About / The person behind Simpyll
Critical care nurse.Curious builder.Always learning.
David Becker, RN, BSN, CCRNTulsa metropolitan area, Oklahoma
I’m David Becker, a critical care nurse based in the Tulsa area with more than a decade of experience caring for complex patients in intensive care and emergency settings.
Outside the hospital, I’m learning software engineering and exploring artificial intelligence: how they work, where they help, and what it takes to build something people can rely on.
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Built in critical care.
Working across intensive care specialties has shaped how I approach complexity. I care for patients who need advanced respiratory, renal, and circulatory support, alongside teams with different specialties and perspectives. That work depends on clinical judgment, clear communication, and reliable processes. It has taught me to look closely at how the parts of a system affect one another.
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From critical care to code.
I’m curious about the systems behind the screens I use, and I want to learn how to build useful software myself. I’m practicing modern web development with React, TypeScript, and JavaScript, developing my Python skills, and exploring AI-assisted development and automation. Nursing gives me practical questions to investigate; engineering gives me a new set of tools to investigate them with.
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Why I built Simpyll.
Simpyll is my personal website and a working project. It gives me a place to practice interface design, publish technical notes, and document what I learn while building for the web. I share experiments and lessons here as they take shape, including questions at the intersection of healthcare and technology.
Explore projects & experimentsLearning through practice
Currently exploring.
Web engineering
Building this site with React and TypeScript while learning about accessible interfaces, static publishing, and maintainable code.
AI and automation
Exploring Python, AI-assisted development, and ways to automate repetitive work. Linux, Bash, and Git/GitHub are part of that learning toolkit.
Healthcare technology
Bringing experience with electronic health records and clinical workflows to questions about informatics, data analysis, and information architecture.
Writing to learn
Turning technical study and experiments into notes I can revisit and share. Writing helps me find the gaps in my understanding.
Professional background
A clinical foundation.
Selected nursing roles. Some assignments overlap.
April 2021–Present
Registered Nurse — System-Wide Float Pool
Saint Francis Health System
Assignments across medical, surgical, neuro, trauma, and cardiac intensive care, emergency, progressive care, telemetry, and medical-surgical settings.
May 2018–April 2021
Registered Nurse — Neuro Trauma Surgical ICU
Saint Francis Health System
Critical care nursing in a 30-bed neuro, trauma, and surgical intensive care unit.
July 2017–April 2021
Registered Nurse — ICU / Clinical Float
Saint Francis Health System
Assignments spanning intensive and emergency care, progressive care, interventional radiology, post-anesthesia care, endoscopy, and medical-surgical units.
July 2014–June 2017
Registered Nurse — Critical Care
St. John Health System
High-acuity patient care in a 24-bed medical ICU, with rapid response and code blue responsibilities.
Education & training.
Bachelor of Science in Nursing
Graceland University · 2025
Associate Degree in Nursing
Tulsa Community College · 2014
I’m continuing graduate nursing education through Graceland University while expanding into software and AI engineering.
RN, BSN, CCRN
My clinical training includes ACLS, PALS, BLS, NIHSS, TNCC, ENPC, SLED, and FEMA emergency preparedness. CCRN was initially issued in August 2017. This is a background summary, not a record of current renewal or expiration status.
- Critical care
- Intensive and emergency nursing, mechanical ventilation, neurological and trauma care.
- Advanced support
- Experience caring for patients supported by VV/VA ECMO, CRRT, and mechanical circulatory support.
- Clinical response
- Rapid response, code blue, high-acuity infusion management, and multidisciplinary coordination.
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