Registered Nurse Behavioral Health
Resume:
Gary D. Cudney, RN, BSN, CLNC
*** *. ***** ***., ********, CA 95207
*************@*****.***
OBJECTIVE
Desired Position Registered Nurse
ACADEMIC
Certified Legal Nurse Consultant, 2010, Vicki Milazzo Institute
Bachelor of Science in Nursing, 1997, University of Indianapolis, Indianapolis, IN
High School Diploma, 1983 Vero Beach, Florida
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
Crestwood Behavioral Health Corporation
Mental Health Facility Modesto, CA
Supervisor/Unit Manager
Registered Nurse
08/2024 - 02/2025
-Provides Nursing Leadership/Management to Staff RN’s/LVN’s/CNA’s for behavioral health Adult residents for the conserved patient
-Administration of medications
-Rapid assessment/transfer/ emergency care of acute ill resident
-Management of admissions and discharges of resident patients
-Insure adequate staffing of facility shift staff for day to day operations
-Insure facility operations are maintained for 24 operations without work stoppage
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Interim Healthcare Corporation
Nurse Manager, Rehab Inpatient Facility
Supervisor/ Nurse Manager, Registered Nurse
04/2024 - 07/2024
-Supervisor LVN/CNAstaff, provide leadership to maintain CA State compliance for facility and Standards of Care
-Provide training to LVN and CNA staff
-Monitor medical changes and coordinate transfer of acute ill residents
-Provide direct patient care per MD orders for the rehabilitation residents
Travel Nurse Department of Corrections California
Registered Nurse
01/2024 - 04/2024
-Assessment and emergency response to medical conditions for the Adult inmate
-Administration of medications to Adult Inmate population
-Inventory of equipment
-Suicide watches and prevention of self harm
-1:1 monitoring and rounding for nursing monitoring and assessment
Veterans Affairs Hospital, Long Beach VA, CALIFORNIA
Registered Nurse, BSN- (Primary Care RN) February 2022 - September 2023 Retired
●Covid Vaccination Program
●Making follow-up connection within two days of discharge.
● PACT Team RN coordinating post-hospitalization care and needs, contacting patients who are seen in the Urgent Care the next day, or on Monday if seen in UC on Friday or the weekend. The Team RN coordinates any follow-up care needed and makes sure that the patient is doing well.
●PACT RNs see patients for care management rather than the Veteran seeing the provider.
●Assist veterans with self-management of chronic diseases like diabetes, hypertension, or congestive heart failure and other conditions that may warrant additional attention.
●Focuses on patient education and uses motivational interviewing techniques to help the patient meet his or her goals.
●Collaboration with providers for patients that are triaged via phone by RN or during walkin to same day clinic. Often the patient’s needs can be met over the phone.
●Manage secure messaging alongside the PCP through the “My healthy vet” program to communicate with patients
●Contacting patients who have not had prevention testing to schedule an appointment
Maintains RQI compliance in BLS
Veterans Affairs Hospital, West LA., CALIFORNIA
Registered Nurse, BSN- (Care Manager PACT FLOAT Team) February 2018 - Feb 2022
●Covid Vaccination Program
●Making follow-up connection within two days of discharge.
● PACT Team RN coordinating post-hospitalization care and needs, contacting patients who are seen in the Urgent Care the next day, or on Monday if seen in UC on Friday or the weekend. The Team RN coordinates any follow-up care needed and makes sure that the patient is doing well.
●PACT RNs see patients for care management rather than the Veteran seeing the provider.
●Assist veterans with self-management of chronic diseases like diabetes, hypertension, or congestive heart failure and other conditions that may warrant additional attention.
●Focuses on patient education and uses motivational interviewing techniques to help the patient meet his or her goals.
●Collaboration with providers for patients that are triaged via phone by RN or during walkin to same day clinic. Often the patient’s needs can be met over the phone.
