Stephanie Paulik
Minneola,FL
Summary
Passionate nurse executive with exceptional team building and communication skills. Natural leader attentive to developing a positive and collaborative organizational culture. Highly focused on patient experience and team member satisfaction.
Overview
19
19
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification
Work History
Patient Care Administrator
Winnie Palmer Hospital For Women & Babies
12.2021 - Current
- Provides executive leadership for all inpatient units.
- Improved discharges by 11 am from 4% to 15% in one year.
- Partnered with strategy team to create standardized discharge education videos.
- Assisted in multiple length of stay initiatives, including implementation of MDRs and an outpatient cervical ripening program.
- Achieved bronze safe sleep certification through Cribs for Kids program.
- Reinstated newborn photography services by partnering with Baby Face portraits, including robust bereavement services.
- Successfully relocated and rebuilt the women’s intensive care unit and team, working collaboratively with CCM providers.
- Chair of hospital workplace violence committee.
- United with nursing leadership to achieve 3rd Magnet designation and Advanced Perinatal Certification.
- Led multiple HCAHPS improvement initiatives.
Level 4 Nurse Manager
Mercy Hospital
12.2020 - 12.2021
- Responsible for leading multiple women's service units, including labor and birth, antepartum, pacu, and triage.
- Managed team of 10 clinical nurse supervisors and 250 indirect reports.
- Revived the hiring process to include continuous onboarding.
- Leader of numerous quality initiatives and process improvement plans.
- Aided in implementation of multiple technological advancements to improve team member workload.
- Assisted in the creation of an OB Rapid Response team.
- Member of the Nursing Professional Practice team, collaborating with Women’s Service leaders from the Mercy East Community.
- Led pharmaceutical initiative with cost-savings of $800,000 within the first year.
- Chair of multi-disciplinary Perinatal committee.
- Performed root cause analysis of maternal morbidity and mortality events.
- Responsible for department budget, productivity, and variance reporting.
- Improved CPOE rates from 60% to 96% in 6 months.
Advanced Nurse Clinician
Mercy Hospital
05.2018 - 12.2020
- Nurse Educator/Advanced nurse clinician for multiple departments, including L&D, antepartum, pacu, and triage.
- Policy creation and modification.
- NRP instructor.
- Leadership rounding implementation.
- Direct owner of risk related events and conducting root cause analysis for morbidity and mortality events.
- Co-chair of Perinatal Safety committee.
- Co-led multiple quality improvement projects and safety bundles, including DKA, PPH, VTE, HTN, and Maternal Transport.
- Champion for Spinning Babies and reduction of NTSV rates.
Nurse Supervisor
Mercy Hospital
06.2012 - 05.2018
- Managed the daily operations of multiple units, including L&D, antepartum, pacu, and triage.
- Responsible for day to day operations and productivity.
- Crisis intervention.
- Performed coworker evaluations, performance coachings, and corrective action.
- Coached and mentored new nurses.
- EPIC super user during new system initiation.
Registered Nurse
Mercy Hospital
06.2004 - 06.2012
- Labor & Birth nurse responsible for assessing, evaluating, and caring for women during the antepartum, intrapartum, peri-operative, and postpartum period.
- Charge nurse and peri-operative charge nurse.
- Nurse preceptor for 16-week fellowship program.
- Daisy Award nominee.
Education
Master of Science in Nursing - Leadership & Management
Walden University
05.2019
Bachelor of Science in Nursing -
Deaconess College of Nursing
05.2004
High School Diploma -
Cahokia High School
05.2000
Skills
- Mercy Wings Training
- BLS Certified
- NRP Certified
- ACLS Certified
Certification
- Neonatal Resuscitation Program Instructor
- NCC Certified in Electronic Fetal Monitoring
- Basic Life Support Certified
Additional Information
- Member of AWHONN
- Member of ACOG
Timeline
Patient Care Administrator
Winnie Palmer Hospital For Women & Babies
12.2021 - Current
Level 4 Nurse Manager
Mercy Hospital
12.2020 - 12.2021
Advanced Nurse Clinician
Mercy Hospital
05.2018 - 12.2020
Nurse Supervisor
Mercy Hospital
06.2012 - 05.2018
Registered Nurse
Mercy Hospital
06.2004 - 06.2012
Master of Science in Nursing - Leadership & Management
Walden University
Bachelor of Science in Nursing -
Deaconess College of Nursing
High School Diploma -
Cahokia High School