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Clinical Nurse Specialist

Location:

Sacramento, CA

Posted:

February 19, 2023

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CATHERINE ANN CRESPO MN, RN, CNS

**** ****** **** ****

Cool, California

253-***-****

advfsd@r.postjobfree.com

Objective: To use my education, training and experience towards making a positive impact upon local, national and global health care EXPERIENCE

12/05/2020- 12/15/2021

Total Renal Care dba Davita

1200 16th Street

Denver, CO 80202 888-***-****

Registered Nurse

• Staff Nurse and Team Leader at outpatient dialysis clinic

• Provided prescribed hemodialysis treatments for approximately 25- 32 ESRD adults, per 14-16 hour shifts

• Set up circuits accessing fistulas, grafts and CVCs.

• Administered po, parenteral, intra-dialysis medications and fluids thru out peri-dialysis appointments

• Monitored vital signs and status minimally q 30 minutes and prn

• Obtained labs as ordered, to include COVID tests

• Supervised approximately 3-5 dialysis techs per day

• Administered urgent and occasionally emergent care for decompensating patients

• Initiated/updated plan of care in collaboration with health care team 08/24/2020-11/24/2020

TEEMA

114-D N Old Litchfield Road

Litchfield, AZ 85340 833-***-****

Registered Nurse

• Staff Nurse – 90 day temporary position

• Covid RN caring for a population of incarcerated adults to include daily monitoring of COVID positive individuals, periodic testing, medication administration, treatments, lab draws and updating electronic medical records

• Provided urgent and emergent care as needed

• Selected by TEEMA to provide input for the training of new recruitment and career support staff.

01/06/20-06/01/2020

VA Puget Sound Health Care System

9600 Veterans Drive SW

Tacoma, WA 98498 (253) 583 -051

Registered Nurse

• Staff Nurse

• Passed po, GI, parenteral including IV, inhalation, topical, including wound care for up to 30 patients q 4 hours and prn daily

• Assisted with BLS training

12/31/12– 01/05/20

Portland VA Medical Center

3710 SW US Veterans Hospital Road

Portland, Oregon 97239 503-***-****

Nurse Educator

• Facility Educator

• Clinical Simulation Training Director /Lead Instructor/Sim Technician

• ACLS/BLS Program Director

• Prevention and Management of Disruptive Behavior (PMDB) Program Training Instructor/Coordinator

• Civility, Respect and Engagement in the Workplace (C.R.E.W.) Program Coordinator, Developed SharePoint, Chair advisory committee and Instructor Support Group

• CHAMPIONS/Career Development Program Co- Director

• Co-Instructor Nurse Preceptor Course

• Nursing Orientation Workshop (N.O.W.) Program Director

• Active member: Clinical Practice Committee, Stroke Committee, Pain Committee, Patient Safety Committee, Emergency Care Committee, Nursing Education Council (NEC), Workplace Violence Taskforce, Blood transfusion, and others

• Inpatient Narcotics Inspector

• Talent Management Systems (TMS) Administrator

04/28/08– 12/30/12

Long Beach VA Medical Center

5901 East 7th Street

Long Beach, California 90822 562-***-****

ICU Nurse

• Critical Care RN

• Care for critically ill veterans and their families

• Scope of service includes surgical, medical, and cardiac patients

• Additional duties: VAP, CLABSI, wound care team, CFC

• Facilitate continuing education of nursing personnel hospital-wide Clinical Educator

• 2011-2012 -Program/Curriculum Developer well as staff education of new Telemetry Program in synergy with Acuity Adaptable Bed House- wide Paradigm

• Created and solo taught 12 Competency Modules for House-wide Training of over 80% inpatient RNs and LPNs developed via manager input, RCA’s, Surveys, JC and QM guidance

• Created weekly “Morning Update” program for inpatient nursing assistants (NA’s) based on survey and EB input

• Functioned as advanced practice nurse, in collaboration with CNLs, Wound Care RN, QM, staff and other APN’s.

09/11/02– 02/28/13

U.S. Army Reserves

349th Combat Support Hospital (CSH)

5340 Bandini Blvd.

Bell, CA 90201 323-***-**** or 323-***-****

Deployment: 2008-2009: Head Nurse, ICU FOB CS FOB Salerno, Afghanistan (15 mo. Deployed)

• Supervised 10-12 medical personnel

• Assist with military training exercises and actual MASCALs .

• Assigned Chief Nurse at combat training exercise

• Cared for and facilitated air evacuation of critically ill and injured OEF/NATO, Afghanistan military members and local nationals. Deployed Sexual Assault Response Coordinator (DSARC)

• Assisted with the mandatory and continuing education of soldiers

• Helped develop and teach critical care course deployed. Co-Facilitated Diversity Day- Presented “Women in Combat 01/10/04- 01/07

Landstuhl Regional Medical Center

Active Duty US Army (Deployment)

Landstuhl, Germany

U.S. POC- 323-***-****

ICU Nurse/ Charge Nurse

• Cared for and facilitated air evacuation of critically injured military members from Iraq, Afghanistan, & the European Theater

• Supervised 8 to 12 medical personnel

• Assisted with the mandatory and continuing education of staff

• Helped develop and teach critical care course

• Assisted with JCAHO inspection preparations

• Officer in Charge- Combined Federal Campaign (CFC) 2005

- Volunteered for 8 weeks to fill critical charge nurse vacancy in Same Day Surgery Unit. Duties included admit, pre-op and immediate post op care and staff supervision.

