Charge Nurse Long-Term Care

Location:

Palestine, TX

Posted:

July 08, 2024

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Resume:

Celeste Gaston RN BSN MSN

Contact: *** ***** ******** ****** *********, Texas 75801 Cell-903-***-****

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I am RN with 39+ years of well-rounded clinical experience in Psychiatric/behavioral nursing, Dementia, Alzheimer's, Skilled/Rehab Nursing, Long-Term Care Consultant/Director Of Nursing, and Med/Surg. I have worked as clinical leader, nurse manager, staffing, on call, charge nurse, QA consulting, and as floor staff nurse. In these roles I have accomplished a proven history of critical thinking, working and leading in trouble facilities, regulatory trouble facilities and have medical knowledge to deliver superior care in high-pressure environments.

The following skills are current and maintained over last 30 years.

Skills: Patient observation, assessment, and treatment Certified Skin Wound Ostomy Nurse

Administer IV medications, TPN, Lipids, PICC, Midlines

Medication Aide Instructor, Medication Administration -PO, SQ, ID,IM,IV

High Level nursing supervision, performance improvement monitoring Conflict Resolution,

State Mandated Infection Control Certified

Opening covid start up unit's, Covid crisis clinical management Dependable, responsible, adaptable, flexible and strong clinical judgement Time management, and perform quality assessments, First aid and CPR, BLS, Compiling audits, and data analysis

HIPAA compliance, feedback compliance, coaching and mentoring Travel

Nurse Experience

Wound Care Certification

Experience:

•Working as medical surg nurse on the floor: completing task as charge nurse, post-op nurse, medications administration, IV therapy, Telemetry, admissions, discharges and hands on patient care, working on covid units in crisis situation.

•Consulting facilities and fostered improvement in operational, clinical facets, including staff development, personal training, and standard clinical procedures.

•Quickly respond to situations impacting safety, delivered high quality care to diverse populations.,

•Train Director of Nurses, and new nurses in proper techniques, care standards, operational procedures and safety.

Fresenius Medical Dialysis 3/6/2023—09/17/2023

Dialysis Nurse

Training at UT Health hospital acute care dialysis center to become the designated.

hospital acute care dialysis supervisor at Palestine Hospital. Currently training for

Legacy at Town Creek 7/28/22- 01/30/23

Director of Nurses (Interim)

Provide overall clinical leadership to nursing department to include working shifts.

on the floor, staffing, leadership and guidance to all nursing departments,

implemented clinical systems, support and assistance in state surveys, compliance.

reviews, and Quality Assurance, med/surg charge nurse, covid unit charge nurse,

infection control

Provider Partners Care Management 1/2022—7/26/22

Nurse Care Coordinator Case Management with 3 facilities in partnership with a Nurse

Practitioner. Weekly assessments of all Members with documentations of assessments, care plans,

family coordination and facility partnership.

Sava Senior Care Houston/Beaumont Texas District Director of Clinical

Services/DON 8/11/92-5/16/08 and 10/19/15-11/26/21 retired

Provide clinical oversite, clinical reviews, and audits of skilled nursing facilities, support through federal and state surveys, corporate compliance reviews, and QA, med/surg charge nurse, covid unit charge nurse, infection control nurse and director of nurses.

Skilled HC merged with Genesis Health Care 12/16/13 8/17/2015

Director of Professional Services Consultant

Consulting in Lubbock, Abilene, Ft. Worth, Longview, and Tyler Texas.

Touchstone Communities 5/26/2009--11/20/2013

Regional Nurse Consultant and Director of Nurses

Amarillo Tx, Prescott Arizona, Rockdale, Brenham, Tyler, and Gonzales Texas. Worked as DON in Tyler Facility. Opened this facility and added PCC computer system.

Education:

Masters in Nurse Education @

American Sentinel University 1/31/15 graduated

Online Program (MSN) Nursing Education

University of Texas @Arlington RN-BSN Program 5/02/13 graduated

Accelerated BSN Academic Partnership Program (BSN)

Tyler Junior College Associate degree RN 5/20/1986 graduated

RN professional license number is #533324 Texas

Trinity Valley Community College LVN program Respiratory Therapy Program Certifications: Skin, Wound, Ostomy Certification 9/2021 Certified

1983 graduated

1978 graduated

2021 certified