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Susan Smith, BSN, MSN 123 South Bishop Street Chicago, Illinois 60643 Ssmith123@msn.com   Objective To obtain a leadership position with a healthcare organization dedicated to quality of care where my skills, experience and education will enhance the organization. Education University of Chicago Master€™s Degree in Nursing North Park University Batchelor€™s Degree in Nursing   Chicago, Illinois 2000 Chicago, Illinois 1996 Experience Christ Medical Center, Chicago, IL Director of Critical Care Services   2003 to present Responsible for leading the critical care services for the provision of optimum patient care and provide leadership in the development, Implementation and evaluation of processes, strategies and services, as well as fiscal resources for a 18-bed Surgical Intensive Care Unit as well as a 24-bed Step-down unit. Accomplishments Participation on the magnet preparation team that updated the hospitals philosophy of nursing and professional practice model. Reduced the nursing turn over in the critical care and step-down units from a annual turn over of 5% to < 1 % with the implementation of a nursing council and mentorship program. Hospital benchmark for patient satisfaction scores for the reporting period of January 2003 €“ November 2003. Developed a process for documenting pain score on the vital sign graphic sheet that was utilized system wide.