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What area do you cover in your NPD role? Cardiac cath labs across the Greater Charlotte Region

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Nicole Pappaterra, BSN, RN, BMTCN, OCN, NPD-BC

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What area do you cover in your NPD role? CMC Oncology and 6B

How long have you been a nurse? 4 years

What is your clinical background? Hematology/oncology, bone marrow transplant

How long have you been in NPD? A little over a year

What are your areas of interest in nursing? CLABSI, patient safety, palliative care and education!

What are you most proud of in your NPD role? TTP Oncology coordinator, oncology core creation, and establishing unit-based educator roles in Oncology Service Line

What is a fun fact about you? I have 4 guinea pigs as pets :)

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What area do you cover in your NPD role? LCH- Cancer & Blood Disorders

How long have you been a nurse? 18 years

What is your clinical background? Pediatric nursing

How long have you been in NPD? 16 years

What are your areas of interest in nursing? Pediatrics, hematology/oncology

What are you most proud of in your NPD role? Helping our teammates receive everything that they need to provide the best care for our patients and families.

What is a fun fact about you? I'm a podcast junkie!

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What area do you cover in your NPD role? LCH Gen Peds

How long have you been a nurse? 27 years

What is your clinical background? Pediatric Rehabilitation

How long have you been in NPD? 2 years

What are your areas of interest in nursing? Education, Advocacy, Standardization, Preceptorship

What are you most proud of in your NPD role? The utilization of a peds specific phased orientation for gen peds new grads, in collaboration with our peds critcal care areas.

What is a fun fact about you? I raise reptiles as one of my hobbies.

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What area do you cover in your NPD role? Mercy Periop Service Line

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What area do you cover in your NPD role? Behavioral Health

How long have you been a nurse? 31 years

What is your clinical background? Behavioral Health, Clinical and Online Instructor for BH

How long have you been in NPD? 5 years

What are your areas of interest in nursing? Trauma Informed Care, Therapeutic Communication, Anti-Stigma and Zero Suicide campaigns

What are you most proud of in your NPD role? Advocating for BH patients and encouraging BH Nurses to advance their knowledge. Working on projects with all areas of care across the system.

What is a fun fact about you? I have 4 daughters, ages 16-23 and 2 female doggies, a boxer and a chocolate lab. Even though my girls have aged out of Girl Scouts, I still lead a GS Troop to foster/invest in Girl Power! Love to craft, decorate and organize.

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What area do you cover in your NPD role? LCH Critical Care

How long have you been a nurse? 31 years

What is your clinical background? Pediatric Cardiac Critical Care RN

How long have you been in NPD? 1 year

What are your areas of interest in nursing? Pediatrics, critical care, teaching

What are you most proud of in your NPD role? Bringing formalized phased orientation to the Critical Care TTP Residents with so much success it has now spread to non-TTP new hires and to Gen Peds.

What is a fun fact about you? I can eat pizza for every meal, every day, and NEVER get tired of it!! LOL

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What area do you cover in your NPD role? Mercy Service Line

How long have you been a nurse? 12 years

What is your clinical background? Post-op med-surg (neuro, general, ortho)

How long have you been in NPD? 4 years

What are your areas of interest in nursing? Onboarding and professional development

What are you most proud of in your NPD role? Overhauling the onboarding process for nursing

What is a fun fact about you? I worked 10 years in Hospitality before I became a nurse.

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What area do you cover in your NPD role? CMC Surgical Trauma Service Line

How long have you been a nurse? 10 years

What is your clinical background? Medical surgical nursing, Clinical Nurse Leader

How long have you been in NPD? 4 years

What are your areas of interest in nursing? Preceptor development, new graduate nurse development, palliative care, trauma informed care

What are you most proud of in your NPD role? I'm most proud of the Med Surg Skills day. I love watching the new grads gain confidence and it is so inspiring to watch them pass their knowledge to other new grads when they become preceptors!

What is a fun fact about you? I play fiddle (Irish traditional/bluegrass) and used to be an Irish step dancer!

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What area do you cover in your NPD role? CMC Medical Service Line

How long have you been a nurse? 10 years

What is your clinical background? Med-surg and critical care nursing

How long have you been in NPD? 4 months

What are your areas of interest in nursing? Critical care practice and quality, informatics, and promoting certification

What are you most proud of in your NPD role? The relationships I have developed with staff on units that I did not previously work on.

What is a fun fact about you? I read nearly every day.

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Chris Westveer, MSN, RNC-MNN, C-EFM, C-ONQS

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What area do you cover in your NPD role? CMC OB-L&D, mother baby, lactation, high risk postpartum, antepartum

How long have you been a nurse? 34 years

What is your clinical background? Bedside nurse in women's and children's (lots of different areas)

How long have you been in NPD? 15 years

What are your areas of interest in nursing? Teaching, mentoring

What are you most proud of in your NPD role? Helping others to be successful is what gives me pride. Also, I won an award with ANPD in 2013 for facilitating education.

