Director of Nursing
Resume:
KIM ROGERS
***** ********** ****** • Rochester, Indiana 46975
574-***-**** • ******@*****.***
DIRECTOR OF NURSING
Accomplished, self-motivated, seasoned Director of Nursing with 7 years of combined nursing experience impacting patients and medical staff through skillful enhancement and orchestration of patient assessments, documentation, and training and management procedures. Strategic planner and exceptional team builder focused on the continuous delivery of top quality, efficient services in all respects of medical staff and resident supervision. Excellent organizer and problem solver, capable of communicating and coordinating ideas to achieve superior results.
AREAS OF EXPERTISE
Quality Assurance • Home Health Care • Patient Care • Patient Relations • Chart Audits
Nursing Staff Management • Training • Patient Assessment • Office Management • Documentation
Conflict Resolution • Record Maintenance • Policies & Procedures • Administrative Records
Staff Relations • Efficiency Improvement • Incident Investigation/Documentation
American Sign Language
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
WARSAW MEADOWS, Warsaw, Indiana • 2010-Present
Licensed, 100 bed long term care facility for hard to place patients.
Staff Nurse
Execute physician orders, deliver medication, and provide care for tracheostomy, G-tube, and complex and simple wound patients. Distribute intravenous and PICC line medications, and implement respiratory treatments. Patient assessment and documentation.
THE ARBOR MILLERS MERRY MANOR, Logansport, Indiana • 2010-2011
Long term nursing home with 23 statewide locations.
Director of Nursing
Maintained budget. Interviewed new hires, and supervised, trained and disciplined nursing staff. Prepared and presented at monthly staff meetings. Ensured quality of care for patients. Reviewed clinical records of admissions, discharges and new orders. Assessed current and future patients for admission and continued care. Provided peripheral intravenous lines and tracked wound progress with weekly wound reports. Monitored infections and delivered monthly reports. Investigated incidents, collaborated with therapy on patient progress, and held care plan meetings with families. Conducted morning meetings with management to discuss concerns, admissions and discharges, and staffing issues. Engaged in weekly Medicare meetings and quarterly meetings with medical director.
• Improved staff work time.
• Promoted and trained new unit manager.
• Obtained MDS coordinator.
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INDIANA STATE DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH, Indianapolis, Indiana • 2008-2010
Institution for surveying and reporting agencies of home health care, hospice and rural health care.
Public Health Nurse Surveyor
Audited clinical and staff records for compliance of Medicare and Medicaid regulations. Composed weekly reports on deficiencies. Investigated and reported complaints. Recorded hours of work and assembled summit expense reports.
• CMS basic training for surveying.
GARDENS AT LAKE CITY ASSISTED LIVING CONCEPTS, Warsaw, Indiana • 2007-2008
National owner/operator of assisted living complexes.
Wellness Director
Interviewed, hired, trained, managed, scheduled and disciplined staff of 12. Delivered monthly in-services. Provided chart audits of patients and staff. Administered Mantoux (PPDs) on new staff and patients. Organized patient appointments, discussed concerns with family, and ordered and delivered medications. Organized and updated emergency action plan, charts and files.
• Earned award as Employee of the Month.
• Passed State Survey.
HICKORY CREEK AT WINAMAC, Winamac, Indiana • 2006-2007
Quality health care provider with 36 licensed beds.
Director of Nursing
Trained and supervised 18 staff nurses. Certified facility and state regulations compliance. Regulated family and staff meetings to discuss plans of care and nutritional risk assessments. Implemented resident assessment, wound care, medication delivery, and injections. Communicated with physicians about patient care.
WOODLAWN HOSPITAL EMERGENCY ROOM, Rochester, Indiana • 2004-2006
24 hour emergency health care facility.
Staff Nurse
Accommodated patients, tended wounds, and actuated NG tubes and IVs, injections and breathing treatments. Appropriated medications. Documented procedures, labs, x-rays, and patient care.
• Controlled triage, patient assessment and history.
EDUCATION
Associate of Science in Nursing
Indiana University of Kokomo, Kokomo, Indiana
Practical Nursing License
Ivy Tech, South Bend, Indiana
CERTIFICATIONS
American Lung Association certified to deliver, read, and record Mantoux Skin Testing
CPR Certified for adults, children and infants with airway management and defibrillation
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