhance patient care outcomes.
Senior Nurse Clinician
NYU Langone Health, Procedure Care
New York, NY
06.2018 - 04.2021
Surgical and Post-Procedure Care Short-Stay Unit (39 Beds): Primary nursing care/management of adult, pediatric pts after the following surgeries/procedural interventions requiring frequent monitoring, same-day discharges, 23-hour hospital stays: diagnostic/interventional cardiology/electrophysiology, neurovascular/vascular/radiology, myocardial biopsies post cardiac transplant, catheter-based valvular interventions, CRT device implantations, GI, GU, heme-oncology, gen-surg, ortho-spine and endo-oncology, orthopedic surgeries, bariatric and gender re-assignment surgeries.
Senior Nurse Clinician
NYU Langone Health, Cardiac & Vascular Center
New York, NY
05.2005 - 06.2018
Adult Short-Stay Cardiac and Vascular Unit (16 beds): Primary nursing care/management of short-stay adult patients pre- and post- interventional cardiology, vascular, and EPS procedures in a high patient-turnover unit.Led unit quality improvement initiatives to enhance patient safety, promote shared governance and evidence-based nursing practice congruent with National Patient Safety Goals, HCAHPS, UHC benchmarks, Nursing Quality Indicators, and institutional QSPIP.
Restructured the Clinical Resource Nurse (CRN) role in HCC13 to expedite patient throughput from the cardiac cath and EPS labs to post-procedure area beds, and increased patient and staff satisfaction by 91% and 88%, respectively, for two quarters in 2014.
Drove 78% increase in Discharge Before Noon (DBN) rates in HCC13 for 3 consecutive quarters in 2013, which exceeded the hospital goal of 43% for said initiative.
Reduced number of patient codes outside the ICU as an inaugural contributing nurse member of the Medical Response Team (MRT) from 2007-2008 and recognized with the "Team Safety Award" from hospital dean in 2007 for outstanding performance.
Travel Staff Nurse
Banner Good Samaritan Hospital, Adult CTICU
Phoenix, AZ
10.2004 - 02.2005
Adult Cardiothoracic Intensive Care Unit (18 beds): Contract travel assignment with American Mobile Health.
Primary nursing care and management of adult CTICU, CCU, and surgical trauma patients in a major medical teaching hospital.
Nurse Clinician
NYU Medical Center, Cardiac & Vascular Center
New York, NY
05.2003 - 07.2004
Adult Cardiac and Vascular Short-Stay Unit (16 beds): Pre- and post-procedural nursing care/management of interventional cardiac/EPS, vascular, neuro-vascular, and radiology patients in a fast-paced unit.
Staff Nurse
NY Presbyterian Hospital, Cornell Medical Center, Adult CTICU
New York, NY
09.2002 - 04.2003
Adult Cardiothoracic Intensive Care Unit (20 beds): Immediate post-operative recovery, complex critical care/management of adult, elderly cardiothoracic patients after open-heart and valvular surgeries.
Nurse Clinician
NYU Medical Center, Tisch Hospital
New York, NY
06.1995 - 07.2002
Adult Intensive Care Units (ICU) (32 beds): Primary nursing care/management of complex and critically-ill adult/elderly patients in the coronary care, medical, surgical, and cardiovascular ICU's.
Accomplishments
NYU Langone Health, Appointed and served as inaugural Unit Practice Council (UPC) Chairperson for HCC13 from.
Education
Bachelor of Science - Nursing
Saint Peter's University
05.2008
Skills
Adult critical care nursing and advanced hemodynamic monitoring, ROSC management, RRT expertise
Patient pre-op, PACU, and post-procedural care monitoring, including conscious sedation protocols
EHR (Epic) documentation, chart review and abstraction
Well-versed in HRO (High Reliable Organization) principles
Staff professional development and presentation skills, change management, clinical nursing resource leadership, Magnet champion, SME
Preceptorship/mentorship of novice nurses
QAPI measurement, RCA, Lean Sigma Six
Hospital at Home
Utilization review
Chronic disease management
Discharge planning
Healthcare regulations
Multidisciplinary approach
Clinical assessment
Case evaluation
Quality improvement
HIPAA compliance
Care coordination
Home care management
Community resources
Patient consultation
Documentation
Safety protocols
Specialized healthcare referrals
Nursing performance assessment
Task prioritization
Direct patient care
Interpersonal communication
Clear patient communication
Attention to detail
Healthcare program planning
Problem-solving aptitude
Patient care oversight
EMR / EHR
Biomedical Technology
Delegation and motivation
Infection control
IV drug therapy management
Healthcare personnel supervision
Compassionate and caring
Adaptability and flexibility
Time management
Medication reconciliation
Continuous improvement
Health promotion
Research utilization
Clinical judgment
Licensures & Certifications
Licensures and Certifications
Registered Nurse (RN) Licenses:
, New York, 1995-present
New Jersey, 2006
Certified Critical Care Nurse (CCRN)-American Association of Critical Care Nurses, 1998-present
Cardiac and Vascular Nursing (RN-BC)-American Nurses Credentialing Center, 2015-present
Basic Cardiac Life Support (BCLS)-American Heart Association, expires February 2022
Advanced Cardiac Life Support (ACLS)-American Heart Association, expires February 2022
Pediatric Advanced Life Support (PALS)-American Heart Association, expires February 2022
Affiliations
Inducted Member of Sigma Theta Tau (Mu Kappa Chapter-At-Large), April 2008, American Nurses Association (ANA), National Chapter, 2008-present
American Nurses Association (ANA), New York State (NYSNA) Chapter, 2020-present
American Association of Critical Care Nurses (AACN), National Chapter, 1997-present
American Association of Critical Care Nurses (AACN), Local NY City Chapter, 1998-present
Sigma Theta Tau International, 2008-present
Timeline
RN Recovery Care Coordinator , Market
Contessa-Amedisys/Mount Sinai Hospital
02.2022 - Current
Senior Nurse Clinician
NYU Langone Health, Procedure Care
06.2018 - 04.2021
Senior Nurse Clinician
NYU Langone Health, Cardiac & Vascular Center
05.2005 - 06.2018
Travel Staff Nurse
Banner Good Samaritan Hospital, Adult CTICU
10.2004 - 02.2005
Nurse Clinician
NYU Medical Center, Cardiac & Vascular Center
05.2003 - 07.2004
Staff Nurse
NY Presbyterian Hospital, Cornell Medical Center, Adult CTICU
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