June 2024
LTC Jan'na X
Gaddy
,
MSN, CMSRN, NE-BC
Brooke Army Medical Center
Brooke Army Medical Center
San Antonio
,
TX
United States
LTC Gaddy displayed tremendous mental agility as the Clinical Nurse Officer In Charge of a medical-surgical unit, where she skillfully realigned a generalized medical-surgical telemetry unit into the primary trauma unit by developing the nurses and fostering effective relationships with the trauma service.
LTC Jan'na Gaddy greatly contributed to a ready medical force through her initiative to develop the first-ever 66H/ Medical Surgical Nursing Individual Critical Task List (ICTL) training platform at Brooke Army Medical Center. Her program captures 16 of 18 deployment readiness tasks for medical-surgical nurses through instruction, demonstration, and hands-on validation. Her innovative implementation of a quarterly live event course resulted in a 55% increase in readiness, moving from 29% to 84% compliance, meeting MEDCOM requirements, and maximizing operational readiness.
LTC Gaddy displayed tremendous mental agility as the Clinical Nurse Officer In Charge of a medical-surgical unit, where she skillfully realigned a generalized medical-surgical telemetry unit into the primary trauma unit by developing the nurses and fostering effective relationships with the trauma service. Her steadfast leadership resulted in the nursing staff demonstrating increased confidence and capabilities, allowing them to care for more than 3,600 trauma patients annually. She served as the Chief of Medical-Surgical Nursing Services, where she managed seven medical-surgical units with a 180-bed capacity, facilitating zero patient diversion. Her ability to strategically prioritize key initiatives and influence others to execute missions led to all units consistently exceeding 95% in the Bar Code Medication Administration, a 15% decrease in Hospital Acquired Pressure Injuries through the implementation of daily leadership rounds, and a 90% decrease in the bacteremia infection rate.
Through her transformational leadership, she honed the principles of change management to meet operational and organizational goals with zero failures. She supported
43 Officers in attending specialty nursing courses, filling shortages in critical specialties throughout the Army Nurse Corps while balancing the staffing needs of the section.
Through an innovative approach, she spearheaded a 68C/licensed practical nurse onboarding policy and program that increased competency and compliance in clinical practice to increase confidence, retention, and quality patient care.
LTC Gaddy displayed tremendous mental agility as the Clinical Nurse Officer In Charge of a medical-surgical unit, where she skillfully realigned a generalized medical-surgical telemetry unit into the primary trauma unit by developing the nurses and fostering effective relationships with the trauma service. Her steadfast leadership resulted in the nursing staff demonstrating increased confidence and capabilities, allowing them to care for more than 3,600 trauma patients annually. She served as the Chief of Medical-Surgical Nursing Services, where she managed seven medical-surgical units with a 180-bed capacity, facilitating zero patient diversion. Her ability to strategically prioritize key initiatives and influence others to execute missions led to all units consistently exceeding 95% in the Bar Code Medication Administration, a 15% decrease in Hospital Acquired Pressure Injuries through the implementation of daily leadership rounds, and a 90% decrease in the bacteremia infection rate.
Through her transformational leadership, she honed the principles of change management to meet operational and organizational goals with zero failures. She supported
43 Officers in attending specialty nursing courses, filling shortages in critical specialties throughout the Army Nurse Corps while balancing the staffing needs of the section.
Through an innovative approach, she spearheaded a 68C/licensed practical nurse onboarding policy and program that increased competency and compliance in clinical practice to increase confidence, retention, and quality patient care.