Emergency Department Registered Nurse - HCA Alaska Regional Hospital - Anchorage, Alaska
(2025-12)
Deliver comprehensive emergency nursing care within a busy metropolitan hospital serving adult and pediatric populations.
- Assess and manage critically ill patients across trauma, cardiac, neurologic, respiratory, behavioral health, and medical emergencies.
- Utilize Epic electronic health record (EHR) to support clinical documentation, interdisciplinary communication, and evidence-based decision making.
- Collaborate with physicians, advanced practice providers, pharmacists, respiratory therapists, laboratory personnel, imaging departments, and case management to optimize patient care and emergency department throughput.
- Participate in quality improvement initiatives supporting patient safety, operational efficiency, and regulatory compliance.
- Apply advanced critical thinking and clinical judgment within a high-acuity, rapidly changing healthcare environment.
Adjunct Clinical Nursing Faculty - The College of St. Scholastica
(2025-01)
- Provide clinical instruction and mentoring for undergraduate nursing students.
- Evaluate student clinical performance while promoting evidence-based nursing practice.
- Facilitate simulation exercises and clinical learning experiences emphasizing emergency nursing, patient safety, and critical thinking.
Emergency Department Registered Nurse - Ridgeview Medical Center - Waconia, Minnesota
(2025-07 - 2025-12)
Delivered emergency nursing care within a regional emergency department treating medical, surgical, and trauma patients.
- Coordinated interdisciplinary care using Epic EHR.
- Collaborated with physicians and ancillary departments to improve patient throughput and quality outcomes.
- Transitioned to Alaska Regional Hospital to expand emergency nursing experience within a higher-volume trauma center.
Registered Nurse / Paramedic - Allina Health EMS - Hutchinson, Minnesota
(2021-05 - 2025-07)
Delivered advanced prehospital emergency care across urban and rural healthcare environments.
- Integrated patient assessment findings into electronic documentation systems supporting continuity of care.
- Participated in quality improvement initiatives focused on clinical outcomes and operational effectiveness.
- Collaborated closely with emergency departments to improve transitions of care and patient outcomes.
Program Director / Paramedic Faculty - South Central College - North Mankato, Minnesota
(2020-12 - 2022-05)
Directed an accredited paramedic education program serving regional healthcare organizations.
- Led curriculum redesign utilizing outcome metrics and performance analysis.
- Coordinated accreditation compliance and continuous quality improvement activities.
- Facilitated multidisciplinary education involving hospitals, EMS agencies, physicians, nurses, and public safety organizations.
Life Safety Manager / Emergency Preparedness Coordinator - Medical City Healthcare (HCA) - Fort Worth, Texas
(2019-10 - 2020-09)
Served as Emergency Operations Center (EOC) Leader throughout the COVID-19 pandemic.
- Coordinated multidisciplinary operational response involving executive leadership, physicians, nursing, facilities, infection prevention, and ancillary departments.
- Conducted workflow analyses, hazard vulnerability assessments, business continuity planning, and after-action reviews.
- Developed executive dashboards, operational reports, and incident action plans supporting organizational decision making.
- Led organizational readiness initiatives improving hospital preparedness and regulatory compliance.
Director of Emergency Medical Services - WellStar Health System - Griffin, Georgia
(2017-07 - 2019-10)
Directed healthcare operations for a hospital-based EMS division supporting an integrated health system.
- Managed multimillion-dollar operational budgets and strategic planning initiatives.
- Designed and implemented a Community Paramedicine program that reduced hospital readmissions by 87%.
- Led Lean process improvement initiatives increasing operational efficiency and clinical performance.
- Collaborated with executive leadership to improve healthcare delivery and patient outcomes.
System Director – Emergency Management - HealthEast Care System - St. Paul, Minnesota
(2014-10 - 2017-07)
Directed enterprise emergency management and healthcare preparedness across multiple hospitals.
- Led interdisciplinary committees responsible for operational planning, healthcare readiness, and business continuity.
- Facilitated executive planning sessions involving physicians, nursing leadership, operations, facilities, and community partners.
- Developed executive dashboards, Incident Action Plans, Situation Reports, and performance metrics supporting healthcare operations.
- Guided enterprise-wide emergency preparedness strategy and organizational resilience initiatives.
System Redesign Coordinator / Emergency Management Coordinator (Internal Healthcare Process Improvement Consultant) - Veterans Health Administration - Minneapolis, Minnesota
(2008-07 - 2014-10)
Led enterprise healthcare improvement initiatives focused on clinical workflow redesign, operational efficiency, and strategic planning across the Veterans Health Administration.
- Facilitated multidisciplinary stakeholder meetings involving physicians, nurses, administrators, engineers, and executive leadership to evaluate current-state workflows and develop future-state operational models.
- Performed workflow analysis, process mapping, operational assessments, cost-benefit analysis, and performance measurement supporting executive decision making.
- Supported implementation of organizational change initiatives through stakeholder engagement, education, and project facilitation.
- Developed executive reports, presentations, dashboards, and operational recommendations using healthcare performance data.
- Coordinated emergency preparedness initiatives with federal, state, and local healthcare partners while integrating healthcare operations with disaster readiness.
Iowa Region 4 Hospital Disaster Planner / Emergency Preparedness Consultant (Regional Healthcare Preparedness & Process Improvement Consultant) - Alegent Health - Omaha, Nebraska
(2004-11 - 2008-08)
Served as regional healthcare preparedness consultant supporting 16 acute care hospitals participating in the Iowa Region 4 Hospital Preparedness Program (HPP). Deployed with ARNG for Iraqi Freedom October 2005-March 2007.
- Administered Department of Health and Human Services (DHHS) Hospital Preparedness Program (HPP) grant funding, including strategic planning, budget oversight, grant reporting, performance measurement, and regulatory compliance.
- Partnered with hospital executives, physicians, nursing leadership, emergency managers, public health agencies, EMS, fire services, law enforcement, and emergency management agencies to strengthen regional healthcare preparedness capabilities.
- Led multidisciplinary planning initiatives to evaluate current-state emergency operations, identify capability gaps, and develop future-state operational strategies supporting healthcare system resilience.
- Facilitated regional stakeholder meetings, executive planning sessions, and healthcare coalition workgroups to improve interoperability, resource coordination, and healthcare response capabilities.
- Developed regional emergency operations plans, annexes, continuity strategies, and healthcare coalition policies aligned with federal preparedness guidance and accreditation requirements.
- Coordinated Hazard Vulnerability Analyses (HVAs) and capability assessments.
