PACU Clinical Nursing Educator
Inova Fairfax Medical Center
I have been a RN for over 35 years in critical care and perianesthesia care units. I've recently been working in professional development for over four years. During this time I have provided orientation and ongoing education to over 200 PACU RNs in seven PACU areas. With a multidisciplinary team, I have led several quality improvement projects including implementation of obstructive sleep apnea screening and capnography monitoring, development of PACU Fellowship for novice nurses and currently, improvement in handoff process from OR to PACU areas using the PACU PAUSE and ISBAR tool.