Whitney Lewis
Arlington
Summary
I am an experienced nurse leader who specializes in critical care to administer exceptional care to our most vulnerable patient population. With experience in people leadership, innovative ideas, regulatory standards, finance, and much more. I float to almost every area of the hospital and practice independently.
Overview
15
15
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification
Work History
Critical Care Float Pool Registered Nurse
Cook Children's Medical Center
09.2022 - Current
- Identified patient care problems and implemented corrective actions in alignment with hospital policies, procedures and regulations.
- Participated in ongoing professional development opportunities to enhance nursing knowledge and skills, ultimately benefiting patient care.
- Increased efficiency within the float pool by quickly adapting to various units'' policies and procedures while maintaining exceptional care standards.
- Worked with physicians, nurses, technicians and therapists to formulate, implement and modify individual care plans.
- Provided high-quality care for critically ill patients with various conditions such as sepsis, respiratory failure, and multi-organ dysfunction.
- Championed patient-centered care by actively involving patients and their families in treatment decisions and goal-setting discussions.
- Upheld ethical standards in nursing practice by maintaining patient confidentiality, obtaining informed consent before invasive procedures, and advocating for patient autonomy.
- Supported family members during stressful situations by providing education on their loved one''s condition and offering emotional support.
- Improved patient outcomes through accurate interpretation of vital signs, lab results, and telemetry data for timely intervention.
- Delivered exceptional, culturally-appropriate care to patients and families on several units.
Registered Nurse Clinical Manager NICU
Children's Health System of Texas
11.2019 - 09.2022
- Improve care delivery by monitoring performance and optimizing strategies. Improved patient/family satisfaction scores from 63% to 88%.
- Enter and manage all capital requests for the department. Oversee projects from those requests from idea to fruition.
- Conceptualize and oversee departmental metrics, track and trend metrics, and follow through with PDSA cycles.
- Improved employee opinion scores from 3.1 (average) to 4.11 (exceptional) in one year.
- Coordinate effective interdepartmental collaboration through open communication between medical staff and nurses.
- Creation and implementation of nurse-led rounds.
- Facilitate Magnet survey and preparedness; achieved third designation.
- Direct and conduct recruitment, hiring, and training of talent. Turnover decreased from 27% to 11.2% in one year.
- Lead a service line and oversee over 200 employees.
- Stay at forefront of medical and technical advances, evaluating options and integrating useful solutions.
- Maintain knowledgeable and skilled staff, recruiting top candidates and overseeing continuous training initiatives.
- Enhance customer satisfaction with fast, knowledgeable service. Family survey evaluation, identify gaps, and resolve any issues.
- Maintain full compliance with legal, health, and safety regulations.
- Collaborate with team members to meet daily demands and handle challenging projects.
Registered Nurse Team Leader PICU
Children's Health System of Texas
07.2016 - 11.2019
- Led nurses and techs to success in their positions.
- Assisted with renovation from start to finish for a new PICU to meet the growing demands of the hospital.
- Selected to represent the hospital through our CEO designated Leadership Program.
- Code team member and operational leader for the hospital.
- Created and implemented a mentorship program for the department which decreased our one year turn over by 25%. This was adapted in other departments also.
- Created and implemented the solution board stoplight report for the entire organization.
- Conceptualized the PICU portion of our clinical nurse achievement program.
- Led and participated in many shared government councils and work groups, representing the PICU.
- Charge nurse and operational leader for the 44 bed PICU.
- Collaborated with physicians and other disciplines to ensure optimal care for our patients.
- Patient acuity project oversight.
Interim Clinical Manager PICU
Children's Health System of Texas
04.2018 - 08.2018
- Served as interim clinical manager of a 44 bed PICU while our manager was on leave.
- Oversaw finances, recruitment, patient satisfaction, and employee and physician needs in addition to other supervisor duties.
- Clinical achievement award recipient.
- Returned to Team Lead position when manager returned from leave.
Registered Nurse PICU
Children's Health System of Texas
09.2010 - 07.2016
- Controlled risks of deterioration with continuous monitoring and swift action on concerning changes in condition.
- Administered CRRT for patients in renal failure.
- Resource nurse for 44 bed unit.
- Collaborated with physicians and administered care for patients on ECMO.
- Collaborated and assisted physicians and our vascular access team to obtain central line access.
- Conducted regular central access rounds to prevent CLABSIs.
- Extensive training and implementation of organizational safety cards.
- Charge nurse
- Ebola nurse volunteer.
- Epic, iStat, hemacue, pyxis, omnicell, all microsoft programs experience.
- Supported patients during emergencies, quickly identifying and delivering life-saving treatments.
- Served on the code team for the hospital.
- Prioritized care for critically-ill patients, balancing emerging needs against core requirements.
- Maintained full compliance with legal, health, and safety regulations.
- Enhanced customer satisfaction with fast, knowledgeable service.
- Collaborated with team members to meet daily demands and handle challenging projects.
Education
MBA - healthcare administration
Texas Wesleyan University
Fort Worth, TexasCertified Pediatric Nurse - undefined
PNBC
01.2014
BSN - undefined
Southwestern Adventist University
Keene, Texas05.2009
Skills
- Knowledge and compliance of accreditation and regulatory requirements
- Establish departmental goals and achieve them
- Collaboration with physicians and partners to achieve goals
- People leadership and team approach to problem solving
- Extensive ICU and ED knowledge including transport, VAT, CRRT, ECMO, and others
- Support the organizational mission and work effectively to achieve it
- Capital and finance management
- Innovative project oversight and implementation
Certification
BLS
PALS
NRP
ACLS-in progress
CPN
Timeline
Critical Care Float Pool Registered Nurse
Cook Children's Medical Center
09.2022 - Current
Registered Nurse Clinical Manager NICU
Children's Health System of Texas
11.2019 - 09.2022
Interim Clinical Manager PICU
Children's Health System of Texas
04.2018 - 08.2018
Registered Nurse Team Leader PICU
Children's Health System of Texas
07.2016 - 11.2019
Registered Nurse PICU
Children's Health System of Texas
09.2010 - 07.2016
Certified Pediatric Nurse - undefined
PNBC
BSN - undefined
Southwestern Adventist University
MBA - healthcare administration
Texas Wesleyan University
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