Assistant Nurse Care

DONNA M. EMMONS

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Professional Summary

Looking for a full-time position as an Assistant Nurse Manager

Licenses

Professional Registered Nurse licensed in March 2003. Current expiration May 2020. License Number: 041-334288

Board certified Gerontology Nurse in June 2014. Current Expiration Date: 06/2024

Board certified Ambulatory Care Nurse in July 2018. Expiration Date: 07/2023

Skill Highlights

Experienced in using EHR-Electronic Health Records.

Experience in working in an office clinic for the past 9 years as PACT Care Manager

Type approximately 120 words a minute.

Give injections, managing blood pressures, and taking medical histories of new patients.

Professional Experience

Care Manager/Charge Nurse 10/2010 to Current

VA-Illiana Health Care Systems Peoria, Illinois

Currently work in an office clinic case managing a panel of 1108 patients. Take medical histories, triage calls from patients over the phone, triage patients who walk into clinic without an appointment, manage diabetic A1C's, hypertension patients, and lipids. Enter medication orders, consult orders, and outside medical records. Charge nurse for 23 employees which entails making sure all clinic are covered with nurses daily depending on their current work assignments. Leads interview panel for applicants and make hiring recommendations to manager, transplant coordinator, and employee health nurse. Preceptor for new staff, and for setting up computers for new employees, and helps identify educational needs of new staff and current staff to ensure that these needs are addressed. Participates on service and medical center committees to improve nursing practice. Also a member of CNPC, and NPSB

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OASIS/Utilization Manager/Home Care Nurse 05/2006 to 08/2010

OSF Home Care Peoria, Illinois

Initial employment working in Bloomington as a staff nurse seeing newly discharged patients on second shift who needed IV skills training, wound care, PT/INR's drawn and reported to physicians, admission of patients to home care, and discharge patients from home care once recovered from their illness.

Advanced to OASIS/Utilization manager reviewing nurses charting, coded diagnosis, and utilization of patients for home care for 3 offices.

Home Care Staff Nurse 03/2004 to 05/2006

Maxim Health Care Peoria, Illinois

Administered nursing care to pediatric patients with tracheostomies who were on ventilators, and had Gastrostomy tubes. Monitored patient for respiratory distress, settings on ventilator, changed dressing, flushed central lines, and replaced and suctioned tracheostomies.

Home Care/Staff nurse 11/2003 to 03/2004

A-Plus Home Care Moline, Illinois

Home care for pediatric patients with tracheostomies, ventilators, and gastrostomy tubes. Monitored patients for respiratory distress, changed trach's as needed and suctioned every 2 hours PRN, dressing changes, flushing of central lines, and monitored ventilator settings.

Staff Nurse 05/2003 to 09/2003

Pekin Hospital Pekin, Illinois

Administered nursing care to medical and surgical patients who needed care for respiratory, cardiac, abdominal surgery, joint replacements, and orthopedic care. Flushed central lines, accessed central lines, and did dressing changes, blood draws, administered blood to patients who had this ordered, wound care for surgical patients, and IV insertion. Acted as second shift charge nurse as needed.

Education and Training

Bachelor of Science: Nursing 2002

OSF St. Francis College of Nursing

Peoria, Illinois, USA

Associate of Science: Pre-Nursing 2000

Illinois Central College East Peoria, Illinois, USA

Associates degree in arts and science, and Associates degree in general education.

References

Angela Schamberger, MSN-Former nurse manager at Iliana Health Care-Peoria, Il. and current manager at Quincy CBOC-Phone: 309-***-****

Brenda King, BSN, RN at Iliana Health Care-Peoria, Il.

Phone: 309-***-****

Christina Dodds, Lead MAS clerk at Iliana Health Care-Peoria, Il.

Phone: 630-***-****

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