JASZMIN LAMBERT

832-***-**** ad43gt@r.postjobfree.com

Richmond, TX

EDUCATION

Associate Degree in Nursing April 2016

Bryant and Stratton College, Wauwatosa, Wisconsin

OBJECTIVE

Registered Nurse with a passion for using clinical skills to provide quality care for patients. I enjoy using critical thinking to collaborate with Providers and peers to manage clinical complexities. Personal development, growing other leaders and providing a culture of excellence and service is priority.

WORK EXPERIENCE

Director of Nursing/ Assistant Director of Nursing

Cambridge Health and Rehabilitation Center April 2023-Present

The Medical Resort Sugarland January 2023- March 2023

Establish and maintain systems to ensure thorough and effective nursing care following state and federal regulations

Lead nursing team in daily tasks and management team in absence of Administrator.

Direct management team to carry out tasks related to their duties and follow up to ensure completion.

Lead strong collaboration with therapy team, admissions team, business office team and discharge team for smooth transition into and out of facility, while managing length of stay days and maximizing quality care time to ensure safe discharge.

Begin discharge planning prior to admission, during referral process.

Resolve any concerns with residents and family members in a timely manner.

Manage staff overtime and department expenditure.

Standardized nursing department schedule, increased nursing wages to market value, leading to decreased agency use from 60% to about 7%.

Create tools for auditing and monitoring areas of improvement in all departments.

Assist sister facilities with auditing and monitoring of systems.

Education and training of staff nurses to think critically, understand lab values, anticipate patient changes and communicate effectively with providers which resulted in decreased hospital readmissions from to 24% to 12.5% as of September 2023.

Focus on strong clinical knowledge, encouraging nurses to ask questions, have conversations with providers. Challenge nurses to assess thoroughly and document in detail to “paint the picture” of the resident's presentation.

Improve relationships and open communication with providers for optimal patient care.

Recruit and partner with specialists to consult and manage complex clinical processes to reduce hospital readmissions.

Improve culture by introducing morning huddles, comprehensive monthly meetings, coloring wall, mid- day breaks and games with staff and residents, reintroduced culture committee.

Provide direct patient care and on-call responsibilities as needed.

Registered Nurse High Risk Inpatient Case Manager

Wellmed, Houston-Telecommute May 2022- December 2022

Make and receive outbound and inbound calls to assess members’ current health status identify gaps or barriers in treatment plans.

Provide patient education to assist with self-management.

Make referrals to outside sources.

Provide a complete continuum of quality care through close communication with members via telephone interaction.

Support members with condition education, medication reviews and connections to resources such as home health aides, meal services, transportation assistance and the like.

Registered Nurse Case Manager

Accredited Hospice of America, Katy, Texas May 2021- April 2022

Comfort Hospice, Houston, Texas November 2020-May 2021

Provide empathic nursing support to families and patients during transition, while managing disease processes, completing scheduled visits, on call triage, as needed visits.

Collaborate with Hospice Medical Director, Primary Care Physicians and other interdisciplinary team members weekly and daily as needed to ensure safe, cost-effective care of patients.

Develop Comprehensive Care Plan to meet needs of patient, providing education and interventions as appropriate and in line with established goals.

Submit documentation, including initial certification and recertification of qualifying patients, admissions, routine visits, skilled visits and discharges in a timely manner as per CHAP and Medicare guidelines.

Initiate new training model to include fundamentals of hospice care, Medicare guidelines and strategies for communicating with patients and family members.

Supervise and Onboard incoming nursing staff and mentor nursing staff requiring more assistance and re-education.

Meet with interdisciplinary team weekly to discuss any updates and mitigate any complications.

Anticipate patient needs in order to initiate services and supplies in cost effective way that patient needs continue to be met.

Educate family on expectations of disease process toward end of life. Discuss goals and level of comfort for patient. Assist in working through difficult family dynamics while keeping care patient led and focused.

Registered Nurse- Medical Surgical/ Step Down ICU

Tyler Continue Care, Tyler, Texas -contract September 2021-February 2022

Provide direct and indirect nursing care to adult patients.

Assess patient and provide interventions and treatments as per facility protocol and provider order.

Communicate with physicians and other members of care team during hospital stay and in preparation of discharge.

Administer medications as per protocol.

Monitor chest tubes and drains; discontinue drains as ordered.

Assist in managing airway via tracheostomy, airvo and other manual and mechanical ventilation in collaboration with respiratory therapy.

Educate patients and families during hospital stay and post discharge.

Registered Nurse Emergency Department

Ascension All Saints Emergency Department, Racine Wisconsin April 2019- July 2019

Delivered compassionate and effective treatment for patients of diverse backgrounds and ages including infants and children

Anticipated needs of patients based on pathophysiology of disease processes, assessment findings and evidence-based practice.

Developed personal time management practices in this fast-paced setting to provide excellent care while either treating or ruling out life threatening emergencies.

Participated in the care of traumas, codes, strokes, infectious processes, psychiatric illnesses and less acute illnesses.

Educated patients on follow up care and prevention of further complications after discharge.

Administered oral, IV, IM, IO medications as ordered by provider.

Nurse Clinician II Medical Surgical Unit

Racine Youthful Offenders Correctional Facility, Racine, Wisconsin July 2017-April 2019

Provided nursing care to inmates with acute conditions. Transferred inmates to hospital for further evaluation if requiring a higher level of care.

Provided care post procedure in facility and post hospitalization.

Managed inmate patient chronic conditions by scheduling appointments with onsite provider, scheduling with specialists if necessary, ensuring lab and other diagnostic tests were completed on a routine basis, educating inmate patients on disease management.

Assisted in launching Electronic Medical Record in two Department of Corrections Institutions.

Initiated the development of inmate patient general health class through visual, written and verbal education, using evidenced based practice.

Assisted in overseeing UWM Nursing students’ evidence-based research for inmate patient health literacy class.

Collaborated with security staff, psychological services, advanced care providers and other disciplines within the institution to improve patient outcomes.

Registered Nurse Short Term Rehabilitation

Franciscan Villa, South Milwaukee, Wisconsin April 2017- July 2017

Provided care to patients who were in physical, occupational and speech therapies.

Administered prescribed medications via oral, subcutaneous, intramuscular, intravenous and rectal routes.

Collaborated with interdisciplinary team to plan safe patient discharge.

Supervised all units on weekends and holidays which included responding to emergencies, resolving complications with patients and family members, maintaining safe patient care on assigned unit.

Registered Nurse Electrophysiology Procedure

Aurora St Luke’s Medical Center, Milwaukee, Wisconsin May 2016- April 2017

Provide pre-op, post-op and specialized care to patients with pulmonary hypertension and other acute and chronic cardiac conditions.

Educated pulmonary hypertension patients on their continuous IV pumps to ensure safe administration.

Monitored telemetry, started and maintained IVs, documented strict intake and output, ambulated patients in hallways to promote circulation and performed ADLs with patients.

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