Amy J Word-Allen
Amy J. Word-Allen, BSN, RN, is currently employed with HCA Healthcare in the emergency department. She has two years of burn center experience with pediatric and adult patients. She worked in the pediatric critical-care unit at Monroe Carell Jr. Children's Hospital at Vanderbilt University, where she served as a clinical staff nurse, primary preceptor, unit board president, primary/secondary preceptor, charge nurse, interim assistant manager, and on the education committee. Word-Allen worked in...See more
Amy J. Word-Allen, BSN, RN, is currently employed with HCA Healthcare in the emergency department. She has two years of burn center experience with pediatric and adult patients. She worked in the pediatric critical-care unit at Monroe Carell Jr. Children's Hospital at Vanderbilt University, where she served as a clinical staff nurse, primary preceptor, unit board president, primary/secondary preceptor, charge nurse, interim assistant manager, and on the education committee. Word-Allen worked in onboarding roles, serving on the board interviewing pediatric nursing residents and experienced staff nurses, conducting peer interviews, and developing didactic classroom orientation content. She also developed guidelines for primary preceptors and presentations for educators to utilize during orientation for HCA Healthcare, Avalon Hospice, and TrustPoint Behavioral Health Hospital. Word-Allen has worked as adjunct faculty for Tennessee Tech University as the Pediatric Clinical Professor and in the pediatric ICUat the Children's Hospital at TriStar Centennial in Nashville, Tennessee, where she served as lead preceptor/mentor, developed the clinical orientation for the PICU with managers, and served as a charge nurse. She developed teaching materials and presented in the skills fair for the continuing education of all the pediatric nurses within the organization. Word-Allen built a mentoring program to pair orientees with coworkers to provide support during the first year of employment. During her time as a lead preceptor, she also served as one of four primary preceptors on the unit. She has facilitated multiple orientation experiences for staff nurses and has developed strategies to help preceptors teach and connect deeper to their orientees. Word-Allen has worked in multiple roles in the process of precepting and mentoring. She has spent over 3,250 hours facilitating orientation and developing learning materials and precepting staff during her 20 years in the nursing profession. See less
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