Nurse Practitioner - Patient Advocate - Team Leader

Resourceful, skilled, and adaptable Registered Nurse with extensive career in varied clinical patient care, evaluation, treatment, leadership, and communication. Expert in delivering sensitive patient details and education, with a strong ability to develop and maintain successful relationships with Healthcare professionals and patients. Ensures compliance with procedures and documentation requirements; anticipates and understands NICU and PACU needs and goals; highly skilled in time management, efficiency, and organization.

CORE COMPETENCIES

Communication with Patients, Families and Healthcare Professionals

Clinical Operations, Program, and Compliance Management

Patient Evaluation, Assessment, Treatment and Illness Prevention

Ensuring Safety, Quality, and Documentation

Lead, Train, and Motivate Collaborative Healthcare Teams

Organization, Time Management, and Workload Prioritization

EDUCATION - LICENSURE - CERTIFICATIONS

Master’s Degree, Family Nurse Practitioner, University of Phoenix, Sacramento, CA

Bachelor of Science, Nursing, University of San Francisco, San Francisco, CA

FNP and Board Certified, AANP, 2015

California Nurse Practitioner Furnishing License (pending)

ACLS - PALS - BLS Certified

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

Kaiser Hospital, San Rafael/Roseville/Sacramento, CA, 1991 to Present

Assistant Nurse Manager, PACU 2015 to present

Directly accountable for overall supervision of day-to-day clinical operations, including a team of 30+ nurses, care coordination, fiscal management, and service quality. Consistently meets compliance and care standard requirements; analyzes and ensures continuous improvement to clinical practices. Serves as key liaison and conflict manager with patient care concerns in a 9-bed PACU.

Awarded for 25 Years of Service, Kaiser Permanente, 2016.

Completed Kaiser Star Leadership Training and ANM Leadership Development Series, 2016.

Staff Nurse II/III 1991 to 2015

Effectively delivered perioperative care to adult and pediatric patients across multiple areas including general, orthopedic, gynecologic, thoracic, vascular, and ENT. Actively communicated and collaborated with physicians and nurses to deliver highest quality service; consistently maintained compliance. Facilitated Pediatric Crash Cart Training; served as staff preceptor and mentor.

Awarded for 20 Years of Service, Kaiser Permanente, 2011.

Assisted in analysis and redesign of the pre-op phone call program; increased efficiency and patient satisfaction.

Led a redesign of the patient flow in the pre-op admission process; designed tools to increase patient throughput.

Staff Nurse, Health South Ambulatory Surgery, Sacramento, CA 1991 to 1996

Provided highly reviewed, comprehensive perioperative care to surgical outpatients; actively collaborated with physicians and staff to ensure excellent patient care. Delivered direct patient care and assessments; educated patients on various conditions.

Staff Nurse, NICU/ICU, Sutter Memorial Hospital, Sacramento, CA 1980 to 1989

Facilitated excellent care for the critically ill neonate, including intubations, umbilical artery catheter placement, pneumothorax aspiration, and Extracorporeal Membrane Oxygenation (ECMO). Attended all high-risk deliveries and performed immediate resuscitative care. Delivered extensive neonatal and high risk perinatal training; oversaw medical and surgical management of critically ill adult patients; performed post-surgical care of open heart and patients requiring Intra-Aortic Balloon Pumps.

PROFESSIONAL AFFILIATIONS

(CANP) California Association of Nurse Practitioners - (AANP) American Association of Nurse Practitioners

PRESENTATIONS

Seminars and Workshops

Nexplanon Insertion Training, Merck Clinical Training, 2015.

Preceptor Training, Kaiser Permanente, Sacramento, 2011.

North Valley Surgical Safety Summit, Kaiser Permanente, Sacramento, 2009-2013.

Highly Reliable Surgical Team Training: Human Factors Workshop, Kaiser Permanente, 2007.

Comprehensive Procedural Sedation for the Clinician, Kaiser Permanente, Sacramento, 2006.

ADDITIONAL QUALIFICATIONS

Proficient in Microsoft Office Suite and Electronic Medical Record charting; HIPAA compliant.

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