Renata Okonkwo

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Registered Nurse with 9 years of progressive acute-care experience, including 4 years in a charge capacity overseeing 28-bed medical-surgical ICU units. Specializes in sepsis protocol management, rapid-response coordination, and staff development. Reduced unit-acquired pressure injury rates by 34% and sustained a 91% patient-satisfaction score across two consecutive annual reviews.

Work Experience

Charge Nurse, Medical-Surgical ICUMar 2020 - Present

OhioHealth Riverside Methodist Hospital, Columbus, OH

Coordinate daily staffing assignments for a 28-bed ICU team of 18 RNs and 6 CNAs, maintaining a nurse-to-patient ratio at or below 1:2 during 94% of shifts.
Led implementation of a bundle-based sepsis screening protocol that cut average time-to-antibiotic administration from 87 minutes to 51 minutes, improving compliance to 96%.
Mentored 11 newly licensed nurses through a structured 12-week preceptorship program, achieving a 100% 90-day retention rate for all cohorts since 2021.

Staff RN, Cardiovascular Step-Down UnitJun 2017 - Feb 2020

Mount Carmel West Medical Center, Columbus, OH

Managed a caseload of 5–6 post-cardiac-surgery patients per shift, contributing to a unit HCAHPS composite score that rose from 78th to 91st percentile over 18 months.
Initiated a peer-led medication-reconciliation audit that identified and corrected 43 high-risk discrepancies in a single quarter, reducing adverse drug events by 22%.
Trained 8 staff members on updated telemetry interpretation guidelines, reducing escalation response times by an average of 4 minutes per event.

Staff RN, Medical-Surgical UnitAug 2015 - May 2017

Nationwide Children's Hospital — Adult Affiliate Unit, Columbus, OH

Delivered direct care to 6–7 post-operative adult patients per shift in a 36-bed unit, maintaining zero central-line-associated bloodstream infections over a 14-month period.
Collaborated with case managers to streamline discharge planning, reducing average length of stay by 0.4 days and saving an estimated $310,000 in annual bed-day costs.
Participated in a hospital-wide falls-prevention task force that decreased unit fall rates from 3.1 to 1.6 per 1,000 patient days within 6 months of protocol rollout.

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Charge Nurse Leadership & Staffing CoordinationSepsis Protocol Management (SEP-1 Bundle)ACLS & BLS Certified (AHA, expires 2028)Electronic Health Records — Epic HyperspaceTelemetry & Hemodynamic MonitoringCCRN Certification (AACN, expires 2028)Patient Safety & Quality Improvement (QAPI)Staff Preceptorship & Competency EvaluationHCAHPS Score Improvement Strategies

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