Nursing Registered Nurse

Karen Wilson, RN

***** *. **** ***, *******, Arizona 85032

Phone: 646-***-****

Email: ********@*****.***

Professional Work History

Orchard PointeAssisted Living and Memory Support

Director of Health Care 3/13-Present

• Responsible for the administration of quality nursing service in a 20 bed Memory Support Unit and 88 bed Assisted Living

Facility.

• Organizes, directs and evaluates the services provide by the Nursing Department.

• Ensures sufficient and safe nursing care for all residents.

• Developes departmental goal, objectives, standards of performance of policies and procedures.

• Organizes the department in accordance with administrative guidelines to ensure compliance with standard of nursing practice.

Professional Work History

Friendship Village Tempe, Arizona

Director of Nursing 9/11-11/12

• Responsible for the administration of quality nursing service in a 121 bed facility.

• Organizes, directs and evaluates the services provide by the Nursing Department.

• Ensures sufficient and safe nursing care for all residents.

• Developes departmental goal, objectives, standards of performance of policies and procedures.

• Organizes the department in accordance with administrative guidelines to ensure compliance with standard of nursing practice.

• Responsible for the administration of quality nursing service in a 364 bed facility.

Schervier Nursing Care Center, Bronx, NY

Vice President of Nursing 5/07-5/11

• Organizes, directs and evaluates the services provide by the Nursing Department.

• Ensures sufficient and safe nursing care for all residents.

• Developes departmental goal, objectives, standards of performance of policies and procedures.

• Organizes the department in accordance with administrative guidelines to ensure compliance with standard of nursing practice.

• Responsible for the administration of quality nursing service in a 364 bed facility.

Elant at Brandywine Nursing Home, Briarcliff, NY

Director of Nursing 3/06-11/06

• Responsible for the administration of quality nursing service in a 131 bed facility.

• Interpret center policies and regulations to all nursing personnel and ensure compliance.

• Analyze and evaluate nursing and related services rendered to improve quality of customer care and to better utilize staff time

and abilities.

Troy Hill Center, New Jersey

Director of Nursing 1/05-3/06

• Responsible for administration of nursing service in a 130 bed Elderly Care facility.

• Direct, plan, and coordinate activities of professional nursing and auxiliary nursing personnel in rendering customer care.

• Interpret center policies and regulations to all nursing personnel and ensure compliance.

• Analyze and evaluate nursing and related services rendered to improve quality of customer care and to better utilize staff time

and abilities.

• Ensure the provision of in-service training programs for nursing personnel.

Kings Harbor Multi-Care Center, Bronx, NY

RN Manager 4/04-1/05

• Responsible for all planning, direction, and evaluation of work performance for staff on a rehab unit on every shift.

• Directed daily functioning of assigned unit.

• Ensured proper implementation of facility policies and procedures to maintain the highest degree of quality care at all times.

• Delegated authority to ensure all responsibility and accountability would be carried out for the highest quality resident care.

• Attended training seminars and subsequently in-serviced staff.

Mosholu Parkway Nursing & Rehab Center, Bronx, NY

Nursing Supervisor 10/02-4/04

• Interpreted and executed nursing department policies and procedures to achieve the highest Resident Care.

• Implemented and maintained standards of Nursing, geriatric, and rehabilitation practices at all times.

• Reviewed resident care problems and acted as a resource for solving such problems.

• Held regular scheduled meetings of nurses and ancillary staff to discuss problems/solutions and set goals to foster better nursing

care and strengthen staff relationship.

• Assisted in the development of Policies and Procedures.

• Identified and referred potential medical, legal, and safety problems to the Administrative and Director of Operations.

• Communicated any problems or concerns to residents’ families.

• Assumed responsibility of the Administrative Nursing personnel in the absence of the DON.

Beth Abraham Home Care, Bronx, NY

Community Nurse Coordinator 12/01-9/03

• Performed OASIS assessment.

• Developed Comprehensive Care Plan appropriate for individual patient needs.

• Documented assessment plans, intervention and outcome.

• Supervised Home Health Aids.

St. Barnabas Hospital, Bronx, NY

Registered Nurse 1996-2001

• Provided car for patients on an attending ICU, level one trauma emergency room, recovery room, pediatric unit, ambulatory and

post-op, and medical surgical unit.

• Served as a preceptor for new nurses and students.

• Charged Nurse on medical surgical units.

St. Barnabas Nursing Home, Bronx, NY

Licensed Practical Nurse 1994-1999

• Assumed Charged Nurse responsibilities.

• Provided care for residents with Alzheimer’s, tracheotomy, pentonieal dialysis, Picc Line, nasogastric tubes, gastrostomy tubes,

and served as a preceptor for new nurses and students.

Education

2002 College of New Rochelle, New Rochelle, NY

Bachelor of Science Degree in Nursing

1997 Helenfuld College for Nursing, New York, NY

Associate Degree in Nursing

1993 Hospital for Special Surgery School of Nursing, New York, NY

License Practical Nurse

Licenses

• New Jersey Board of Nursing

• New York Board of Nursing

Certifications

• Critical Care

• Trauma

• PALS

• ACLS

• BCLS

• MDS

• PRI

References will be furnished upon request.

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