Nancy Crego, PhD, MSN, RN, CCRN 1201 N Garfield Street #507 Arlington, Va. 22201 Mobile Phone (571) 234-7912 Home Phone (703) 664-0078 e-mail nc239@georgetown.edu E D U C A T I O N University of Virginia, School of Nursing Charlottesville, VA Doctor of Philosophy 2013 Barry University, Miami Shores, FL Master of Science, Nursing Administration, 1999 Successfully completed 15 graduate level credits in psychology Bachelor of Science, Nursing, Magna Cum Laude 1988 W O R K E X P E R I E N C E Georgetown University Faculty Instructor Washington, D.C. August 2008- Current Faculty instructor for undergraduate junior and senior level nursing courses providing lecture content, course coordination and simulation experiences in the area of pediatric nursing care, leadership content and clinical instruction in pediatric acute care. Developed a 5-credit curriculum for new pediatric acute care undergraduate nursing course that includes lectures, on-line content, pod casting and use of simulation in delivery of content. Assist senior undergraduate students with career development including advisement and preparation for NCLEX. University of Virginia Charlottesville,Va. Adjunct Faculty Instructor Fall Semester 2007 and 2008 Faculty instructor for graduate level nursing leadership course delivered on-line with two in-person sessions. Course topics included organizational theory, nursing leadership theory and an introduction to case management. Evaluation methods included mid-term examination, discussion boards, case study presentations and final case management paper. Georgetown University Washington, D.C. Clinical Instructor August 2007- August 2008 Provides clinical instruction for Georgetown University, coordinates student clinical rotation for pediatric specialty experience for nursing students including medication administration, general nursing care, documentation and care planning throughout nursing shift. Evaluates student clinical performance and pediatric knowledge through group interactions, written and verbal feedback.
2 NANCY CREGO PAGE 2 Children s National Medical Center Washington, D.C. PRN Critical Care Transport Nurse July 2005 April 2008 Provide nursing care to critically ill children via a ground ambulance. Coordinate and communicate with transport team members including physicians, paramedics and emergency medical technicians to provide patient centered safe care. Miami Children s Hospital Miami, Fl. Nurse Manager, Cardiac Center March 2004 April 2005 Performed Management responsibilities including supervising secreterial, nursing and ancillary care staff who oversaw the care of children admitted into a 12 bed Cardiac Intensive Care Unit and 18 bed cardiac floor. Provided direct supervision, evaluation, mentorship and oversaw charge responsibilities. Duties included staff scheduling, assignments and expertise in pediatric critical care nursing. Evaluated patient care via open and closed chart reviews, collected and evaluated quality indicators and communicated with a health care team. Provided direct patient care and offered support to families. Participated in unit based and organization-wide leadership meetings and committees. STAFF NURSE AUGUST 2003 FEBRUARY 2004 CARDIOVASCULAR INTENSIVE CARE UNIT LEVEL 3 Coordinated the care for pre-operative and post-operative children who had primary cardiac problems including congenital heart defects, cardiomyopathy and cardiac catherization patients. Provided continuous support to patients and families. Oriented new staff and served as an active member on the nursing research committee. Bunnell, Woulfe, Kirschbaum, Keller, McIntyre, Gregoire & Klein Ft. Lauderdale Nurse Consultant 2001-2007 Applied expertise in various areas of pediatric nursing care including general pediatric, pediatric emergency department, pediatric critical care and neonatology through medical record review and depositions. Broward General Medical Center Ft. Lauderdale, Fl. Clinical Nurse Specialist Pediatric Intensive Care/ Pediatric Emergency Department 1997-2003 Conducted weekly patient rounds and periodic in-service training to nursing staff on relevant pediatric issues. Provided resources and participated in nursing research. Coordinated policies, procedures and guidelines for pediatric patients among four district hospitals and various out-patient facilities. Served as a role model and with responsibility for assuring the competence of nurses in the assigned units and the orientation of new hires. Acted as a consultant to other areas of the hospital in matters related to pediatrics and represented this area of nursing to other disciplines. Provided expertise and knowledge in areas of clinical concern through various task forces and committees, including serving as co-chairperson of the Nursing Research Committee for four years, current chairperson of sedation committee and three years as the member of the institutional review board. Staff Nurse- Pediatric Intensive care Unit 1993-1997 Assigned staff and charge nurse responsibilities including the transport of critically ill children from neighboring medical facilities and orientation/precepting of new pediatric intensive care unit nurses. Participated in the annual competency testing of nursing staff and provided pediatric nursing in-services and direct care of critically ill children.
