Kaitlyn DeForest

Master's

Nursing

Emergency

Room Registered Nurse

- Stamford Hospital, Stamford - Charge Nurse responsible for a 52 bed Emergency room, assuring flow of - Responsible for all patient care and safety - Collaborated with all staff members to ensure patient centered care - Performed bedside and documentation roles during traumas, cardiac arrests - ESI triage trained - Preceptor for new staff RN's - Responsible for Charge Nurse role for the past 6 years - Co-chair of hospital Nursing Unit Board (NUB - Educated staff on JCAHO requirements - Organized and participated in mock adult and pediatric codes in conjunction - Member of the Sepsis committee and unit champion - Responsible for implementing a new sepsis protocol to improve compliance