RESUME

Gayle Griffin-Moussa, MSN, RN, ARNP, CS

ACADEMIC PREPARATION

GRACELAND UNIVERSITY, Lamoni, Iowa

Master of Science in Nursing (GPA 3.85) May 1998

Advanced Family Nurse Practitioner March 1998

GRACELAND UNIVERSITY, Lamoni, Iowa

Bachelor of Science in Nursing, graduated with Honors August 1996

PENSACOLA JUNIOR COLLEGE, Pensacola, Florida

Associate of Science Degree May 1970

ADDITIONAL EDUCATION

·        Biochemistry courses at the University of Hawaii, Honolulu, Hawaii

·        Microbiology courses at the Center for Disease Control, Atlanta, Georgia

·        Organizational Theory and Behavior courses, University of Alabama, Tuscaloosa, Alabama

·        Anthropology, Archeology, Geology and Geophysics courses, Windward College, Kaneohe, Hawaii

·        Took courses at Sacred Heart School of Nursing, Pensacola, Florida

CAREER HIGHLIGHTS & SKILLS OVERVIEW

Chief Nursing Officer various size hospitals for 11 years. (bed size 100 to 720)  All hospitals in U.S.A.  JCAHO accredited; hospitals outside U.S.A., JCAHO approved. As CNO, held a wide variety of responsibilities including recruitment, the development of budgets, inventories, policies and procedures, and the development of standards of care in accordance with JCAHO and other third party payer standards.

Successfully developed programs, policies and procedures for all departments within a hospital to ensure compliance with standards established by JCAHO, various state governments and administrators of Medicare/Medicaid programs.

As the Nurse Representative, I was on the commissioning team for three hospitals:  Chesapeake General Hospital in Chesapeake, Virginia, Dhahran Medical Center in Dhahran, Saudi Arabia, and Jameel Medical Center in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia. As Nursing Director, I held a wide variety of responsibilities including recruitment, the development of budgets, inventories, policies and procedures, and the development of standards of care in accordance with JCAHO and other third party payer standards.

Oversaw the preparation of Emergency Room and Critical Care Units prior to opening of Chesapeake General Hospital, which entailed a multitude of duties and responsibilities including: (Emergency Room became a major trauma unit in Tidewater area of Virginia).

·        Taught staff nurses emergency nursing; cross-trained ER and ICU nurses.

·        Developing inventories by working with sales representatives and suppliers;

·        Developing budgets, policies and procedures for each unit (including non-nursing units);

·        Building all nursing systems, such as patient classification, master staffing programs, nursing process, and documentation;

·        Interviewing, hiring and orienting staff members.

Extensive experience as both staff nurse and nurse manager in various areas including:

·        Emergency Room/Trauma Center

·        Medical Intensive Care Units

·        Combined Medical/Surgical Intensive Care Units

·        Trauma Intensive Care Units

·        Cardiovascular Intensive Care Units

·        Cardiac Operating Rooms

During employment at Security Forces Hospital and King Khalid National Guard Hospital, was involved with bed and service expansion programs, including the planning and opening of a Hemodialysis Unit, a Burn Unit, a Cardiac Step-down Unit, a new Cardiac Care Unit, and an Intensive Care Unit.  This role included planning as well as the development of staffing budgets, capital equipment budgets, and the training of senior nurses.

PROFESSIONAL ACCOMPLISHMENTS

Effectively fulfilled roles and responsibilities in numerous positions including Head Nurse, Nursing Supervisor, Assistant Director of Nursing, Nursing Director, and Interim Hospital Administrator.

Responsible for successfully developing and implementing a telephone telemetry

system for cardiac pacemaker patients, a system which served literally hundreds of outpatients.

Organized and was voted first President of the Tidewater Chapter of the American Association of Critical Care Nurses in Norfolk, Virginia.

Organized and worked with cardiac rehabilitation patients at Jewish Community Center in Norfolk, Va.  Project included counseling, exercise, diet, life-style changes.

Organized the first Emergency Room Nurses Association in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia, to include emergency room nurses from all hospitals (both private and governmental) in the city.  The purpose was to develop standards of emergency care for patients.  This organization was extremely successful in eventually developing and implementing patient care policies, assuring continuity of acute care for patients throughout the city.

CURRENT POSITION

DR. K. MONTEMAYOR, River’s Edge Pediatrics, New Port Richey, Florida

Advanced Nurse Practitioner                                                            April 2004 – Present

·        Examine, diagnose and treat children ages 0 through 21 years.

PRIOR PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

Held numerous positions and gained invaluable international exposure and experience due to the fact that my husband was in the military, and we were re-stationed roughly every two years.