3 NANCY CREGO PAGE 3 Broward General Medical Center Staff Nurse- Medical Intensive Care Unit 1991-1993 Provided periodic charge nurse responsibilities and coordinated all aspects of nursing care for critically ill adult patients. Southern Winds Psychiatric Hospital Hialeah, Fl. Charge Nurse- Adult Open Unit 1990-1991 Provided patient care and general supervision of staff. Planned and coordinated nursing care for patients receiving ECT. Re-Directions Partial Hospital Program Program Nurse 1988-1990 Served as a part-time employee requiring 24 hour availibility. Provided assessment of all children and adolescents admitted in the program. Administered medications, provided family and patient counseling, and handled specimen collection. Prepared for J.C.A.H.O accreditation, staff in-servicing, and monitored staffing and medical problems. Affiliates For Evaluation and Therapy Assistant Administrator 1986-1990 Offered nursing and business knowledge, including telephone assessment of crisis and non-crisis calls, insurance verification and billing, supervision and staff scheduling, and marketing. Communicated with a variety of referral sources, coordinated patient care, collaborated with several inpatient facilities and implemented a utilization review program. ASSOCIATIONS AND ACHIEVEMENTS: GEORGETOWN UNIVERSITY TEACHING, LEARNING AND TECHNOLOGIES FELLOW 2012 N OMINATED B ROWARD C OUNTY N URSE OF THE Y EAR 2005 B ROWARD C OUNTY C HAPTER F LORIDA N URSES A SSOCIATION, M EMBER 2005 A MERICAN A SSOCIATION OF C RITICAL C ARE N URSES (AACN), MEMBER 2005 AACN C HAPTER P RESIDENT S A WARD 2003-2004 AACN C HAPTER C OMMUNICATION A WARD 2003-2004 NORTH BROWARD HOSPITAL DISTRICT QUALITY EXPO POSTER PRESENTATION FIRST PLACE BROWARD GENERAL MEDICAL CENTER 2003
4 NANCY CREGO PAGE 4 P R O F E S S I O N A L A C T I V I T I E S M E M B E R S H I P / C E R T I F I C A T I O N American Nurses Association 2005-Present Academy Health 2008-Present American Association of Critical Care Nurses 1991-Present Society of Pediatric Sedation (founding member) 2008-Present Society of Critical Care Medicine 1999-2009 Broward County Chapter AACN 2002-Present Greater Washington Area Chapter AACN 2010-Present American Heart Association P.A.L.S Instructor 2000-2008 Pediatric Advanced Life Support (PALS) Provider 1999-Present American Association of Critical Care Nurses Pediatric Critical Care Certification (CCRN) 1999-Present Sigma Theta Tau International Honor Society 1988 - Present Broward General Medical Center Institutional Review Board 2000-2003 Broward General Medical Center Pediatric Transport Team 1993-2003 Reviewer Pediatric Nursing 2000-2005 Reviewer Bowden, V and Greenberg, C. (2002) Pediatric Nursing Procedures, Lippincott William and Wilkins Reviewer Hockenberry, M.J. and Wilson, D. (2012) Essentials of Pediatric Nursing. 