Patient-focused Director of Nursing and Registered Nurse offering an 9-year background driving quality improvements, cultivating an inclusive culture through employee mentorship, training, and strategic initiates to champion a culture of excellence driving successful state surveys and coaching nursing staff to reach full potential. Strong organizational, communication and multitasking abilities. Dedicated to promoting quality patient care and satisfaction and offering experience in nursing and healthcare administration. Possesses proven track record of developing and implementing comprehensive nursing policies, providing excellent leadership and mentoring, and maintaining compliance with regulatory standards. Reduction in the amount of seclusion and restraint events by teaching and education of the escalation cycle, interventions, and rationales as well as role modeling. Introduced processes to hire, train, evaluate, educate, and assign mentorship with health care staff including programs such as Onboarding with Leadership.