Jody Waisanen

Stafford, VA *****

605-***-**** • adfw72@r.postjobfree.com

Education Mankato State University, Makato, Minnesota B.S. Industrial Organizational Psychology, minor in sociology Minneapolis Community and Technical College, Minneapolis, Minnesota Associate of Nursing (RN)

Certifications

Advanced Cardiovascular Life Support (ACLS)

Basic Life Support (BLS)

Telemetry certified

Professional Experience

Mary Washington Hospital, Surgical Intermediate Care Step-Down Unit Registered Nurse (August 2009 – Present)

Care for open-heart, neuro-surgical, trauma, thoracic surgical, cardiac and medical patients

Collaborate with patients’ care teams to provide efficient and individualized care

Float to Surgical Intensive Care Unit, Medical Intensive Care Unit, Cardiac Cath Holding and Medical Care Unit

Educate patient and families about the open-heart surgery process as the Cardiac Surgery Navigator

Assist in training all clinical staff on CPOE Go Live

Perform and analyze clinical quality management operations with the goal of improving patient outcomes

Orient new hires, new graduates and nursing students

Train direct caregivers on all mobility devices

Co-chairman of the Education and Cardiac Surgery committees in 2013

Mary Washington Hospital, Cardiac Surgery and Structural Heart Navigator (February 2018 – February 2019)

Provided and reinforced disease-specific education to patients, families and caregivers to support patient self-management

Provided pre-operative patient education to patients and families receiving cardiac or structural heart surgery

Coordinated care of inpatient to include identification of patient/family readmission risk factors and barriers to care, adhered to evidence-based clinical guidelines and developed individualized plans of care

Identified and analyzed readmission trends through chart review and developed processes to reduce readmissions

Collaborated with leaders, physicians, nurses and allied health professionals across the care continuum to ensure disease-specific patient program needs were met

Performed clinical quality management operations to recommend improvements to leadership

Entered data into the TVT registry

Developed disease-specific educational material

Virginia Hospital Center, Part-Time Virtual Recruiter (August 2013 – July 2015)

Managed recruiting process for nurses, physicians and engineers

Conducted all interviews and analyzed results using the Talent Plus system

Provided recommendations to hiring managers

Avera Heart Hospital of South Dakota, Registered Nurse (May 2009 – July 2009)

Cared for open-heart and cardiac patients

Analyzed clinical quality management operations to improve patient outcomes

Collaborated with care team to provide the most efficient and individualized care

Performed clinical quality management operations to recommend improvements to leadership

St. Mary’s Hospital of Pierre, South Dakota,Assistant Director of Nursing for the Transitional Care Unit (November 2007 – April 2008)

Hired employees

Managed budget and payroll

Analyzed clinical quality management operations to improve patient outcomes

Collaborated with other managers for transfers to and from the floor and other facilities

Scheduled Registered Nurses and Certified Nursing Assistants

Performed clinical quality management operations to recommend improvements to leadership

Collaborated with care teams to create patient care plans

Mary Washington Hospital, Cardiac Step-Down Registered Nurse (August 2003 – October 2007)

Cared for open-heart, thoracic surgical, neuro-surgical, trauma, cardiac and medical patients

Formulated care plans in coordination with all disciplines involved

Analyzed clinical quality management operations to improve patient outcomes

Trained direct caregivers on all mobility devices

Performed clinical quality management operations to recommend improvements to leadership

Oriented new hires, new graduates and nursing students

John Nassef Heart Center/United Hospital, Registered Nurse (August 2002 – July 2003)

Cared for open-heart cardiac patients

Performed clinical quality management operations to recommend improvements to leadership

Formulated care plans in coordination with all disciplines involved

Analyzed clinical quality management operations to improve patient outcomes

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