Nurse Manager

KATHY STEPHENS

Murfreesboro TN ***** · 615-***-****

**************@*****.***

Committed and responsible Nurse Manager with 20+ years of professional experience. Specialized in the implementation of RN-specific duties as well as oversight and streamlining of administrative functions EXPERIENCE

MARCH 2020 - CURRENT

RN. Labor & Delivery, Saint Thomas Midtown

JANUARY 2011 – FEBRUARY 2020

NURSE MANAGER OF LABOR & DELIVERY, STONECREST MEDICAL CENTER Developed departmental goals, standards, and objectives for LDR (70 FTE’s, 9 LDR beds, 2 OR’s)

Managed quality patient care with patients, staff, physicians, and other departments

Oversee scheduling, recruitment, payroll. Monitor budgets, regulatory compliance, supplies and equipment. Manage daily induction/C-section schedule, daily personnel activities

OCTOBER 2003 – JANUARY 2011

RN, LABOR & DELIVERY, STONECREST MEDICAL CENTER

Charge Nurse of 9 bed LDR

Preceptor

OR Circulator

Triage QMP

2001- FEBRUARY 2004

RN LABOR & DELIVERY, MIDDLE TN MEDICAL CENTER

OR CIRCULATOR

TRIAGE

LDR 15 BED

JUNE 1998- 2001

RN, MED-SURG, SOUTHERN HILLS HOSPITAL

TELEMETRY

ONCOLOGY

EDUCATION

SEPTEMBER 2019

MASTER’S OF NURSING IN LEADERSHIP AND ADMINISTRATION, WESTERN GOVERNOR’S UNIVERSITY

MAY 1998

BACHELOR’S IN NURSING, UNIVERSITY OF TN AT CHATTANOOGA SKILLS

● Implemented and sustained multiple quality

driven programs in OR to decrease SSI’s

● System administrator for documentation

system

● Medical chart reviewer for improving key

quality metrics

● Collaborated patient care with other

multidisciplinary teams to ensure patient

safety

● Conducted education directly to nursing

staff

ACTIVITIES

BLS

ACLS

AWHONN

NRP

STABLE

EFM Certification

Nurse Leader 2017

Florence Nightengale Award 2012

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