Terri Fredlaw

• Directed day-to-day nursing and operational functions for 20-bed Intensive Care Unit, ensuring exceptional delivery of care when developing well-rounded nursing teams.
• Oversaw admissions and discharges and scheduling of nursing staff.
• Educated patients and families on treatment, expected outcomes and discharge instructions, serving as advisory resource to patients and families to facilitate recovery.
• Conducted leadership rounding on both staff and patients
• Chair for the organizations Nursing Leadership Council and Co-Chair for the Safe Patient Handling Committee
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· Directly manages approx. 25 Certified Nursing Assistants and responsible for annual performance reviews and coaching.

· Manages unit scheduling and staffing needs for a 31 bed Cardiovascular Neurosurgical Unit

· Provides leadership rounding on both staff and patients on a weekly basis.

· Participate in departmental quality improvement projects

· Provides guidance to ensure unit is consistently Joint Commission, Department of Health, and DNV Stroke prepared.

· Participated as a lead trainer in the organizations 2022 Epic conversion

· Co-Chair for organizations Safe Patient Handling Committee

· Co-Chair for the organizations Nursing Leadership Council

• Coordinated nursing care on unit through staff assignments, assisting and rounding with physicians, monitoring patient orders, and communicating with ancillary departments.
• Trained new nurses in proper techniques, care standards, operational procedures, and safety protocols.
• Supervised and managed daily scheduling, tasking, and administration.
• Conducted daily shift briefs to inform staff of changes in patient care assignments.

• Clinical Instructor of Medical Surgical 3 Practicum and Nursing Leadership & Practice Preceptorship
• Assess, plan, and implements bedside education and evaluation of progress for students in the clinical environment
• Improved student performance by defining clear goals and communicating performance metrics.

Travel nurse on a variety of cardiac units across the country.

• Washington Hospital Center (Washington, DC) Cardiothoracic Stepdown Unit
• Palmetto Health Richland Memorial Hospital (Columbia, SC) Cardio-thoracic Stepdown Unit
• St. Marks Hospital (Salt Lake City, UT) Progressive Care Unit
• Metropolitan Methodist Hospital (San Antonio, TX) Intermediate Intensive Care Unit
• Palmetto Health Richland (Columbia, SC) Cardiothoracic Stepdown Unit & Accountable Care Unit: Heart Failure
• Evergreen HealthCare Interventional Care Unit/ Cardiovascular Neurosurgery