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OBJECTIVE

A responsible, challenging position in your facility where a personable and effective individual can advance while contributing to medical service goals and patient health.

PROFESSIONAL HIGHLIGHTS

Harris County Psychiatric Centre

Address: 2800 South MacGregor Way Zip: 77021

City: Houston, TX Phone-713-***-****

6/8/2015 to 9/20/2022 Manager: Ardell Mock

Staff RN II Collaborated with a multidisciplinary treatment team to revise goals, objectives and interventions appropriate to the changes in the patient status. Implemented nursing plan of care for assigned patients and conducted and/or co-lead group therapy sessions for patients. Evaluated patient's responses to interventions and revised nursing plan of care as needed. Evaluated the needs of the patients, and administered treatments and therapies that restored the patients to baseline functioning. Developed individualized care plans in response to the patient's needs. Assessed and coordinated patient's discharge planning needs with social work, staff, physicians and their families. Developed educational in-services regarding medications, restraint process, diagnosis and treatment plans to other nursing staff, doctors, and health care technicians. Administered emergency psychiatric drugs during the acute phase of their psychosis. Involved in the emergency restraints/take down process to prevent self-harm and harm to others. Worked with the chemically dependent and dual diagnosis patients.

West Oaks Hospital

Address: 6500 Hornwood Drive Zip: 77074

City: Houston, TX Phone- 713-***-****

April 2008 to February 2015 Supervisor: Joan Sheehan, RN

Staff RN I have psychiatric experience in chemical dependency, adult geriatric, child and adolescent, infection control, performance improvement, and staff development. Designing and implementing programs to meet the needs of regulatory groups. I am comfortable in dealing with clients and have a, “Hands On,” leadership style to help meet the needs of staff, families, and patients. I also greatly enjoy doing direct patient care and I sometimes work solely on each unit. I have proven leadership skills with high patient and employee satisfaction. I completed a management training course for Memorial Hospital Pasadena in 1999. Also I have taught mental health nursing in an Associate Degree Nursing program. Experienced in meeting state and federal regulations with deficiency free JCAHO and HICFA surveys. Experienced in designing and implementing programs to meet the needs of regulatory groups. Along with all these things I have also worked as a hospital supervisor and have been a patient and staff advocate when needed.

Clear Lake Rehabilitation Hospital

Address: 655 E Medical Center Blvd Zip: 77598

City: Webster, TX Phone-281-***-****

March 2007 to February 2008

Nurse Educator At this facility I assisted in assessing, coordinating, developing, implementing, facilitating, and evaluating educational programs for the hospital. At the

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hospital I maintained a state of the art approach to the education of staff members. Also coordinated, planned, and scheduled the instructors and classrooms for staff education. Next I prepared and submitted an annual productivity and activity report on hospital classes. After that I reviewed and monitored educational materials and class supplies for hospital classes as appropriate. Also provided individual and group instruction to staff members based on current educational standards. At Clear Lake Rehab I also applied principals of adult learning when providing instruction and I used appropriate teaching methods and materials to meet the age-specific needs of staff members. I documented legibly and accurately how the staff performed. As a Nurse Educator I also participated in complying with regulatory standards and requirements. My job included serving as the primary nurse planner for The Clear Lake Rehabilitation Hospital. Next I participated in coordinating nursing school clinical rotations in collaboration with the clinical educators. Lastly I coordinated hospital educational programs and helped in all other duties as assigned.

Memorial Hospital Southwest (part-time)

August 2003 to September 2006

Address: 7600 Beechnut St Zip: 77074

City: Houston, TX Phone: 713-***-**** Supervisor: Jane Edwards, RN

PRN Staff Nurse on the Rehab Unit Staff Rn in charge of patient care, some of my duties were passing out medications, helping patients ADL's, I also performed wound care, assisted patients with mobility, completed physician orders, and completed patient assessments.