9th Edition. St. Louis: Mosby C O M M U N I T Y A C T I V I T I E S Spring Seminar Planning Committee, Broward County Chapter AACN (2001-2004) President, Broward County Chapter AACN (2003-2004) St. Bonaventure School Clinic, Volunteer (2003) E D U C A T I O N A L P R O G R A M S C O O R D I N A T E D P EDIATRIC INTENSIVE C ARE U NIT C OURSE N URSING R ESEARCH S YMPOSIUM N URSING R ESEARCH D AY P EDIATRIC P AIN A SSESSMENT WITH D ONNA W ONG, PH.D. P EDIATRIC INTENSIVE C ARE U NIT C OURSE N URSING R ESEARCH S YMPOSIUM N URSING R ESEARCH D AY P EDIATRIC H EMATOLOGY/ONCOLOGY S EMINAR
5 NANCY CREGO PAGE 5 P EDIATRIC P AIN M ANAGEMENT WITH D ONNA W ONG, PH.D. P EDIATRIC T RANSPORT C OURSE N URSING RESEARCH S YMPOSIUM P EDIATRIC C ARDIOLOGY C ONFERENCE P EDIATRIC T RAUMA D AY PICC LINE C ERTIFICATION C OURSE N URSING R ESEARCH S YMPOSIUM N URSING R ESEARCH T RICK OR T REAT N EONATAL/PEDIATRIC/PEDIATRIC INTENSIVE CARE U NIT INTERNSHIP P EDIATRIC H EAD INJURY S EMINAR WITH P ATRICIA MOLONEY-HARMON L E C T U R E S D ELRAY H OSPITAL B OYNTON B EACH - PEDIATRIC A SSESSMENT- TRAUMA C OURSE. B ROWARD G ENERAL M EDICAL C ENTER- PEDIATRIC INTENSIVE C ARE U NIT C OURSE (8 DAY COURSE). P EDIATRIC R ESPIRATORY ILLNESS, A REVIEW, AACN PEDIATRIC CCRN R EVIEW C OURSE, JOE D IM AGGIO C HILDREN S H OSPITAL B ROWARD GENERAL M EDICAL C ENTER- PEDIATRIC INTENSIVE C ARE U NIT C OURSE (8 DAY COURSE) B ROWARD G ENERAL M EDICAL C ENTER- PEDIATRIC T RANSPORT COURSE (2 DAY C OURSE) B ROWARD G ENERAL M EDICAL C ENTER- N URSING G RAND R OUNDS- SWEET K IDS (PEDIATRIC DIABETES CARE) B ROWARD GENERAL MEDICAL C ENTER- N URSING G RAND ROUNDS- ASSESSMENT OF THE CRITICALLY ILL CHILD B ROWARD GENERAL M EDICAL C ENTER- N URSING G RAND R OUNDS- C ARE OF THE SEPTIC CHILD N ORTH B ROWARD MEDICAL CENTER- M ENINGITIS AND E NCEPHALITIS P EDIATRIC A DVANCED L IFE S UPPORT INSTRUCTOR R ESPIRATORY ILLNESS IN C HILDREN, PREMIER E DUCATORS POTPURRI, POMPANO B EACH F LORIDA. B ROWARD G ENERAL M EDICAL C ENTER- TRANSPORT AND STABALIZATION OF THE CHILD, M ENINGITIS AND E NCEPHALITIS, N ORTH B ROWARD H OSPITAL D ISTRICT- EMERGENCY D EPARTMENT INTERNSHIP- C ARE OF CHILDREN IN THE EMERGENCY DEPARTMENT (8 HOUR CLASS)
