Registered Nurse Nursing

DIANN WALDO, R.N. BSN

**** ** **** **. *******, FL 33063

**********@*****.*** // 954-***-****

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REGISTERED NURSE

PROFESSIONAL SUMMARY

A caring professional with experience in a hospital setting and a fast pace skilled

rehabilitation unit. With case management experience helping residents through their fast

recovery by assisting with all their needs including referrals, dme’s and discharge

placements.

LICENSURE & CERTIFICATION

• State of Florida. Active

• American Heart Association Healthcare Provider, CPR, Current

CLINICAL EXPERIENCES

St. John’s Nursing Center 2009-Present

Nursing Supervisor

• Investigate patient/resident/family problems within the assigned tour and reports

findings on need for follow up to the appropriate member of the nursing

management team.

• Maintains effective communication with patients/residents, families, nursing staff

and nursing management team.

• Communicates identified or potential problems to the Care Coordinated within a

24- hour period by either written or verbal communication.

• Serves as clinical resources for staff on assigned tour by guiding, advising, and

coaching resolution problems on a daily basis.

• Ensures compliance of standard nursing care on assigned shift by assisting

licensed staff in planning, controlling and evaluating nursing care during shift.

• Makes rounds to all units during assigned shift.

Sunrise Health and Rehabilitation, Sunrise, Florida 2004-2008

Assistant Case Manager

• Implement and evaluate individualized patient care plans

• Work with new admissions, assessing their conditions and needs in order to

develop personalized care plans

• Regularly evaluate these plans of care and update them on an as-needed basis

• Educate their patients and their families on how to follow their care plans

• Act as social worker, advocate patient welfare, and serve as a liaison between

patients, their families and healthcare providers

Staff Nurse

• Provides resident care utilizing the nursing process and in compliance with

facility nursing policies and procedures

• Performs the initial nursing assessments, identifies and evaluates the total needs

of the resident within 24 hours of admission.

• Monitors and documents the resident’s physiological status and response to the

comprehensive plan of care.

• Administers medications and treatments according to nursing policies and

procedures.

Florida Medical Center, Oakland Park, Florida 2001-2004

Patient Care Assistant

• Assists with the personal hygiene: bathing, cleaning teeth and/or dentures, skin

care, washing face and hands, combing hair, shaving face and cleaning nails.

• Dress the patient/resident as necessary.

• Prepares the patient/resident for meals and assists them with feeding. Records

amount of food eaten on a consistent basis.

• Assists the patient/resident with ambulation; to the bathroom, chair, wheelchair,

and with walker.

• Documents clearly on all flow sheets without reminders

EDUCATION

• Bachelors of Science in Nursing, 2012

University of Phoenix, Plantation Florida

• Associate of Science in Nursing, 2007

Broward Community College, Davie Florida

• Certification as a Licensed Practical Nurse, 2003

Miami Dade College, Miami Florida

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