Cristina Jackson

**** ****** **, *********, ** **970 • 831-***-**** •

• abha2p@r.postjobfree.com •

Employment History

Katherine Healthcare February

****-*******, ******** ** ******* Oversee

the entire nursing services operations of the facility on all shifts and act on the behalf of the Executive

Director in his absence. •

Knowledge of private pay, human resources issues, Title 22 state and federal regulations.

• In charge of 11 licensed and registered nurses and 32 CNA's.

•Scheduling and making shift assignments.

•Provide nursing care by planning, organizing and directing nursing functions of patients on the unit.

•Initiate and implement patient care.

•Make nursing assignments appropriate to skill level of employees.

•Maintain excellent standards of patient care.

•Identify problems and guide personnel to their solution.

•Create a working climate that provides growth and job satisfaction and morale of personnel. •Accurately

and promptly implement physicians' orders

•Administer medications and injection solutions skillfully and correctly.

•Maintain the standards of accurate and complete recording and reporting, a professional approach with

confidentiality.

•Cooperate and maintain good rapport with nursing staff, patients and visitors.

Heartland Hospice

October 2008-February 2012, Various Positions as below

RN Interim Patient Care Coordinator/CM/Admissions Nurse

Interim Patient Care Coordinator: Staff supervision, coordination of patient care and interdisciplinary

team, coordination with physicians, family members, patients, case managers, medical social workers,

spiritual care counselors, aides and team coordinators, reporting to Director of Patient Care and

Administrator.

Case Management/RN: Management of terminally ill clients with a prognosis of less than 6 months to

include care planning, end of life issues of death and dying, pain management, comfort and palliative

care.

Admissions/Intake RN: Evaluating and Admitting according to Medicare and Medical hospice eligibility

criteria/ determination factors of end of life and terminally ill patients

Ave Maria Convalescent Hosp.

August 2004 - Aug 2008, Director of Nursing Monterey RN, CA

Oversee the entire nursing services operations of the facility on all shifts and act on the behalf of the

Executive Director in his absence.

Knowledge of private pay, human resources issues, Title 22 state and federal regulations.

• In charge of 11 licensed and registered nurses and 32 CNA's.

•Scheduling and making shift assignments.

•Provide nursing care by planning, organizing and directing nursing functions of patients on the unit.

•Initiate and implement patient care.

•Make nursing assignments appropriate to skill level of employees.

•Maintain excellent standards of patient care.

•Identify problems and guide personnel to their solution.

•Create a working climate that provides growth and job satisfaction and morale of personnel. •Accurately

and promptly implement physicians' orders

•Administer medications and injection solutions skillfully and correctly.

•Maintain the standards of accurate and complete recording and reporting, a professional approach with

confidentiality.

•Cooperate and maintain good rapport with nursing staff, patients and visitors.

Monterey Pines Skilled Nursing Facility

January 2003 - February 2004, LVN, Charge Nurse Monterey, CA

•Charge Nurse.

Onslow Pediatrics Associates

September 2002 - January 2003, Licensed Vocational Nurse Jacksonville, NC

•Performed triage, vital signs, peak flow meters, pulse oximetry, physical asessments, vision and hearing

tests, nebulizer treatments, hemoglobin and lead tests, PKU's, immunizations, asthma treatment plan

teachings, medication administration and wrote nursing notes.

Naval Hospital Camp Lejeune, NC

March 2000 - August 2002 Hospital Corpsman/Surgical Tech •Assisted the clinic's six surgeons in minor

surgical procedures such as biopsies, incision & drainage, fine needle aspirations, flexible sigmoidoscopy,

anoscopy/proctoscopy and hemorrhoid ligation

•Vital signs, ordering and collecting of laboratory speciments and radiology procedures, wound dressing

changes, wound debriedment and burn care

•Assistant supervisor, directly supervised 5 staff members, created work assignments, wrote progress

evaluations, counseled as necessary, managed pay sheets

•Scheduled the surgery clinic's operating room procedures, booked clinic appointments and operating

room surgeries

•Processed the local intranet's Automated Data System for coding and billing of medical diagnosis and

procedures for surgical patients

•As the Supply Officer, processed requests of administrative and medical supplies for the clinic and

ensured overall supply stock stayed adequate

•Clinic's customer relations representative

•Maintained and filed chits and records of medical visits

Naval Medical Clinic Quantico, VA

November 1998 - December 1999 Hospital Corpsman/Medical Records Clerk •Conducted patients'

registrations, updates to information, front desk customer service

•Maintained, updated, filed and retired over 2,000 medical records for active duty military and their

dependents

•Developed a system to better track the transfer of medical records between military facilities, improving

patient care by 10%

•Screened medical records for up to date immunizations and HIV tests status

•Initiated and managed a program for filing medical chits resulting in 80% decreased work load

accumulated over a period of over one year

National Naval Medical Center Bethesda, MD

May 1995 - April 1998 Hospital Corpsman/Allergy Immunology Tech •Administered allergy and

immunization injections to over 7,000 patients in a three year period

•Mixed, diluted, ordered and maintained allergen extracts

•Administered pulmonary function tests and nebulizer treatments to asthma and allergy patients

•Conducted allergy testing and Anergy Panels on HIV+ patients

•Supervised and trained over 50 students, and staff

•Provided administrative support for the clinic by processing Automated Data for coding and billing of

patients' medical visits and procedures, front desk assistance, wrote and typed standard operational

procedures notes

•Customer service liason and trained new allergy patients on their treatment, injections, anaphylactic

reactions, allergen extracts' doses, frequency of treatments, warning signs, etc

National Naval Medical Center Bethesda, MD

February 1995 - November 1999 Hospital Corpsman

•Temporary Assigned Duty to wards: GYN, Orthopedics, Internal Medicine from Feb 1995-June 1995,

and May 1999-Nov 1999.

•Duties included: personal hygiene and care, psychological support, IV and phlebotomy care, wound

dressing changes, range of motion exercises, patient transportation, urinary catherization and care,

tracheotomy suction and care and medication administration supervised by the RN.

Education

Excelsior College

Dec 2007 Associates

Nursing Albany, NY

•ASN Degree

Stratford Career Institute

January 2001 Other Washington, DC

•Funeral Service Education (Mortician)

Naval School of Health Sciences

September 1998 Other Bethesda, MD

•Surgical Technician

Walter Reed School of Health Sciences

February 1996 Other Washington, DC

•Allergy/Immunology Technician

Naval School of Health Sciences

February 1995 Other San Diego, CA

•Hospital Corps School (Medical Assistant)

Coastline Regional Occupational Program

January 1994 Other Costa Mesa, CA

•Preschool Teacher

Coastline Regional Occupational Program

January 1993 Other Costa Mesa, CA

•Acute Nurse Assistant

Irvine High School

June 1994 High School Irvine, CA

Qualities

•Licensed to practice as a Registered Nurse in the state of California.

•Efficient, productive and independent requiring no supervision.

•Excellent customer service skills.

•Show initiative and always ready to learn.

•Type 40+ words, can take dictation.

•Bilingual: fluently read, write and speak Romanian.

•Basic Computer knowledge of Microsoft, Word, Excel and Windows.

•Work well under pressure

.Able to successfully handle and prioritize more than one task at once.

•Very organized, excellent planner, love a challenge.

Contact this candidate