Heather Barry

• Collaborated with physicians to quickly assess patients and deliver appropriate treatment while managing rapidly changing conditions.
• Member of the RRT /Code Team
• Coordinated nursing care on unit through staff assignments, assisting and rounding with physicians and patients, and communicating with ancillary departments.
• Built rapport with patients and family members to deliver exceptional care and patient experience.
• Responsible for discharge calls for inpatient areas, maintains call log and is responsible for meeting organizational outcomes for discharge calls percentages.
• Collaborated with leadership to devise initiatives for improving nursing satisfaction, patient satisfaction , retention and morale.
• Participated in evidence-based practice projects
• Co- Chair of Nursing Care Committee
• Member of Education Committee
• Member of Code Blue Committee
• Epic SLE for ICU

• Management of units daily activities: staffing, scheduling, payroll
• Provided supervision in nurses proper techniques, care standards, operational procedures, and safety protocols.
• Provided direct nursing care to patients when personnel was short-staffed.
• Maintained proper staff levels within budget parameters to deliver high levels of care and satisfaction to every patient.
• Confidently directed overall operation of nursing services and patient care.
• Delegated tasks and provided leadership for nurses and support personnel.
• Clinical Practice Council (CPC): assigned to work on policies, making changes, revisions, and looking up literature to support it.
• Quality Improvement Committee: track quality leading indicators, prioritize interventions, and implement interventions to improve benchmarking data.
• Performance improvement projects such as patient satisfaction, associate satisfaction, clinical quality indicators and finances.

• Collaborated with physicians to quickly assess patients and deliver appropriate treatment while managing rapidly changing conditions.
• Administered medications and treatment to patients and monitored responses while working with healthcare teams to adjust care plans.
• Educated patients, families and caregivers on diagnosis and prognosis, treatment options, disease process, and management and lifestyle options.
• Chair of Patient Satisfaction Committee:

Additional responsibilities included but not limited to:

Analyzing Press Ganey data/ Rounding data -Prioritizing improvement projects

• Supervision of improvement development strategy with committee
• Supervision of implementation of plan
• Gathering/analyzing measurable results/benchmarking data
• Maintaining success of plan

• Collaborated with physicians, nurses, team members to quickly assess patients and deliver appropriate treatment while managing rapidly changing conditions.
• Patient Satisfaction Champion

• Assessed, evaluated, and cared for neonate and pediatric patients.
• Coordinated with healthcare staff from various disciplines to devise, carry out, and manage personalized care plans to benefit patient health and recovery.
• Conducted patient assessments, recorded vitals, and analyzed records and charts to define care requirements.