What is a fun fact about you? I just became a grandmother - going by Gigi.

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Steven Cuzmenco, MSN, RN, CCRN-CMC, CV-BC

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What area do you cover in your NPD role? CMC Cardiac Service Line (ICUs)

How long have you been a nurse? 6 years

What is your clinical background? Cardiac critical care nursing

How long have you been in NPD? 2 years

What are your areas of interest in nursing? Instructional strategies for practicing RNs, evidence-based practice, continuous renal replacement therapy, left ventricular assist devices

What are you most proud of in your NPD role? Working with other NPD professionals that are passionate about improving nursing and healthcare.

What is a fun fact about you? I drank water straight from a glacier in southern Argentina and it was amazing! (just weeks before COVID Feb 2020)

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What area do you cover in your NPD role? Mercy Service Line

How long have you been a nurse? 16 years

What is your clinical background? Med-surg, ortho, neuro, med-tele

How long have you been in NPD? 2 years

What are your areas of interest in nursing? Mentoring

What are you most proud of in your NPD role? Being in a position where I can help someone achieve their dreams professionally. Being transparent about my ups and downs in the profession in hopes of inspiring others to keep going.

What is a fun fact about you? I'm from Fort Lauderdale, FL. We had a pool in the backyard of my childhood home, and I can't swim!

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LeeAnn Bruno Smith, MSN, RN, NPD-BC, CV-BC

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What area do you cover in your NPD role? CMC Cardiac Service Line

How long have you been a nurse? 7 years

What is your clinical background? Surgical-trauma nursing, cardiothoracic surgery nursing

How long have you been in NPD? 2 years in December!

What are your areas of interest in nursing? Cardiac surgery, 12 lead EKG interpretation, precepting, growing the professional nurse

What is a fun fact about you? I get my exercise by playing in an adult kickball league!!

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What area do you cover in your NPD role? Operating rooms at CMC and ODS

How long have you been a nurse? 28 years

What is your clinical background? Prior to the OR I was in Long Term Care and then worked on a GI Medical Unit. I went the OR in 1998 and have been a staff nurse, charge nurse, clinical supervisor and SLE.

How long have you been in NPD? 5ish years

What are your areas of interest in nursing? Mentoring, leadership, professional development (duh :) )

What are you most proud of in your NPD role? The team of educators I lead

What is a fun fact about you? My Dad knew my husband before I did, but that's not how I met him.

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What area do you cover in your NPD role? CMC Neuro Service Line

How long have you been a nurse? 9 years

What is your clinical background? Neuro med-surg RN, unit-based educator

How long have you been in NPD? Less than 1 year

What are your areas of interest in nursing? All about neuro, teammate development, mentoring

What are you most proud of in your NPD role? Implement structure in our floor orientation and onboarding.

What is a fun fact about you? On a personal and professional level: 2 years ago my neuro background helped me recognize stroke signs that my Mom was having. I quickly assessed her, called 911, and she is off getting tPA and a thrombectomy. She has minimal speech deficits and lives a normal life today.

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What area do you cover in your NPD role? Wide-spread education at CMC, nursing professional development activities, and coordination of SLE activities across the Central Area

How long have you been a nurse? 13 years

What is your clinical background? Adult medical-surgical nursing, Clinical Nurse Leader, academic faculty, and nursing professional development

How long have you been in NPD? 4 years

What are your areas of interest in nursing? Nursing professional development as a specialty, process improvement, advancing the nursing profession, assisting others with their professional growth

What are you most proud of in your NPD role? I am most proud of our SLE team! We have made vast improvements in how professional development activities are assessed, developed, delivered, and measured.

What is a fun fact about you? The US Declaration of Independence was handwritten by my ancestor, Timothy Matlack.

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What area do you cover in your NPD role? LCI

How long have you been a nurse? 17 years

What is your clinical background? Inpatient oncology, hospice, oncology clinical trials, and oncology patient navigation

How long have you been in NPD? 6 months

What are your areas of interest in nursing? Oncology (hematology is my favorite), end of life care (providing education on this topic)

What are you most proud of in your NPD role? Things are starting to click. It has definitely been a learning curve with some things.

What is a fun fact about you? I competed in ballroom dancing when I was in high school.

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What area do you cover in your NPD role? CMC ADTU & 3B

How long have you been a nurse? 24 years

What is your clinical background? Acute care nursing

How long have you been in NPD? 1 year

What are your areas of interest in nursing? Cardiac nursing, medical-surgical nursing

What are you most proud of in your NPD role? I am just proud to be a NPD practitioner!

What is a fun fact about you? I like to crochet.