Nursing Director

* ** ******** *** ***** ● L ehigh Acres, FL * **** ● C ell 239 -222-2224 Phone 239-***-**** ●

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Judy Valvik, RN

Objective

A management position with a healthcare facility.

Summary

Special strengths in promoting an atmosphere of professional nursing.

Committed, enthusiastic, people-oriented leader.

Excellent communicator. Self motivated. Goal and time oriented.

Concerned with balancing nursing and cost containment.

Provide clinical reassurance to all staff members and provide excellent problem solving

techniques.

Working knowledge and experience with all levels of resident care.

Professional Experience

12/2010 to Present Citrus Gardens of Fort Myers Fort Myers, Florida

Director of Nursing

• Responsible for 120 residents.

• Improved communications between other departments.

• Nursing department State Survey results much improved from prior years.

• Lowered the departments overtime hours.

• Increased employee accuracy with both, nursing documentation and MARS.

• Actively worked with resident wound care program and provided guidance which

resulted in excellent improving cares.

• Created and implemented a fall prevention program.

• Set up and implemented a nursing restorative program.

• Initiated and implemented the Abaqis program.

• Participated in the facilities implementation of electronic charting.

• Maintained departmental staffing levels to correspond to resident census.

• Responsible for hiring twelve RN’s out of thirteen. Also, hired sixteen LPN’s out

of twenty two.

• Implemented RN coverage 24/7 in the center.

• Initiated departmental teams to discuss clinical issues, weights, falls, new

admissions, and discharges.

• Implemented twenty four hour house report.

09/02 10/09 Montgomery Nursing Home Montgomery, NY

Director of Nursing

• Responsible for 100 residents.

• Coordinate and implement clinical policies and procedures.

• Implemented and monitored a short term rehabilitation program.

• Responsible for improving quality of care plans and accuracy of MDS.

• Worked with the Medical Director and medical staff to maintain quality care for

our one hundred residents.

• Implemented hospice program.

• Accountable for implementing CNA Certification classes.

• Introduced Mentorship Programs for the orientation and training of new staff

members.

• Implemented I.V. program.

• Responsible for running the weekly medicare meeting.

• Improved the accuracy of all nursing documentation.

• Initiated and put into action plans of correction and the prevention of deficiencies.

• Standardized Nursing Program to ensure all regulations are met and exceeded.

• Acting Administrator in the absence of the Administrator.

7 /01 8/02Sylcox N ewburgh, NY

N ursing Home

Associate Director of Nursing

• Responsible for 190 residents.

• Stabilize staff from frequent turn over.

• Developed Restorative Nursing Program.

• Responsible for the daily operation of the nursing department.

6/00 7/01Great C enter G reat Falls,

F alls Health Care NJ

Director of Nursing

• Responsible for 180 residents.

• Implemented Policies/Procedures of Nursing Department.

• Implemented educational systems/orientation program for all employees.

• Responsible for recruiting/hiring/disciplining all nursing staff.

• Organized in house staffing to decrease the use of agency nursing staff.

Assistant

D ON

3/99 6 /00

B ergen M edical Paramus, NJ

R egional C enter

• Responsible for 574 residents.

• Hiring of all nursing personnel.

• Monitor all A/I reports.

• Responsible for all clinical issues

• Chart audit and observation of medicine passes.

• In servicing.

• Decreased falls by 10%

Bristol Manor Health Care

1-97 2/99 CenterRochelle Park, NJ

Director of Nursing/Assistant Administrator

• Responsible for 240 residents.

• Acting Administrator on the absence of the Administrator.

• Served as Nursing Consultant to other sister facilities.

• Responsible for the recruitment program that includes advertisement and job fairs.

• Responsible for the hiring of nursing personnel.

• Development and implementation of nursing policies and procedures.

ADON/Coordinator of Infection Control/Staff Development

• 200 LTC beds and 42 sub-acute beds.

2/96 1/97Summit Ridge C enterSummit, NJ

N ursing and Rehabilitation

Director of Nursing

• Responsible for 152 residents.

• Decreased over time by 90%.

• Reviewed pre-admission information in order to determine qualified placement.

• Acting Administrator in the absence of the Administrator.

• Liaison to all consultants.

Affiliations

APIC member.

NADONA member

Seminars:

Nursing Law.

Degrees

Associate of Applied I sland Community

S cience in NursingStaten C ollegeStaten Island, NY

References

References available upon request.

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