April Culbreth

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Address: *** *** ***** ******

City: Oxford

State: NC

Zip: 27565

Country: USA

Phone: 919-***-****

Skill Level: Experienced

Salary Range: $55,000

Willing to RelocatePrimary Skills/Experience:

Educational Background:

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Job History / Details:

SUMMARY

Caring, dedicated Registered Nurse with background in mental health, long-term care, and

home health care.

Ability to provide quality, patient-centered care in various management roles.

Key strengths are: attention to detail, ability to work independently and as a team

member, time management skills, and strong problem solving abilities.

CERTIFICATIONS/TRAINING

* Registered Nurse: License Issue: 6/30/2006 Expires: 4/30/2012 State: NC

* American Heart Association - Healthcare Provider BLS Expires 8/7/2011

* Participated in NCI: Non-Crisis Interventions (Central Regional Hospital & John Umstead

Hospital)

* Attended Director of Nursing Training for LTC Facilities and Wound Care Training

(Britthaven Inc.)

* Personal Care Services Training (CCME-Center for Medical Excellence)

* Medicaid Personal Care Service Training (Greensboro Health Education Center)

* Community Support Service Definition Training, Person Centered Thinking, and Crisis

Planning and Client Rights

(North Carolina Council of Community Programs and Administrative Service Organization)

EXPERIENCE

07/09 - CurrentCentral Regional Hospital Butner, NC

Professional Nurse

* Manage a 32 bed Community Transition Unit in a Mental Health Hospital

* Implement Behavioral Management Plans for individual patients, and participate in

program planning specific to diagnosis and target behaviors

* Plan and lead patient groups such as symptom management and medication education

* Participate in Treatment Team meetings with Clients, Families, Physicians, & Social

Workers

* Provide Interventions and targeted daily documentation relating to Treatment Team Plans

* Admissions, Discharges, Transfers, and Routine Daily Care

* Medication Administration utilizing Omni-Cell and Safety Med systems

02/10 - CurrentSuperior Health Care Services Oxford, NC,

Part-Time ContractRegistered Nurse

* Complete In-home Nursing Assessments and Supervisory Visits for Personal Care Services

* Develop Plans of Care for clients receiving personal care services

* Complete online documentation through the SembraCare System

* Provided assistance with company state audit

* Developed and currently instructing a CNA review class

09/06-01/09Superior Health Care Services Oxford, NC

Director of Nursing /Clinical Nursing Supervisor

* Responsible for day to day management of the company to include: Payroll, Billing,

Budgeting, Licensing, and all Audits

* Supervised 50+ staff including In-home Aides, Nursing Assistants, and Registered Nurses

* Completed In-home Nursing Assessments and Supervisory Visits for Personal Care Services

for consumers spanning 6 counties

* Acquired PCS-Plus coverage for several consumers. This resulted in a $4,000.00+/month

increase in profit for the company

* Developed Policy and Procedures to ensure compliance with State and Local Management

Entity Regulations

* Developed and Revised multiple forms and processes to improve work flow, compliance,

and documentation requirements

* Provided monthly in-services for employees

* Developed and maintain databases to track employee education, TB, and licensing

requirements

* Developed and implemented a blood pressure training program to promote employee

continuing education and improve consumer care

* Held multiple human resource responsibilities: hiring staff, ensuring staff coverage,

disciplinary issues, and employee licensing requirements

* Promoted company through various methods including the creation of a company website

* Created all marketing materials and create/distribute monthly company newsletters

11/06 - 02/07Britthaven of Henderson Henderson, NC

Assistant Director of Nursing

* Provided Supervision of Registered Nurses, Licensed Practical Nurses, and Nursing

Assistants within a long-term care nursing facility

* Acted as liaison between nursing units, admissions and the DON; planed and facilitated

meetings and committees to handle resident care issues

* Worked with the Staffing Coordinator to ensure that shifts had adequate nursing

coverage to meet facility/census requirements

Quality Assurance Specialist: Performed all relative QA responsibilities, Facilitated

Wound, Restraint, Incident, and Application Review committees

07/06 - 11/06John Umstead Hospital Butner, NC

Registered Nurse

* Managed a 16 bed Rehabilitation ward in a Mental Health Facility

* Implemented Behavioral Management Plans for individual patients, and participated in

program planning specific to diagnosis and target behaviors

* Planned and led patient groups such as symptom management and medication education

* Participated in Treatment Team meetings with Clients, Families, Physicians, & Social

Workers

* Provided Interventions and targeted daily documentation relating to Treatment Team

Plans

* Admissions, Discharges, Transfers, and Routine Daily Care

* Medication Administration

EDUCATION

08/02- 05/06 Vance-Granville Community College Henderson, NC

Associate in Applied Science Degree in Nursing

ACHIEVEMENTS

* '06 NC Governor's Award

* '05/'06 Student Ambassador

* '04/'05 National Dean's List

* '03-'05 Academic Scholarships

* '02/'03 VGCC Dean's List

* '04 Phi Theta Kappa Induction

COMPUTER SKILLS

* Proficient with Computers, Internet, Email, and HTML, Microsoft Word, Excel, Outlook

Express, and PowerPoin

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