Manager/Director /RN
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Clinical Experience
Maxim Health Services Trevose PA/March 2011-Present
Clinical Supervisor
1. Directly Responsible for the Clinical Activities of the Field Staff.
2. Provided In-Home Supervision of Nursing Services Delivered by the Staff
3. Planned, Implemented and Evaluated Patient’s Plans of Care for Appropriateness to Individual Patients Needs.
4. Enforced and Demonstrated Compliance with Federal, State, Local and Accreditation Bodies Regulations and Standards as well as Maxim Policies at all Times.
Case Manager
1. Responsible for the Planning, Coordinating, Providing and Documenting Care for the Assigned Caseload of Patients from Day of Admission through Day of Discharge
2. Developed Home Health Care Plans That Met Each Patient’s Specific Needs While Complying with Physicians and Governmental Agencies Regulations.
Virtua Memorial Mt Holly NJ/Oct 12th 2009-Oct 12th 2010.
Advanced Practice Nurse Orthopaedic/Stroke Unit
1. Provided Guidance/Support and Education as a Leader on a 36 bed -70 Staff Ortho/Stroke Unit.
2. Improved Quality of Care by Educating Staff with Evidence Based Practice.
3. Led ,Guided and Developed IEP’s with the Multidisciplinary Teams, as needed.
4. Maintained Disease Specific Certifications in Stroke/Spine and Joint.
5. Increased Staff Compliance with Core Measures, Documentation and Care.
6. Developed the Staff’s Annual Competencies and Implemented for Completion by using such Methods as: One to One, Skills Day and Online Learning.
7. Rounded Daily on Staff and Patients (total of 4hrs): support needs of the unit, increase pt satisfaction, guiding and mentoring staff on their patient assignments, being a patient advocate, etc.
8. Involved with Meetings Daily with one or more of the following Leadership Teams: Administrative, APN’s, Physicians, Quality, Unit Management and Disease Specific Coordinators. We discussed better ways of improving quality care and how to implement. Designated Stroke Educator for the Hospital (see below).
Designated Memorial Stroke Educator
1. Chaired Daily Neurological Meetings with Multidisciplinary Tea
2. Implemented a System To Identify Any Patient in the hospital who was exhibiting signs and symptoms of a TIA or Stroke.
3. Educated pt/families about the 5 Points of Stroke at least twice per patient (per JCAHO Requirements) and Documented all Education Completed.
4. Supported /Guided and was an Advocate for the patient/family.
5. Audit TIA/Stroke Medical Charts for Completion: Education Started/Documented, Medications Ordered, Consultants Ordered, Dysphagia Screening, ST, PT, OT, SW, etc.
6. I Implemented a Role Out to the Leadership Team at Virtua regarding Stroke Education, before I left. The Ultimate Goal was to have the Staff Accountable for Education and Documentation.
7. I Effectively Re-Established our Certification in Stroke because of being 100% Compliant in Education and Documention (100% Effective from the beginning to the end, a total of 8 months.)
Thomas Jefferson University Hospital, Phila. PA/Jan. 2003-2009
Staff Orthopaedic Floor RN/Clinical Charge Nurse
Provided clinical care of orthopaedic pre/post surgical patients. Administer medications, documentation, preceptor and mentor.
PRN Consultants, Penndel, PA/1999-2005
Independent Contractor Agency RN Medical/Surgical Nursing
Med/Surg nursing at various hospitals in Bucks County, Montgomery County and Phila.
Behavioral Health Unit 1999-2003 Frankford Bucks Hospital (2wk inpt rehab for older adults).
Saint Mary Medical Center, Langhorne, PA/Dec. 1981-June 2002
Staff Clinical RN {1996-2002}
Worked various locations; Trauma/Surgical, Oncology, ICU. Responsible
for clinical care of the given population, administering medications, and documentation.
Unit Coordinator {1981-1996}
Worked various locations; Gynecology, Med/Surg, Trauma/Surgical.
Responsible for transcription of physician orders, maintaining medical charts, patient care.
Teaching Experience
Bucks County Community College LPN Program, Newtown, PA/2006-2007
Adjunct LPN facilitator
Clinical Instructor for LPN students at various nursing homes/hospitals.
Theory Instructor for LPN students at the college.
Bucks County Technical High School, Fairless Hills, PA/1997-2000
Part-Time Facilitator in Medical Assistant and Nurse Aide Classes. Also School Nurse.
Educated students in Allied Health. Instructed in terminology vocabulary, anatomy/physiology, clinical care and use of equipment.
Attended Temple University for Emergency Certification in Teaching.
Education
Gwynedd-Mercy College, Gwynedd Valley, PA/MSN Clinical Nurse Specialist Gerontology, 2008
Temple University, Philadelphia, PA/ BSN, 2005
Helene Fuld School of Nursing, Trenton, PA/ Diploma in Nursing, 1996
Mercer County Community College, Mercer, NJ and Bucks County Community College, Newtown PA 1981-2005 Associates in Science, 1996
Bensalem High School, Bensalem, PA/Diploma, 1981
Bucks County Technical School, Fairless Hills, PA/Diploma, 1981, Medical Assistant Program
Licensure and Certifications
Registered Nurse Licensed in PA, Current
Registered Nurse Licensed in NJ, Current
Basic Life Support, Current
Orthopaedic National Certification 2009, Current
ACLS, 2002
Chemotherapy Certification, 1998
Critical Care Course Certification, 2002
Trauma Certification, Current
Professional Activities and Awards
Designated Stroke Coordinator at Virtua Memorial In Febuary 2010 and Have Been 100% Successful in Stroke Education and Documentation for JCAHO Disease Specific Guidelines Since Then.
I Wrote, Directed and Co-Starred a 15minute Video at Virtua Memorial Hospital in July of 2010, Titled “The Cognitively Challenged Patient”. This Video Was Developed Too Help The Nursing Staff (Nurse Aides and RN’s) on How To Better: Identify, Understand, Communicate and Assist This Challenging Patient Population.
Inducted into the “Sigma Theta Tau National Honor Society”, GMC 2007
Assisted “Area of Aging” with Conducting a Grant Funded Project, “Healthy Steps with Older Adults, A Fall Prevention Program” to the Bristol Township Senior Center, 2007-2008
Established, “Healthy Steps with Kim” an Exercise Program geared to Older Adults at the Bristol Township Senior Center, 2007-2008
Volunteered at the Bristol Township Senior Center (BTSC), Educating Older Adults with Medication Management, Fall Prevention, Nutrition Management, and Mental Awareness, 2007-2008
Conducted Mental Screening Evaluations on Older Adults at the BTSC on “National Memory Screening Day, 2007” Sponsored by the Alzheimer’s Foundation of America
Lectured at the Hamilton Building at Thomas Jefferson University and Hospital on “Delirium in the Hospitalized Patient” at the “MixEd Up” Conference, 2008
300 Clinical Hours Spent as a Nurse Educator at Cooper River West LTC Facility in NJ and Teaching Assistant at Holy Family University, Phila., 2008
Accepted and Started a 9 Month Fellowship with the Eastern PA/DE Geriatric Education Center called “Interprofessional Geriatric Curriculum Development Fellowship”, June 09.
Merit Award as S.T.A.R. Employee from TJUH, 2005
Leadership Award at HFSON Graduation, 1996
Head of 1996 Senior Nursing Class
Head of Graduation, Nursing 1996
Involved in Fund Raising and Yearbook, HFSON 1993-1996
Completed 2 Semesters of the Vocational-Technical Education Professional Personnel Development at Temple University 2000
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