Lauren Damiani

Perform audits to ensure hospice regulatory compliance. Actively participate in performance improvement initiatives. Serve as a quality champion and superuser for a new EMR integration.

Quality Management Coordinator at MJHS Hospice and Palliative Care (2025-03 – Present)

• Perform audits to ensure hospice regulatory compliance.
• Actively participate in performance improvement initiatives.
• Serve as a quality champion and superuser for a new EMR integration.
• Partner with hospice nursing leadership to drive system-wide improvements in care delivery.
• Analyze and share clinical practice data to strengthen end-of-life nursing interventions.

Registered Clinical Nurse, Critical Care Float Pool at The Mount Sinai Hospital (2024-09 – 2024-12)

• Provided high-acuity critical care to patients across Trauma, Surgical, Cardiac, and Medical ICU service lines.
• Proficient in EPIC EMR.

Patient Care Director, Cardiac ICU at NewYork-Presbyterian Brooklyn Methodist Hospital (2023-09 – 2024-09)

• Managed 44 full-time employees (including registered nurses, patient care technicians, and unit clerks) across daily unit operations.
• Achieved and sustained zero hospital-acquired infections, falls, and pressure injuries across the CCU for 12 months through evidence-based nursing care.
• Developed a standardized nurse report tool to systemize handoff.
• Initiated and organized a physician teaching and learning series with nursing staff.

Registered Clinical Nurse, Rapid Response Team at NYU Langone Orthopedic Hospital (2023-02 – 2023-09)

• Provided acute nursing interventions for patients experiencing clinical deterioration.
• Assisted with mock codes and emergency training for staff nurses.
• 2023 DAISY Award Winner for Clinical Excellence.

Clinical Medical-Surgical Instructor at Catholic University of America, MedStar Washington Hospital Center and The George Washington University, MedStar Washington Hospital Center (2022-03 – 2022-08)

• Oriented and supervised undergraduate nursing students in clinical settings.
• Designed evidence-based curriculum to integrate theory with practice.
• Guided students in care plan development and application of the nursing process.

Registered Clinical Nurse, Cardiovascular Intensive Care Unit at MedStar Washington Hospital Center (2020-02 – 2023-02)

• Performed focused assessments of advanced heart failure patients.
• Proficient in 12 lead EKG interpretation and hemodynamic monitoring.
• Trained in advanced, invasive cardiovascular therapies such as Impella and the Intra-Aortic Balloon Pump.
• Assumed role of unit resource nurse and acted as preceptor to new nurses on orientation.

Consultant, Middle East Regional Support Office at Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) Switzerland (2017-07 – 2017-12)

• Monitored the functionality of MSF's GeoApp by visually mapping MSF activities in the region.
• Supported the cross-sectional thematic regional projects pertinent to the protection of the medical mission, International Humanitarian Law (IHL), sexual and gender-based violence, and forced displacement and migration.

Senior Program Associate, Humanitarian Policy & Practice at InterAction (2016-03 – 2017-09)

• Co-managed thematic and country working groups (Refugee Policy, Syria/Iraq, Nigeria, South Sudan, Horn of Africa, Yemen).
• Supported different workstreams within the greater Humanitarian Policy & Practice team such as Protection, Policy, Security, Shelter, and Disaster Risk Reduction.

Master of Science in Nursing Education (MSN) in Nursing Education – Southern New Hampshire University (2023-01)

Accelerated Bachelor of Science in Nursing (BSN) in Nursing – George Washington University (2019-12)

Master of Science in Disaster Resilience Leadership Studies (MS-DRL) in Disaster Resilience Leadership Studies – Disaster Resilience Leadership Academy, Tulane University (2015-07)

Bachelor of Science in Social Work (BSW) in Social Work – Marist College (2014-05)