Manager Nurse

Kerrie Burns RN

***** *** ******** *****, *********, NC 28214

Cell: 704-***-****: *********@*****.***

Professional Summary

I have been in the Nursing Profession for over 25 years, with a wide variety of nursing

experience. My working experience has ranged from Emergency,

Oncology/Hematology, Med/Surg, Cardiac/Telemetry, and LTAC nursing. I have worked

as a floor nurse, a charge nurse, a nurse manager, a nurse educator and a director of

Quality Management. I have strong clinical skills as well as people skills. I am team

oriented and have excellent organizational skills. I am self-directed, goal oriented, with

minimal need of supervision. I have utilized my managerial skills as a Nurse Manager,

Nurse Educator, and Quality Manager.

Core Qualifications

• Solid Understanding of methods and procedures with competence in basic and

advanced skills for appropriate care of patients and families.

• Facilitate and coordinate hospital wide Quality Management Programs to ensure

compliance with regulatory and accreditation requirements for Performance

Improvement, Risk Management, Environment of Care, and Compliance to

enhance quality patient care and to provide and safe environment for patients,

visitors and staff.

• Strong medical ethic and clinical judgment.

• Some knowledge of Joint Commission Standards and Accreditation.

• Ability to manage priorities and meet deadlines.

• Participation in development, review and revision of policies/procedures and

relevant standards of care.

• Serves as a role model in all aspects of job performance and human relations skills.

• Clinical training of new employees on Quality.

• Team member in building and training of staff for a EMR system.

• Member of Utilization Management Team.

• Compliance trainer for all employees, directors, and board members.

• Member of the Medical Executive Committee and the Board of Governors

Committee.

• Member of Strategic Planning Committee for the building of a new facility.

Experience

Director of Quality Management

March 2011 to March 2013

Carolinas Specialty Hospital - Charlotte, NC.

• Establish, implement, facilitate, and coordinate the ongoing, hospital-wide Quality

assurance compliance with The Joint Commission and other healthcare

accrediting standards in order to enhance the quality of patient care consistent

with Hospital policies.

• Maintain current quality improvement plans, policies, procedures and programs.

• Conduct studies and prepare reports and correspondence for patient care

evaluation studies; monitor and maintain records.

• Provide in-services on Quality Improvement programs as needed.

• Keep current with state laws, federal laws, and regulatory agency requirements

for hospitals regarding utilization and quality management.

• Assist Administrator/CEO in developing Medical Staff Bylaws, Rules, and

Regulations to assure compliance with The Joint Commission Standards.

• Researched and maintained records of all deaths and Short Term Acute Care

Facility discharges, and provided Peer Reviews to the Medical Director as

needed.

• Maintained records for all invasive and non-invasive procedures on unit and

those completed at host hospital.

• Completed FPPE and OPPE’s for all medical personal every 6 months.

• Coordinated and prepared data to present at monthly Quality Meeting and

Medical Executive Meeting.

• Input monthly data into ORYX through Truven Health Analytics.

• Prepared monthly corporate and hospital Quality Dashboards.

• Helped develop and maintain quarterly Bonus Program for all employees.

• Team member of Utilization Management/Review committee.

• Part of the team who created an EMR for hospital, as well as educating all staff

on EMR.

Director of Corporate Compliance

March 2011 to March 2013

Carolinas Specialty Hospital – Charlotte, NC.

• Provides direction and oversight of the Hospital Compliance Program.

• Identify and assess areas of compliance risk, communicating the importance of

the Compliance Program to management, hospital staff, medical staff and

vendors.

• Complies with established Safety and Patient Safety Program practices.

• Develop and implement education programs addressing compliance and the

Code of Conduct, making staff aware of retaliation-free internal reporting

processes.

Nurse/Charge Nurse/Interim Nurse Manager/Interim Nurse Educator

June 2005 to February 2011

Carolinas Specialty Hospital – Charlotte, NC.

• Provided quality patient care while adhering to the standards of nursing care and

following policies/procedures of the Hospital.

• Responsible as Charge Nurse for overall direction and supervision of all nursing

department personnel.

• Adhered to established standards of the Nursing Practice Act, supervised,

delegated and coordinated personnel assigned to the unit and patient care.

• Promoted team work within all disciplines.

• Ensured unit operations and employees were in compliance with the Nursing

Practice Act, Regulatory Agency Standards, and policies/procedures as defined

by Carolinas Specialty Hospital.

• Effectively delegated and held staff accountable for quality and clinical outcomes.

• Recruitment and retention of qualified employees.

• Worked closely with HR Director in interviewing process of potential employees

as well as exit interviews of leaving employees.

• Maintain yearly evaluations of all nursing personnel.

• Maintain education information of all employees for Regulatory Agency reviews.

• Planned, coordinated and taught general and clinical orientation to all new

employees.

• Worked with department Managers to assure all competency check lists were

completed and met The Joint Commission Standards.

• Worked with department Managers to schedule orientees for on unit experience

and selection of preceptors for continued unit orientation.

• Followed up with all new employees during preceptor-ship to ensure progression

of orientation to unit.

Nurse

February 2005 to June 2005

Lake Norman Regional Medical Center, Mooresville, NC.

• Responsible for admissions, nursing care and discharge of patients from a Short

Stay Clinical Decision Unit.

• Provided quality nursing care for patient with various medical conditions

maintaining standards of quality care.

Nurse/Charge Nurse

July 2000 – January 2005

Presbyterian Hospital, Charlotte, NC.

• Provided nursing care to patient and families following the standards,

policies/procedures of the Hospital.

• Preparation and aftercare of patients receiving cardiac catheterizations, CABG’s,

Stress Tests, Electrophysiological Studies, ICD/Pacemaker Implantations,

Cardioversions, Thoracentesis, EGD’s/Colonoscopies.

• Competent in monitoring: Dopamine, Dobutamine, Natrecor, Nitroglycerin,

Primacor, Cardizem, Heparin, Amiodarone, Aminophylline, Insulin, Fenaldopan,

Magnesium, Lasix, Lidocaine, Pronestyl and Corvert, Levophed, and

Norepinephrine intravenous drips.

• Responsible as Charge Nurse for 40 bed unit and approximately 16 staff at any

given time.

Nursing Practice prior to 2000 available upon request

Education

St. Lawrence College Chamberlain School of

Nursing

Brockville, Ontario, Canada Currently taking BSN online

Associates Degree in Nursing, 1986 Completion Date 2014

Certificates: BLS, ACLS, PICC Line Insertion

: Proficient with all Microsoft products-Excel, PowerPoint, Word

: Excellent Computer skills

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