Registered Nurse Supervisor

Dana L. Spiers

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PROFESSIONAL OBJECTIVE: To utilize my extensive managerial and clinical skills to

ensure optimal care for all patients. To foster a sound and professional work environment

through teamwork and attention to regulations and procedures. To broaden my knowledge and

skills in the challenging field of nursing.

EXPERIENCE:

November 2014-November 2014:

Liberty Home Healthcare

300 W. Pennsylvania Avenue

Southern Pines, NC 28387

Home Health Nurse

Salary: Agreed amount per visit

Hours: Full Time

Was not a fit for this type of nursing.

Supervisor: Kim Shaw, Manager 800-***-****)

Okay to contact this Supervisor: Yes

July 2013-October 2014:

Surgical Care Affiliates (SCA) at Carolina Eye Associates

2170 Midland Road

Southern Pines, NC 28387

Perioperative Registered Nurse and Preoperative Registered Nurse

Salary: 29.50 USD Per Hour + On Call Differential

Hours Per Week: 40

Responsible for assessing, planning, and evaluating patient care upon preoperative care and

perioperative care including discharge. Implements standards of care based on assessment data

and patient’s own goals. Follows all policies and procedures set forth by SCA Compliance

program. Obtains and verifies operative procedure consents. Coordinates nursing interventions

with team to ensure excellent patient care in an organized and timely manner. Demonstrates

ability to direct and provide patient care in an emergent situation. Ability to educate patient and

identify where their level of understanding is. Keep meticulous documentation in medical

records while administering medications as ordered by surgeons. Maintain accurate records of

controlled substances. Practice infection control, standard precautions and universal precautions

as trained. Promote physical comfort, emotional support, safety, while recognizing changes in

the patient condition. Communicate effectively providing pertinent patient information to the

physician, family, teammates, and other members of the multidisciplinary team. Ensures a

verification of time out on every patient prior to surgical procedure starting. Properly labels and

cares for specimens. Completes a count sheet of all instruments, sponges, and needles to ensure

accuracy. Adheres to HIPAA regulations.

Supervisor: Teresa Stocum, OR Manager 910-***-****)

Okay to contact this Supervisor: Yes

February 2013-May 2013:

Healthsouth Rehabilitation Hospital

95 Pinehill Boulevard

Petersburg, VA 23805

Nurse Manager

Salary: 86,500.00 USD Per Year + Quarterly Bonuses

Hours per week: 40+

Responsible for coordinating administrative and clinical activities, both inter and

intradepartmentally, so that optimum nursing care is provided, staffing is maintained, and costs

contained. Held full responsibility for nursing in the absence of the Chief Nursing Officer.

Support cultural diversity by ensuring that the delivery of quality, equitable and culturally

competent patient-centered care is provided; promoting and maintaining an inclusive work

environment and culture that is respectful and accepting of diversity. Analyze patient outcomes

and review care plans to implement new policies that improve length of stay, care rendered, and

patient satisfaction surveys. Coordinate continuous education classes for licensed healthcare

staff. Schedule mock emergency situation responses and review findings with both positive

feedback and areas needing improvement.

Supervisor: Terri Doyle, Chief Nursing Officer 804-***-****)

Okay to contact this Supervisor: Yes

May 2010 – February 2013:

Sussex I State Prison

24414 Musselwhite Drive

Waverly, VA 23891

Director of Nursing

Salary: 78,200 USD Per Year + Annual Bonus

Hours per week: 40+

Directing assignments and activities of the nursing personnel and assisting in the evaluation of

their performance. Evaluation of patient care, the medical unit’s condition and equipment.

Maintained a professional working relationship with correctional and nursing staff while

remaining tactful and diplomatic as a role model. Adhering and assisting to and in compliance

with policy and procedures. Scheduling and ensuring nursing staff coverage and assigning daily

duties while distributing workload. Provide comprehensive nursing care to patients who have

multiple chronic care diseases while triaging and treating the acute health conditions. Counseling

nursing staff that violated established policies and procedures, while setting goals for problem

resolution. Ensuring good quality patient care services in accordance with established standards

of health care. With guidance from the Medical Director isolation procedures were implemented

as necessary in accordance with regulatory guidance and evidence based practice. Monitoring

safety requirements to ensure a safe work environment. Accepting on-call status. Recruiting and

interviewing new hires. Working with outside hospitals and agencies to ensure a professional

relationship. Broadening knowledge by attending workshops, conferences and seminars and

actively participating in the Quality Improvement Program. As a member of the Quality

Assurance and Improvement committee I collected data, analyzed, and presented a plan of

action. Meeting deadlines with monthly reports and maintaining them in an organized fashion

for future audits. Answer and investigate grievances from patients and family members. Keep

up to date records of all nursing licensees, PPD’s, and mandatory annual training classes. Attend

monthly discharge planning with a multi-disciplinary team to ensure the patient has everything

needed upon parole. Ensuring the client (VA DOC) is more than satisfied with the care rendered

at Sussex I State Prison. Leading the evidence based practice at an institution that was the pilot

for the state of VA. This helps in the development of a patient that will hopefully be adjusted

mentally, physically, and medically into everyday life in society once paroled. Schedule staff of

approximately 35 nurses for annual training required by the Department of Corrections. Identify

training needs and provide educational in-service on a monthly basis for all licensed staff.

