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DOROTHY GELINAS
Concord, CA 94520
E-mail *************@*******.***
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
Nursing
. Ten years as a Hospice Case Manager
. One year as Director of Nurses, SNF
. One year as charge nurse/PM supervisor, acute inpatient, psych
setting
. One and a half year's as charge nurse on sub-acute, skilled, and
Alzheimer's nursing units
. Two years as charge nurse and relief supervisor in a sub-acute and
skilled nursing facility
. Two years as an office nurse in a general practice
. Previous experience as a charge nurse on a surgical ward, acute care
. Experience as a nurses' aide in an acute care hospital
. Numerous internships doing counseling of children and adolescents
EMPLOYMENT HISTORY
2000- Present RN hospice case manager, Sutter VNA and Hospice
1999-2000 Director Of Nurses, Lafayette Convalescent Hospital,
Lafayette,
Calif.
1999. Charge nurse/relief supervisor, acute inpatient psychiatry
(serving children, adolescents, and adults) at
Walnut Creek
Hospital, Walnut Creek, Calif.
1997. Charge nurse on sub-acute, skilled, and Alzheimer's nursing
units, Manor Care Health Services, Walnut
Creek, Calif.
1996-1997 Charge nurse on sub acute and skilled nursing units,
Guardian at
Smith Ranch, San Rafael, Calif.
1996. Charge nurse and relief supervisor, Hillside Care Center, San
Rafael, Calif.
1990-1995 Counseling Internships as a Student Trainee and an MFCC
Intern
in various Marin County agencies and schools,
doing 1:1, group,
and telephone counseling, including general
adult counseling,
child counseling, grief counseling, and suicide
prevention/
crisis intervention phone counseling.
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Dorothy Gelinas
1988. Staff teacher and head teacher at San Anselmo Afterschool, San
Anselmo, Calif.
1974. Office nurse for General Practitioner, Novato Family Practice,
Novato, Calif.
1972-1973 Staff nurse Ross General Hospital, acute care, Ross, Calif.
1972. Nurses' aide in acute care hospital, Oakland, Calif.
EDUCATION
M.S. Clinical Psychology - Dominican University, San Rafael, 1993
B.S. Psychology - Dominican University, San Rafael, 1990
A.S. Nursing - Merritt Junior College, Oakland, 1973
Licenses Held:
RN State of California
RELATED EDUCATION
. Nurses Re-entry Program 1994
. Pain Assessment and Management for Hospice Patients
. Advanced Pain Management
. Hospice Care; psychosocial needs, nursing care of the terminally ill,
and pain management
. HCFA's Quality Indicators and New Survey Procedures: Look at Enforcement
in 1999
. Pharmacy Challenges in Long Term Care: A Clinical and Regulatory Update
. QCHF's Certification Program for Director of Nursing
. I.V. Refresher Course
. Psychobiology of Mental Control- focus on the immune system, pain and
emotions
. Nursing Care at the End of Life
. Basics of ALS
. HIPPA Training
. Preceptor Training
RELATED TRAINING
. Marin Suicide prevention Center, Crisis Telephone Training followed by in
internship on the suicide hot line, (38 hrs.) 1992
. Marin AIDS Support Network, AIDS Practical/Emotional Support Training
Program followed by volunteering to work with HIV positive clients, (36
hrs.) 1990
. Marin Suicide Prevention Center, Grief Counseling Training Program
followed by and internship doing grief counseling with individuals and
groups (33 hrs.) 1989
REFERENCES
Cathy Kneebone, RN, DC
Traci Solis, RN, MS
Ella McFadden, RN