Tracy Anderson BSN, RNC-NIC
Aurora,CO
Summary
Dynamic Critical Care Registered Nurse with 23 years of experience. Adept at collaborating with interdisciplinary medical teams. Dedicated to delivering best-in-class patient care and individualized plans for families and patients.
Overview
24
24
years of professional experience
Work History
NICU Staff Nurse
Intermountain Healthcare - St. Joseph Hospital
05.2023 - Current
- Assessed, evaluated, and cared for neonate patients.
- Coordinated with healthcare staff from various disciplines to devise, carry out, and manage personalized care plans to benefit patient health and recovery.
- Provided emotional support to families during difficult times, demonstrating empathy and understanding in high-stress situations.
- Conducted patient assessments, recorded vitals, and analyzed records and charts to define care requirements.
- Promoted family-centered care, involving parents in decision-making process and educating them about their infant's condition.
- Improved patient outcomes by providing exceptional care for critically ill neonates in Level III NICU setting.
- Passionate about learning and committed to continual improvement.
- Self-motivated, with strong sense of personal responsibility.
NICU Director
HCA- Rose Medical Center
07.2018 - 05.2023
- Delegated and prioritized assignments and nursing tasks based on individual staff strengths and expertise.
- Delivered age-appropriate medical care for neonatal patients.
- Explained health care issues and ramifications to patients and families to promote informed medical care choices.
- Participated in Neonatal departmental quality improvement initiatives to achieve higher standard of patient care.
- Recruited, hired and coached employees to offer high-quality, cost-effective care to all patients.
- Developed policies and procedures for effective neonatal management.
- Spearheaded and implemented new projects to expand scope of engagement.
- Direct day-to-day administrative and operational functions for 24 bed level 3 NICU, providing guidance and leadership to over 50 employees.
- Conducted routine facility inspections, identifying areas needing improvement and eliminating hazards posed to staff and patients for continued compliance with associated regulations including The Joint Commission & CMS.
- Produced monthly financial reports like staff productivity reports based on census and acuity, monthly financial review reports to look at budget targets, overages and productive line items for unit.
- Defined testing protocols, quality assurance initiatives and clinic policies and procedures.
- 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.
- Generated and reviewed incident reports, including employee write-ups, actualizing appropriate corrective action plans to mitigate ongoing and potential situations.
Course Director/Instructor
STAT Medical Training
01.2004 - 08.2020
- NRP, PALS, ACLS and BLS instructor. Faculty with American Heart Association for BLS.
- Applied various teaching aids to minimize learning gaps and instruct and motivate students.
- Evaluated and revised lesson plans and course content to achieve student-centered learning.
- Tracked student progress, frequently checking in with struggling students and identifying root causes of problems.
- Observed and adopted new techniques from skilled instructors and lecturers.
- Organized and allocated resources required to meet needs of 24 students and 4 instructors.
NICU Staff RN
HCA - Rose Medical Center
05.2000 - 05.2018
- Relief Charge Nurse and Preceptor.
- Conferred with physicians to discuss diagnoses and devise well-coordinated treatment approaches.
- Worked within interdisciplinary health care team to develop, implement and make adjustments to patient care plans, individualizing strategies and methods to improve health and meet recovery goals.
- Administered medications and fluids and checked vital signs on critically ill newborns.
- Communicated with family members and loved ones to provide information about patient care, treatments and medical options.
- Orchestrated quality-driven, cost-effective care in Level III NICU.
- Effectively prioritized assignments, executing care based on each patient's relative condition and delegating tasks to available personnel deliver safe and efficient care.
- Trained new nurses in proper techniques, care standards, operational procedures and safety protocols.
- Administered medications via oral, IV and intramuscular injections and monitored responses.
- Followed all policies, procedures and hospital regulations for protocol compliance and patient safety.
- Managed elements of patient care from admission to discharge or transfer to other units.
- Established staff schedules and assignments based on facility needs and equipment availability.
- Provided high level of quality care for each and every patient in 24-bed neonatal ICU unit.
NICU Clinical Nurse Coordinator & Educator
HCA - Rose Medical Center
07.2010 - 05.2018
- Oversaw operations, including 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.
- Supervised team of 10 nurses.
- Coordinated departmental operations according to administrative, legal and medical guidelines.
- Interacted effectively with department managers to promptly correct problems and improve services.
- Reviewed charts weekly to complete quality control checks.
- Fostered improvement in staff development, personnel training and standards of patient care.
- Sought opportunities to improve patient care, outcomes and nursing staff performance.
- Oversaw training, staffing and education of all nurses and Neonatal ICU staff.
- Introduced initiatives based on staff education, infection control audits and safe medication administration to achieve unit and facility goals.
- Administered performance evaluations and probationary reviews to assess nursing personnel.
- Delivered exceptional level of service to each customer by listening to concerns and answering questions.
Education
Bachelor of Science - Nursing
University of Northern Colorado
Greeley, CO05.2000
Skills
- Small Baby certificate
- RNC-NIC certified
- Night shift delivery team
- Member of NANN
- Skills & Drills Committee
- Neonatal Resuscitation (NRP) instructor
Accomplishments
- Participated in 2 poster presentations at a NICU national nurses conference.
- Implemented multiple best practices based on evidence based research.
- Designated HCA's Units of Distinction for 3 years in a row. Lead a team to become 1-5% of the company.
- Daisy Award winner
- Nightingale Nominee
Timeline
NICU Staff Nurse
Intermountain Healthcare - St. Joseph Hospital
05.2023 - Current
NICU Director
HCA- Rose Medical Center
07.2018 - 05.2023
NICU Clinical Nurse Coordinator & Educator
HCA - Rose Medical Center
07.2010 - 05.2018
Course Director/Instructor
STAT Medical Training
01.2004 - 08.2020
NICU Staff RN
HCA - Rose Medical Center
05.2000 - 05.2018
Bachelor of Science - Nursing
University of Northern Colorado
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