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net OBJECTIVE Seeking a position in nursing leadership that will provide new challenges and en courage professional development in all areas of leadership. While doing this en courage and support continued personal growth. PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE 5/2006 - 3/2011 American Association of Critical Care Nurses, Aliso Viejo, California The world's largest specialty nursing organization that advocates for environmen ts that make comprehensive professional development and practice possible. Clinical Practice Specialist Work with our E-Learning and continuing education teams on identifying and devel oping new educational offerings. Serving as a liaison to ensure consistent flow of information and provision of necessary support within the organization. * Project manager and internal subject matter expert for the e-learning program, Essentials of Nurse Manager Orientation. * Moderator of the Nurses in Healthcare Management and Business Leadership (NIHM BL) list serv * First Lead for the Clinical Practice Specialist self governance model, a rotat ing position between the clinical practice specialists. * Participant in the Excellence and Evidence in Staffing Roundtable hosted by Am erican Nurses Credentialing Center, The Honor Society of Nursing, Sigma Theta Ta u International, Concerro, Inc. * Participated in the development of the resource, Palliative Care and Symptom M anagement self assessment and resource * Facilitate the Evidence-Based Practice Workgroup in the development of process es for the AACN Practice Alerts and revision of the AACN Level of Evidence Schem e. * Providing information to inquiries on the Practice Resource Network * Internal Expert Reviewer for the Beacon Award for Excellence * Served on the Taskforce to create the Chapter Education Room, a repository of approved educational resources for chapters * Facilitation of the grants review and selection process. * Committee member for the redesign of the grants program. * Facilitated a team to make the grants an online process for submission and rev iew. * Revised the Pulmonary and Adult Assessment pocket cards. * Reviewer for the AACN Procedure Manual for Critical Care 6th Edition, Essentia ls of Critical Care, and the Essentials of Progressive Care. * Reviewer and subject matter expert for the AACN Introduction to Blended Learni ng, A collaborative project with MC Strategies. * Organizational representative to the National Nursing Research Roundtable and the Interagency Council of Nursing Statistics. * Provided content for the revision of the Nurse Leader, Evidence-based and gran ts pages of the AACN website * Member Web Steering Committee * Facilitated research survey requests * Nurse liaison to the Distinguished Research Lecturer award process

2/2006 - present Arrowhead Regional Medical Center, Colton, California A 373 bed teaching facility with a level 2 trauma center, women's health, regio nal burn center, inpatient psychiatric facilities. Relief Nursing Supervisor Function as Nursing Supervisor on all shifts. Direct report: Assistant Administ rator for Nursing * Liaison for patient relations, social work, community relations * Allocate nursing staff according to system wide needs * Liaison to hospital administrator-on-call for notification of system needs and challenges 12/79 - 1/2006 Loma Linda University Medical Center, Loma Linda, California. A 740 bed tertiary care, university-affiliated teaching hospital, with a level 1 trauma center, women's health, Children's Hospital. Nurse Manager, Nursing Resources, 5/98 - 1/2006 Responsible for hiring, orientation, evaluations, schedules and disciplinary act ion including terminations for a cost center of 130 employees (critical care sup port team nurses, resource team nurses, patient placement nurses, administrative supervisors, resource secretaries, staffing coordinators, and the program coord inator for the student nurse program) that support nursing functions across the both campuses of the medical center. Accountable for meeting department product ivity standards. Direct report: Executive Director, Case Management and Advance d Practice. * Merged critical care transport team with resource nurse role to create Critica l Care Specialty Team * Developed resource nurse and nursing team resource proposal and role functions . * Developed a plan for intracampus transport of patients * Coordinates nursing resource team functions throughout the medical center * Developed secretarial resource pool for nursing units * Oversee functions of the administrative supervisor role and provide liaison to hospital administration * Oversees the staffing coordinators for 2 campuses of the Medical Center * Liaison to hospital administration in day-to-day allocation of beds and nursin g resources. * Developed Student Nurse Assistive Personnel Program and oversees program * Active representative on Nursing Clinical Practice Council * Active representative on Medical Center Disaster Drill and Training Committee and Nursing Disaster Committee * Participated in NACHRI work group on bed allocation in Children's Hospitals * Coordinate and present staff meetings for all employee groups in the cost cent er * Liaison with Pre-Admitting and Interfacility Transfer Center and Case Manageme nt Department to facilitate effective patient flow and allocation of beds. * Past member of Continuum of Care function team for JCAHO preparation and patie nt flow task force. * Chair, Resource Action Team task force to evaluate and redesign of Nursing Res ource Team to better meet the needs of the Medical Center. * Oversees CCST nurse function as consultants to nursing on standardization acro ss the continuum of care. * Mentors STAT nurses and resource team in development of presentations to outsi de facilities and national conferences. * Member of the Bed Management Taskforce. Active in the redesign and development of patient access and flow into the Medical Center.