Please note that between September, 2001 and April, 2002, I resigned my position as a Nurse Practitioner to care for a critically ill family member.

DIRECTOR II OF EMERGENCY SERVICES, CAPE CORAL HOSPITAL, CAPE CORAL FLORIDA.                                            Sept. 2001 – March 2004

 The emergency department is staffed with 96 FTEs, and sees between 48,000 and 50,000 patients annually.  Staffing includes Registered Nurses, Paramedics, EMTs, Triage Support Specialist, Patient Representatives, and Secretaries.

In addition to my responsibilities as Director, I am also on the Lee Memorial Healthcare System Magnet Accreditation Committee.  This Committee is responsible for strategic planning needed to ready our hospitals (3) for survey and approval by the American Nurses Credentialing Committee (ANCC) for Magnet status during the Fall of 2003

DR. K. MONTEMAYOR, River’s Edge Clinic, New Port Richey, Florida

Advanced Nurse Practitioner                                                      June 1998 – Sept. 2001

• Examined, diagnosed, treated children ages 1 day through 21 years.

FULL-TIME STUDENT

Completed BSN and MSN/ARNP                                          Mid 1995 – February 1998

JAMEEL MEDICAL CENTER,  Jeddah, Saudi Arabia

Chief Nursing Officer                                      April 1994 – February 1995

·        Organized entire hospital’s nursing and rehabilitation divisions.

·        Prepared all departments to meet JCAHO approval re: standards of care.

(Note: although JCAHO does not award accreditation to overseas hospitals, they will survey the organization and grant approval)

Employed by International Hospital Group, Inc. (London, England)

KING KHALID NATIONAL GUARD HOSPITAL, Jeddah, Saudi Arabia

Chief Nursing Officer                              October 1989 – December 1993

·        Bed count:  350 with FTEs of 520 (includes nursing staff and 50 interpreters).

·        Was on Board of Directors of this hospital at IHG, meeting twice yearly in London for short/long term planning.  Presented annual reports on Nursing Divisions.

·        Responsible for entire Division of Nursing, including budget development, policies/procedures, quality assurance programs, infection control, continuing education, etc.  Also responsible for entire staff of Saudi interpreters (50-60 staff).

·        Prepared all departments to meet JCAHO approval re: standards of care.

Employed by American Medical International Corporation (AMI)  (American Company) 

Chief Nursing Officer, as listed below:

·        SECURITY FORCES HOSPITAL, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia

·        Chief Nursing Officer                          October 1987 – September 1989

·        Bed count 460 (to expand to 500 bed over following year), plus 6 bed VIP Suites for King Fahad and family.  FTEs  680.  Responsible for entire Division of Nursing, including budget development, etc as       above. 

·        Planned and opened hemodialysis unit, new outpatient clinics, VIP suites, and 3 additional medical/surgical units.

·        Prepared all departments to meet JCAHO approval re: standards of care.

Note:  Between employment as Nursing Director for Security Forces Hospital and King Fahad Hospital, AMI assigned me as Nursing Executive on the commissioning team to open Dhahran Medical Center, Dhahran, Saudi Arabia. 

This hospital was planned to expand to 500 beds, but I left before the actual opening of the organization.

·        KING FAHAD HOSPITAL, Al Baha, Saudi Arabia

·        Bed count 365, with FTEs  480

·        Chief Nursing Officer                           August 1986 – September 1987

·        Assistant CNO                                          May 1984 – August 1986

·        Responsible for entire Division of Nursing, with responsibilities as noted previously.

·        Prepared all departments to meet JCAHO approval re: standards of care.

PICKENS COUNTY MEDICAL CENTER, Carrollton, Alabama

Chief Nursing Officer and Interim Hospital Administrator      June 1983 – May 1984

Quality Assurance Coordinator                                                 September, 80 – June 83       

Nurse Educator

Infection Control Coordinator

·        This hospital was new.  (Originally opened 60 beds).  I was originally hired to prepare every department in the hospital for the first survey by JCAHO (awarded accreditation first survey).

·        Was responsible for setting up and running the nursing education program; and for setting up and monitoring the infection control department.

·        Later became Director of Nursing, responsible for all nursing departments.

·        Completed course work at Center for Disease Control, Atlanta, Georgia.

ST. FRANCIS MEDICAL CENTER, Honolulu, Hawaii

Supervisor, Critical Care Units                                               August 1978 – July 1980

·        Bed count   308 bed;  FTEs, 96              .  

·        Supervised ICU/CCU, Telemetry units, Recovery Room.

