Shannon C. Cornell
3536 Elizabeth St. Phone: (920)265-8828
Denver, CO 80205 E-mail:
PROFESSIONAL OBJECTIVE
To provide evidence based primary care, as an Adult Nurse Practitioner, to individuals in order to manage health problems while teaching and counseling with a focus on health maintenance and disease prevention. ANP-BC as of September 19, 2014.
EMPLOYMENT
Registered Nurse/Relief Charge Nurse: University of Colorado Hospital, Cardiology Progressive Care Unit (September 2010-Present)
· Manage total nursing care for 3 patients with primary cardiac or heart failure diagnosis
· Continuously monitor and interpret cardiac rhythms on all patients
· Critically assess, gather information, relay acute changes to the appropriate medical team
· Maintain communication with medical service in proper SBAR format and within the nursing team
· Communicate, educate, and counsel patient and family members
Registered Nurse/Relief Charge Nurse: University of Colorado Hospital, Medicine Subspecialties Unit (February 2008- September 2010)
· Manage total care for 4-5 medical patients. Main population with multiple co-morbidities and chronic illness, such as: end-stage liver, renal failure, alcohol withdrawal patients.
Nurse Extern-St. Mary’s Medical Center, Medical Unit: Green Bay, WI (June-August 2007)
EDUCATION
* University of Colorado
Degree: Masters of Science in Nursing Tract: Adult Nurse Practitioner; Cumulative GPA: 3.85
* University of Wisconsin-Eau Claire
Degree: Bachelor of Science in Nursing; Cumulative GPA: 3.75
Study Abroad Program: Dalkeith, Scotland (Summer 2006)
CERTIFICATIONS
· Advanced Cardiovascular Life Support Provider Certified (July 2014)
· Cardiac Pulmonary Resuscitator Certified (July 2014)
· PCCN – Certification for Progressive Care Nurses (August 2012)
· Level III Registered Nurse at the University of Colorado Hospital (October 2010)
· Medical/Surgical Board Certified Nurse (2010)
LEADERSHIP EXPERIENCE
Cardiology Progressive Care Unit Representative for Hospital 2 Home Heart Failure Committee (2013-present): Multidisciplinary team with physicians, coders, CNS, NPs, RNs, case management, etc. meet monthly to achieve hospital and national wide initiatives, goals, and outcomes to educate patients in the hospital on their heart failure and to prevent readmissions. Currently the committee drove the recent Joint Commission hospital certification as an Advanced Heart Failure Center in October, 2013.
2013 Cardiology Progressive Care Unit Skills Lab: Aide in teaching my fellow peers specific Progressive Care RN skills for annual competency.
Registered Nurse Preceptor (January 2009-Present): Mentor, orient, instruct, teach, and help transition nursing students, graduate nurses, and new employees.
2011 Preceptor of the Month Award: Nominated by the unit’s clinical educator for excellence in precepting graduate nurses and serving as a resource.
2010 Peak Performer Award-Part of the annual Medicine Symposium: Recognize the top inpatient providers across the region, voted on by physicians, nurses, nurse practitioners, and pharmacists. Online voting was available to over 100,000 providers to vote for their colleagues that embodied characteristics of team-based care, professionalism and clinical excellence.
2010 Midline Catheter Policy and Procedure Level III Project: Completed a literature review on midline catheters, created a new Policy and Procedure, have attended a Policy and Procedure committee meeting in April and May who approved it. Also, attended the Nurse Educator Board Council and supplied a Tip Sheet to distribute and educate their specific units for reference.
2009 Medicine Subspecialties Unit Hand Hygiene Compliance Auditor: Observe and document all healthcare personnel entering/exiting patient rooms who do or do not foam in and out. Every month the charting is tallied and sent to the professional resource department.
2009/2010 Medicine Sub-Specialties Nursing Skills Lab: As the Vascular Access Champion on the Medicine Unit, I created a review and quiz sheet regarding two vascular access topics: Cathflo and Biopatch to assess the floor nurses’ knowledge and skill on these topics.
CONTINUING EDUCATION
· 2013 Success With Failure: Strategies for the Evaluation and Treatment of Heart Failure in Clinical Practice Conference: Held by Mayo Clinic in Tahoe, NV
· 2013 American Association of Critical-Care Nurses, NTI Conference: Boston, MA
· 2012 American Association of Critical-Care Nurses, NTI Conference: Chicago, IL
· 2011 Rocky Mountain Hospital Medicine Symposium: Denver, CO
· 2009 Rocky Mountain Hospital Medicine Symposium: Denver, CO
· 2008 Cardiac Essentials National Conference: Las Vegas, NV