Experience

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  Comanche county memorial hospital

  Jul 2001 - Sept 2003

  Registered nurse

  Care and treatment of emergency department patients. Also served as a Charge Nurse of the ER during this time.

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  The physicians hospital in anadarko

  Aug 2003 - Aug 2005

  Administrator and director of nursing

  Responsible for this 25 bed critical access hospital and performed the day-to-day operations including staffing for all departments, budgeting, financial analysis and payroll for 50 employees.

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  Comanche county memorial hospital

  Aug 2005 - Nov 2007

  Interim nursing director emergency department

  Responsible for 26 bed Emergency Department including staffing, scheduling, mentoring, education, and accountability for 80 co-workers.

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  Mercy

  Dec 2007 - Nov 2023

  Direct operational oversight for 409 bed hospital with multiple campuses in the Oklahoma City metropolitan area, and regional oversight for 2 additional acute care hospitals and 6 critical access facilities across the state of Oklahoma. Direct operational oversight for multiple departments including the Emergency Department, Intensive Care Unit, Dialysis, Intermediate Care Unit, Patient Logistics, Inpatient Wound, and House Supervisors. Nursing Director with responsibility over the Emergency Department, Intensive Care Unit, and Intermediate Care. Direct responsibility for 16 bed Emergency Department which included collaboration with physician leadership, staff mentoring, and performance improvement. Responsible for staffing and scheduling the 16 bed Emergency Department. Support of the Nurse Manager and working at the bedside were also requirements of this position. Responsible for new co-worker orientation to the department, clinical orientation for all nurses in collaboration with the other educators in the facility, and ongoing educational offerings for the department.

  • VP & Community CNO

    May 2015 - Nov 2023

  • Executive Director of Emergency and Critical Care Services

    Jan 2014 - May 2015

  • Director Of Emergency Services

    Apr 2012 - Jan 2014

  • Nurse Manager ~ Emergency Department

    Jan 2011 - Apr 2012

  • Assistant Nurse Manager ~ Emergency Department

    May 2008 - Jan 2011

  • Nurse Educator ~ Emergency Department

    Dec 2007 - May 2008
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  Desert valley hospital & medical group

  May 2024 - now

  Chief nursing officer