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Alexis DeSalvo Breaud

Gretna

Summary

Influential Registered Nurse with extensive experience at Manning Family Children's Hospital, excelling in interdisciplinary collaboration and quality assurance. Achieved a significant reduction in patient waitlist from one year to two weeks, enhancing clinic revenue. Proven leader in team building and conflict resolution, dedicated to improving patient outcomes through evidence-based practices.

Overview

6
6
years of professional experience

Work History

Registered Nurse—Intravenous Infusion Therapy Clinic

Manning Family Children's
New Orleans
11.2022 - Current
  • Staff and Charge Nurse
  • Work in partnership with the gastroenterology, dermatology, endocrinology, rheumatology, genetics, neurology, immunology, and nephrology disciplines to better improve patient outcomes by infusing highly reactive medications to help with disease management.
  • I took the lead and effectively decreased the patient waitlist for specific testing from one year to two weeks by increasing the patient volume per day and in turn increased revenue for infusions clinic.
  • Foster a team-building environment in the clinic, and act as a resource for other staff nurses. Train newer nurses on peripheral IV starts to increase patient satisfaction scores.
  • Used evidence-based practice to increase Quality Assurance Performance Improvement (QAPI) goals from quarter one (80%-below goal) to quarter two (100%-above goal).

Registered Nurse—Neonatal Intensive Care Unit (NICU)

Manning Family Children's
New Orleans
01.2020 - 11.2022
  • Charge Nurse
  • Effectively organize patient admissions, discharges, and care among nurses and staff.
  • Attend a daily huddle to discuss hospital concerns.
  • Collaborate with neonatologists, respiratory therapists, physical therapists, and occupational therapists to improve patient outcomes.
  • Preceptor
  • Educated newly graduated registered nurses on the proper skills and knowledge needed to provide quality health care to a very high acuity of the patient population.
  • Safety Coach
  • I made a personal commitment to unit safety. Held other staff accountable for near misses, precursor safety events, and serious safety events.
  • Attended a monthly meeting to collaborate with hospital-wide safety coaches to discuss actions to better improve the quality of safety in the hospital.
  • Staff Nurse
  • Perform infant assessments, feeds, and medication administration. Document infant assessments, daily cares, vital signs, and intake and outputs in a timely manner. Utilize time management skills by efficiently and strategically clustering care.
  • Participate in interdisciplinary meetings, including medical doctors, practitioners, pharmacists, dieticians, and other nurses.
  • Assist in sterile bedside surgeries and procedures such as central venous line placement, umbilical line placements, peripherally inserted central catheters, exploratory laparotomies, and Extracorporeal Membrane Oxygenation (ECMO) cannula placement.
  • Use effective communication at shift changes for patient hand-off.

Nurse Technician—Intensive Care Unit

West Jefferson Medical Center
Marrero
01.2019 - 12.2019
  • Supported nurses with appropriate tasks such as taking vital signs, assisting with baths, glucose checks, and other activities of daily living.
  • Develop time management skills by assisting nurses in their daily tasks.
  • Organize patient room turn-over in a timely manner.

Education

Bachelor of Science - Nursing

Louisiana State University Health New Orleans School of Nursing
New Orleans, LA
12.2019

Louisiana State University A&M College
Baton Rouge
05.2015

Skills

Conflict Resolution

  • Multitasking Abilities
  • Goal Setting
  • Time Management
  • Effective Communication
  • Problem Solving
  • Quality Assurance
  • Interdisciplinary Collaboration
  • Team Building
  • Relationship Management

References

Available upon request

Accomplishments

  • Preceptor of the Year- 2022

Timeline

Registered Nurse—Intravenous Infusion Therapy Clinic

Manning Family Children's
11.2022 - Current

Registered Nurse—Neonatal Intensive Care Unit (NICU)

Manning Family Children's
01.2020 - 11.2022

Nurse Technician—Intensive Care Unit

West Jefferson Medical Center
01.2019 - 12.2019

Bachelor of Science - Nursing

Louisiana State University Health New Orleans School of Nursing

Louisiana State University A&M College

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