Experience

• D'Youville College

  Clinical Associate Professor

  full time faculty teaching undergraduate med/surg nursing and graduate nursing pathophysiology

• Kaleida Health

  Director of Applied Clinical Informatics

  Coordinate the clinical teams in the evaluation, design and implementation of an electronic medical record; support the implementation of clinical systems through the development and adherence to clinical standards using evidence based practice thus driving change in nursing practice; work in partnership with quality teams and operations leadership to assist with analysis of hospital performance measures and make action plan recommendations to nursing leadership for process redesign, introduction of evidence based best practice or potential informatics solutions to improve outcomes; collaborate with nursing management, clinical education and nursing clinical informatics to provide training and education to facilitate clinical adoption of informatics solutions

• Kaleida Health

  Chief Nursing Officer

  Responsible for operation and administration of patient care services; Established criteria for and instituted a discharge lounge for patients awaiting transportation upon discharge; Organized a committee of staff nurses to address issues related to retention of nursing; Enhanced the communication and function of a central Transfer Center to facilitate the efficient and timely placement of patients into hospital beds; Worked collaboratively to enhance support service efficiencies to improve patient flow and shorten length of stay; Stabilized nursing staff retention thus driving down agency and overtime costs; Instituted shared governance structure utilizing unit-based multidisciplinary partnership councils