Kendra Pickens

Background

About Kendra Pickens

Passionate nurse with a Masters in Nursing in Health Systems Leadership and a national informatics certification from the ANCC. Over 20 years of nursing experience in essentially all hospital, home, and occupational health settings, including 16 of those years in leadership positions. Dedicated and driven outcomes-focused professional seeking to impact quality care outcomes via process improvement in conjunction with health information technology ideologies. Well versed in through-put within each realm of healthcare from a variety of provider roles in essentially all departments. I love collaborating with team members to seek optimized solutions to current healthcare issues and upcoming trends and regulations. A nursing professional who loves developing other nurses, treating our work staff and patients holistically, and driving change in hospitals with a focus on the voices of other nurses and all team members to promote new ideas and concepts. Expert user of all Cerner systems and multiple software integrated programs within the EMR platform. Project manager for two hospital EMR go-lives.