Professional Highlights
- Over 12 years of direct clinical experience, in both Nursing/Respiratory Therapy combined with extensive Cerner Millennium implementation and support experience.
- Extensive hands-on design and build experience with Orders Management (CareNet), Clinical Documentation, INet/IView, BMDI, eMAR, PowerChart, and PowerChart Office.
- Has a detailed understanding of Millennium Core architecture.
- Strong interpersonal, communication and problem solving skills.
- Proven ability to deliver innovative patient and end-user teaching and instructional resources that strengthens patient and end-user understanding and learning
Vendor/Application Expertise
- Has been responsible for the “hands on” INet Specialist/Team Leader at a Health System in the Midwest. Responsibilities include but not limited to: Project Plan Development, Design and Build of INet and INet Components, Event Codes/Sets maintenance, Project Tracking, Clinical Documentation support, etc.
- Application Specialist areas include Orders Management, Clinical Documentation, INet/IView, BMDI, eMAR, PowerChart and PowerChart Office,
- Expertise in Design and Build of Orders, CareSets, PowerForms, IViews and PowerNote.
- As a member of a large northern Health System, has been responsible for the design, build and roll-out of the Millennium Clinical Documentation and Order Management System. Examples of design/build tasks included building of specialty tabs and flow sheets, creation of smart templates for the chart view tab, creation of custom CCL for clinical note templates, creation of the Input & Output tab, creation of event code uploads, setting up shifts and timeframes, and creation and testing of a multitude of PowerForms.
- Expert trouble shooting skills in the following applications: CareNet Order Management, Person Management, PowerChart/OCF, PowerChart Office, Clinical Documentation, INet/Iview/BMDI, FirstNet, Discern Explorer, Discern Expert, PharmNet and PathNet.
- Expert analytical skills required for Millennium unit and integration testing.
- Expert skills in applying and testing of OCDs. • Solid skills in Security tools including HNAUser, CoreCodeBuilder, Priv Tool, Task Access, AppReg, AppCntxt, Auth_Maint, Security_Maint, and PrefMaint.
- Skilled with Cerner® Implementation Methodology and Microsoft Project.
- Experienced with providing Project Architect services to resolve cross-departmental design and implementation issues enabling the applications to work reliably with one another.
- Frequent use of front-end and back-end build tools, including DCPTools, PrefMaint, and CoreCodeBuilder.
Hands-On Consulting Skills
- Excellent skills in enterprise wide application design, build and training.
- Experienced in compiling implementation plans, integration testing scripts, and coordinating successful end-user training curriculums, and support regimes.
- Solid experience working in a clinical situation, understanding the process and needs of the healthcare environment
- Extensive experience offering quality best practice recommendations surrounding product functionality and clinical process
Previous Clinician/Nursing Experience
Regional Director of Care - 2 years
- Responsible for 24 hour operations of the Extended Care facility and seven other homes within region One for emergencies only. Served as a clinical resource for all licensed and unlicensed health care providers
Clinical Nurse Manager / Administrative Nurse Manager – 2 years
- Responsible for 24 hour operations of the Critical Care Complex. Serve as a clinical resource for nursing personnel.
- Participate in numerous committees focused on improving quality care delivery at the Medical Center
- Responsible for creating and maintaining a critical care complex policy and procedure manual that meets the recommended standards for accrediting agencies and adheres to the mission statement of organization. In addition the policies and procedures are based on current practice and are evidence based.
Clinical Practice Manager – 2 years
- Assisted with the development of computerized Order Entry and documentation, for the entire organization.
- Acted as a leader to nursing staff and the health care team, regarding evidence-based advanced nursing practices, problem based needs analysis and strategies for change.
- Assisted nursing staff in the development of clinical decision making and problem solving skills through case consultation, clinical demonstration, case review, and bedside rounds.
Staff Nurse/Respiratory Therapist – 7 years
- Provided direct patient care to patients on a 16-bed infectious diseases unit and a thirty bed pulmonary care unit. Patients under my care have a variety of diseases but delivery of quality patient care is primary objective.
- Provided Direct patient care to patients receiving cardiac surgery in a 10 bed cardiothoracic surgical ICU. Worked as a preceptor for new hires into the Surgical ICU.
- Respiratory Therapy Duties included bronchial hygiene therapy, oxygen and aerosol setups and rounds. Working in critical care units with ventilator patients, and cardiac arrest response. Worked throughout hospital rotating to various ICU’s and patient care areas.
Education
MS: 2003
Major: Computer Technology in Education
B.S.N: 1996
Major: Nursing, Cum Laude, The National Dean’s List, Recipient of three Clinical Scholar Awards
BS: 1994
Major: Health Services Administration
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