I've been with Northside since 2017. I was only a year into nursing school and needed somewhere to give me just a chance because I didn't have prior healthcare experience and Northside Extended Recovery Unit gave me that opportunity. And really, it's the opportunity that has kept me here. I was able to have the opportunity to work as a nurse extern on a different unit, kind of explore something different, and they made the transfer process really easily and was able to transfer back once I graduated and wanted to do the nurse residency, then went from the nurse residency, being a nurse on the floor, precepting and now charge nurse opportunity. So I've really enjoyed the fact that I've been able to move up and try new and different things and it's been a lot of fun.

I wanted to tell you about the role of Clinical Data Analyst at Northside Hospital. This role is in the Quality Improvement Department at Northside. The data analysts are responsible for maintenance of the clinical data systems that Northside uses and we are responsible for building indicators and scorecards and getting information together for the clinical staff and leadership staff to review and see how they are performing and what their outcomes are on Medicare-related indicators, process improvement indicators, disease specific indicators through Joint Commission. We are able to implement benchmark information so that the clinical staff can see how they perform in the state and against other hospitals in the nation.