Valerie Drue, BSN, RN

**** ******* **. *******, ** 23434

757-***-****

adyg98@r.postjobfree.com

OBJECTIVE: To obtain a challenging position that will allow me to use my clinical

and professional expertise, to maximize my career potentials, and to make a difference in the lives of our Veteran community.

EDUCATION: New Mexico Community College - A.D. in Applied Science

Albuquerque, NM-1994 (RN-Nursing)

Grand Canyon University –Bachelor’s Degree in Applied Science

Arizona-online-2014 (RN, BSN)

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE:

Veterans Administration Hospital

Nurse II Hampton, VA

10/20/21-present RN/Care Manager PACT

Full-time 40hrs/wk.

Primary Care Care Manager

Nurse Lead of Primary Ambulatory Care Teams

Utilize nursing assessment of the health status of patients that addresses changes to patient conditions.

Develop a plan of nursing care to be integrated within the patient-centered health care plan that establishes nursing diagnoses and setting goals to meet identified health care needs, determining nursing interventions, and implementation of nursing care through the execution of nursing strategies and regimens ordered or prescribed by authorized healthcare professionals.

Administration of medication. Checking “reminders” in CPRS. Completing reminders to include the administration of any vaccines required. Ordered by PCP.

The provision for the maintenance of safe and effective nursing care rendered directly or through delegation.

Advocating for patients.

The evaluation of responses to interventions and the effectiveness of the plan of care.

Communicating and collaborating with other health care professionals.

Apply procurement and application of new knowledge and technologies.

Apply provisions of health education and counseling.

Participates in the development of policies, procedures and systems to support patient safety.

Responsible and accountable for individual nursing practice and determines the appropriate delegation of tasks consistent with the nurse's obligation to provide optimal care

Lead and organizes delivery of care to assure continuity of care and peer accountability for practice, including access to care and discharge planning.

Use advanced clinical knowledge/judgment to promote staff involvement in planning, decision-making, and evaluating outcomes

Functions as an expert in clinical practice and/or areas related to the assigned roles and responsibilities

Systematically evaluates current practice and formulates outcomes for groups of patients and/or organizational processes within area of expertise

Encompass Home Health Care Virginia Beach, VA

05/19/2020-10/01/2020 Case Manager/ RN

Full Time 40hrs/wk.

Duties: Point of contact for ALL disciplines involved with providing care to patients and oversee the frequency of visits for that particular episode of care. Consult as needed with the physician and the office with details about the patient in question. Performing accurate OASIS collection, ensuring the medication profile is current, ensuring lab values have been reported to the physician timely, attending weekly case conferences and monthly case manager meetings. Making supervisory visits to the patient on the LPN; coordinating care with the team. Not only, in the field daily to accurately assess the patient, but, providing the skill that has been ordered.

Optima/Sentara Health Norfolk, VA.

03/06/2019- 02/13/2020 Team Coordinator

Full Time 40hrs/wk.

Duties: Responsible for managing and coordinating staff with Community Care. This program assists the Medicaid/Medicare member with the resources they need. Assists managers with interviewing, hiring, developing, and retaining staff members with the goal of developing a highly reliable work team. Coordinate staff education, orientation and preceptor role. Responsible for staff’s payroll, evaluations, and disciplinary actions when needed. Utilizes effective communication/ interpersonal skills and is able to adapt leadership style to support achieving department goals and objectives. Serves as a mentor by role modeling a professional practice consistent with organizational goals, customer service, clinical effectiveness, and standards of care. Supervise 15-20 employees. Leadership Experience: Manager 15-20 employees. Peer Review assigned to staff, Annual reviews completed, Counseling with disciplinary actions documented and monitored. Assist staff with questions and concerns.

Sentara Home Health Care-Skilled Norfolk, VA

03/01/2017- 03/01/2019 Pt. Care Service Coordinator (RN)

Full-Time 40hrs/wk.