·        Organized and presented a refresher course for RNs lacking recent hospital experience. All completed the courses, and filled vacant RN positions that had long been vacant in our hospital.

·        Completed flight nurse course at Queens Medical Center, Honolulu, Hawaii.

CHESAPEAKE GENERAL HOSPITAL, Chesapeake, Virginia

Supervisor of Emergency Room and Critical Care Units November 1976 – June 1978

·        New hospital.  Bed count 310.  (Do not remember the FTE’s I was responsible for at that time.   Organized and managed large, busy emergency room and critical care units.

·        Taught critical care courses at various hospitals throughout the Tidewater area.

·        Cross-trained ICU/CCU nurses with ER nurses in order to float nurses throughout both units who were confident of skills required in all units.

NORFOLK GENERAL HOSPITAL, Norfolk, Virginia

CARDIOVASCULAR INTENSIVE CARE UNIT AND CARDIAC ICU

Cardiovascular Nurse Clinician                                      November 1974 – June 1976

·        Bed count is 664. 

·        Worked in CV operating room.

·        Responsible for all pre-operative and post-operative teaching of cardiovascular surgery patients.

·        Worked in animal laboratory with medical students, teaching balloon-pump operation.

NORFOLK GENERAL HOSPITAL, Norfolk, Virginia

Head Nurse, Cardiac Care Unit                                                  June 1973 – June 1974

·        Bed count 12 beds, with 36 FTE’s

·        Responsible for cardiac care unit, including budget development, policy/procedure development, staff education, quality assurance and control, etc.

LEE COUNTY MEDICAL CENTER, Auburn, Alabama

EMERGENCY ROOM AND INTENSIVE CARE UNIT

Staff/Charge Nurse                                                                         January 1972 – 1973

·        Worked all shifts, alternating between emergency room and ICU as staff nurse.

BAPTIST MEDICAL CENTER, Pensacola, Florida

Staff Nurse, Intensive Care Unit (ICU and CCU)              November 1970 – June 1971

• Worked all shifts, alternating between 3 bed medical ICU and 12 bed cardiac care unit.  Do not remember FTE’s.

CURRENT CERTIFICATIONS

• American Nurses Credentialing Center Certification
• Basic Cardiac Life Support
• Advanced Cardiac Life Support
• Trauma Nurse Course Certification

TEACHING EXPERIENCE

·         As Program Developer and Clinical Instructor in Nursing Education, taught

·         Emergency Room Nursing and an Intensive Care Course, which included advanced ECG interpretation.

·         Worked as a Quality Assurance Coordinator for every department in Pickens County Hospital, Carrollton, Alabama, teaching Department Heads basic quality assurance principles, audit criteria development, how to properly evaluate data results, and how to develop action plans to correct deficiencies.

·         Trained senior nurses at the Security Forces Hospitals and King Khalid National Guard Hospital to become stronger managers by teaching them about budget development and compliance, efficient staff planning to decrease overtime and better utilize staff, principles of counseling and resultant documentation, and development of strategies that assure a consistently high standard of patient care.

PROFESSIONAL/COMMUNITY SERVICE

·        Have spoken at numerous American Association of Critical Care Nurses (AACN) conventions, as well as for other civic and professional organizations.

·        Planned and coordinated the first ever International Nursing Symposium presented in the city of Jeddah, Saudi Arabia, consisting of visiting speakers from the United States, the United Kingdom, and Europe.

·        Developed and presented a one month Advanced Physical Assessment Course for critical care nurses at DePaul Hospital, Norfolk, Virginia while serving as Supervisor of all Critical Care Units as Chesapeake General Hospital.

·        Created and presented a new program for Registered Nurses who had been inactive in the profession for longer than five years during my employment at St. Francis Medical Center as Critical Care Supervisor.  The program was well attended and brought a large number of highly motivated nurses back into the hospital setting.

·        Provided numerous presentations regarding Diabetes, Hypertension, Osteoarthritis, etc., to various civic organizations, and patient populations.

·        Co-chairman for two years for Health Care Day, at Pickens County Hospital, where patients were offered seminars, exhibits, and other health information (including “fun runs”) to enhance knowledge and participation in health screening and education.

PROFESSIONAL AFFILIATIONS

·        American Nurses Association

·        Florida Nurses Association

·        American Academy of Nurse Practitioners

·        Sigma Theta Tau International Nursing Honor Society

·        Graceland University Honor Society

·        Emergency Room Nurses Association

HONORS/AWARDS

·         Awarded Founder and First President AACN, Tidewater Chapter, Norfolk, Va. 1975-1976

·        Won Encore Award at Cape Coral Hospital for outstanding staff and patient care performance.