09/01-01/04

Greater Los Angeles VA Medical Center

11301 Wilshire Blvd.

Los Angeles, CA 90073 310-***-****

Research Assistant

• Interim project coordinator for a pulmonary research project

• Provided assistance in project modification in accordance to new HIPAA standards

• Assisted with recruitment, screening and processing of research subjects and data

• Developed and modified data collection tools

Critical Care Educator/Centralized Nursing Education

• Administered 120-hour AACN modeled critical care courses, solo teaching in most subject areas

• Key member of the nationwide Bar Code Medication Administration

(BCMA) patient safety implementation committee; facilitated training for RN's and LVNS.

• Assisted with the development of the facility wide preceptor program for RN's and LVN's

• Co-facilitator, developer and instructor of the orientation program for new healthcare professionals to VAGLAHS

• Member of numerous quality improvement task forces & committees, e.g. pain task force, emergency preparedness committee, policy procedures committee, critical

care sub-committees, RCA investigations and others 03/12/00-09/07/01

Jerry L. Pettis VA Medical Center

11201 Bentley

Loma Linda, CA 98234 909-***-****

Staff Nurse/Charge Nurse Critical Care

• Charge nurse for three 6 to 9-bed critical care units

• Facilitated critical care patient admission, transport, insuring provision of safe and competent staffing

• Provided care of critically ill patients, as well as facilitation of competent supplementary staffing as needed

• Coordinated/monitored all mandatory education of staff

• Lead developer of cross training program for critical care staff.

• Assumed interim nurse manager duties intermittently for several week blocks during several extended leaves of supervisor

• Assisted with hospital wide staff preparation for JCAHO inspection 11/09/98- 04/13/00

Bakersfield Memorial Hospital/Catholic Healthcare West 420 34th St.

Bakersfield, CA 93301 661-***-****

Regional Critical Care Educator/Critical Care RN

• Developed, facilitated and implemented the competency & staff development program of over 700 staff members in a variety of intensive care, ICU, telemetry, cardiac rehabilitation, cath lab, emergency dept., respiratory department

• Assisted with general nursing orientation and the RN interim permittee program.

• Critical care staff nurse, caring for a wide range of medical and surgical critically ill patients.

02/26/88-10/98

VA Puget Sound Healthcare Systems (Seattle/American Lake Campus) 1600 South Columbian Way

Seattle, WA 98108 206-***-****

Staff Registered Nurse/Critical Care Nurse

• Critical care RN at the American Lake facility; functioned as interim nurse manager, BLS/ZOLL instructor – 1997-1998

• Critical care RN for surgical intensive care unit (SICU) at the Seattle facility for 1.5 years, caring for critical surgical patients. Prior to this worked telemetry/surgical step-down 4 years, intermittently floating to SICU as needed – 1992-1997

• Team leader/charge nurse at the American Lake facility 20-40 medical

/telemetry unit. Supervised 2-5 RNs, LPNs, NA’s. Served on several committees, e.g., cardiac, rehabilitation committee, blood products committee - 1988-1992

01/85-01/86

El Paso Community College

9050 Viscount

El Paso, TX 79925 915-***-****

Assistant Clinical Instructor

• Assistant clinical instructor of LPN/RN program in a variety of settings including medical, surgical and pediatric units, focusing on medication administration and IV therapy skills. Developed job description and mini- lecture series. Functioned as skills lab instructor. 04/26/82-08/28/83

Comanche County Memorial Hospital

3401 W. Gore Blvd.

Lawton, Oklahoma 580-***-****

Staff Nurse

• Provided care to critically ill patients

• Team leader on step down unit

01/80-01/81

Public Health Service Hospital

15th and Lake

San Francisco, CA

Staff Nurse

• Team Leader for 20-30 bed medical-surgical unit

• Provided care for a wide variety of patients

• Developed cultural sensitive interventions towards specific patient populations e.g. Southeast Asians, American Indians/Eskimos, Merchant Marines.

EDUCATION

Masters of Nursing, 1997

• University of Washington, Seattle, WA

CNS Tract

Physiological Nursing- Cardio-Pulmonary

Pathway

Bachelor of Science in Nursing, 1978

• Humboldt State University, Arcata, CA

PROFESSIONAL MEMBERSHIPS

• American Association of Critical Care Nurses

• American Nurses Association

• Veterans of Foreign Wars

• American Legion

• American Heart Association

CERTIFICATIONS AND LICENSES

Registered Nurse - California #295974; expires 03/31/22 CCRN Certificate #0143891; expires 08/20 (Emeritus) ACLS Provider & ACLS Instructor : expires 05/22

BLS Provider & BLS Instructor: expires 05/22

INTERESTS AND ACTIVITIES

Sailing, reading, music, traveling, biking, trains, hiking GOALS

• Pursue new areas of healthcare, while developing strong, effective leadership skills and educator proficiencies

• Continue to develop proficiency in assisting optimal recovery of injured veterans resulting in highly effective, efficient outcomes - volunteer status

• Maintain critical/acute care/clinical competency

• Dialysis Certification, Sim Tech Certification, PhD/DNP REFERENCES

• Professional References

LTC Myly McDivitt

Santa Clarita, CA

Cell: 954-***-****

Christina Di Bernardi, MSN, CNL

Long Beach VAMC

562-***-****

MAJ Gregory Ulma, MSN

Long Beach VAMC

Cell: 714-***-****