Home Care Service Coordinator

Duties: Pt. Care Service Coordinator. Available to assist field staff with questions, concerns, about home-care patients. Available to assist Physicians and other disciplinarians with questions concerning home-care patients. Educate with staff about proper documentation, risk management, disease/health prevention, and incident reporting, proper care of the patient. Coordinate and assist with Occupational therapy, Physical therapy, and other disciplinarians for the patient. Coordinate staff training. Reviewing and evaluating outcomes for the home-care operations with nursing. Teach and assist as needed with: wound care, IV’s, heart monitors, interpreting test results, informing the physician of results, obtaining verbal orders from physicians, medication teaching w/ patient, including side effects. Being available to staff for support and guidance.

Sentara Cardiology Services Chesapeake, VA

02/01/2016-03/01/2017 Practice Coordinator (RN)

Full-time 40hours/wk.

Duties: responsible to perform a competent level of nursing care as demonstrated by the critical thinking model known as the nursing process. The standards of practice (assessment, diagnosis, outcomes identification, planning, implementation, coordination of care- teaching and health promotion and evaluation) along with the standards of professional performance (ethics, culturally congruent practice, communication, collaboration, leadership, education, evidence-based practice /nursing research, quality, evaluation, resource utilization, and environmental health) encompass the actions and foundation of professional nursing. The RN possesses clinical knowledge and skills to meet standards as required by specific clinical areas. Work with patients who have a Pacemaker and provide Pacemaker Device Management. Cardiac Device experience with good rhythm interpretation experience. Supervise 40 employees.

McDonald Army Medical Center -GS-11 FHC Ft. Eustis, VA.

11/01/2009-02/01/2016 Care Coordinator PACT Lead RN

Full time-40 hours/week.

Duties: Family Practice Clinic- served as a liaison between physicians, nurse practitioners, and other healthcare professionals. A developmental position with assignments performed under closer than normal supervision leading to full performance level duties of

GS-11. Worked under the supervision of nine Nurse Practitioners; five MD.

Act as a relief nurse triage & screens walk-in patients to make assessments. Communicates with providers regarding assessment & findings. Recognize and report abnormal test results, symptom changes, follow-up care & records data on patient charts. Assists healthcare providers with examinations & procedures. Educate and support patients for high risk, painful, stressful procedures. Prepares & administer medications & instruct patients on how to provide self-care and self-medicate. Responds to emergencies.

Assists with clinic orientation for new staff, educational activities related to acute or chronic illnesses, self-care, wellness/preventive health measures, & normal development/physiology. Develop appropriate nursing plans & assists with staff education. Follows quality improvement/internal policies for ambulatory care. Work with CHCS 1, ALHTA Competent, and HEDIS competent. On work panel for new development with Patient-Centered Home Model (PCMH) for the facility. Instruct and monitor areas of improvement for specific standards to be met to accomplish accreditation for PCMH at this facility. One of the main staff members to assure accuracy during the many visits by the accreditation team. Once we were accredited with PCMH, I was recognized as a key component and team player for this high accommodation and recognition.

Administration Veterans Hospital-Emergency Room Hampton, Va.

06/01/2008-09/01/2010 Staff Nurse (RN)

Full-time 40hours/week

Duties: Responsible to perform a competent level of nursing care as demonstrated by the critical thinking model known as the nursing process. The standards of practice (assessment, diagnosis, outcomes identification, planning, implementation, coordination of care- teaching and health promotion and evaluation) along with the standards of professional performance (ethics, culturally congruent practice, communication, collaboration, leadership, education, evidence-based practice /nursing research, quality, evaluation, resource utilization, and environmental health) encompass the actions and foundation of professional nursing. Possesses clinical knowledge and skills to meet standards as required by specific clinical areas. Administers medication, IV therapy, and treatments to assigned patients in an effective and timely manner. Performs triage functions; Assess patient immediately on arrival. Assigns category based on the urgency of illness/injury. Clinically proficient in emergency room nursing skills, demonstrating knowledge of the developmental needs of the adult and geriatric patients. Accurately identify situations, which require emergent or urgent responses and communicate those to the appropriate level of leadership in the organization utilizing the appropriate chain of command in the approach to problem-solving.

CERTIFICATIONS: Basic Life Support- American Heart Association

Expires: 03/2023

Taken Certified Case Mgt. Class-72 hours-Completed. 01-20.

LICENSURE:

Registered Nurse (Virginia) License Number: 000*******

Renewal/Expires: 05/31/2024

Active and Never had any Restrictions Compact Licensure-Registered Nurse Since 1994

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