Ann Darby

Email: abpuuu@r.postjobfree.com

Address:

City: Huntsville

State: TX

Zip: 77320

Country: USA

Phone: 936-***-****

Skill Level: Any

Salary Range:

Primary Skills/Experience:

3 years experience in Acute Rehab 10 years Charge Nurse experience in-and out-patient care and ER 15 years Director of Nurses experience at State Correctional Facilities 1 year Director of Nurses experience for a Home Health agency 4 years experience in Home Health Nursing 2 years experience in Operating Room,recovery, and pre-operatory Seeking leadership role or staff position in outpatient setting of Clinics or Home Health

Educational Background:

High School Dipolma from University of Massachusetts, Amherst MA 1/2001 to 5/1977 (Nursing)

High School Dipolma from Holy Name Central Catholic High School, Amherst MA 1/2001 to 11/2012

Job History / Details:

Professional Summary

3 years experience in Acute Rehab

10 years Charge Nurse experience in-and out-patient care and ER

15 years Director of Nurses experience at State Correctional Facilities

1 year Director of Nurses experience for a Home Health agency

4 years experience in Home Health Nursing

2 years experience in Operating Room,recovery, and pre-operatory

Seeking leadership role or staff position in outpatient setting of Clinics or Home Health

Licenses

Registered Nurse in the State of Texas, License # 444659

Skill Highlights

Skilled in new patient assessments and conducting physical examinations

Skilled in initiation of IV access,maintenance/care

Medication Administration including IV medication

Geriatric treatment knowledge and experience

Acute and rehabilitative care

Experienced with wound cleaning/care

Committed to compliance reporting

Effective policy and program development

Trained in in-patient/out-patient care

Experienced with EMR(electronic medical record)including documentation

Professional Experience

January 8, 2007 to January 2010

Charge Nurse Inpatient Rehab Huntsville Memorial

Total patient care including medication administration, blood transfusions, IV's and IV care, bathing, toileting, assisting physical therapists (P.T.), occupational therapists (O.T.), speech therapists (S.T.) with patient therapy.

Patient and family teaching of care plan and follow up care.

Intake coordinator for admissions to IPR.

Assisted with discharge planning and follow up care to home, SNF, another care facility.

Team member on team conferences with O.T, P.T., S.T., nutritionists, physicians and case management.

Assisted with staff developments education, computer input of physicians orders and labs.

April 1984 to November 2006

Texas Department of Criminal Justice

June 1999 to October 2006

Nurse Clinician/ Charge Nurse, Weekend House Supervisor

Assigned to the Emergency Room.

Responsible for treating emergency patients, to include hemodialysis patients, Geriatric Center patients, inpatients requiring ER treatment, and general population offenders.

Assist with coordinating chronic clinic appointments of dialysis patients around H.D.

treatments.

Assisted with coordinating Digital Medical Services from UTMB Galveston for our facility patients.

Assisted with coordination of clinic visits of our Geriatric facility.

Responsible for obtaining information on admissions, inpatient admit assessments, and reporting information to the respective nursing units.

Assisted with coordinating patient discharges with teaching and medication counseling.

Assist with patients paroling or transferring to other inpatient facilities.

Assist in coordination of patients with multiple Hospital Galveston appointments.

Assist the physician with treatments and procedures when indicated.

Coordinate emergency transfers with EMS and free world hospitals.

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May 1996 to July 1999

RN IV - Director of Nurses

Eastham Facility.

Directs and delegates the management and supervision for a staff of professional and ancillary nursing personnel to ensure that all activities are coordinated in the interest of optimal patient care.

Establishes nursing goals and objectives and implements the organizational structure for achieving them.

Interprets, implements, and monitors compliance with Agency Health Services and Nursing Services Policies and Procedures (P&P) and disciplinary process of employees.

Organizes and directs all nursing activities in patient care, physicians' clinics, public health programs, medication delivery, and emergency care, ensuring compliance with P&P.

Plans and implements nursing service staff meetings and orientation, maintains documentation of skills inventory (via Competency Based Orientation tool (CBO tool)), and attendance to identify educational needs; coordinates with Continuing Education for nursing inservice education programs; maintains nurse license information, ensuring all crede.

April 1990 to May 1996

RN IV Director of Nurses

April 1985 to April 1990

Estelle Facility

RN IV Director of Nurses

April 1984 to April 1985

Ferguson Facility

RN III Nursing Supervisor

March 1983 to March 1984

Beverly Enterprises Inc Fair Park Home Health Huntsville, TX

Director of Nurses

Responsible for opening the Home Health Agency, the hiring of employees, supervision of all employees, evaluations of employees and disciplinary process of employees.

Responsible for keeping agency within budget operations.

Total responsibility of operations of the agency, to include setting up Advisory Board members, managing the coordination of Advisory Board meetings, and minutes of meetings.

Public relations in, around and with the community, and participation in community functions.

Set up and ran blood pressure clinics, and teaching health in schools.

At times performed home visits, wrote health care plans for patients, monitored internal quality assurance of the department and medical records.

Prepared the Agency for Medicare, Medicaid certification.

August 1980 to March 1983

Upjohn Health Care Services

Nursing Supervisor

Field employee for the Medicare Sector, with home visits on a contract basis.

Assistant Nursing Supervisor for Primary Home Care Initiator and Supervisor of Well Child Clinics, EPSDT Program (Early, Periodic, Screening, Diagnosis and Treatment) Assisted in initiating contracts for and completing insurance physical exams.

Assisted in inservice training for public health in schools and ran blood pressure screening clinics at the Grandperson's Center and in the community.

May 1978 to May 1980

Huntsville Memorial Hospital

Coordinator and Supervisor

Operating Room Circulator and Recovery Room Nurse, O.R.

Holding Room Supervisor.

Responsible for coordination of surgery schedule and having surgical cases transition smoothly from one to the next, without delay, and checking and completion of pre-op checklists.

the pre-op and prepping of patients for outpatient surgery.

October 1977 to May 1978

Parkway Hospital Houston, TX

Float Nurse for Med-Surg, Pediatric and Geriatric Wards, and worked predominately in ER and ICU.

August 1977 to October 1977

The Methodist Hospital

Med-Surg Floor Staff Nurse

Started here as G.N.

Education and Training

May 1977 University of Massachusetts Amherst, Massachusetts

B.S. degree

May 1972 Holy Name Central Catholic High School Worcester, Massachusetts

Additional Information

Who's Who in American Nursing 1996-1998

Extracurricular Activities: Ranching, raising cattle, gardening, canning, baking, cooking

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