Dr. Kerlene Richards is an experienced and innovative Nursing Manager with a DNP in Healthcare Systems Leadership with extensive experience in the hospital & health care industry. Areas of Expertise: 🔷 Directing progressive nursing programs with broad experience in Medicine-Surgery, Telemetry, and Cardiothoracic ICU 🔷 Evidence-Based Practice (EBP), Infection Control, Healthcare Management, Leadership & Patient Safety 🔷 Identifying opportunities for business improvement in compliance with regulatory mandates, evidence-based practices, and clinical standards 🔷 Training and mentoring nurses to build capacity related to nursing practice, ethical matters and leadership principles 🔷 Managing budget, administrative operations and human resources, including all aspects of hiring, interviewing, training and onboarding new hires