Admission Triage Nurse, 3/93 - 8/98 Responsible for daily allocation of beds and patient flow for the medical center (includes adult and pediatric patients). Direct report: Director, Nursing Reso urces. * Developed proposal and role function for day shift resource nurse * Developed and expanded and the role of the Admissions/Triage Nurse * Active member, Patient Flow Task Force * Assigned resource nurse to meet short term needs for patient flow * Liaison between Nursing Administration and medical center administration for b ed allocation and utilization of nursing units. * Facilitate patient flow from Emergency Department into the medical center to d ecrease incidence of ED saturation * Active member, Southern California Association of Admitting Nurses (SCAAN) Charge Nurse, Medical ICU, 12/79 - 3/93 Responsible for daily nursing assignments for an 18 bed Medical ICU. Evaluated, scheduled, and participated in disciplinary functions for a day shift staff of 18 registered nurses. Direct report: Nurse Manager, MICU. * Participated in development of differentiated charge nurse role * Participated in writing the job description for charge nurses * Developed and implemented proposal for 12 hour shifts * Functioned as resource to Nursing Division on implementation of 12 hour shifts throughout the hospital * Participated in task force to develop critical paths for MICU * Functioned as liaison between nursing and patient families * Active member, Pharmacy/Nursing Committee * Functioned as preceptor for student nurses Relief Administrative Supervisor, 1984 - 86 Functioned as Administrative Supervisor on weekend day shifts. Responsible for after hours administrative functions for the nursing units. Direct report: Admi nistrative Director, Children's Hospital. * Liaison for patient relations, social work, community relations * Allocated nursing staff according to system wide needs * Supervised the nursing staffers during the shift * Liaison to hospital administrator-on-call for notification of system needs and challenges 1/77 - 11/79 Shawnee Mission Medical Center, Merriam, Kansas A 430 bed community medical center, with medical surgical, women's health, ICU, and in-patient psychiatric services. Staff Nurse/Charge Nurse, Medical-Surgical Unit, 1/77-11/79 * Charge nurse for 3-11 shift, functioning as liaison for community physicians, patient families and bedside nurses. Responsible for patient assignments, sched uling and evaluations for a staff of 6 RNs and 6 nurses aides. * Provided direct patient care to medical-surgical and oncology patients in a 40 bed Med-Surg unit * Functioned as a preceptor for nursing students

EDUCATION University of Phoenix, Southern California Campus Master of Arts in Organizational Management, 10/2003

Union College, Lincoln, Nebraska Bachelor of Science in Nursing, 12/1976

LICENSURE/CERTIFICATIONS * * * * RN License, California #310864 CCRN - Association of Critical Care Nurses - 1992-95 BLS, expires 7/2012 RN License, Texas (temporary) #137915

PROFESSIONAL AFFILIATIONS * Member, American Association of Critical Care Nurses * Member, American Organization of Nurse Executives PUBLICATIONS Armola RR, Bourgault AM, Halm MA, Board RM, Bucher L, Harrington L, Heafey C, Le e RK, Shellner PK, Medina J. Upgrading the American Association of Critical-Care Nurses' evidence-leveling hierarchy. 2008-2009 Evidence-Based Practice Resource Work Group of the American Association of Critical-Care Nurses. Am J Crit Care. 2009 Sep;18(5):405-9. Armola RR, Bourgault AM, Halm MA, Board RM, Bucher L, Harrington L, Heafey CA, L ee R, Shellner PK, Medina J. AACN levels of evidence: what's new? Crit Care Nurs e. 2009 Aug;29(4):70-3. Shellner P. E learning answers: real-time nurse manager orientation. New curricu lum offers nurses instant access to training. Nursing Management. 2007 IT supple ment. PRESENTATIONS * "Resource Nursing at Loma Linda University Medical Center" (Poster), Nursing M anagement Conference, 11/99. * "Health Care Changes", California Association of Hospital Admitting Management Annual Conference, 6/93 COMMUNITY ACTIVITIES Board Member, Clear View Treatment Center, Inc., Redlands, CA, 2001-present.