Harrison Hummel

Experience

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  Sunrise Senior Living

  May 2014 - Jan 2015

  Care Manager

  • Assist elderly residents in activities of daily living• Provide basic care and companionship to residents with memory loss • Communicate health status of residents to supervising registered nurses or licensed practical nurses

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  Virginia Mason Medical Center

  Jun 2015 - Aug 2015

  Corporate Marketing Intern

  Marketing and Business Development in the Community Service and Outreach Department-Coordinated and completed activation of Virginia Mason sponsored community and corporate partner events.-Participated in Virginia Mason marketing discussions and deliverables-Assisted in organizing department's supplies and communication

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  UT Southwestern Medical Center

  May 2016 - Dec 2016

  •Assisted patients with ADL’s and provided comfort measures 24 bed unit •Advocated for patients by communicating patient needs to nursing staff •Maintained cleanliness of unit and patient rooms •Assisted Registered Nurses with nursing skills and tasks •Collaborated with healthcare team by frequently offering assistance to team members

  • Patient Care Technician

    Aug 2016 - Dec 2016

  • Nurse Extern

    May 2016 - Jul 2016
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  Virginia Mason Medical Center

  Mar 2017 - Jul 2018

  • Developed and implemented strategy resulting in reducing falls by 15% and falls with injuries by 100% within one year; presented methods, solutions, and results at the 38th Annual Patricia Maguire Distinguished Nurse Lectureship in 2018.• Spearheaded process improvement project and built a new process for staff to search patients’ bags safely and efficiently for dangerous objects. Designed a solution with Toyota Motor Co.’s six step Kaizen methods for lean continuous improvement. •Provided medications and direct care for 1-2 patients per day on a 31 bed critical care unit, composed of medical, surgical, cardiovascular, and neurological patients•Monitored patients with cardiac monitors, pulse oximeters, Swanz-Ganz catheters, and arterial lines•Utilized central venous catheters, peripheral IVs, chest tubes, urinary catheters, ET tubes, ventilators, enteral and parenteral nutrition devices, wound vacs, and surgical drains

  • Acute Care Nurse - General Medical Gastrointestinal Unit

    Jul 2017 - Jul 2018

  • Registered Nurse - Critical Care Unit

    Mar 2017 - Jul 2017
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  University of Washington Medical Center

  Sept 2018 - Jan 2022

  Acute Care Nurse and Charge Nurse - Complex Medical, Orthopedic and Neurosurgery, COVID-19 Unit

  •Directed and supported team of 50 nurses as Charge Nurse, showcasing effective leadership and resource allocation skills by creating equitable staff assignments, resolving conflicts and emergencies, and managing inventory of medical supplies.•Trained 30 peers how to use new medical record technology product, achieving 100% team competency within 6 weeks of implementation. Resolved pain points and improved product’s operational efficiency by escalating issues to key stakeholders. •Managed project that improved teamwork and patient satisfaction, resulting in 10% increase in surveyed patient satisfaction scores within 3 months of workflow changes; presented project to 200 peers at Seattle Nursing Research Consortium in 2020. •Programmed orientation for 20 staff nurses, travel nurses, and nursing students; evaluated competency with objective metrics. Show less

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  Skagit Valley Hospital

  Feb 2022 - Oct 2022

  Travel Nurse - Acute Care Float Pool

  •Addressed staffing shortages by implementing a rotation system across five, 31-bed departments, reducing shortages by 18%.•Delivered evidence-based clinical care to 500 patients, utilizing 50 metrics to assess, diagnose, treat, and re-evaluate patients’ medical status. Optimized treatment through collaborative communication between 5 interdisciplinary medical teams.•Local Travel Nurse contract with Aya Healthcare (agency)

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  Swedish

  Jan 2023 - Jul 2023

  Travel Nurse and Charge Nurse- Acute Rehab Unit

  • Coordinated with 5 cross-functional teams to successfully rehabilitate 50 stroke and spine surgery patients, while reviewing and meeting strict electronic medical record and quality of care requirements for $1.5 MM in Medicare reimbursement. • Directed team of 25 nurses as Charge Nurse (Team Lead). Optimized budget and safety by maintaining staff-to-patient ratios of 1 to 5, meeting highest quality standards of patient care while enhancing patient outcomes and maximizing throughput. •Local Travel Contract with Aya Healthcare (agency) at Swedish Hospital, Cherry Hill campus Show less

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  Kaiser Permanente

  Aug 2023 - Nov 2023

  Travel Nurse - Medical/Surgical Unit

  • Delivered excellent, evidence-based clinical care to 200 patients, utilizing 50 metrics to assess, diagnose, treat, and re-evaluate patients’ medical status. Optimized treatment through collaborative communication between 5 interdisciplinary medical teams.• Travel contract with AMN Healthcare (agency)

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  Apple

  Nov 2023 - now

  • Solved operational bottlenecks, streamlined daily workflows, and led team’s daily sync meetings, leading to 75% reduction in meeting length, 50% more efficient project documentation, and more organized communication between staff. • Developed standardized processes with inferential and descriptive statistics to assess trends, track pain points, and analyze 150+ metrics per participant leading to 80% participant success rate and to new action plans to increase success rate.• Served as liaison between Study Leads and Contractors for a user study for a future Apple Watch health feature, and reduced workload by 25% for 4 Leads by owning operational tasks, enabling 17 contractors to execute 400-person study efficiently. Show less • Created new health education product concept to accelerate adoption of an app by generating 15 study hypotheses, reduced to 1, for feasibility and impact, then designed and executed user study with 50 participants, which validated proof of concept. • Performed inferential statistical analysis with regression models and “t tests” to prove statistically significant, positive results. • Presented results indicating beta product effectiveness to Human Engineering Senior Director and to 2 partner teams, and proposed business need and action plan for continued product development and iterative testing with broader demographics. • Designed 45-page research protocol and informed consent form, submitted documentation, and received regulatory approval. • Collaborated with cross-functional partners to successfully meet strict project timelines, to collect and protect relevant sensitive data, to complete study within 12 weeks, and to pilot team’s new software tool to upload, encrypt, and decrypt data. Show less • Enabled new product development and validation phases for hardware audio prototypes by conducting ~200 health, fitness, and wellness user studies, collecting quantitative and qualitative data regarding user experience, biometrics, and anthropometrics.• Ensured strict compliance with established research protocols for ~200 study participants by protecting confidentiality and data privacy, informing participants, obtaining consent, mitigating bias, and not deviating from approved study protocol. • Applied rigorous medical screenings and monitoring during studies, achieving 100% prevention for adverse medical events.• Partnered with designers, hardware engineers, and study DRI’s to implement protocol changes and to escalate pain points. Show less

  • User Study Researcher, Contractor Lead | Human Physiology | Human Engineering

    Sept 2024 - now

  • MBA Intern - Human Physiology | Human Engineering

    May 2024 - Aug 2024

  • User Study Researcher - Human Physiology | Human Engineering

    Nov 2023 - May 2024