Yvette Woody, BSN, MSN, RN, HACP, a Registered Nurse serving as the Chief Nursing Officer at Mitchell County Hospital

Get to know Registered Nurse, Yvette Woody, who serves patients in Colorado City, Texas.

New York City, Oct 22, 2020 (Issuewire.com) - Yvette is a skilled registered nurse with a focus on disease management, nursing education, nursing management, healthcare consulting, and medical-surgical nursing. She serves as the Chief Nursing Officer at Mitchell County Hospital in Colorado City, Texas.

As such, she is responsible for overseeing and coordinating the organization's nursing department and its daily operations to ensure that patient-care, clinical, and staffing standards are met. As the primary spokesperson for nurses, she also works to align the nursing staff with the mission, values, and vision of the organization.

"The delivery of compassionate quality healthcare is the essence of nursing and our work promotes the optimization of health, safety & wellness for all patients entrusted to our care. I am honored to lead a team of the best nurses in Texas that are committed to providing patient-centered and culturally competent care of the highest quality" expressed Yvette. 

Beginning her career over three decades ago as a vocational nurse, she graduated with her nursing degree from Midland College. She then went on to earn her Bachelor of Science in Nursing degree from Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center School of Nursing in 2007, followed by her Master of Science in Nursing degree from the same educational venue in 2011.

With patient safety of the utmost importance to her, Yvette used her time as interim chief nursing officer to introduce many patient safety initiatives. She also took the time to provide leadership in staffing, handle patient safety issues, manage physicians/staff relations, convert the labor and delivery and critical cardiac care units to secure units for patient and staff safety, and expedited a "panic button" in the emergency department.

To advance her efforts, she remains a member of the American Heart Association, which is a nonprofit organization in the United States that funds cardiovascular medical research, educates consumers on healthy living, and fosters appropriate cardiac care in an effort to reduce disability and deaths caused by cardiovascular disease and stroke. 

Having always had an eagerness for education, Yvette is a certified instructor for basic life support, advanced cardiac life support, and pediatric advanced life support courses.

A Registered Nurse (RN) is a nurse who has graduated from a nursing program and met the requirements outlined by a country, state, province or similar licensing body to obtain a nursing license. RNs fulfill a variety of job duties. In addition to their primary role in treating and caring for patients, their responsibilities also include educating patients and the public about a variety of medical conditions, as well as providing emotional support and advice to the families of their patients. Other RN job functions include leadership, research, performing diagnostic tests and analyzing results, operating medical equipment, administering medications, recording patients' symptoms and medical histories, and assisting with patient rehabilitation and follow-up.

Learn More About Yvette Woody:

Through her online profile, https://todaysnurse.org/network/index.php?do=/4146348/info/ or through Mitchell County Hospital, https://www.mitchellcountyhospital.com/getpage.php?name=Nursing_Dept 

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