Career Profile

Babies, Computers, Healthcare Systems

Experiences

Special Projects and Transfer Center Specialist

UF Health Shands, Gainesville
2020 - Present

Responsible for data reporting of various operational departments and in-patient units. Supports Nursing Administration to develop more efficient processes to help them focus more on the human aspects of their job. Assist the Associate VPs and CNO/VP with special projects in the department of nursing.

RN Unit Educator

UF Health Shands, Gainesville
2018 - 2020

Evaluation of unit values and goals and their application at the bedside. Responsible for identifying the patient’s alterations in health, assessing the patient’s human response to actual and potential health problems, implementing nursing interventions based on theoretical concepts from nursing and other arts and sciences to achieve outcomes for the patient that facilitate resolution of alterations in health and actual and potential health problems, determining the effectiveness of nursing interventions by evaluating anticipated patient outcomes as needed to achieve optimal patient outcomes.

Staff Nurse

UF Health Shands, Gainesville
2010 - 2018

Responsible for identifying the patient’s alterations in health, assessing the patient’s human response to actual and potential health problems, implementing nursing interventions based on theoretical concepts from nursing and other arts and sciences to achieve outcomes for the patient that facilitate resolution of alterations in health and actual and potential health problems, determining the effectiveness of nursing interventions by evaluating anticipated patient outcomes as needed to achieve optimal patient outcomes.

Projects

RN Experience Program

2022 - present

Nursing Department program for RN satisfaction and System enhancement. This project includes RN to RN Peer Input and Evaluation work.

Women's and Children's RN to RN Peer Input

2021 - 2022

Developed Peer Input process using XM technology (Qualtrics) with individualized surveys for each RN displaying time of service and Modified Benner’s model stage for peers to rate in the 7 department of nursing metrics along with appreciateion, influence, and improvement questions. Staff receive monthly reports of their Peer Input responses. Managers can manage staff and view reports using support functions.

Performance Evaluation Efficiencies

2021 - present

Leading department wide initiative to bring efficiencies to the RN performance evaluation process. Inital stage to help managers with processing evaluation and create a human focused interaction during the evaluation interviews between manager and staff.

NICU Peer Input System

2020

Pilot electronic peer input system allowing RN peers to provide performance feedback routinely and efficiently.

Presentations and Publications

Podium Speaker October 15, 2022
2022 Magnet Conference Podium presentation Feedback to Move Forward
Abstract Submission December 2021
2022 Magnet Conference Podium presentation abstract about Pilot RN to RN Peer Input
Human Milk Lab April 2020
Florida Association of Neonatal Practitioners Conference Poster submission implementation and best practices of BCMA of human milk and milk lab processes
Human Milk Lab 14-15 February 2019
The Rita Kobb Nursing Informatics National Symposium Podium presentation on implementation and best practices of BCMA of human milk and milk lab processes