Patti Ann Ryan

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Tucson, AZ 85730

612-***-**** (mobile) - adu8xn@r.postjobfree.com Personal Overview

Accomplishment in many disciplines, responsibilities and environments across the health care spectrum:

• Charge Nurse/Head Nurse/Team Leader in integrated health systems (UTSouthwestern Medical Center/St. Paul and Parkland Hospital System, Abbott/Northwestern Hospital); Charge Nurse in Specialty Clinics (Hazelden, Inc., Amery Regional Medical Center Geriatric Behavioral Health).

• Neonatal Intensive Care (Fairview Hospital, Lucille Packard Children’s Hospital), Surgical Transplant Specialist – Liver/Kidney/Pancreas/Hand (UTSouthwestern), Geriatric and Medical/Surgical Nursing (Maxim Health Care), AIDS Unit Med/Surgical Support (Slidell Memorial Hospital).

• Disaster Services Health Team (American Red Cross), Immunization Services (Mollen Medical). In addition, along life’s circuitous journey, achieved accomplishment in a diverse range of secondary fields:

• Nurse-Paralegal Case Analyst (Meshbesher & Spence -Dalcon Shield Class Action Litigation), VP Human Resources for family-owned housewares manufacturing company (Kitchen Innovations).

• VP Human Resources in a legal services corporation (Legal Club Of America), CEO Executive Assistant in the California software industry (Aspect Telecommunications). Resourceful, adaptable, adventuresome. Seeks personal excellence and collaborative achievement. Implacable survivor of life’s setbacks and heartaches. Passionate caregiver. Inventive solution creator. Proud of ability to attract, motivate, and retain exceptionally bright and skilled staff members. Professional Highlights: 2003 - 2013

UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS SOUTHWESTERN MEDICAL CENTER: Recognized for leadership of support staff resulting directly in annual increases in liver transplant volume. Led team which received award for excellence in patient satisfaction. Personal award for excellence in team building and leadership. AMERICAN RED CROSS: Headed Red Cross’s recovery efforts following the Joplin tornado. Red Cross primary contact with Homeland Security. Honored for 20 years of service to the American Red Cross. HAZELDEN DRUG & ALCOHOL REHABILITATION: Charge nurse on Intake Unit for first assessment and initiation of patient’s drug rehabilitation process. Served on care-giving team that nurtured patients through 1 to 5-month rehabilitative recoveries. FAIRVIEW HOSPITAL: Head Nurse for Neonatal ICU and for Newborn Nursery. Updated, enriched, and led the teams providing Mother/Baby Education classes. Professional Highlights: 1991-2002

LEGAL CLUB OF AMERICA: As Vice President Human Resources, supported the company’s expansion from 8 to 40 employees. Led the invention and development of a new, novel legal services subdivision. LUCILLE PACKARD CHILDREN’S HOSPITAL: Trained and specialized in the care of premature infants. Specialized in “Level III NICU” which included infant heart surgery; urgent infant respiratory care. MESHBESHER & SPENCE: Served as Lead Nurse on the Dalkon Shield case, which became a landmark event in the evolution of legal thinking regarding “mass tort litigation.” Personally recognized for having the top output (over 300 completed cases) of medical assessments included in evidence. Page 1

Professional Highlights: 1981-1990

KITCHEN INNOVATIONS INC.: Was co-owner of a rapidly growing $10 million sales manufacturing company that marketed stainless steel cookware to the retail consumer market. The business was absorbed by an acquirer in an unfriendly takeover, and my husband and I were forced out of the firm our family built. SLIDELL MEMORIAL HOSPITAL: During the years with Kitchen Innovations, I drove each weekend from Biloxi, MS to Slidell, LA., and worked two 16-hour shifts as med/surge nurse in the AIDS unit. ABBOTT/NORTHWESTERN HOSPITAL: Began my nursing career here. Worked on the Medical/Surgical and Step-Down CCU units.

Employment Chronology

Employers and Assignments

Dates of

Employment

Hazelden Betty Ford, Center City, MN and Plymouth, MN UTSouthwestern Medical Center/St. Paul and Parkland Hospitals, Dallas Tx 7/2014 – 4/2016

11/2011-7/2013

Amery Regional Medical Center, Amery, WI 11/2008 – 2/1010 Hazelden Corporation, Center City, MN 7/2005 – 11/2008 Fairview Hospital, Edina, MN 4/2004 – 10/2008

Maxim Health Care, Dallas, TX 9/2002 – 3/2004

Legal Club of America, Sunrise, FL 11/1996 – 7/2002 Aspect Telecommunications, San Jose, CA 10/1994 – 9/1996 Lucille Packard Children’s Hospital, Palo Alto, CA 10/1992 – 8/1994 Meschbesher & Spence Lawyers, St. Paul, MN 9/1991 – 9/1992 Kitchen Innovations Inc., Biloxi, MS 1/1987 – 6/1991 Slidell Memorial Hospital, Slidell, LA 3/1988 – 6/1991 Women’s Humana Hospital, San Antonio, TX 7/1983 – 8/1984 Round Rock Public School District, Round Rock, TX 9/1982 – 6/1983 Abbott/Northwestern Hospital, Minneapolis, MN 6/1981 – 7/1982 Education Chronology

North Central High School, Indianapolis, IN

• Spent thirteen years as an Army wife before being able to return to nursing school Normandale College, Bloomington, MN

• Graduated with High Honors in 1981 with AA in Nursing

• Nursing Class President for Junior and Senior years University of Texas, San Antonio, TX

• Attended from 1994 to 1996

• Left the university 12 credits short of a BS in Health Education

• Dean’s List with High Honors in each year

• Had to leave due to husband’s relocation to California

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