Crash Cart Coordinator/LPO Citations


MERITORIOUS SERVICE WHILE SERVING AS DIVISION OFFICER, SPECIALTY CLINICS, U.S. NAVAL HOSPITAL XXXXXXX, YYYYYY FROM XXXXXX TO YYYYYY. AS CLINIC NURSE MANAGER, LIEUTENANT XXXXXX EXPERTLY MANAGED THE SURGICAL SERVICE LINE, COORDINATED 7,588 OUTPATIENT ENCOUNTERS FOR SEVEN SURGEONS AND PROVIDED THE OVERSIGHT OF 320 SURGICAL CASES THAT GENERATED OVER ONE MILLION DOLLARS IN SURGICAL CARE. AS CRASH CART CHAIRMAN, SHE DEVELOPED AN ELECTRONIC DATABASE TO IDENTIFY SUPPLY SHORTFALLS IN CRITICAL EMERGENCY CARTS DECREASING ERRORS AND CRITICAL SHORTFALLS BY OVER 60 PERCENT. SHE LED A MULTI-DISCIPLINARY TEAM THAT IMPLEMENTED THE BUREAU OF MEDICINE AND SURGERY'S NURSING CLINICAL CORE COMPETENCY PROGRAM FOR OVER 130 STAFF MEMBERS, IMPROVING TRAINING COMPLIANCE FROM 70 PERCENT TO 90 PERCENT IN LESS THAN 6 MONTHS. BY HER NOTEWORTHY ACCOMPLISHMENTS, PERSEVERANCE, AND DEVOTION TO DUTY, LIEUTENANT XXXXXXXXX REFLECTED CREDIT UPON HERSELF AND UPHELD THE HIGHEST TRADITIONS OF THE UNITED STATES NAVAL SERVICE.




PROFESSIONAL ACHIEVEMENT IN THE SUPERIOR PERFORMANCE OF HER DUTIES WHILE ASSIGNED AS RESPIRATORY THERAPY TECHNICIAN, NAVAL HOSPITAL PENSACOLA, FLORIDA FROM MARCH 2014 TO JULY 2017. AS A MEMBER OF THE ACUTE CARE COMMITTEE, PETTY OFFICER REDDING PARTICIPATED IN REVISING, STRUCTURALLY AND ORGANIZATIONALLY, THE ENTIRE COMMAND ADULT AND PEDIATRIC CRASH CARTS TO PROVIDE QUICKER AND MORE APPROPRIATE ACCESS DURING THE CODE. SHE PROVIDED VITAL RESPIRATORY CARE SERVICES FOR MORE THAN 350 PATIENTS, AND URGENTLY RESPONDED TO 13 CODE BLUE AND 29 RRT EVENTS. SHE CONTRIBUTED 113 HOURS AS COMMAND ACFL, CONDUCTED FEP PHYSICAL EXERCISES, BCA MEASUREMENT, AND PROCTORED FOR THE PRT. SHE ALSO PROVIDED SAFETY AND READINESS TO THE HOSPITAL AS COMMAND ASF AND AS A MEMBER OF THE CBRNE TEAM. PETTY OFFICER REDDING'S INITIATIVE AND DEDICATION TO DUTY REFLECTED CREDIT UPON HERSELF AND WERE IN KEEPING WITH THE HIGHEST TRADITIONS OF THE UNITED STATES NAVAL SERVICE.




MERITORIOUS SERVICE WHILE SERVING AS STAFF NURSE, NAVAL HOSPITAL JACKSONVILLE FROM JUNE 2015 TO SEPTEMBER 2018. AS THE CRASH CART COORDIATOR, LIEUTENANT MAJORS PROVIDED OVER 40 HOURS OF TRAINING DURING 23 CODE BLUE DRILLS TO A HOSPITAL STAFF OF MORE THAN 300 PERSONNEL, IMPROVING RESPONSE TIMES, EFFICIENCY, AND TREATMENT OF EMERGENT PATIENTS. ACCOUNTNG FOR OVER 6,600 CONSUMABLE CRASH CART ITEMS, HE ENSURED THE COMMAND WAS 100% JOINT COMMISSION COMPLIANT FOR THE FIRST TIME IN OVER SIX YEARS. IN ADDITION, HIS EFFORTS LED TO A 20 PERCENT INCREASE IN CRASH CART INVENTORY COMPLIANCE COMMAND WIDE. LIEUTENANT MAJORS' INITIATIVE AND DEDICATION TO DUTY REFLECTED CREDIT UPON HIMSELF AND WERE IN KEEPING WITH THE HIGHEST TRADITIONS OF THE UNITED STATES NAVAL SERVICE.



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