●Manage secure messaging alongside the PCP through the “My healthy vet” program to communicate with patients
●Contacting patients who have not had prevention testing to schedule an appointment
●Maintains RQI compliance in BLS
Rapid Temps Staffing Agency, Albuquerque, NM June 2016 - Feb. 2018
Registered Nurse, BSN-(ER & Urgent Care- Travel Nurse)
●Administrative duties of Charge RN include staffing coordination with House Supervisor, Contract Supplemental Personnel Supervision and delegation of assignments, equipment Quality Control, Facility maintenance coordination, Establish movement Priority of Critically Ill patients by Ground or Aeromedical Transport to higher level of care.
●Provided identification of life threatening health situations, implemented and optimized treatment based upon level emergency for 10 bed ER.
●Collected health history/implemented nursing care consisting of diagnostic tests/medication and emergency department protocols/policies and procedures within the scope of nursing care based upon physician orders. Including but not limited to IV therapy and medication administration, orthopedic splinting and casting of fractures, with neurovascular assessment
●Triage patients using the ESI rating scale that is applicable to each patient, and to route patients accordingly to Urgent Care. I provide care in the Urgent Care/Ambulatory Care. Carry out discharge teaching and Pyxis access for medications upon discharge to patients afterhours pharmacy.
●Provide lab diagnostic collection of U/A’s, Throat Cultures, Accu Check BGL’s (PCX Testing),
●Procedure preparation for toe nail removal, immunizations, catheterizations, suturing sterile field preparation, nebulizer treatments to over 25,000 patients per year in ER and Urgent Care Combined.
Health First Holmes Regional Hospital, Melbourne, FL., Surgical Services Feb 2016 – June 2016
PACU Registered Nurse
●Provide monitoring, pain control, and nursing management of the Post Surgical patient during the
●recovery phase of hospital surgical procedures following anesthesia.
●Mixing and administering medication.
●Ventilator management.
●Discharging and/or admitting the recovery patient.
●Patient and family education on recovery care plan.
●IV and specialized pain control monitoring. Prevention of post operative complications.
Fort Defiance Indian Hospital Board, Inc. July 2015-Nov. 2015
ICU Charge Nurse Clinical Leader
●Critical Care Adult Nursing Care, to include but not limited to Medical, Telemetry, Head, Neuro, and
●Trauma ICU Patient Care. Charge nurse duties include, admission appropriate assessment placement of the ER, OR, and outpatient clinic admission patient.
●Nursing care of the critically ill patient and life threatening illness adult patient. Mixing and administration of medications, Ventilator management, lab assessement, Assisting physicians in assessment of the critically ill patient to make collaborative treatment care plans
●Educating new hire employees of routine operations and orientation of the critical care environment. Process improvement through the use of QA/RM and process improvement models implemented on the ICU unit in order to maintain or exceed standards implemented by CSM.
Gallup Med Flight (Gallup, NM ) Jan. 2015- June 2015
Registered Nurse Flight Nurse
●Provide standard pt care, monitoring, and critical care/ALS Nursing Care during Aeromedical Transport to pt’s throughout the life span from birth to old age;
●In flight transport from lower level of care to higher level of care facilities; CHI, Emergencies related to Cardiac, Respiratory, Medical, Trauma, and Miscellaneous other such as Alcohol, diabetic, Thermal, Overdose, Transplant rejection, and Pain Control.
David Grant Hospital (Travis AFB, CA) June 2014- December 2014
Critical Care Specialist Senior RN, ICU, Telemetry
●Provide nursing care to critically ill patients such as cardiac, surgical, medical, neurological, hematological, oncological and other medical specialties.
●Independently plan, schedule, Identifies Life Threatening changes in patient condition, and provides comprehensive nursing care to patients with acute MI, Immediate post operative thoracic, abdominal, neurological, orthopedic, or head injury patients. Including lab assessments and anticoagulant therapy.
