Stefanie LeGrande EdD, MSN, RN

• Design and implement new hire orientation for ambulatory surgery administrators.
• Developed ongoing training programs for ambulatory surgery administrators associated with center accreditation, best practices and staff knowledge gaps.
• Educated ambulatory surgery center administrators on assessing staff competency and remediation strategies.
• Collaborated with multiple support departments to develop curriculum for center administrators conferences and orientations.
• Oversees various educational initiatives within Amsurg, such as educational campaigns, awareness programs, and training sessions.
• Collected data, analyzed outcomes, and make recommendations for improvement based on the findings.
• Established and maintained effective partnerships with field directors in quality and risk to enhance educational opportunities and outcomes for center administrators.

• Implement Quality Improvement/Infection programs in ambulatory surgery setting.
• Responsible for facilitating investigation, required reporting, and corrective action development for serious quality or risk issues.
• Adept at leading staff and physicians through process changes related to risk and quality gap analysis.
• Align facility processes and policies to accreditation standards.
• Consistently oversee audits to ensure facility and staff compliance.
• Responsible for monitoring all Infection Control associated with surgical facility.
• Perform timely investigations and analysis on adverse patient events.
• Design and improve processes to address all issues associated with adverse patient events.
• Facilitate and communicate all quality reports to surgical facility.
• Quality Committee, Medical Executive Committee, Governing Body, and Partnership.
• Develop staff and physician relationships to create environment focused on patient safety.
• Advocate and develop incentives for staff retention and employee satisfaction.
• Oversee and responsible for oversight of 70 plus nursing and support staff in peri-operative setting.
• Monitors and reports all trends associated with quality standards set forth by company, and state and local agencies as well as accrediting bodies AAAHC and JAHCO.
• Track and analyze data for trends, identify areas of opportunities for improvement. Responsible for preparing facility for AAAHC accreditation. Planned and implemented plan of correction for sited deficiencies.
• Identify key clinical performance improvement activities and initiatives.
• Implements improvement projects based performance improvement findings..
• Monitors patient service feedback and contributes to the process of resolving complaints and service issues.
• Uses patient service feedback to improve facility performance.
• Developed and implemented strategic plans enabling facility to meet budgetary and quality assurance goals.
• Developed, implemented, evaluated and revised programs of orientation, in-service training and continuing education for nursing personnel.

• Provided theory and clinical instruction to diverse group of nursing students in baccalaureate and graduate degree programs.
• Participated in curriculum development and reviewed regularly to ensure integrity, rigor, and currency.
• Ensured that accreditation standards and criteria were used as they related to curriculum.
• Assisted in developing new online programs for RN to BSN, Graduate, and second-degree BSN tracks.
• Designed multiple new online curriculum for RN to BSN, Graduate and RN to BSN courses.
• Contributing member to variety of committees for traditional and fast-track BSN and graduate programs.
• Led policy development for new graduate program.
• Implemented accreditation standards into courses and program development.
• Lead and contributor in graduate Thesis and Quality Improvement Projects.

Courses Taught:

Undergraduate

• Med Surg II
• Care of the Vulnerable Individual
• Care of the Vulnerable Individual Clinical
• Leadership Clinical
• Adult I Clinical
• Adult II Clinical

Graduate

• Advanced Pathophysiology
• Learner Centered Curriculum
• Informatics
• Designing and Evaluating Learning Outcomes

• Worked with first generation college students to increase program retention in medical-surgical courses.
• Participated in all aspects of transitioning associate degree program into a new baccalaureate program.
• Assisted prepping for accreditation.
• Developed new BSN medical-surgical courses and integrated all ATI Learning Resources.
• Developed new clinical assessment tools.
• Developed leadership course and clinical assignments for new BSN courses.
• Advisement and enrollment of students in pre-nursing and nursing courses.
• Contributing member to a variety of committees for both the ASN program and BSN program.
• Worked on curriculum and policy development for new BSN program
• Continually work on updating accreditation standards for new programs.
• Identification of students at risk for clinical and academic difficulties.
• Provided on-on-one support to students experiencing academic and clinical challenges
• Developed strategies to assist students with study skills

Courses Taught:

Undergraduate

• Adult II Theory
• Adult II Clinical
• Health Assessment/Skills
• Adult I Theory
• Adult I Clinical

• Led transformative learning experience for incoming Foundation students
• Developed and facilitated critical thinking and clinical reasoning in clinical setting.
• Fostered productive relationships between school of nursing and clinical staff members.
• Cultivated supportive learning environment for students.
• Linked theory to practice in clinical setting.
• Facilitated instruction using flipped classroom in conjunction with collaborative learning exercises to motivate students in taking more active role in their learning.
• Contributing member to committees for traditional and fast-track BSN programs.
• Updated accreditation standards monthly.
• Served on university benefits committee during benefits restructure.
• Identified students at risk for clinical and academic difficulties and developed individualized remediation plans.
• Utilized D2L learning management system: discussion boards, classroom management
• Super user for Exam Soft testing system.

Courses Taught:

Undergraduate

• Adult II Theory Adult II
• Clinical Critical Care Clinical
• Leadership Clinical
• Foundations of Nursing Theory
• Foundations of Nursing Lab
• Foundations of Nursing Clinical
• Pharmacology
• Adult I Clinical

Graduate

• Thesis committee

• Circulated and scrubbed variety of surgical cases.
• Floated to pre and post-operative areas.
• Strong ability to communicate with patients, staff, and surgeons
• Pre-operative patient and family education
• Assessment of patient and family coping mechanisms for surgical procedures.
• Managed 18-21 surgical unit staff members on 'as needed' basis.
• Monitored surgical patients and delivered quality level of care before, during and after operations to promote positive outcomes.
• Collaborated with members of patients' healthcare team to deliver appropriate level of care.
• Provided high level of individualized care to adult patients across multiple medical specialties.
• Ability to work all areas in peri-operative setting.

• Managed quality assurance and regulatory compliance for Assisted Living and Alzheimer units.
• Developed process improvements to increase patient safety.
• Assisted Executive Director in putting together plan of correction to clear state deficiencies upon hire.
• Developed and updated policies and procedures, maintaining compliance with statutory, regulatory and local, state and federal guidelines relating to HIPAA, benefits administration and general liability.
• Directed day-to-day administrative and operational functions for 90 bed facility, providing guidance and leadership to over 20 employees across more than 2 departments.
• Recruited, hired and trained all staff, providing direct supervision, ongoing staff development and continuing education to employees.
• Assessed of residents for admissions, change of conditions, and created individual service plans for each resident.
• Facilitated communication between staff and physicians.
• Covered on-call for medical and staffing issues.

• Circulated and scrubbed a variety of surgical cases.
• Strong ability to communicate with patients, staff and surgeons.
• Ability to quickly learn surgeon preferences for cases.
• Pre-operative patient and family education.
• Assessment of patient and family coping mechanisms for surgical procedures.
• Incorporated appropriate care plans and services.
• Provided direct support to surgical team during procedures.
• Leveraged feedback and process improvement opportunities to create safer and healthier environment and increase patient satisfaction.
• Participated in evidence-based practice project implementation, nursing competency development and nursing simulation activities.