Florida Hospital Flagler has selected Carmen Bourdeau to serve as the nurse manager for the intensive care unit (ICU). In this new role, she is responsible for working closely with staff, physicians and leadership to achieve continued clinical excellence and ensure compassionate care is provided to patients.
Bourdeau has been a nurse for nearly 25 years and began her career at Newark Beth Israel Medical Center in New Jersey, as a nurse in the ICU. After several years, she began working for Morristown Memorial Hospital in New Jersey in the Cardiovascular Intensive Care Unit where she cared for patients immediately following an open heart surgery. Here, she also served as a preceptor to new nurses and as chairperson of their shared governance committee.
She began working at Florida Hospital Flagler in 2009 and most recently served as the as the nurse manager for the medical/surgical unit on the Palm Coast hospital’s third floor.
“Carmen brings a proven track record of consistent success in patient experience, quality outcomes and specialized Joint Commission accreditation. During her tenure on the third floor, she has created and maintained a culture of growing leaders, amazing teamwork, quality outcomes and employee satisfaction and retention,” said Denise Duty, Florida Hospital Flagler director of inpatient services. “It will be very hard for her staff on third floor and the physicians to see her move on, but she has created a strong foundation that they will continue to build upon. She will make a wonderful leader for the incredible talent and team that already exists in the ICU.”
Bourdeau is a Palm Coast resident and graduate from St. Luke’s School of Nursing in Bethlehem, Pa. Additionally, Bourdeau has earned her Critical Care Registered Nurse (CCRN) certification from the American Association of Critical Care Nurses.
Geezer says
Miss Bourdeau is a very nice lady. She was always nice to me and my wife
when we had family members recovering at the hospital.
Carmen is a very valuable and somewhat scarce commodity at that hospital,
and I would recommend that they hang on to her with both hands.
Managing and addressing the numerous faults of that ICU is a daunting challenge.
If anyone can do it–it’s Carmen Bourdeau.
I wish her every success!