Eric Browning

28+ years of healthcare experience; 12 years of simulation operations experience; 2 years of case management experience

PRN - Surgery - Med Center Health - Bowling Green (Formerly The Medical Center at Bowling Green) - Bowling Green, KY

(2004 - 2025)

• Coordinated operating room operations - patient assessment, room preparation, instrument and equipment set up, radiology, ultrasound, neuromonitoring, and vendor support
• Supervised 5-6 staff and provided on-site leadership resources for the weekend surgery schedule
• Managed nursing care required for each surgical patient

RN Case Manager (Part Time Weekends) - Greenview Hospital - Bowling Green, KY

(2023)

• Responsible for promoting patient-centered care by coordinating the plan of care for the patient stay, managing length of stay, ensuring appropriate resource management, and developing a safe appropriate discharge plan in collaboration with the multidisciplinary care team
• Facilitate the progression of care using established criteria and in conjunction with the multidisciplinary team
• Coordinate activities that promote quality outcomes and patient throughput while supporting a balance of optimizing care and appropriate resource utilization

Director, Nursing Clinical and Simulation Laboratory - Western Kentucky University School of Nursing - Bowling Green, KY

(2013)

• Participate with and assist nursing faculty in the development, implementation, and integration of simulation activities for 80 nursing students
• Provide leadership for processes of purchasing simulation equipment and laboratory supplies for nursing clinical laboratories
• Work collaboratively with learning resource coordinator and SON office coordinator to manage skills lab budget
• Maintain unit documents and financial data
• Collaborate with IT to obtain, install and maintain clinical simulation software and equipment
• Serve as faculty to students in teaching scenario/learning situations of nursing skills, simulations, and debriefing sessions
• Train faculty, support staff and students in selected technical aspects of simulation
• Participate in or lead tours of the simulation laboratory
• Primary contact for outside organizations and departments seeking information about nursing simulation
• Provide instructional support in the simulation lab for students and faculty to improve competencies and skills in meeting course objectives through simulation
• Develop and conduct evaluation of the effectiveness in providing simulation learning
• Provide input to Director for long-range planning for use of simulation in nursing education
• Stay current with developments in field of simulation technology and learning theory
• Collaborate with Facility Liaison for scheduling use of simulation lab and nursing skills lab
• Maintain and update simulation lab - identify software, supply and equipment needs, monitor simulation equipment, troubleshoot and resolve problems
• Conduct nursing skills demonstration and assess student nurse competency skills requested by course faculty
• Coordinate remediation of nursing skills for students when requested by faculty
• Maintain records of all simulation activities - numbers of student participants, numbers of faculty participants, numbers of hospital employee participants, video release forms, and videotapes of simulation events

Registered Nurse - Interventional Pain Specialist - Bowling Green, KY

(2009 - 2013)

• Planned, implemented, and evaluated clinical programs to advance patient care and nursing practice in the area of pain management, with a special focus on the adult/geriatric population
• Collaborated with physicians and nursing leaders to ensure well-coordinated, interdisciplinary programs of care

Staff Development/Infection Control/Employee Health Coordinator - Southern Kentucky Rehabilitation Hospital - Bowling Green, KY

(2007 - 2009)

• Assisted in developing, implementing and conducting relevant in-service training programs as requested by the Director of Nursing and Education
• Maintained current employee health files on all staff members to assure compliance with all relevant regulations
• Ensured all employees had a Physician Health Statement in their file every two years
• Scheduled physicals for new employees as requested by the Director of Nursing
• Managed the TB screening program and maintained appropriate documentation of testing existed in employee files

Infection Control Practitioner - The Medical Center at Bowling Green - Bowling Green, KY

(2006 - 2007)

• Oversaw hospital’s Infection Control and Prevention Program
• Enforced infection control policies
• Educated staff on infection control procedures and ensured facility compliance with state and federal regulations

Charge Nurse OR/Employee Health Infection Control Nurse - The Medical Center at Franklin - Franklin, KY

(2005 - 2006)

• Created policy and procedure development
• Responsible for budget and performance improvement
• Coordinated and maintained infection control and employee health duties for the facility

Registered Nurse, Open Heart Surgery - The Medical Center at Bowling Green - Bowling Green, KY

(2000 - 2005)

• Responsible for coordination of all the activities for the operating room
• Managed nursing care required for each surgical patient

Registered Nurse, Operating Room - The Medical Center at Bowling Green - Bowling Green, KY

(1997 - 2000)

• Coordinated all the activities for the operating room
• Managed nursing care required for each surgical patient

Registered Nurse, Telemetry - Greenview Regional Hospital - Bowling Green, KY

(1996 - 1997)

• Provided total care of patients receiving 24-hour ECG monitoring

Master of Arts - Leadership Dynamics - Western Kentucky University (2012)

Bachelor of Science - Nursing - University of Southern Indiana (2004)

Associate in Applied Science - Nursing - Madisonville Community College (1996)