Coordinate quarterly drill to the medicals response in emergent situations with the Chief of

Security.

Supervisor: Linda Ray, Health Service Administrator 804-***-****)

Okay to contact this supervisor: Yes

December 2005 – May 2010:

Greensville Correctional Center

901 Corrections Way

Jarratt, VA 23867

Nurse Manager

Salary: 64,500 UDS per year

Hours Per Week: 40+

Directing assignments and activities of the nursing personnel and assisting in the evaluation of

their performance while functioning as charge nurse and directing and monitoring provisions of

health care services. Maintained a professional working relationship with correctional and

nursing staff as well as the Health Services Administrator and Director of Nursing. Establishing

in-service training and reviewing service development. Scheduling and ensuring nursing staff

coverage and assigning daily duties, as well as review of timesheets for accuracy. Ensuring good

quality patient care services in accordance with established standards of health care. Reviewing

development and training of existing staff and new hires, while providing positive feedback.

Accepting on-call status with rotating shifts, as needed. Working with outside hospitals and

agencies to ensure a professional relationship. Actively participating in the Quality Improvement

and CEU programs and monitoring department staff to ensure completion of monthly CEU.

Ensured proper handling and disposal of contaminated medical waste. Monitoring of inmate

movement and assigning tasks as needed to ensure proper handling of inmate medication.

Complied with all rules, directives, policies, procedures and protocols of the Virginia DOC,

Corizon (PHS), and Armor Correctional.

Supervisor: Marjorie Woodruff, Director of Nursing 804-***-****)

Okay to contact Supervisor: Yes

December 2003 – December 2005:

Poplar Springs Hospital (Poplar West, Boys Residential Treatment Center)

350 Poplar Drive

Petersburg, VA 23805

Charge Nurse RN

Salary: 25.00 USD Per Hour

Hours per week: 40

Maintaining a safe and therapeutic environment for residents and staff. Administering

medications, documenting charts, thinking critically, supervising unit, attending treatment team

and communicating with the physicians and multidisciplinary team effectively. Admitting and

discharging patients. Managing educational nursing groups for residents. Assessing health, both

physically and mentally, of residents. Treating symptoms accordingly. Making daily staffing

assignments. Problem solving daily issues on unit. Adhering to HIPPA regulations.

Supervisor: Deborah Ulmer, Director of Nursing 804-***-****)

Okay to contact Supervisor: Yes

May 2003 – November 2003

Southside Regional Medical Center

200 Medical Boulevard

Petersburg, VA 23805

Registered Nurse, Medical/Surgical

Salary: 23.00 USD Per Hour

Hours Per Week: 40

Rotating charge nurse responsibilities to include: delegating to staff members, making unit and

daily assignments, bedside physical assessments and any status changes reported to physician,

medication administration (to include narcotics) status shift reports of patients, a variety of

clinical duties, charting in medical records, interpreting lab results, entering data into computer,

ensuring patient safety, therapeutic relations with patient and their family, enforcing SRMC

policies/procedures and adhering to HIPPA regulations.

Supervisor: Cindy Somers, Nurse Manager 804-***-****)

May we contact this Supervisor: Yes

EDUCATION:

May 2003: Southside Regional Medical Center Professional School of Nursing

200 Medical Boulevard

Petersburg, VA 23803

Registered Nurse Diploma Awarded

GPA: 2.28 of a maximum 4.0

Credits Earned: 88.00

August 1999: Richard Bland College of the College of William and Mary

11301 Johnson Road

Petersburg, VA 23803

Associates in Science

GPA: 2.27 of a maximum 4.0

Credits Earned: 79.00

June 1990: South View Senior High School

4184 Elk Road

Hope Mills, NC 28348

High School Diploma Awarded

LICENSESURE:

Licensed (1186396) to practice as a Registered Nurse in the state of Virginia on July 23, 2003.

Multi-State Compact licensed (266600) to practice as a Registered Nurse in the state of North

Carolina on January 8, 2014 and expires on August 31, 2015.

CERTIFICATIONS:

Current BLS, ACLS, and PALS.

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