WHITNEY HEET, RN, MSN, NE-BC
Lexington,KY
Summary
Highly skilled and motivated nursing professional, dedicated to executing quality patient care and satisfaction, 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.
Overview
19
19
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification
Work History
Director of Nursing
Baptist Health Lexington
08.2015 - Current
2F/2G Short Stay Unit, IRA Prep and Recovery, & (Assist with) Radiology Holding Room
- Provides assurance of high quality, culturally sensitive patient care in agreement with evidence based practice research and values of nursing practice.
- Monitors and evaluates nursing staff performance, providing feedback and guidance to support standards of care.
- Demonstrates and role models leadership skills through daily staff interactions and mentoring of peers.
- Performs patient safety monitoring and upholds regulatory programs.
- Ensures positive customer relations through discussion and conflict management.
- Provides clinical nursing support to all staff and patient care types.
- Manages financial obligations and budgetary limits.
Clinical House Supervisor
Baptist Health Lexington
05.2013 - 08.2015
- Demonstrates critical thinking and creative problem solving in handling of patient/public issues.
- Actively directs all codes that occur in the hospital ranging from cardiac arrest to hostile patients in coordination with physicians where applicable
- Manages patient flow and appropriate staffing levels in accordance with hospital census guidelines.
- Communicates patient diagnosis, severity, and immediate needs to physicians for timely intervention.
- Provides clinical nursing support hospital-wide.
- Accomplishments:
- Member of Magnet Prep and Communication Team, leading the efforts to obtain Magnet recertification for 3rd designation.
- Established “Magnet Mondays” to educate staff and visitors.
- RRT/Code Blue Team Member
- Super-User: Ascom Communication System
Critical Care Registered Nurse
Baptist Health Lexington, RN – 4ICU
01.2008 - 05.2013
- Worked with intubated and ventilated patients, monitoring and reporting on conditions to maintain stats within optimal levels.
- Managed needs of chronically ill and acute patients with well-coordinated treatment strategies.
- Performed timely resuscitation and stabilization of acutely ill patients.
- Utilized critical thinking skills to assess, plan and implement evidence-based patient care.
- Accomplishments:
- Magnet Nurse Chairman July 2012 - January 2015
- Evolving Leaders Completion
- LEAN Training
- Super-User: Stryker ICU Beds, ECG Tracing
- Infection Control Team member
LPN Clinical Instructor
Kentucky Community and Technical College
08.2012 - 05.2013
- Managed clinical experiences for multiple students in accordance with health care facility policies and procedures (including, but not limited to: care plans, medication administration, critical thinking activities, basic nursing skills training, and leadership development).
Patient Care Technician & Health Unit Coordinator
Baptist Health Lexington
02.2005 - 12.2007
Education
Master of Science - Nursing Administration
Eastern University of Kentucky
Richmond, KY05.2016
Bachelor of Science - Nursing
University of Kentucky
Lexington, KY12.2007
Skills
- Time Management
- Profitability Strategies
- Budget Planning
- Multidisciplinary Team Collaboration
- Verbal and Written Communication
- Critical Thinking
- Public Speaking
- Process Improvement
Accomplishments
- Opened a new 19 bed short stay unit and a new 12 bed overflow unit.
- Established patient flow for Phase 2 Recovery patients outside of the PACU.
- May 2017- Took on leadership of Radiology Holding Room, overseeing all nursing for outpatient and inpatient invasive radiology procedures and daily flow of patients waiting for tests or procedures.
- Maintained outcomes for nurse sensitive indicators that meet below benchmark requirements.
- Implemented new chart system for inpatient and outpatient areas.
- Evolving Leaders Instructor for Emotional Intelligence since January 2017.
- Evolving Leaders Mentor for Level III.
- Charge Nurse Steering Team Lead (training newly implemented charge nurses on daily operations, clinical implementations, professional development, and conflict resolution; Development of an Enrichment Series designated for CNs for annual CEs and growth development; Designed CN evaluation guidelines for annual review of performance).
- Published in the Journal of Perioperative Nursing for work and education done on ERAS nursing. Presented research at Research Symposium and Baptist Excels Round Table.
- Partnered with Director of Medical ICU to assist with staff morale, unit based education, patient care delivery compliance, and variety of daily management responsibilities.
- Created and implemented Escalation Pathways for decreased length of stay across inpatient hospital settings.
- Development of standing order sets for Outpatient Interventional Radiology.
- Partnered with Interventional Radiologist to create standards in laboratory orders to produce a decrease lab draws in the outpatient setting.
Certification
- Licensed Registered Nurse - Kentucky Board of Nursing 2008 - Lic # 1115938
- American Nurse Credentialing Center - Board Certified Nurse Executive 2022
- American Heart Association ACLS current
- American Heart Association BLS current
Affiliations
- American Organization for Nursing Leaders (AONL) August 2023-Present
- UK College of Nursing Alumni (CONAA) December 2007 – Present
- President of UK CONAA September 2021-Present
- Association of Critical Care Nurses September 2009-2016
- Refuge Medical Clinic Volunteer Nurse – Fayette and Jessamine Counties August 2008 – July 2013
- Alpha Delta Pi Sorority Member August 2002 – May 2006
Timeline
Director of Nursing
Baptist Health Lexington
08.2015 - Current
Clinical House Supervisor
Baptist Health Lexington
05.2013 - 08.2015
LPN Clinical Instructor
Kentucky Community and Technical College
08.2012 - 05.2013
Critical Care Registered Nurse
Baptist Health Lexington, RN – 4ICU
01.2008 - 05.2013
Patient Care Technician & Health Unit Coordinator
Baptist Health Lexington
02.2005 - 12.2007
Master of Science - Nursing Administration
Eastern University of Kentucky
Bachelor of Science - Nursing
University of Kentucky
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