SUZAN EVENSON

North Kingstown, Rhode Island *****

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Professional Summary

Conscientious nurse, who values diversity and cohesive teams, brings 24 years of BSN experiences in adult and pediatric health care. Accustomed to serving as an influential communication link between challenges, personably promoting compliance and empathetic, patient-centered care. Excel in attention to Experience

Administrative Nursing Coordinator, Clinical Operations (April 2021- current) South County Health, Wakefield, Rhode Island

*Provide leadership in day-to-day clinical operations for an independent community hospital highly ranked for quality and patient experience

*Supervise and educate nursing personnel to deliver care within scope of practice and according to facility policies, share expertise in advanced clinical decision making, advocate for patients, respond

*Specialize in finding balance between judicious use of medical assets and the care needs of individuals

*Facilitate quality improvement procedures, including systemic data gathering, assessment and reporting while maintaining a meaningful rapport with patients, families, and interdepartmental teams Care Team Clinician: Healthy Living Check-In, fixed-term role (December 2020-March 2021) Grand Rounds, (San Francisco, California) via virtual team care

*Organized and directed member accessibility to unparalleled care with navigation toward appropriate health services by way of wellness education and coaching, individualized disease management, and care coordination during successful clinical telephone engagements in a fast paced digital environment

*Incorporated holistic strategies to reduce physical and social risk factors and barriers

*Thoroughly documented clinical data while resourcefully utilizing multiple os platforms and applications

*Shared epidemiological recommendations to guide partner companies and their employees in daily decision-making with regard to COVID-19 illness, exposures and vaccination

(Intentionally used a year to support my family through a move and changes related to the pandemic.)

(January 2018-August 2019)

Primary Children’s Hospital/ Intermountain Healthcare, Salt Lake City, Utah

*With goals of improving surgical efficiency, reducing complications, and improving pediatric patient care, systematically reviewed medical records and screened patients for comprehensive intake and medication reconciliation for anesthesia clearance

Particularly interested in roles that extend beyond the clinical setting. detail, efficient allocation of resources, and customer service. Especially passionate about advocacy. clinicians, medical consumers, and executives, employing critical thinking to disentangle and resolve Registered Nurse Pediatric Same-Day Surgery

shift to ensure safety while addressing competing priorities immediately to all codes, and direct care assignments to 45 licensed and non-licensed clinical staff each Conscientious nurse, who values diversity and cohesive teams, brings 25 years of BSN experiences in 2

*United with anesthesiologists and surgeons to conduct missing information outreach, investigate chart discrepancies and resolve concerns, thereby improving surgical outcomes and patient satisfaction, and reducing procedure cancellation rates

*Directly monitored hospital-based, outpatient and overnight stay postoperative surgical patients, provided anesthesia recovery care and evaluated for safety in medically and cognitively resuming baseline status

*Thoroughly counseled families and patients with focused education on infection prevention and pain control, while coordinating discharge preparedness Medical Center of the Rockies/ University of Colorado Health, Loveland, Colorado

*Extended nursing assessment to clinical-based sleuthing and reasoning to decisively and positively communicate with a high volume of internal and external medical staff, achieving patient-focused bed placement for optimal safety and throughput

*With clinical forethought, prioritized competing needs of patients, facility census, and staffing to professionally facilitate hospital operations, making strides to address and resolve issues related to capacity management while maintaining continuity of policies/procedures

*Contributed to interdisciplinary huddles and smoothed care throughout the 187-bed facility and 270-bed sister hospital- Poudre Valley

*Implemented TeleTracking patient flow software to aid team members from a superuser role Registered Nurse Urgent Care (July 2007-September 2012) Harmony Urgent Care/ University of Colorado Health, Fort Collins, Colorado

*Employed robust assessment skills to triage ambulatory and high risk patients across the age span in acute and urgent situations, taking swift steps toward timely care for those with emergent needs

*Imparted world-class health care as a respected, collaborative member of the medical team

*Remained adaptable while proficiently onboarding new nurses and assisting with the interviewing process

Children’s Hospital and Medical Center, Omaha, Nebraska

*Utilized five-level triage for newborn through young adult patients to streamline access to care via diagnostic testing, medical treatments and procedures

*Maintained a calm demeanor while stabilizing respiratory distress, efficiently administering conscious sedation for orthopedic intervention, initiating rapid sequence actions for infection and ingestion, enforcing safety protocols for trauma and active seizures, and sensitively coordinating care with social services for cases of child abuse and sexual assault Pediatric Cardiology Nurse Specialist (October 2000-November 2005) Joint Division of Pediatric Cardiology/ Children’s Hospital, Omaha, Nebraska

*Partnered with cardiologist in a case coordinator role to oversee all heart focused care for children, and adults, with congenital heart disease and chronic illness Patient Placement Coordinator and Transfer Center Nurse (December 2009-September 2017) Registered Nurse Pediatric Emergency Department (March 2006-February 2007) 3

*Greatly enjoyed balancing active involvement in daily inpatient rounds, patient and family communication, inter-specialty consults and communication, anticoagulation management, clinic visits and weekly cardiothoracic team conferences

*Developed and reinforced short and long term care goals, organized discharge and empowered families with knowledge and skills in post-operative home recovery and disease management

*Delicately introduced expectant parents to next steps and options following diagnosis of fetal cardiovascular pathology via echocardiography

*As lead cardiac catheterization lab nurse, assisted with procedural informed consent, administered sedation, monitored and recorded events during diagnostic and interventional cardiac catheterization, and upheld Institutional Review Board (IRB) compliance Registered Nurse Pediatric Intensive Care (September 1999-September 2000) Cardinal Glennon Children’s Hospital/ Sister’s of Saint Mary’s Health, Saint Louis, Missouri

*Integrated essential nursing knowledge, principles and techniques to professionally care for high acuity neonatal, pediatric and adolescent patients requiring critical care

*Implemented advanced cardiothoracic instruction to recover and stabilize congenital open-heart patients and severely ill children, including the use of extracorporeal membrane oxygen (ECMO)

*Adapted to aid staffing in Neonatal Intensive Care Registered Nurse Pediatric Intensive Care (October 1997-August 1999) Children’s Memorial Hermann Hospital, Houston, Texas

*Delivered attentive nursing care for critically ill or injured patients with emphasis in neurology, trauma, pulmonology, and hematology/oncology at a level one trauma center - one of the busiest in the country

*Fulfilled charge nurse responsibilities, and facilitated the learning process of new nurses and nursing students in the capacity of preceptor

*Cross-trained for Neonatal Intensive Care

Education

Bachelor of Science in Nursing (BSN) Saint Louis University, Saint Louis, Missouri Certifications

Registered Nurse (RN): Utah – Enhanced Nursing Licensure Compact (eNLC) current Registered Nurse (RN): Rhode Island current

Advanced Cardiovascular Life Support (ACLS) current Pediatric Advanced Life Support (PALS) due to renew Basic Life Support (BLS) current

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