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Carol Ann Gelderman, MS, BSN, RN, NE-BC, CPHQ, PMP
Nurse Manager – Diabetes & Sepsis Program
Northeast Georgia Health System
Carol Ann Gelderman, MS, BSN, RN, NE-BC, CPHQ, PMP, currently serves as the Nurse Manager for the Sepsis and Diabetes programs at Northeast Georgia Health System, a 4-campus not-for-profit community hospital system. She attended the State University College at Plattsburgh where she obtained her Bachelor of Arts and then attended the University of Georgia where she obtained her Master of Science degree. She received her Bachelor of Science in Nursing at Brenau University. She currently holds a Project Management certification, Nurse Executive certification, and certification in Healthcare Quality along with holding a Green Belt in Six Sigma.
Carol Ann began her career at Northeast Georgia Health Systems as an Oncology Research Nurse participating in Phase II and III clinical trials. She expanded her experience by transitioning to a Quality Safety Coordinator role for the system where she spearheaded the opening of a new hospital campus in April 2015 with concentration in quality, safety, and goal deployment. After the loss of her 20-year-old daughter to sepsis, she transitioned to the system’s Sepsis Coordinator where she led the development of the system’s sepsis initiatives across the pre-hospital, acute care, and post-acute care settings. In 2020, she proposed and obtained funding for a sepsis navigation program to provide 24-hour, 7-day a week concurrent cross-check of emergency department and hospitalized patients in their system identified as high-risk of developing sepsis. The navigation program serves as a support of the primary care teams concurrently and provides feedback on opportunities for best practice care of the patients. The Sepsis Navigation program expanded in 2021 to include an outpatient component to support sepsis patients after discharge with extensive education, follow-up calls, and coordination of services with the next level of care. She will lead the expansion of the navigation program to include support of patients in the pre-hospital setting beginning first with EMS. In 2022, Carol Ann’s role expanded to include program development for the system’s inpatient and outpatient diabetes programs.
Session Title: Sepsis Navigation: Extending Care Beyond Acute Care, a Case Study
Session Day/Time: Wednesday, September 27, 2023, 3:55 - 4:25 PM EST