Julie Cooper

New Mexico

541-***-****

ace5ri@r.postjobfree.com

Administration - Restorative Management - Case Management - Instruction and Development

Employment

Settler’ Park--Baker City, OR 06/12

to 04/14

Health Services Director/Administrator Expressions

Performing resident evaluations per state regulations, Direct supervision, interviewing

and hiring of clinical staff, responsible for federal and state required education of all

staff, implemented new processes to ensure proper resident care, continued monitoring

of clinical personnel to ensure follow through, reporting to APS per state and federal guidelines,

investigating incidents and implementing plans of correction as needed, advocating for residents

needs, coordinating care with outside specialty services, case manage resident medical care with

physician's and office case managers to ensure quality of life and best placement, staffing and

ordering supplies per budgetary guidelines, and continued personal education per state

regulations.

Casa Arena Blanca Alamogordo, NM 07/11

to 06/2012

Assistant Director of Nursing

Scheduled staff per ppd while maintaining nursing budget, ordering supplies, direct

supervision of all nursing staff, interviewing and hiring nursing personnel, creating weekly QA

reports, completing MDS assesments per regulations, implementing new procedures for better

resident service delivery, weekly monitoring and documentation of wounds, investigated

allegations of abuse and all incidents, coordinated resident care with outside therapy services, and

completed weekly rounds and assesments with physicians.

Belen Meadows Health and Rehab Center – Belen, NM 03/11 to 07/11

Staff Development Director

Implement annual educational program for federal and state mandated training for all

employees, Direct supervision, interviewing and hiring of nursing personnel, Scheduling

per state standards, conducting monthly meetings with all nursing staff, providing facility

specific education to nursing staff, and monitoring quality of care for residents and daily

PPD.

Charter College – Wasilla, AK 06/10 to 03/11

Medical Instruction Department Head and Instructor

Improved program design and community relations, Instituted community classes outside

standard curriculum, managed staff according to budgetary guidelines and assisted in

faculty development. Instructed students in medical classes, oversaw externs at multiple

employer sites and maintained immunization records on students.

Sunshine Clinic – Talkeetna, AK 08/09 to 01/11

Staff Nurse

Assisted with casting and splinting, minor surgical procedures maintaining a sterile field,

triaged urgent care and acute patients, attended patient wounds. Responsible for all

patient education and immunizations, monitored and tested prenatal patients, called or

faxed in refill prescriptions, and explained lab values to patients, Performed venipuncture

and all CLIA approved lab testing and maintained infection control practices.

Sierra Healthcare Center – Truth or Consequences, NM 10/08 to 06/09

Assistant Director of Nursing and Staff Development

Administrated the reversal of a facility closure due to multiple state tags by

implementation of team building techniques coupled with new policies and procedures,

Instituted and taught mandatory monthly staff training classes. Initiated monthly

relationship with wound care specialists, completed facility wide wound care weekly and

completed all reporting requirements. Responsible for all new hire employee education,

and taught staff all mandatory federal annual training

Monitored all staff on direct patient care and infection control practices weekly,

completed all mandatory state reporting. Scheduled staff, based on budgetary guidelines

and state mandated patient per day hours, assisted in maintaining weekly and monthly

infection control logs for quality assurance and quality indicators, Reeducated staff when

infection trends were noted and maintained positive working relationship with all

departments.

Lifecare Center of Sandpoint – Sandpoint, ID 12/06 to 05/08

Restorative Nurse Manager and Long-term Care Supervisor

Administration of the evaluation process for the admission of hospital patients and

oversaw nursing rehab. Assessed patients for appropriate care, assisted in careplans,

completed monthly assessments on all patients in house, completed new admission

assessments and collaborated with specialized therapy for continued care, Monitored

restorative dining program. Released completed patients and began plans on new

patients. Performed range of motion, splint assistance, and gait training, assessed patients

for adaptive equipment needs

White Mountain Medical Clinic – Ruidoso, NM 06/04 to 10/06

Clinical Nurse

Triaged urgent and acute patients, assisted with sterile surgical procedures, assisted with

annual exams and std testing, reviewed patient lab values, contacted patients and

educated on changes with plan of care, referred patients to specialist, communicated with

insurance companies for approval of specialized needs of patients including

transportation and hotel stays, called or faxed in medication refills, gave immunizations

and other injections, organized in house medications and kept logs required by state,

completed monthly inventory, wrote all physician correspondence, maintained physicians

schedule

Lincoln County Medical Center – Ruidoso, NM 06/05 to 10/06

Emergency Room Nurse

Triaged urgent and emergent patients, started and maintained IV therapy per physicians

orders, performed hard splints and casting, assisted with minor surgical procedures,

performed advanced life support, arranged air transport for critical patients, admitted

patients to hospital, performed wound care, worked with detectives and physicians with

rape examinations including evidential chain of custody, maintained inventory,

maintained communication with all ancillary departments to facilitate appropriate patient

care

Trinidad State Nursing Home – Trinidad,CO 10/01 to 06/04

Restorative Nurse Manager

Managed nursing rehabilitation, completed range of motion, splint assistance, gait and

mobility training on all in house patients, assessed patients for need of adaptive

equipment, assessed patients eating and swallowing capabilities for special dietary needs,

completed monthly assessments and careplans on all in house patients, completed all

patients MDS, investigated in house incidents on the safety committee, collaborated with

adult day services for monitored exercise groups with homebound patients, and assessed

all new admissions and hospital readmissions.

Corrections Corporation of America – Walsenburg, CO 01/99 to 10/01

Staff Nurse

Performed admission assessments on inmates, assessed and order medications for acutely

ill inmates per standing physician orders, scheduled physicians appointments, assisted

physicians with evaluations, performed venipunture, ran emergency training monthly for

all staff, restocked emergency supplies in inmate pods monthly, completed scheduled

medication passes, assessed all corrections officers during and after physical training

operations, and assessed and documented all inmates prior to leaving facility and on

return from outside appointments.

Colorado State Veterans Home 02/96 to 01/01

Floor nurse and Patient Care Coordinator

Performed daily scheduled medication passes, completed all wound care, peg tube,

parenteral nutrition, and ordered treatments daily, assisted patients with all personal care,

assessed patients for illness daily, documented on acutely ill patients per shift, assisted

with careplan development as part of a team and MDS coordination, conferred with

physicians regarding patient care, educated patients and families on disease processes,

monitored effectiveness or reactions to new medication regimens, performed CPR and

assessed all patients monthly.

Education

LVN/LPN 1994

West Valley Occupational Center Woodland Hills, CA

General Education 1993

College of the Canyons Valencia, CA

Certifications

Assisted living and resident care facility certified administrator 2012 to present

Licensed vocational nurse 1995 to present

CPR and First Aid 1994 to present

CPR Instructor 2009 to 2012

CPR Training Facilitator 2010

TNCC - Trauma Nurse Core Curriculum 2005

SANE training 2005

Phlebotomy 1993

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