Nurse Manager Ortho Trauma resume example

Leader to team of 40 medical professionals on busy, acute care, 24 bed Trauma unit. Interviewed, hired, and developed team, along with process development and improvement, to provide optimal, excellent care to patients in suburban acute care Medical Center.

• Increased Patient Experience scores from 64% to 83%.
• 17 months without Fall with Injury
• Throughput-Dismissals by noon 26% to 37%
• Hourly Rounding with Patients from 86% on time, to 90%
• Leader Rounding successes of 100%
• Developed strategy to target nursing and patient satisfaction issues, improve response and patient care quality, and suggest action plans to promote hospital-wide excellent patient experience, quality, and safety initiatives.

Placed patients in 550 bed Medical, Level 2 Trauma Hospital in suburban Lincoln, Nebraska. Decided on direction and placement of over 300 staff for each of 20+ Acute Care Units on two-campus Medical Center.

• Collaborated with physicians regarding patient conditions, updates and necessary care changes.
• Incident Commander of Command Center during any Emergency Situations the Medical Center encountered.
• Implemented Service Recovery to patients and families if needed.
• Implemented opening of Bed Control division at Bryan Health Medical Center, which facilitated accurate placement of over 300 patients in 24 hour period.

• Worked within interdisciplinary health care team to develop, implement and make adjustments to patient care plans, develop rapport, individualizing strategies and methods to improve health and meet recovery goals.
• Trained new nurses in proper techniques, care standards, operational procedures and safety protocols to optimize performance and safety, while providing complete, comprehensive hospital nursing care.
• Effectively prioritized assignments, executing care based on each patient's relative condition and delegating tasks to available personnel deliver safe and efficient care.