Alvin Community College

August 2003 to May 2007

Address: 3110 Mustang Rd Zip: 77511

City: Alvin, TX Phone: 281-***-**** Supervisor: Sally Durand

Nurse Instructor in an Associate Degree Nursing Program Taught first year nursing students fundamental skills and foundations of nursing. Led there clinicals at Park Plaza Hospital on a med surge unit. There the students gave patient care, medications, did in depth care plans on selected patients, took vital signs, and learned the basics of charting. I also taught Physical Assessment, where the students learned how to assess all areas of the

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body. I also taught Mental Health Nursing, in which the students learned the basics of psychiatric nursing. There clinicals were done at 12 Oaks Hospital where students interviewed selected patients to learn proper communication skills. They saw a variety of mental health conditions and there treatments. In class I used Powerpoint presentations for all lessons and I also prepared my presentations to be presented in each class for all subjects taught prior to start of the school. The material I used in class came from a variety of sources including seminars, nursing journals, and textbooks which included the latest changes in nursing care. The average GPA for each class taught was 3.0 and 95% of the students passed on to the next semester.

Vista Medical Center Hospital, Pasadena TX

April 2002 to February 2003

Address: 4301 B Vista Zip: 77504

City: Pasadena, TX Phone: 713-***-****

Director of Performance Improvement/ Infection Control/ Risk Management Established this department and wrote the Performance Improvement, Infection Control and Risk Management Plans that promoted Vista Medical Center Hospitals’ (VMCH) Mission, Vision and Goals. Wrote the position description and performance assessment tool for the department. Wrote and presented the education pieces for Orientation on each aspect of the PI department. Provided direction and coordination for the development and implementation of the quality improvement plan for the hospital. Became well versed in the whole JCAHO process. Setup the Quality Council (and Executive Committee) by which the Function team leaders could be educated on JCHAO requirements so that the hospital could become JCAHO accredited. Contracted Infectious Disease physician to be a physician reviewer and to Chair the Infection Control Committee. Established the process by which nosocomial charts could be reviewed and properly forwarded for Peer Review. Reduced the Infection Control rate from 20.8% to 10.6% by placing waterless hand cleansers at the bedside, introducing the new Hand Hygiene Guidelines, enforcing the Surgical Guidelines for Infection Control, encouraging the use of wound vacs, promoting proper discharge planning, providing education to the staff on proper hand washing, facilitating the promotion of the Guidelines for the Prevention of Surgical Site Infections and obtained product control through liaison with a representative of a large distributing company. Obtained tools to educate Housekeeping in Spanish on proper product use, disinfection, and cleaning technique. Worked with the Head of Housekeeping to contract a company which provided policies and procedures in English and Spanish for housekeeping department as well as supplies needed to maintain quality control issues as they related to different departments. Established the Ethics and

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Compliance Committee and procured a Pastor to be part of this committee. Initiated Root Cause Analysis as required for Risk Management. Became proactive with relationship involving Legal Risk and secured repairs to the front entrance to reduce risk of patient and visitor falls. Established protocols with Occupational Health Nurse for Employee, Patient, and Visitor Injuries to follow.

UTMB- Galveston, TX, School of Nursing Graduate Program

September 1999 to April 2002

Address: 301 University Boulevard Zip: 77550

City: Galveston, TX Phone: 409-***-****

Acute Care Nurse Practitioner Practiced one hundred and forty clinical hours in each of four rotations at Vencor Hospital, M.D. Anderson Cancer Center, Kindred Hospital and Ben Taub General Hospital. Typical patients worked with were acute and sub-acute adult and geriatric patients who suffered from chronic complex medical problems with an acute episode requiring hospitalization. Typical diagnosis’s assessed and plans of care developed were for CHF, AMI, Ischemic Heart Disease, Respiratory Failure, Renal Failure, Diabetes, Hypothyroidism, Dementia, Delirium, Alzheimer’s, Leukemia, Neutropenia, Leukopenia, GERD, PUD, Bowel Obstruction, infectious processes, and others. Ordered diagnostic tests, treatments, medications, consults, discharge planning, and wrote daily orders for adjustments of care as needed. Optimum patient treatment plans were facilitated with interdepartmental communication. Other services include admits, transfers, discharges, complete physical assessments, critical thinking to list differential diagnosis, developed plans of care, scheduled consults, diagnostic tests and treatments, daily follow-up of patient care while hospitalized, planned for discharge through Social Services to provide for home-health needs, scheduled follow up care with clinic and provided patient with list of discharge meds and other orders needed for home or other level of care.

