Author Archive for Amanda Brown
Amanda S. Brown, RN, BSN, MSM, CIC Amanda’s twenty-three-year nursing career demonstrates management success, strong leadership capabilities, and outstanding clinical skills. Her various leadership positions in the areas of quality, compliance, and infection control have proven her aptitude for quality management, financial, and strategic planning. Prior to her work at Compass Group, Amanda served as Administrative Director of Quality and Compliance at St. Francis Hospital, a 292-bed facility in Columbus, GA. There, she gained experience in aligning nursing functions with organizational strategic objectives to achieve integrated care delivery. Her excellent problem solving, organizational, and communication skills, coupled with a comprehensive knowledge of accreditation and regulatory standards make Amanda an effective and informed administrator, often recognized for her accomplishments in developing innovative performance improvement strategies and effective management of clinical processes. Amanda holds a Master of Science in Management degree in Healthcare and Hospital Administration from Troy State University and Bachelor of Science in Nursing from Auburn University.
New Study Provides Concrete Guidelines for Preventing Surgical Site Infections . . . Finally
After reading Pam Belluck’s New York Times article on preventing hospital-acquired surgical site infections, I couldn’t help but cheer. The study published recently in the New England Journal of Medicine that focused on skin preparation brings us closer to answering a decades-old question: “Which product do we use to prep the skin before surgery?”
National Patient Safety Goal 7: Three Easy Tips for Compliance
In 2009, three new requirements were added to NPSG 7 to aid in the ongoing campaign to prevent healthcare-associated infections. For each of these new requirements, there are three actions that Nurse Managers can take to facilitate compliance and – even better – protect patients.
Infection Prevention Caught in Squeeze on Budgets
By Amanda Brown, RN, BSN, MSM, CIC
The economic impact on hospitals continues to play out across the country. The latest area of focus seems to be the resources provided to manage infection control programs. Even as the H1N1 pandemic looms, half of the IC professionals responding to a recent survey reported reductions in overall [...]