Deborah A. Johnson, BSN, RN

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Summary of Qualifications

Dedicated professional with diverse background in Nursing, Management and Business.

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Strong clinical experience in Long-term/ Rehab, Community, Ambulatory and Acute Care Settings.

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Case Management & utilization of Home Health, Hospice, Mental Health, DSHS and multiple providers.

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Effective leader strong in managing multiple tasks, problem solving and implementing solutions.

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Extensive experience in effective training, supervision and staff development.

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Certified instructor for Fundamentals of Caregiver, Mental Health, Dementia Care & Blood Born

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Pathogens.

h Excellent written and oral communication and public speaking skills.

h WA Licensed Registered Nurse, WA Certified Boarding Home Administrator, Certified Public Health

Nurse.

h Computer documentation in multiple patient database, Windows, Word, QuickBooks etc.

Professional Experience

Manor Care Lacey, Lacey, WA

Staff Development Coordinator

Responsible for infection control surveillance, employee health monitoring, staff training and clinical skills

development. Promoted from Charge Nurse to SDC within 3 weeks of hire.

Extendicare, Centralia, WA

Director of Nursing

Supervision of 120 bed long-term care facility. Extensive training in wound care and updated survey

procedures. Managed mock survey with updated survey template.

Easthaven Villa Assisted Living and Dementia Care, Yelm, WA

Administrator / Director of Resident Care

Administrative oversight of all operations and plant management of a 72 licensed bed facility. Responsible

for all aspects of facility operation and patient care. Improved cash flow from double digit monthly loss to

double digit monthly profit within first 5 months. Development and oversight of 20 bed additions and facility

remodel. Maintained 98% average census through marketing, physician referrals and resident satisfaction.

Multiple citation free surveys.

h Corporate Advisor of Patient Care, Nursing Documentation, WACs, RCWs, Risk Management and DSHS

Reimbursement and Compliance for multiple facilities.

h Initiated and implemented Specialized Dementia Care Program, significantly improving reimbursements.

h Developed systems and documentation tools in Policies and Procedures, Patient Care, Nursing

Delegation, Service Agreements, Plans of Care, Employee Files and Maintenance.

Peoples Retirement, Westcare Corporation, Tacoma, WA

Director of Nursing Services

Responsible for all aspects of patient care in Assisted Living and Dementia Care. Oversight and review of all

licensed and unlicensed nursing personnel. Assumed duties when facility had 21 citations. All citations

cleared within 60 days and facility remained citation free through following year. Performed audit and review

of assessments and service agreements and initiated documentation resulting in $25,000 monthly increase in

cash flow within 3 months of hire. Actively improved admit and resident retention procedures resulting in

98% census.

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Yelm Family Medicine, Yelm, WA

Nursing Supervisor

Chief Nursing Supervisor of all aspects of fast paced multi-physician clinic.

Evergreen Nursing and Rehabilitation, Olympia, WA

Director Transitional Care Unit, Staff Development Coordinator, QI / QA Nurse

Responsible for all staff training, infection control, QI/ QA tracking, intervention development and initiation.

Developed and directed Transitional Care Program and Post-Cardiac Surgical Rehabilitation of 40 bed

Medicare Unit, case management and MSDS documentation.

Easthaven Villa Assisted Living and Dementia Care, Yelm, WA

Director of Nursing Services / Nurse Consultant

Developed admitting, assessment and documentation systems, nursing policies and procedures, and staff

training in start up facility. Maintained citation free surveys in all aspects of resident care and nursing

documentation.

Military Experience

United States Army Nurse Corps

Critical Care Nurse, Captain

As active duty officer, held positions as Heart Bay Supervisor, Head Nurse, Charge Nurse, Team Leader, QI /

QA Coordinator, JACHO Officer, and Base Certification Instructor of medical center and reserve staff in blood

administration and code cart procedures Assignments included NICU, ER Trauma, CCU, Telemetry,

Cardiothoracic, Urology, Neurosurgery, Orthopedic, ENT and General Surgery. Certifications in TNCC, CCRN,

ACLS and Telemetry. Awarded National Defense, Nation Service and Army Commendation.

Education

Critical Care Nursing Course Diploma

U.S. Army Academy of Health Science, Ft. Lewis, WA - Graduated top 5% of class. ACLS, TNCC, CCRN

Certifications. Published and taught Continuing Education: Treatment of Sepsis and DIC.

B.S., Nursing, Minor: Business Administration / Marketing,

Journalism

St. Mary's / Samuel Merritt College, Oakland, CA - Dean's List for 8 consecutive semesters. Clinical honor

student. Recipient Heart and Lung Assoc. Cardiac Surgery Nursing Academic Scholarship and Hawkins,

Morrell, Mosley, Scott Academic Scholarship.

Professional Affiliations

WHCA Board Member, WA State Boarding Home Advisory Board

h Washington Health Care Association - Actively for senior care services and reimbursement. Testified at

legislative committee hearings. Spokesperson for print and radio advertisements. Stakeholder

participant in development of Dementia Care and Mental Health training, and Boarding Home WAC's re-

writing committee

Advisory Committee Member, New Market Vocational Skills Center

h National Resolutions Chair, National Student Nurses Association - Chaired 450 member House of

Delegates adopting 18 resolutions sent to ANA. Also served as California Resolutions Chair, authoring

Bucket Drowning Labeling Resolution Adopted by ANA and led to federal child safety labeling of all ridged

sided buckets.

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