Andover, New Jersey, United States
FAMILY NURSE PRACTITIONER I am a patient-focused Family Nurse Practitioner with more 20 years of acute care nursing experience providing comprehensive medical care and establishing partnerships in health with patients. My background includes progressive experience at Saint Clare’s Health System from Assistant Nurse Manager through Nurse Manager and Staff/Charge Nurse to my current role as Quality Management Specialist. I am particularly strong in engaging healthcare providers in developing and managing care processes that improve quality of care, patient outcomes, and patient experiences. Equally strong in collaborating with interdisciplinary healthcare teams to optimize patient care. For example, as Quality Management Specialist, I evaluated standards of care and ensured newly credentialed physicians complied with rules and regulations. Over more than eight years as a Charge Nurse, I co-chaired the Nurse Practice Counsel and utilized evidence-based practice to empower nurses to improve nursing practice and patient care. Additionally, I recently earned a Master of Science in Nursing (2015) with clinical experience including employee health, internal medicine, women’s health, and pediatrics. MY EXPERTISE INCLUDES: * Process Improvement * Training & Mentoring * Interdisciplinary Care * Quality Improvement * Treatment Planning * Patient Evaluation * Differential Diagnosis * Preventative Healthcare * Medication Management * Crisis Intervention * Disease Management * Patient & Family Education * Customer Service * Employee Management * Work Flow Management * Staff Development * Process Improvement
Promoted to Quality Management Specialist based on broad clinical knowledge, attention to detail, and high standards of patient care. Manage core measure projects dictated by CMS and TJC. * Created hospital policy for Focused Professional Practice Evaluation for newly credentialed practitioners. * Improved core measure scores by 83%.
Provided direct patient care while concurrently serving as charge nurse on telemetry/progressive care units. Coordinated care between nursing staff, physicians, and ancillary departments to optimize patient outcomes. * Improved patient satisfaction scores. * Instrumental in developing acute telemetry unit; ultimately increased patient beds by 69%.
Promoted to improve and manage daily operations of underperforming 38 bed medical/surgical acute care nursing unit. * Decreased staff turnover by 40%. * Increased patient satisfaction scores by 50%.