LISA STONE THURMAN

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Accomplished and energetic Registered Nurse. Motivated leader with strong organizational and prioritization abilities. Nurse Educator focused on exemplary development of consistent curriculum throughout all core subjects and for several different levels. Outstanding communication skills, work ethic and dedication to professional development and continuing education. Active Listening/Learning

Critical Thinking

Operational Analysis

Judgment and Decision Making

Time Management

Educator

Administration and Management Judgment and Decision Making Active Listening Time Management Critical Thinking Operations Analysis Active Learning Education and Training Registered Nurse Clinical Educator, 08/2015 to Current Dignity Health – Rancho Cordova, California

I currently teach new employees in new orientation sessions. I also construct educational material for continuing education. Designed educational materials used to inform policymakers and community stakeholders. Wrote summaries, reports and other correspondence regarding community outreach efforts. Created curriculum and planned course content and methods of instruction. Registered Nurse Manager, 07/2014 to 08/2015

Tallahassee Memorial Hospital – Tallahassee, Fl

Conduct and administer fiscal operations, including accounting, planning budgets, authorizing expenditures and coordinating financial reporting. Direct, supervise and evaluate work activities of medical, nursing, technical, clerical staff. Direct or conduct recruitment, retention, hiring and training of personnel. Establish work schedules and assignments for staff, according to workload, space and equipment availability.

Establish objectives and evaluative or operational criteria for a 38 bed medical surgical unit. Prepare activity reports to inform management of the status and implementation plans of programs, services, and quality initiatives.

Inspect facilities and recommend building or equipment modifications to ensure emergency readiness and compliance to access, safety, and sanitation regulations. Manage change in integrated health care delivery systems, such as work restructuring, technological innovations, and shifts in the focus of care.

Nurse resources/staff Registered Nurse, 05/2009 to 06/2014 University of California – Sacramento, Ca

Charge nurse duties pertaining to supervision of a 38-40 bed unit and up to 8 nurses. Orientated all oncoming nurses to current policy and procedures,as well as best practice techniques Constructed monthly evidenced based practice educations and taught staff new and updated practice application Develop and present health education and promotion programs, such as training workshops. PROFESSIONAL SUMMARY

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Develop educational materials and programs for the medical surgical nurse population. Prepare and distribute health education materials, such as reports, bulletins, and visual aids. Design and conduct evaluations and diagnostic studies to assess the quality and performance of health education programs.

Design and administer training programs for new employees and continuing education for existing employees.

Modify patient treatment plans as indicated by patients' responses and conditions. Direct or supervise less-skilled nursing or healthcare personnel or supervise a particular unit. Consult and coordinate with healthcare team members to assess, plan, implement, or evaluate patient care plans.

Registerd Nurse, 08/2005 to 05/2009

Champlain Valley Physicians Hospital/Alice Hyde Hospital – Plattsburgh/Malone, NY Monitor, record, and report symptoms or changes in patients' conditions. Maintain accurate, detailed reports and records.

Record patients' medical information and vital signs. Order, interpret, and evaluate diagnostic tests to identify and assess patient's condition. Modify patient treatment plans as indicated by patients' responses and conditions. Administer local, inhalation, intravenous, or other anesthetics. Direct or supervise less-skilled nursing or healthcare personnel or supervise a particular unit. Consult and coordinate with healthcare team members to assess, plan, implement, or evaluate patient care plans.

Monitor all aspects of patient care, including diet and physical activity. Observe nurses and visit patients to ensure proper nursing care. Licensed Practical Nurse, 04/2001 to 05/2005

Meadowbrook Health Care/SNF – Plattsburgh, NY

Administer prescribed medications or start intravenous fluids amounts on patients' charts. Observe patients, charting and reporting changes in patients' conditions, such as adverse reactions to medication or treatment, and taking any necessary action. Provide basic patient care or treatments, such as taking temperatures or blood pressures, dressing wounds, treating bedsores, giving enemas or douches, rubbing with alcohol, massaging, or performing catheterizations.

Work as part of a healthcare team to assess patient needs, plan and modify care, and implement interventions.

Collect samples, such as blood, urine, or sputum from patients, and perform routine laboratory tests on samples.

Supervise nurses' aides or assistants.

Evaluate nursing intervention outcomes, conferring with other healthcare team members as necessary. Nurses Aid, 12/1995 to 02/2001

Nursing Assistants Beverly Enterprises – Perry, Fl Turn or reposition bedridden patients.

Provide physical support to assist patients to perform daily living activities, such as getting out of bed, bathing, dressing, using the toilet, standing, walking, or exercising. Gather information from caregivers, nurses, or physicians about patient condition, treatment plans, or appropriate activities.

Record vital signs, such as temperature, blood pressure, pulse, or respiration rate, as directed by medical or nursing staff.

Exercise patients who are comatose, paralyzed, or have restricted mobility. Lift or assist others to lift patients to move them on or off beds, examination tables, surgical tables, or stretchers.

Answer patient call signals, signal lights, bells, or intercom systems to determine patients' needs. Bachelor of Science: Nursing, May 2005

Plattsburgh State University - Plattsburgh, NY

Nursing

Magnet champion Research: Cystic fibrosis patient's utilizing nebulized morphine during the end of life process. Monthly educational handouts and presentations(example: pain, Chest tube, trach, new drug reference cards. First 5 minutes and last 5 minutes campaign) Bridges to excellence program: Recruitment/retention American Nurse Association Member

* Magnet champion for UCDAVIS

*Research:Cystic fibrosis patient's utilizing nebulized morphine during the end of life process.

*Bridges to excellence program: Recruitment/retention

* Project Management binder available upon request EDUCATION

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