Bayshore Medical Center, Pasadena, TX

November 1999 to March 2002

Address: 4000 Spencer Highway Zip: 77504

City: Pasadena, TX Phone: 713-***-**** Director: Charlette

Performance Improvement Analyst Reviewed charts for quality assurance, making certain that the indicators were met for blood utilization review, induction of labor, C-

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sections, PTCA/STENT placements, CABG surgeries, sedation/analgesia, medical complications and post-op complications. Statistical results were tabulated for trends on a monthly, quarterly, and annual basis using flowcharts, Meditech, Excel, and Word graphs. Charts that did not meet the indicators were sent for Peer Review. Other responsibilities included gathering data, documenting and preparing physician records for credentialing; assisting Occupational Health with new hires and ongoing employee health needs; working with Infection Control in monitoring nosocomials and reportable diseases; reviewing policies and procedures; and creating computer forms for data collection.

Memorial Hospital Pasadena, Pasadena, TX

August 1996 to November 1999

Address: 906 East Southmore Zip: 77502

City: Pasadena, TX Phone: 713-***-**** Manager: Imogene Hulsey

Infection Control Coordinator Developed Infection Control as a department, incorporating system changes and creating methodology to monitor and study all aspects of Infection Control. Responsibilities include monitoring nosocomials, reporting reportable diseases and rates, conducting studies for trends, revising policies and procedures, participating in performance improvement, and studies for trends, revising policies and procedures, participating in performance improvement, and providing education for new hire orientation and staff needs. Serve as educator to patients and families. Member of Performance Improvement Committee, Policy and Procedure Council, Safety Committee, and Pharmacy and Therapeutics/ Infection Control Committee. As a member of the Outcomes Management Department, participated in the Skin Care Committee, Antibiotic Task Force, Pneumonia Study, Wound Prevalence Study, and did Blood Utilization review. Brought Infection Control up to OSHA Standards, implemented cost containment programs, and made innovative changes in the utilization of patient care areas. Worked relief for Occupational Health and did pre-employment health screens, as well as occupational injury protocols.

Alvin Community Hospital, Alvin, TX

January 1990 to April 1994

Address: 1111 West Adoue Street Zip: 77511

City: Alvin, TX Phone: 281-***-**** Supervisor: J. David, RN

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Weekend Supervisor Responsibilities including staffing and running a multi-departmental facility, which encompassed ICU, Surgery, ER, Medical-Surgical, SNU, and Psychiatric.

Assistant Head Nurse of the Medical-Surgical Unit. Responsibilities included staffing, making nursing assignments.

Southmore Medical Center, Pasadena, TX

October 1974 to July 1996

Address: 906 E. Southmore Avenue Zip: 77502

City: Pasadena, TX City: 713-***-**** Supervisor: Mary Goodman, RN

3-11 Nursing Supervisor for three years. Responsibilities included making administrative decisions, staffing, and customer and physician relations.

RN/Charge Nurse/Relief Nursing Supervisor Duties and responsibilities included all aspects of working with patients (burn, psychiatric, alcoholic, et al), from giving patient care to coordinating their care from admission to discharge. Specialty areas worked included Medical/ Surgical, Oncology, Psychiatric, Urology, IMCU, ICU, and Nursery.

LVN from 1974 to 1983. Primary nursing care was given to Medical/ Surgical, Pediatric, Geriatric, and Post-Partum patients. Medication nurse for 40 bed unit.

Additional Experience:

St. Joseph’s Hospital, 1973, Nurse Aide on Neuro/ Burn/ Plastics Unit

The Methodist Hospital, 1974, SVN training throughout hospital

UTMB, 1988, training for BSN throughout hospital

Humana Clear Lake Hospital, 1989-1990, IMCU Nurse

TIRR, 1992, Nurse in Rehabilitation Services

PROFESSIONAL CERTIFICATION

Medical-Surgical Certification, 1988

ACLS Certification

APIC member for seven years while working in Infection Control.

EDUCATION

University of Texas Medical Branch, Galveston, TX

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Master of Science in Nursing for/Acute Care Health Nurse Practitioner, April 2002

University of Texas Medical Branch, Galveston, TX

Bachelor of Science Degree/Nursing, 1988

Houston Community College, Houston, TX

Associate Degree/Nursing, 1983

University of Houston in Houston, TX Bachelor of Arts in Communications; 1979

San Jacinto College in Pasadena; TX Associate Degree in General Education; 1977

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