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Manager Registered Nurse

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March 17, 2018

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MELISSA SUMMERLIN, RN

**** ******* ****

ROBERSONVILLE, NC 27871

252-***-****

WORK EXPERIENCE:

Community Home Care and Hospice- Williamston, NC

Nursing Case Manager: Nov. 20, 2017 to January 23, 2018: This position requires comprehensive assessments and development of appropriate care plans

centered around the patient’s needs omdi individually, coordinating patient care with medical personnel, social workers, and community resources

along with the chaplain as soon as the patient is admitted to hospice. This RN then schedules follow up visits for the other disciplines such as social worker, chaplain, Heath aids and others if needed. Educating patients and families regarding importance of healthy lifestyle choices and disease prevention is an ongoing task/goal in the developed POC to be followed and constantly is being updated on a regular basis as needs of the patient change. Provide emotional support to clients and their families

and make any necessary referrals needed to accomplish this. Network with community services that can assist the patient. Constantly teaching clients about their disease process, medications, treatment, and self-care management is always a priority of the nurse.

Three Rivers Health and Rehab - Windsor, NC - Asst Director of Nursing and Wound Care Nurse: Sept 5, 2017 - November 19, 2017. In charge of wound care with wound care physician, enter orders as needed. Offer staff training when situations present themselves. Staff with expertise in certain areas with the company are vital resources for this. Assist and expedite admissions and discharges from the facility. Infection control nurse, draw labs on residents on a schedule weekly. Compile wound, infection control and immunization records for residents and staff.

Pamlico Dialysis/Fresenius Kidney Care, Washington, NC March 15, 2015 - July 10, 2017 - Home Therapy RN UCAP2 Dialysis Duties: Assist when needed with any patient in home therapies. Primarily work with training/educating and maintaining care of per Trained over 60 patients in 2 years doing peritoneal dialysis (CAPD and CCPD) patients. Care includes helping staff at other centers when needed, travel to patients’ homes, medication review, home visits, foot checks, care plans, lab visits, assist physician during clinic visits, nurse on-call, reviewing labs, assisting patient when calling office with any needs between physician visits. Working with other disciplines such as dietary and social work. Assisting other parts of clinic when needed such as home hemodialysis and incenter dialysis. Assisting any coworkers when needed.

Pamlico Dialysis/Fresenius Medical Care, Washington, NC February 11, 2013 – March 14, 2015 RN UCAP2 Dialysis duties: Direct Patient Care Technician’s provision of safe and effective delivery of chronic hemodialysis therapy to patients in compliance with standards outlined in the facility policy procedure manuals as well as regulations set forth by the corporation, state, and federal agencies. Delegate tasks to all patient care staff. Ensure adequate staffing through daily management of staff scheduling with appropriate. Assess daily patient care needs and develops appropriate techniques and adherence to facility policy and procedures. Assists Clinical Manager with staff performance evaluations. Participates in staff training and orientation of new staff as assigned. Participates in all required staff meetings as scheduled. Follows all needs as a Team Leader.

Davita Dialysis of Edgecombe, Tarboro, NC 9/14/11-10/4/12 Registered Nurse Dialysis duties: Direct Patient Care Technician’s provision of safe and effective delivery of chronic hemodialysis therapy to patients in compliance with standards outlined in the facility policy procedure manuals as well as regulations set forth by the corporation, state, and federal agencies. Delegates tasks to all patient care staff. Ensure adequate staffing through daily management of staff scheduling with appropriate. Assess daily patient care needs and develops appropriate techniques and adherence to facility policy and procedures. Assists Clinical Manager with staff performance evaluations.

Participates in staff training and orientation of new staff as assigned. Participates in all required staff meetings as scheduled. Follows all needs as a Team Leader. Also fulfilled needs as the Access Manager for this facility in regards to each patient's needs on all shifts.

ECU Dialysis/Fresenius Medical Care, Greenville, NC March 29, 2010 – 9/4/11 Registered Nurse Dialysis duties: Direct Patient Care Technician’s provision of safe and effective delivery of chronic hemodialysis therapy to patients in compliance with standards outlined in the facility policy procedure manuals as well as regulations set forth by the corporation, state, and federal agencies. Delegates tasks to all patient care staff. Ensure adequate staffing through daily management of staff scheduling with appropriate. Assess daily patient care needs and develops appropriate techniques and adherence to facility policy and procedures. Assists Clinical Manager with staff performance evaluations. Participates in staff training and orientation of new staff as assigned. Participates in all required staff meetings as scheduled. Follows all needs as a Team Leader.

