Kourtney Specht, RN, BSN

*** *. ***** **., *********, ID 83201

(C) 719-***-**** (E) acfbyo@r.postjobfree.com

Professional Summary

Patient-focused Registered Nurse with a background in geriatric care, administrative nursing, occupational health, nursery, hospital,

ER, and home health.

Licenses

Registered Nurse in the state of Colorado (Compact) Certified Breath-Alcohol Technician (BAT) Aug

2012 to Aug 2017

CPR certified

Skill Highlights

Nursing Supervisor experience Extensive care plan auditing and creation

knowledge

Policy and Procedure Development

Trained staff educator

Computerized charting specialist

Infection control standards experience

Geriatric treatment knowledge

Enthusiastic caregiver

Committed to compliance reporting

BAT screening/drug screening collection

Strong medical ethic

Cultural sensitive

Excellent computer proficiency

Quality Assurance

Clinical Documentation proficiency

Passionate geriatric caregiver

Professional Experience

02/2013-Current Safe Haven Care Center Pocatello, ID

Director of Nursing

Managing a wide range of patients, most with behavioral/psychiatric diagnosis (Behavioral Care Unit facility). Actively participating in

development and implementation of individual treatment plans for patients with broad range of mental health issues. Manage st aff

including interviewing, hiring, discipline, and termination. Develop facility forms, audits, and other heavy computer work. Work cl osely

with Administrator, Social Services, MDS and Physician to ensure highest quality of care. From February 2013 to May 2013, wor ked on

the floor at the 14 bed Acute Psychiatric Hospital (attached to care center) before moving over to be Director of Nursing.

07/2012 - 12/2012 Pro Med Staffing Services, Inc Wichita, KS

Occupational Health Nurse

Occupational health nurse for wind-farm jobsite. Work varied shifts to provide occupational medicine on the site of a wind farm

construction. Provide DOT urine drug screen and alcohol breathalyzers (certified EBT technician). Provide as needed random ur ine

screening and alcohol breath screening. Provide care in the event of an emergency on the job. Provide clinical care to employees including

assessment of injuries, providing immunizations as required, allergy injections, influenza vaccinations, safety education, an d OSHA and

jobsite employer documentation. Only nurse onsite during shift. Doctor available by phone as needed for patient transfer.

12/2010 - 04/2012 Weisbrod Memorial Hospital and Nursing Home Eads, CO

Charge Nurse/Registered Nurse/EMR Implementation/Long Term Care

Nursing care in the facilities 30-bed nursing home. Care for the elderly population including disease management, medication

administration, assessment, and management of other caregivers. Only R.N. on duty for 8 -bed hospital and only R.N. on duty for hospital

emergency room. Medical/Surgical, pediatrics, geriatric, charge nurse. Triage patients, start I.V.'s, take care of patients in eme rgent

situation until arrival of doctor. Also created digital versions (computer) of all facility forms and created a facility broc hure for marketing.

Was in charge of the newly implemented Electronic Medical Record (EMR) system (Healthland) including building, training, crea ting

guides, and meeting all guidelines for Meaningful Use. Worked for the facilities Home Health agency. At ho me visits for wound care,

medication management, patient education, insurance assessments for eligibility to enter skilled nursing facilities. Helped i n other areas

needed such as MDS, Care Plan creation and management, Emergency Management Planning, Pharm acy and many other duties. Also

worked for this same employer as an LPN in 2002-2003 and as an RN in the hospital/ER/Nursing home in 2005

10/2005 - 01/2007 Oberlin Medical Arts Oberlin, KS

Family Practice, Clinic R.N.

Check-in patients, take vital signs, triage patients, and assist doctor in procedures such as: excisions, pap smears, freezing, laceration repair,

radiology, lab draws, and injections. The client base for this clinic includes: pediatric, geriatric, obstetric, pre -surgical, and adult. 4-doctor

clinic, with one nurse per doctor. In charge of all refills, history and physical paperwork for surgery candidates, referrals, call clients with

lab results, report abnormal labs, x-rays, etc. to doctor.

04/2004 - 01/2005 Sandhaven Care Center Lamar, CO

ADON/Quality Assurance/Infection Control/Staff Development/Restorative Nursing Supervisor

All human resource paperwork, education, etc., for hiring of all new employees including nursing, housekeeping, kitchen, prof essional, etc.

Infection control including plotting maps, weekly meetings with DON and administrator, develop infection control care plan for control

and treatment. Supervised the rehabilitation and restorative aides, developed care plans for resident rehab, helped with rest orative activities

and record keeping. Quality assurance coordinator including bi -monthly meetings with entire professional staff including administrator,

DON, Care Plan Coordinator, Medical Records, PT, OT, and Physicians. Tracked safety concerns including weekly r ecord of falls,

wandering, skin tears, injuries, employee injuries, etc. Met with safety committee monthly to go over each department's safet y concerns.

Kept records and administer as needed TB testing for residents and employees, and all vaccines needed f or residents and employees. In

charge of all facility education including mandatory nursing education, CPR, new hire orientation, CNA class coordination. Ke pt records of

all employee involvement in education as mandated. When I began work at facility, they were still doing all record keeping by hand. I

created and implemented database programs to track infection control, employees, residents, immunizations, safety, etc.

06/2002 - 05/2004 Various Facilities

Licensed Practical Nurse

From 2002 through 2004, while working on my Associate Degree in Nursing/R.N., I was working as a Licensed Practical

Nurse and gained the following experience:

Geriatric/long term care including working at a 28 bed facility full -time.

OB/Labor and Delivery Unit, nursery including well baby, feeder/grower, and initial care of baby in delivery room.

Also post-partum, some preterm labor, post-surgical patients, & some labor & delivery.

Education and Training

2013 Colorado Mesa University, Grand Junction, CO

Bachelor of Science in Nursing

Graduated with a 3.8 GPA, Magna Cum Laude

2004 Lamar Community College, Lamar, CO

Associate of Applied Science in Nursing

Class Secretary, GPA 3.5+

1997 Collins College, Tempe, AZ

Associate of Arts in Visual Communications

Visual Communications/Graphic Design/Computes. Graduated with AA in one year, GPA 3.5+

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