Stella Rhoda Macheso

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1 Stella Rhoda Macheso Objective Clinical Nurse Specialist Critical Care Qualification Summary More than 10 years experience in clinical settings providing nursing care to critically ill adult patients Professional Experience Critical Care Clinical Nurse Specialist,, Bay City, MI. November 29,2015 Present Translating clinical expertise into nursing care provided either by directly or by influencing nurses and personnel through evidence-based nursing care standards and programs of care. Working collaboratively and providing clinical leadership to nurses and multidisciplinary teams to improve patient outcomes. Playing a unique role in the delivery of high quality nursing care. Being an expert in evidence-based nursing and practice in critical care; Updating policies, protocol; and standardizing critical care practices Engaging in teaching, coaching/mentoring, consulting, collaboration, research, management, and systems improvement. Working hand in hand with Critical Care management team. Planning session and providing expertize on rolling out of the Interdisciplinary rounding program Organizing standard of care e.g. Open heart training Developing new orientation program for new hires with the use of Essentials of Critical Care Orientation program Coaching and working on systems improvement in the care of induced hypothermia patients Introduced the BKAT assessment tool in order use it as a dependent variable to test different teaching methods for our critical care classes/skills, and as a means to identify content for inservice education programs for currently employed critical care nurses. Registered Nurse, Mclaren Bay Region, Bay City, MI. December, 2005 November 28, 2015 Provide comprehensive critical care nursing to patients ages 18 to 99 years old Developed order set and protocol for the induced hypothermia patients post cardiac arrest during Graduate Capstone project Care for GI bleeds, craniotomy, neurovascular patients, and head trauma pre- and post-operative patients Monitor pulmonary catheter readings, labs, ICP, CPP Direct care to open heart recoveries and other major surgeries e.g. Craniotomies Care for patients with intra-aortic balloon pump, impella, LVAD, Ekos, and ventric drains Respond to Code Blue and Rapid Responses Discontinuing Pulmonary artery catheters, Foley catheter, central lines, Jackson pratts, hemovacs Dressing changes on wounds, incisions, and lines

2 Provide patient and staff education Precept new staff nurses and students Participate in unit, council, and committee meetings Charge nurse 6 times per schedule for 4 years Lead Champion for post cardiac arrest hypothermia program Nurse Extern, Bay Regional Medical Center, May 2004 December 2005 Provide direct care to open heart patients, and patients received from cath lab after cardiac interventions. Care included performing physical assessments, obtaining vital signs, planning care and executing the patients plan of care, evaluating responses to the individualized nursing interventions. Provide education to patients and their families. Registered nurse supervised care provided to patients Nurse Assistant, Bay Regional Medical Center, January 2004 May 2004 Obtain vital signs Obtain ECGs Draw blood Give complete bed baths Education Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD DNP student, May 2016 May 2018 University of Cincinnati, Cincinnati, OH Masters of Science in Nursing, April 2013 Saginaw Valley State University, Saginaw, MI Bachelor of Science in nursing, Suma cum laude, December 2005 Honors/Committees Lifetime member, The National Society of Collegiate Scholars Nursing Excellence Award al 2014 recipient Member - Ethics Committee Member - Critical Care Committee Member Sepsis Committee Member - Management council Chairperson Therapeutic hypothermia implementation project

3 Chairperson Interdisciplinary Rounding Process Improvement Committee Professional Memberships Member, Sigma Theta Tau, Saginaw Valley State University Chapter Member, American Association of Critical-Care Nurses Member, American Nurses Association Member, AACN Northeastern Chapter Member, National Association of Clinical Nurse specialist Member, Society of Critical Care Medicine Member, The National Society of Collegiate Scholars CCRN Certification: present Licensure/Certifications RN Licensure: February 2006 to present Advanced Cardiac Life Support (ACLS), American Heart Association, present Basic Life Support (BLS), American Heart Association, 2003 present Advanced Stroke Life Support 2013 to present Mild controlled hypothermia Champion present Volunteer, Helen M. Nickless volunteer clinic RN Volunteer Experience Administer prescribed shots Check vital signs before patients are seen by the physician Wound dressing Volunteer, Relay for Life, Bay city, 2005, 2006, 2008, 2010, 2013 Provide first aid Fund raising activities Volunteer, Adziwa orphanage (in Malawi, Africa) todate Teach on prevention of diseases, for example, malaria and HIV AIDS Raise funds for food, malaria prevention, and medications for the orphans Program Development Planned, developed, and implemented therapeutic hypothermia treatment on post cardiac arrest patients; multidiscipline team that consists of Critical Care, Emergency Department, Cardiology, Neurology, Pharmacy, and Cath-lab.

4 Planned, modified intravenous site and tubing policy Planned, developed, and implemented the therapeutic hypothermia policy Planned, developed, and implemented therapeutic hypothermia order set Planned audit sessions to prevent vent acquired pneumonia Planned audit sessions to prevent falls Planning the development of Intensivist program Implementing Interdisciplinary rounding start date of Jan 4, 2016 Stella Rhoda Macheso 1503 Marquette Avenue Bay City MI List of References Dr Elizabeth Roe, PhD, RN Crystal M. Lange College of Health and Human Services Saginaw Valley State University

5 University Center, MI Dr. Robert Holmes, MD Bay Heart & Vascular 1900 Columbus Bay City, MI Dr Ali Soueidan, MD Intensivist Office, Critical Care Unit 1900 Columbus Ave Bay City, MI (Cell) Di Katt, RN, BSN, CCRN, CSC, CMC 1900 Columbus Ave Bay City, MI 48706