6 NANCY CREGO PAGE 6 G OLD C OAST H OME H EALTH- C ARE OF THE CHILD WITH A CONGENITAL HEART D EFECT P OMPANO P EDIATRIC CLINIC AND 7 TH AVENUE CLINIC- CODE PINK BASICS P EDIATRIC A DVANCED L IFE S UPPORT INSTRUCTOR N ORTH B ROWARD HOSPITAL D ISTRICT- PAIN MANAGEMENT U PDATE B ROWARD G ENERAL M EDICAL C ENTER- N URSING G RAND R OUNDS; ASSESSMENT OF THE CRITICALLY ILL CHILD A VENTURA H OSPITAL, AVENTURA F LORIDA- BASIC P EDIATRIC E MERGENCY C ARE P LANTATION H OSPITAL, PLANTATION F LORIDA- BASIC P EDIATRIC E MERGENCY C ARE S IGMA T HETA T AU AND N ORTH B ROWARD H OSPITAL D ISTRICT N URSING RESEARCH S YMPOSIUM- R ESEARCH PARTICIPANT R IGHTS N ORTH B ROWARD H OSPITAL D ISTRICT- C OMBINED N EONATAL/PEDIATRIC/PEDIATRIC C RITICAL C ARE N URSING INTERNSHIP, LECTURE TOPICS INCLUDING P EDIATRIC E NDOCRINOLOGY S EDATION A RTERIAL B LOOD G AS INTERPRETATION M ENINGITIS AND E NCEPHALITIS P EDIATRIC R ESUSCITATION D RUG C ALCULATIONS R ESPIRATORY F AILURE N ORTH B ROWARD H OSPITAL D ISTRICT- PEDIATRIC AND N EONATAL TRANSPORT TEAM C OURSE PEDIATRIC ADVANCED LIFE SUPPORT INSTRUCTOR NORTH BROWARD HOSPITAL DISTRICT COMBINED NEONATAL/PEDIATIC/PEDIATRIC INTENSIVE CARE UNIT INTERNSHIP NORTH BROWARD HOSPITAL DISTRICT EMERGENCY DEPARTMENT INTERNSHIP NORTH BROWARD HOSPITAL DISTRICT FLACC RESEARCH TRAINING (2003) BETHESDA MEMORIAL HOSPITAL PEDIATRIC INTENSIVE CARE UNIT COURSE (5 DAY COURSE) P EDIATRIC A DVANCED L IFE S UPPORT INSTRUCTOR A VENTURA HOSPITAL EMERGENCY DEPARTMENT INTERNSHIP NORTH BROWARD HOSPITAL DISTRICT EMERGENCY DEPARTMENT INTERNSHIP BROWARD COUNTY CHAPTER AMERICAN ASSOCIATION OF CRITICAL CARE NURSES 3 DAY PEDIATRIC CCRN CERTIFICATION REVIEW PEDIATRIC ADVANCED LIFE SUPPORT INSTRUCTOR
7 NANCY CREGO PAGE 7 E MERGENCY N URSES A SSOCIATION L EADERSHIP C ONFERENCE, DEVELOPING C HARGE N URSES B ETHESDA M EMORIAL H OSPITAL P EDIATRIC INTENSIVE C ARE U NIT C OURSE P EDIATRIC A DVANCED L IFE S UPPORT INSTRUCTOR A VENTURA H OSPITAL E MERGENCY D EPARTMENT INTERNSHIP B ROWARD C OUNTY C HAPTER A MERICAN ASSOCIATION OF C RITICAL C ARE N URSES ADULT A STHMA S P E C I A L P R O J E C T S N ORTH B ROWARD H OSPITAL D ISTRICT S EDATION P ROGRAM AND POLICIES (2003) N. BROWARD H OSPITAL D ISTRICT M AGNET A PPLICATION C O-WRITER (2001-2003) N ORTH B ROWARD H OSPITAL D ISTRICT P AIN T ASK FORCE (2000-2003) N ORTH B ROWARD H OSPITAL D ISTRICT NICU/PICU/INTERNSHIP P ROGRAM (2001-2003) P U B L I C A T I O N C O-AUTHOR THE S YNERGY M ODEL AND CNS PRACTICE IN A M ULTI-HOSPITAL S YSTEM A MERICAN JOURNAL O F C RITICAL C ARE N URSING (SEPTEMBER 2001) R E S E A R C H A C T I V I T I E S A N D A W A R D S C O-INVESTIGATOR A M ULTI-CULTURAL V ALIDATION S TUDY OF THE FACES SCALE C O-INVESTIGATOR A LONGITUDINAL S TUDY OF P EDIATRIC T RAUMATIC B RAIN INJURY C O-INVESTIGATOR A VALIDATION S TUDY OF THE FLACC BEHAVIORAL P AIN S CALE IN A DULTS RUTH L. KIRSCHSTEIN NATIONAL RESEARCH SERVICE AWARD (NRSA) FOR INDIVIDUAL PREDOCTORAL FELLOWS (F31) IN NURSING RESEARCH, FELLOWSHIP N UMBER NR0104262 A WARD P ERIOD J ANUARY 24, 2008 TO M ARCH 23, 2009
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