Heritage Hospital, Tarboro, NC Sept. 2007-April 2009 Med/Surg Staff Nurse Duties included: All Med/Surg RN responsibilities as outlined in job description along with maintaining and removal of Hemovac drains, blood administration from donor or from reinfusing of patient’s own blood via Sulcatrans (blood lost by patient during and immediately after surgery). Patient education, medication management and discharge instructions. Collaborating with other areas of healthcare such as physical therapy, social work, dietician, surgery, other areas of medicine, home health, etc.

PORT Human Service, (Detox Center and Methadone Clinic), Greenville, NC Feb. 2006 – July 2007 Staff RN Responsibilities: Providing medications prescribed by physician to aid in detox of substance abuse patients in acute care, short-term stay facility which may also house facility based crisis patients with psychiatric issues needing assistance. Dispensing of methadone to heroin and opiate abuse patients to aid them in being abstinent from street drugs or other narcotic medications. Facilitating group sessions about several different topics to further educate detox patients. Also performs role as Infectious Disease Nurse to provide pre and post-test counseling for HIV testing with Oraquick HIV test and providing appropriate education material. Educating on TB and providing testing and reporting positive results of both tests as required by State of North Carolina to appropriate Health Department. Performing random drug tests on clients as nurse sees necessary and per therapists’ requests.

East Carolina University School of Medicine, Greenville, NC October 1993-January 2006 Secretary/Medical Assistant/LPN/RN (Advanced over 12 yrs. from Secretary to Medical Asst. to LPN to RN over those years. Listed all Managers that were under over those years.

CLERICAL SKILLS: Typing, machine transcription, recording statistical data, scheduling appointments, filing, computer processing with use of variety of programs, medical records management.

CLINICAL SKILLS: Dialysis duties, assessment of patients in various settings and age groups from infant to geriatric, prenatal, orthopaedic surgery, internal surgery, adult and pediatric chemotherapy, etc. Accessing fistulas, grafts and catheters for dialysis, accessing port-o-caths, hickman caths, PICC lines, starting intravenous lines, phlebotomy for medication administration and draw blood. Care of sickle cell patients (all ages). Acting as a Patient Safety Coach for Med/Surg in hospital setting. Maintaining and removal of hemovac drains, blood administration from donor or from reinfusing of patient’s own blood via sulcatrans (blood lost by patient during and immediately after surgery). Patient education, medication management and discharge instructions. Collaborating with other areas of healthcare such as physical therapy, social work, dietician, surgery, other areas of medicine, home health, etc. Providing medications prescribed by physician to aid in detox of substance abuse patients in acute care, short-term stay facility which may also house facility based crisis patients with psychiatric issues needing assistance. Dispensing of methadone to heroin and opiate abuse patients to aid them in being abstinent from street drugs or other narcotic medications. Facilitating group sessions about several different topics to further educate detox patients. Also position as Infectious Disease Nurse to provide pre and post-test counseling for HIV testing with Oraquick HIV test and providing appropriate education material. Educating on TB and providing testing and reporting positive results of both tests as required by State of North Carolina to appropriate Health Department. Performing random drug tests on clients as nurse sees necessary and per therapists’ requests.

EDUCATION:

Pitt Community College, Greenville, NC Associate Degree Nursing May/2003

Martin Community College, Williamston, NC Medical Assistant Diploma 1992

Roanoke High School, Robersonville, NC High School Diploma 1991

LICENSE/CERTIFICATIONS: Registered Nurse – North Carolina License 190159/ renewal due 9/30/18

Current CPR/BLS with American Heart Association expires 1/2019

NCI A training to control violent patients without use of restraints 4/2007 HIV Counseling Certification for all ages, 5/2007 (certificate received)

References:

Doreen Schramm, RN, Education Coordinator for Home Therapy

Eastern Regional Nurse Educator for Home Therapy

Fresenius Kidney Care

Raleigh, NC 27601