Nursing education
Resume:
Julie Cooper
New Mexico
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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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