Supervisor Nurse

Wayne Zazulka

**** *. ********* ******-***. C Plattsburgh, NY 129**-***-***-

**** ******@***.*** Objective:

Compassionate and flexible RN seeking to use my knowledge assisting patients in a

timely manner during their physical, emotional and/or spiritual recovery.

Education: 09/2001 - 06/2003 Saint Vincents School of Nursing, ASN.

Staten Island, NY

09/2001 - 06/2003 Saint Johns University, ASN. Queens, NY

08/2012 – present SUNY Plattsburgh, BSN program, Senior. Plattsburgh, NY

Experience: 01/2012 – 02/2012 Nursefinders of Albany-Nurse Supervisor-Albany,NY.

Worked as supervisor in nursing home setting. Ensured proper staffing and assisted RN,

LPN or CNA with any questions related to policy or patient care. Initiated and followed

up all incident reports. Notified appropriate personnel of changes in patient condition.

Worked as floor nurse as needed. 11/2011-12/2011

Evergreen Valley Nursing Home-Nurse Manager- Plattsburgh, NY. Attended care plan

meetings and made changes as needed collaborating with other disciplines. Ensured

proper staffing. Worked as floor nurse as needed.

06/2011-10/2011 Nursefinders of Binghamton-Supervisor/Staff RN-Vestal, NY. Worked

as supervisor overseeing 150 residents, 3 LPN's and 6-9 CNA's. Answerd any questions

and assisted during night shift. Made and followed through with investigations of

incident reports. Made sure facility was safe and operating effectively. Worked as staff

nurse when needed delivering patient care as per individualized care plan. 06/2009-

03/2011 Pioneer Home of Alaska-Nurse Supervisor- Ketchikan, AK. Worked as supervisor

and floor RN overseeing 10 CNA's while we cared for 48 residents. I scheduled

appointments, made appropriate referals, drew labs, monitored PT/INR notifying

coumadin clinic and made changes as needed, dispensed medications and did wound

care. Worked closely with families and residents addressing their concerns. 11/2008-

04/2011 Ketchikan General Hospital-RN MS/LTC-Ketchikan, AK. Worked both MS and LTC

acute unit of hospital. Monitor status of patients notifying appropriate personnel of

changes. Drew labs, started IV's, worked with IV pumps, PCA's, PICC and central lines,

peg tubes, NGT's, tube feeding pumps, TPN and PPN, nebulizers, C-PAP, Bi-PAP, vent

machines, colostomies, nephrostomies, supra-pubics, ileostomies, foleys. I have

inserted foleys, NGT's, suprapubics, peg tubes. Worked with wound care products and

wound vacs. I have held another persons hand talking with them as they pass from this

world.

05/2006 -11/2008 MTW Health Resources-Home Health-Lihue, HI. Primarily cared for

two clients in their home. One being a medically fragile unresponsive 6 year old boy

with multiple diagnosis. Mic-Key tube, trache-tube. Patient required constant monitoring

as vital signs were unpredictable. Extensive use of oxygen and chest PT vest. Multiple

suction required along with constant repositioning. The other being a male paralyzed

unresponsive MVA victim. Total care of ADL's. Foley and peg tube care. Constant

repositioning done. Oversaw 1 LPN, 4 CNA's. Drew labs. Scheduled appointments and

made changes to care plan as needed.

04/2006-11/2008 Nursefinders of Kauai-Home Health/Staffing-Lihue, HI. Travelled house

to house assessing anything from the safety of a shower door to the wound care of

post-op amputations to the installation of home monitoring equipment. Worked en route

and in school caring for medically fragile and disabled children. Children were oxygen

dependent and monitored for aspiration, seizures, safety and sudden changes. Constant

O2 monitoring and frequent suctioning sometimes on a moving school bus. Made follow-

up visits. Answered any questions or concerns. Filled medication boxes. Also staffed

area hospitals when needed following their policies and procedures.

01/2005-11/2006 Core Medical Group-Travel RN- Windham, NH. Worked three contracts.

1-Ketchikan General Hospital. Worked both MS and LTC unit of hospital from 02/200-

07/2005. 2-Garden Island Healthcare. Worked LTC unit of hospital of up to 100 SNF and

ICF patients from 07/2005-08/2006. 3-Maluhia Hospital. Worked as RN in a 158 bed

SNF/ICF facility from09/2006-11/2006.

10/2003-12/2004 Saint Vincents Medical Center-RN- Staten Island, NY. Worked as RN on

respiratory / medical unit of hospital caring for up to 14 acute care patients. Started

IV's, did dressing changes, maintained vent settings and followed individualized plan of

care. Notified MD of changes in patient condition.

Awards: Carl C. & Ruth G. Memorial Award, 2002. Nursefinders Employee of the

Quarter, 2008. Licenses: RN Alaska, RN New York, RN

Vermont, RN Florida, CPR, First Aid, ACLS

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