Danielle Okafor

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Emergency Room nurse with 9 years of high-volume trauma and critical care experience across Level I and Level II trauma centers in Texas. Specializes in rapid triage, sepsis protocol management, and mass-casualty incident coordination. Reduced door-to-provider time by 18% at current facility by co-developing a nurse-initiated order set adopted department-wide.

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Senior Emergency Room NurseMar 2019 - Present

Memorial Southwest Medical Center, Houston, TX

Triaged and initiated care for an average of 22 patients per 12-hour shift in a 68-bed Level I trauma ER seeing 85,000+ annual visits, maintaining a 94% patient-satisfaction score over 4 consecutive quarters.
Co-led implementation of a sepsis early-warning checklist that cut average door-to-antibiotic time from 74 minutes to 49 minutes, contributing to a 12% reduction in sepsis-related ICU transfers.
Mentored 6 new graduate nurses through a 16-week emergency department preceptorship, with all 6 achieving independent practice status on schedule and 4 earning CEN certification within 18 months.

Emergency Room NurseJun 2016 - Feb 2019

Bayou Regional Hospital, Beaumont, TX

Managed a mixed adult-pediatric ER caseload of 14–18 patients per shift, consistently meeting a 4-hour door-to-disposition target in 88% of non-critical cases.
Activated and staffed the hospital's mass-casualty incident (MCI) protocol during a 47-patient industrial accident response, coordinating triage tags, IV access, and transport prioritization with zero critical documentation errors.
Championed adoption of a bedside barcode medication administration system that reduced medication errors by 31% across the 42-bed unit within the first 6 months of rollout.

Emergency Room Nurse, Per DiemJan 2015 - May 2016

St. Catherine's Community Hospital, Port Arthur, TX

Provided per-diem coverage averaging 3 shifts per week in a 24-bed community ER, adapting quickly to varied acuity levels with minimal orientation time.
Assisted in resuscitation of 8 cardiac arrest patients over 16 months, achieving a return-of-spontaneous-circulation (ROSC) rate of 62% on team-led codes, exceeding the national average of 40%.
Streamlined discharge instruction delivery by creating a laminated quick-reference card for the top 10 diagnoses, reducing average discharge time by 11 minutes per patient.

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