Registered Nurse Manager
Resume:
Frances Caramanica
Email: *********@********.***
Address: * ********* ****
City: Coram
State: NY
Zip: 11727
Country: USA
Phone: 631-***-****
Skill Level: Management
Salary Range: 70
Primary Skills/Experience:
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Educational Background:
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Job History / Details:
Frances Caramanica 4 Marseille Path Coram, New York 11727
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OBJECTIVE: An interesting and rewarding position as a Registered Nurse in a well known
hospital where my knowledge and valuable experience can be optimally utilized.
ACCOMPLISHMENTS:
Development of Structural Heart Program at Lenox Hill Hospital Heart and Vascular
Institute.
Establishing protocol for glucose monitoring for ambulatory patients undergoing invasive
procedures.
Adherence to service excellence standards.
EXPERIENCE:
Lenox Hill Hospital Heart and Vascular Institute of New York New York, New York
Nurse Manager/Assistant Nurse Manager Cardiac Catheterization Laboratory 2010 to 2012
Executed daily operations of Cardiac Catheterization Laboratory.
Supervision of clinical care provided to patients through the development and maintenance of
patient care standards.
Monitor compliance standards and participate in performance improvement initiatives.
Performed administrative and managerial functions, such as taking responsibility for a unit's staff,
budget, planning, and long-range goals.
Managed fifty staff members and achieved significant improvements in their productivity.
Observed nurses and visited patients to ensure that proper nursing care was provided.
Staff Nurse, Cardiac Catheterization Laboratory 1994 to 2010
Consulted and coordinated with health care team members to assess, plan, implement and evaluate
patient care plans.
Prepared patients for diagnostic and interventional procedures.
Specialization in the care of patients' undergoing percutaneous coronary intervention, intra aortic
balloon pump placement, peripheral vascular interventions, structural heart repair and percutaneous
valve placement.
Assessing and caring for patients' undergoing interventional radiology procedures.
Modified patient treatment plans as indicated by patients' responses and conditions.
Administer oral and intravenous medications with proficiency.
Promote and provide for patient safety by participating in daily briefings and following standards for
universal protocol and nursing handoff.
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Staff Nurse, Coronary Care Unit 1987 to 1994
Develop patient care plans and nursing diagnoses.
Documented all elements of nursing assessment, treatments, medications, discharge instructions and
follow up care.
Consulted and coordinated with health care team members to assess, plan, implement and evaluate
patient care plans.
Assessed the needs of individuals and families, including assessment of individuals' home and work
environments to identify potential health and safety problems.
EDUCATION:
Hunter College Bellevue School of Nursing New York, New York
Bachelor of Science, Nursing 1987
AWARDS:
American Heart Association Heart Hero New York City 2010
Service Excellence Award, Lenox Hill Hospital Heart and Vascular Institute 2002
LICENSE:
State of New York 1987
AFFILIATIONS:
American Heart Association
Association of Nurse Executives
REFERENCES: Available upon request
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