Contributions of Professional Nursing

Transformational Leadership

• Developed a safe and supportive discharge process for individuals experiencing homelessness
• Advocated for a full-time Chaplain position to address patient and staffs’ individual spiritual needs
• Implemented a Learning Center that offers technology and space for staff professional development
• Prepared staff to be nurse leaders of the future

Structural Empowerment

• Acquired a video monitoring device system to prevent patients from falling during their hospital stay
• Promoted advanced education, achieving and sustaining ≥ 80% of RNs with a Bachelor of Science in Nursing (BSN) degree
• Implemented specialty training and education for physicians and RNs to recognize and quickly treat pregnant patients with severely elevated blood pressure
• Designed a laboratory testing protocol to decrease the time patients with chest pain spend in the Emergency Department

Exemplary Professional Practice

• Outscored others across the nation in the American Nurses Credentialing Center's (ANCC) nursing engagement categories for 3 consecutive years
• Adopted best practices to lower the rates of bloodstream infections for compromised patients
• Implemented a nurse-driven process to reduce pain associated with IV potassium infusions
• Designed and implemented a peer and self-professional performance feedback process completed annually

New Knowledge, Innovations, and Improvements

• Gained insight through research, about the diversity of patients’ perceptions of compassionate care to influence nurses’ assessment and approach to individuals in their primary language (English, Spanish, & Armenian)
• Collaborated with pharmacists on the development of a successful drug diversion program
• Advocated for new products to protect patients’ skin from moisture related injuries
• Implemented technology to verify medical equipment placement thereby preventing patients from exposure to unnecessary radiation