RN, MSN
Resume:
PROFILE
Dedicated nurse with extensive experience including Geriatrics, Medical-Surgical, Home Care and Hospice. Excellent assessment and communication skills. Outstanding ability to establish a rapport with patients, families, colleagues and physicians.
SUMMARY OF PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
Aging Waiver Nurse Consultant
• Served as the nurse consultant on a team of five care managers and a supervisor
• Maintained a current database of 250 clients
• Made home visits to clients to assess their healthcare and psychosocial needs
• Worked collaboratively with team members to formulate care plans for the clients
• Evaluated the effectiveness of the care plans and made recommendations
Resident Care Nurse at a Continuing Care Retirement Community
• Responsible for the acute and chronic healthcare needs of the 400 residents living independently
• In charge of the Wellness Center, which provided a wide range of outpatient services
• Direct care services included BP monitoring, Diabetic monitoring and teaching, promotion of wellness, immunizations, wound care, medication management, and counseling
• Improved the scope, availability, and quality of services rendered
• Provided triage of residents’ health concerns on site, via the phone, and in their apartments
• First responder to resident and staff emergencies. Utilized physical assessment, first aid, and critical thinking skills to manage emergencies efficiently. Emergencies ranged from acute to life threatening including Behavioral Health Crises
• Initiated and coordinated referrals to other interdisciplinary healthcare providers including Home Care and Hospice
• Member of interdisciplinary team which reviewed at risk residents to determine appropriate level of care. Developed care plan to maintain residents’ optimal level of functioning and the most independent level of care
• Served as a liaison between residents’ family and all healthcare clinicians
• Prepared and coordinated resident care conferences, stressing resident and family involvement
• Supervised CNA’s, administered medications to 40 residents on personal care unit while taking call for 400 residents in the independent living unit
Home Health Nurse
• Promoted from Staff Nurse to Team Coordinator after three months of employment
• Managed multidisciplinary healthcare needs of 70-80 clients
• Provided initial evaluation of patients’ homes and support systems
• Formulated nursing care plan specific to patients diagnosis and home environment
• Served as staff nurse on hospice team. Took 24 hour nursing call
• Coordinated health services for both inner city and rural populations
• Detailed charting to ensure third party reimbursement and compliance with Medicare regulations; charts chosen by nursing administration for Medicare audit of agency
Hospital Nurse
• Implemented nursing care plans for patients with acute exacerbations of chronic illnesses
• Provided pre-operative and post-operative nursing care
• Completed head to toe physical assessments and ongoing monitoring of patients’ conditions
• Communicated significant changes to physicians; appropriate changes made to treatment plan
• Provided discharge planning; made referrals to community agencies
• Selected as a preceptor for new staff nurses
EMPLOYMENT HISTORY
• Delaware County Office of Services for the Aging
Aging Waver Nurse Consultant April-June, 2012
(Position Eliminated due to budget deficiencies)
• Granite Farms Estates, an ACTS Retirement Community, Media, PA
Resident Care Nurse 2004- April, 2012
Home Health Nursing Supervisor 2002-2004
• Delaware County Memorial Hospital, Drexel Hill, PA
Staff Nurse
• Pennsylvania Home Health Services, Philadelphia, PA
Staff Nurse
• Columbia Montour Home Health Services, Bloomsburg, PA
Hospice RN/Team Coordinator
• Geisinger Medical Center, Danville, PA
Team Leader/ Evening Charge Nurse
• North Carolina Memorial Hospital, Chapel Hill, NC
Staff Nurse
EDUCATION
Penn State School of Nursing
• Geriatric Resource Nurse Training Certificate 2011
University of Pennsylvania School of Nursing, Philadelphia, PA
• Master of Science in Nursing – GPA 4.0
o Recipient of Sigma Theta Tau and Eight and Forty Nursing Scholarships
Alfred University College of Nursing, Alfred, NY
• Bachelor of Science in Nursing – Magna Cum Lade
o Nursing Excellence Award
o Sigma Theta Tau, National Honor Society of Nursing
o Phi Kappa Phi, National Honor Society
AWARDS
• ACTS President’s Award, selected from 2000 Northeast Division Employees 2010
• Voted Nurse of the Year by peers, Granite Farms Estates 2010
• Employee of the Year, Granite Farms Estates 2010
• Employee of the Month, Granite Farms Estates 2005
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