Barbara Little

Community Home Instructor

• Experienced didactic Course Leader in creating online and in-person junior and senior level Community Home nursing courses
• Supervised students in providing health care initiatives in recovery treatment center and underserved high school settings.
• In coordination with clinical faculty, implemented interesting and interactive learning initiatives focused on increasing students understanding of course objectives and assignments through 5 levels of community home nursing course.
• Utilized a variety of teaching techniques to promote student critical thinking skills leading to interactive discussion of populations at theses sites
• Led pre- & post clinical discussions
• Assessed and evaluated student performance
• Advisor and mentor to students

Simulator clinical Instructor

• In collaboration with Simulation Director, promoted review and practice of introductory health assessment skills, with the emphasis on understanding the dynamics of normal and common abnormal findings
• Enhanced knowledge base and understanding of weekly case study scenarios as well as weekly lab assignments completion
• Provided hands-on training to nursing students in Adult Health Assessment.

• Float Pool (Abington Memorial Hospital: 10/2018- 1/2021

- Nursery Nurse : Provide newborn assessments, assist with procedures, and overseen care and delivery of neonates.

- Labor and Delivery baby nurse: Provide post-delivery care and management of neonate. Promote, institute and manage Baby Friendly Care Initiative to enhance nurturing and bonding experience.

• Level 3 NICU Nurse : ( Over 25 years of experience)
• Charge nurse of Level 3 NICU: (2000-2018)

-Dedicated to inter-professional collaboration of excellent care delivery for optimum patient outcomes, liaison for staff and family members in crisis, and attending emergent, complicated deliveries and caesarean deliveries.

- Orient staff to new techniques and procedures to improve

quality of care to our tiny population.

• Precept Students and new staff.
• Mentor
• Proposed evidence-based Neonatal Early Warning System (NEWS) practice model in NICU and Pediatrics.