Leila Nassar

• Coordinate bedside care for 24-bed Level IV NICU assignments, prioritizing 6–8 high-acuity neonates per shift and sustaining 98% medication-scan compliance. • Serve as charge nurse for 12–16 clinicians; balance assignments, lead huddles, and reduce escalation-to-provider time by 22% through structured rounding. • Manage ventilators, CPAP, HFOV, umbilical/central lines, arterial lines, infusions, and emergency stabilization for infants from 24 weeks’ gestation through term. • Precept 10+ new RNs annually and coach staff on developmental care, infection prevention, and family-centered rounds, improving orientation completion to 100%. • Partner with neonatologists and case managers to raise discharge-readiness completion by 18% and deliver teach-back education to 90+ families each year.

• Delivered 1:2–1:3 care for premature and medically complex neonates, completing 25+ assessments per shift with zero preventable pressure injuries across two years. • Titrated oxygen, TPN, lipids, and vasoactive infusions; supported conventional ventilation and CPAP while escalating status changes within 5 minutes. • Inserted and maintained peripheral IVs and PICCs under sterile technique, cutting line-related interruptions by 15% through hourly access checks. • Led skin-to-skin, lactation, and discharge teaching for 70+ families annually; improved parent teach-back scores from 82% to 94%. • Collaborated in sepsis, resuscitation, and transport response teams; earned peer-nominated Safe Practice Award for 2020.

• Completed a 12-month nurse residency and then cared for 4–6 pediatric and neonatal patients per shift across acute-care and step-down assignments. • Assessed respiratory, cardiac, and post-operative patients; recognized early deterioration and activated rapid response with 100% compliance to escalation policy. • Administered weight-based medications, enteral feeds, blood products, and IV therapies while maintaining 99% barcode scanning accuracy. • Taught families medication schedules, safe sleep, feeding plans, and return precautions, improving documented discharge-teaching completion from 76% to 98%. • Selected as unit education champion to update 15 quick-reference guides and onboard 8 new hires to EPIC flowsheets and pediatric safety standards.

RNC-NIC • NRP • BLS/ACLS • CCRN-Neonatal Sigma Theta Tau International, Nu Mu Chapter • NICU Evidence-Based Practice Fellowship