Registered Nurse Medical

Karen J. Savageau

Registered Nurse - Mass. License No. 283654

Registered Nurse - Conn. License No. 112961

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Education

Quinsigamond Community College, Worcester, MA Associates

Degree in Nursing

(GPA - 3.05)

Wentworth Institute of Technology, Boston, MA Bachelor of

Science in Computer Science

(GPA - 3.56)

Red Cross CPR/AED/FA Instructor Certification (4/2012)

Training & Educational Seminars

- Sleep Deprivation, Autism, & ADHD - INR Seminar with R.

Hullon, MD, JD (11/2012).

- Food, Stress, & the Brain - INR Seminar with M.

O'Brien, MD (7/2012).

- Autism Workshop (11/2011): Autism Speaks - An overview

of signs/symptoms; scientific research

into causes, cures, & treatments; family services

tool kits; advocacy & awareness.

- Lactation Training (7/2010).

- Cognitive Behavior Therapy: Proven Interventions for

Anxiety & Depression (4/2010).

- Dialectical Behavior Therapy in Real World Settings

(3/2010).

- Dev. Treatment Model for Sexual Behavior Problems in

Youth (2/2010).

- Wrap Facilitation (7/2009).

- Validation/Coaching (6/2009).

Professional Experience

COTTAGE HILL ACADEMY - Y.O.U., INC.

Baldwinville, Massachusetts

Registered Nurse (3/2011 - 2/2013)

This program is a Community-Based Acute Treatment/Long-Term

Residential Treatment and Educational

facility for adolescent and latency clients that are admitted for

mental health and/or behavioral issues, caring

for any current medical issues or any that may arise during their

stay. Essential duties and responsibilities

include the following:

- Provide comprehensive oversight & management of all clients in

this medical program, which include

but not limited to the following:

Medications (side-effects, ordering, tracking), Doctor's

Orders, Medical Assessments, Labs,

Allergies, Medical Plans.

Monitor the physical condition of clients and arranges

medical appointments for all residents

as necessary - coordinating with staff on timing and

transportation. Informs guardians and

staff regarding any medical changes for every client.

Provides all medically related case management functions in

working with the family, social service

agencies, and collaterals (i.e. school districts).

Provide health-related workshops for students.

Monitors physical condition of clients involved in physical

restraints or demonstrating emotional

responses that may affect their health and well-being.

- Consults with Psychiatrist, Clinical Nurse Specialists, NPs,

Clinicians & Education/Program Directors

regarding emotional, behavioral, and treatment needs of

clients (including health issues,

medication-related needs (side-effects), and behavioral

changes (positive or negative)), as

necessary and appropriate.

- Develop & conduct trainings for staff related to medication

administration, first aid, CPR, & health

issues.

- Oversees record-keeping relating to health records, medical

findings, & regulatory requirements.

Ensuring medical data is current, available, and accurate

concerning immunizations and other

health-related requirements for school attendance and/or

residential living.

- Provide On-Call/Phone Triage coverage to the program.

- Provide medical supervision, guidance, and education to

Medical/Nursing Assistant & Med. Certified Staff.

THE BRIDGE OF CENTRAL MASS., INC.

Worcester, Massachusetts

Registered Nurse (5/2009 - 3/2011)

A RN for the School House Program. This program is a residential

treatment program for school-aged clients that have mental health and/or

behavioral issues. Primary duties include medical care, dispensing

and monitoring medications, record keeping, monthly health assessments,

and oversee nutritional services

for the residents. Meet with or contact prescribing psychiatrist and

physicians as needed. Provide education

and training to agency staff, residents and their families/guardians as

needed on medications and medical

topics. Provide on-call/phone triage coverage to division programs.

PERNET FAMILY HEALTH SERVICE

Worcester, Massachusetts

MCH Registered Nurse (5/2010 - 12/2010)

Provided direct patient care for prenatal women, new mothers and

newborns during home visits.

Assessments, a care plan, evaluating patient's progress towards

expected outcomes, the relationship

between mother and baby, and foster a caring relationship with the

family were done. Also, provided

were lactation consulting, when needed and educating mother on a

variety of other subjects (basic

newborn/infant care, growth and development, as well as signs and

symptoms of illness or injury).

WACHUSETT REGIONAL SCHOOL DISTRICT

Jefferson, Massachusetts

Substitute Registered Nurse (1/2009 - 5/2009)

A substitute RN for the district.

Substitute Teacher (9/2004 - 6/2006)

A substitute teacher in all subject matter for Grades K-12, while taking

college courses to obtain

Nursing degree.

RAYTHEON COMPANY Jan. 1989 - Aug. 2002 (Held a Security

Clearance of Secret)

Marlborough, Massachusetts

Software Engineer (4/99 - 8/02)

As a member of the P1 IATC (Int'l Air Traffic Control) Project, assigned

to review Software Dev. Docs. for various releases. Received Achievement

Award for Exceptional Performance on Release 1.03.

Senior Programmer (11/94 - 3/99)

As a member of the Gardermoen IATC Project, assigned to fix ANSI "C"

STRs for the Situation Data Display area. Made changes to SW Design Doc.

and SDD Operator's Manual.

As a member of the NESP (Navy EHF Satellite Program) Trainer Software

Dev. Team, my task was to design screens for the Trainer Simulator

(complete life cycle). Wrote code in FORTRAN within a PC-386 MS-DOS,

Microsoft windows environment.

Programmer (7/91 - 11/94)

As a member of the NESP Processor Upgrade (PUP) Software Dev. Team, my

tasks included translating VAX FORTRAN (RP1600 processor) code to WATCOM

FORTRAN 77 (RP386 microprocessor) and resolve STRs due to design problems;

redesigned, coded, and then tested the change. Also wrote patches using

RP1600 VMS Assembly Language.

As a member of the AAS Pattern Test Generator SW Dev. Team (FAA Proj.),

assigned to convert Pascal code to "C" code, used to provide a series of

test patterns and simulation designed to verify the requirements of various

high-resolution display monitors. From design, to code and unit test,

assigned to several sections.

Associate Programmer (1/89 - 7/91)

Imaging Processing Lab, my task was to design a windowing interface to

plot data on a graph for Windshear. As a member of the TDWR (Terminal

Doppler Weather Radar) SW Dev. Team, tasks

included Configuration Management for the IDD using StP on the SUN

Workstation (Unix) and to create Message Diagrams using SunDraw (graphics

package) on the SUN Workstation. As a member of the RAMP, DERDX, and

TARTAR projects, I was assigned to maintain OSTR (ORACLE/SQL) database.

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