●Skilled as expert and certification in BLS, ACLS, TNCC, to include interpretation of ABG’s, Lab results,
●Ventilatory monitoring and assessment of the intubated patient.
●Moderate sedation certified
Crownpoint Indian Health Services (Crowpoint, NM) April, 2013- June 2014
Registered Nurse Emergency Room
●Administrative duties of Charge RN include staffing coordianation with House Supervisor, Contract Supplemental Personnel Supervision and delegation of assignments, equipment Quality Control,
●Facility Maintainence coordination, Establish movement Priority of Critically Ill patients by Ground or Aeromedical Transport to higher level of care.
●Provided identification of life threatening health situations, implemented and optimized treatment based upon level emergency for 7 bed and 10 Exam Room Urgent care Indian Reservation Hospital.
●Collected health history/implemented nursing care consisting of diagnostic tests/medication and emergency department protocols/policies and procedures within the scope of nursing care based upon physician orders. Including but not limited to IV therapy and medication administration, orthopedic splinting and casting of fractures, with neurovascular assessment, as a staff member I am required to
●Triaging patients using the ESI rating scale that is applicable to each patient, and to route patients accordingly to Urgent Care. I provide care in the Urgent Care/Ambulatory Care. Carry out discharge teaching and Pyxis access for medications upon discharge to patients afterhours pharmacy.
Saint Vincent’s Indianapolis Hospital, (Indianapolis, IN) July 2012 – December 2012 Registered Nurse (ICU/Neuro/Trauma Unit RN
●Maintain care for a 2:1 patient to RN ratio for 16 Trauma/Neuro ICU beds, 40 Adult Medical ICU beds, and Provides float support for Cardiovascular and Thoracic surgery unit.
●Also Supervises LPN care, as well as pt care technician care, plans and coordinates Cardiac Critical care for the Cardiovascular Care patient, a 70 Bed Unit, maximizing care for a 6 patient to 1 RN ratio.
●Provide intensive care nursing to the critically ill patient, designing and implemented nursing care plans, operates medical equipment.
Indian Hospital (Shiprock, NM ) January 2012 – April 2012
ER Staff RN (Travel Contract)
●Provided and organized Emergency Room Triage Nursing Care for the Emergency Room patient
●Identified life threatening health situations, implemented and optimized treatment based upon level emergency for 10 bed ER Indian Reservation Hospital.
●Collected health history/implemented nursing care consisting of diagnostic tests/medication and emergency department protocols/policies and procedures within the scope of nursing care based upon physician orders. Including but not limited to IV therapy and medication administration, orthopedic splinting and casting of fractures, with neurovascular assessment.
●Triage patients using the ESI rating scale that is applicable to each patient, and to route patients accordingly to Urgent Care.
Tse Hootsooi M.C. (Fort Defiance, AZ) August 2011 – July 2012 Registered Nurse ICU
●Planned, coordinated care as Charge RN Critical care for a 4 bed observation ICU Unit
●Supervised 1 care tech, and 1 administrative clerk per shift
●Plans, coordinates, and implements Critical Care Nursing for the adult Navajo Native American Indian
AB Staffing, LLC (Gilbert, AZ) April 2011 – August 2011
Registered Nurse ICU
●Plans, coordinates, and implements Critical Care Nursing for the adult Navajo Native American Indian Population of Ft Defiance, AZ
US Air Force (Eglin AFB, Florida) June, 2007 – September, 2010
Nurse Manager Eglin Bariatric Surgery Program and Surgery Clinic
●Manage day to day operations for General Surgery Outpatient Clinic, including but not limited to 750K in equipment budgeting and monitoring, Supervising 7 Surgeons and 15 Support personnel.
●Assess/plan/perform/coordinate care for 350+ surgical patients per month; liaison/case management services.
●Guidance to 30 staff members and 10 surgeons in maintaining adherence to nursing HIPPA/JC/OSHA/Air Force standards; reviews policies.
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