Experienced RN
Resume:
Bobby Lynn Lawson, RN BSN, MBA Candidate, Master of Arts in Education in Curriculum and
Instructional Leadership (MA Ed CIL) NM Compact State Licensure
October 14, 2012
Dear Sir/Madam:
I am applying for the position of Experienced RN.
My resume is enclosed herein for your review. Please note that I have been a Registered Nurse for 35 years and started graduate school 15 years ago to pursue business, education, and counseling.
I have completed a M.B.A. curriculum (University of Phoenix), as well as a Master of Arts in
Education (College of Santa Fe Albuquerque).
• My credentials and training, as well as my life experience in fulfilling many roles along
with my extracurricular interests, qualifies me to bring great value to your organization.
• I am committed to the highest quality of leadership to promote the delivery of programs
and services for you and your clients. I am confident that I can help achieve your
organizational goals, including stakeholders’ expectations. Moreover, given my
experience and skills, I would be an ideal match for this position.
• Working with experienced and dedicated teams allows me to use my strong
communication, customer service, and administrative skills. My broad background also
makes me an excellent candidate for this position, and my work experience,
motivation/initiative, teamwork/leadership abilities, academic credentials, technical
skills, interpersonal skills, analytical skills, and ethics can also be of great benefit to
you.
Therefore, I would like to formally apply to find out more about the above position, and I
welcome the opportunity to tell you how my skills and ideas can benefit your company.
I will be happy to hear from you soon to arrange an interview to further discuss my
qualifications and experience.
I also like to do independent projects that I can develop and possibly expand upon; perhaps, I
can consult and help you with projects within your firm.
As I look forward to further communication regarding our interest in discussing working
together, thank you, in advance, for your time and consideration of my credentials.
Sincerely,
Bobby Lynn Lawson, RN-BSN, MBA Candidate, Master of Arts in Education in Curriculum and Instructional Leadership (MA Ed CIL) -- NM Compact State Licensure
Additional information and references available upon request.
4444 Jupiter Street NM, Albuquerque, NM 87107-3941
505-***-**** **.**.***********@*****.***
Copyright ©2012 Bobby Lynn Lawson. All rights reserved.
Bobby Lynn Lawson, RN BSN, MBA Candidate, Master of Arts in Education in Curriculum and
Instructional Leadership (MA Ed CIL) NM Compact State Licensure
Bobby Lynn Lawson, RN BSN, MBA Candidate, Master of Arts in Education Curriculum &
Instructional Leadership (MS CIL) Compact State Licensure
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Resume: Bobby Lynn Lawson, RN-BSN, MBA Candidate, Master of Arts in Education in Curriculum and Instructional Leadership (MA Ed CIL) -- NM Compact State Licensure
4444 Jupiter Street NW, ALBUQUERQUE, NM 87107
Phone: 505-***-****
**.**.***********@*****.***
OBJECTIVE
As a hardworking, highly motivated team player with very diverse nursing and healthcare
experience for over 44 years, I am formally applying for the PRN RN position.
OCCUPATIONAL LICENSES AND CERTIFICATES *
Certification Title Issuing Organization Completion Date Expiration Date
Office of the Medical 01/1997 NONE
•
Deputy Medical Investigator
Investigator NM
Designate
NM Board of Nursing 08/1981 04/2013
•
Registered Nurse
Multi state
Compact
Licensure
Training Systems, Inc. 1987 NONE
•
Graduate Certificate, entitled
“Management by Responsibility”
UNM School of Medicine, 04/11/1987 NONE
•
Certificate of Participation, entitled
Department of Pediatrics
“Ninth Annual Pediatric Cardio
Pulmonary Update 1997”
Western Schools 11/6/1995 NONE
•
Certificate of Completion, entitled
“Effective Pain Management”
Western Schools 11/04/1993 NONE
•
Certificate of Completion, entitled
“Nursing Approaches to HIV/Aids
Care”
David Mandt & Associates 03/1985 03/1986
• Certification in Mandt System
Lovelace Medical Center – 10/1983 NONE
• IV Certification Class
Nursing Staff Development
Lovelace Medical Center – 06/10/1983 NONE
•
Certificate of Participation, entitled
Nursing Staff Development
“The Chemically Dependent Nurse”
NM Law Enforcement 03/20/1985 NONE
•
National Safety Council Defensive
Academy
Driving Campaign
Lovelace Medical Center – 04/1993 NONE
•
Basic Arrhythmia Certification Class
Nursing Staff Development
Additional certifications and credentials available upon request, such as National Insurance Provider’s Number.
EDUCATION*
Completion Date Issuing Institution Qualification Course of Study
College of Santa Fe
2005 Master of Arts in Education Business, Education, Special
Degree* Education, and Counseling
Albuquerque Santa Fe,
NM
*Master of Arts in Education in Curriculum and Instructional Leadership (CIL).
MBA Candidate University
1999 Master’s Program Business
Completion
of Phoenix
Albuquerque, Tucson,
and Online
West Texas A&M, formally
1975 Bachelor of Science in Nursing Primary Care
Nursing Degree (BSN) Practioner
WTSU
Canyon, TX
Amarillo College
1970 Associate in Science Degree Pre Pharmacy
Amarillo, TX
*Additional educational information available upon request.
SUMMARY AND ABILITIES
I realize that my potential employer’s best interest is key and that my leadership, management and
interpersonal skills and talents, education, adaptability, and suitability can all be effectively and efficiently
utilized to improve daily operations and to enhance positive margins, notwithstanding the responsibility to
measure site performance against business unit goals to achieve targeted metrics.
Additional information and references available upon request.
Moreover, I have always been a patient advocate and have a proven record, as follows:
1. I ensure the maintenance of competency by exceeding expectations of myself and others in the area of quality care and service, staffing, leadership, census, and cost control.
2. I ensure appropriate delivery of patient services and compliance with Company Policy, as well as State and Federal Regulations (i.e., this position involves the responsibility to review the medical appropriateness of elective inpatient and outpatient services following an evaluation of medical guidelines and benefit determination. This position also assists in monitoring and maintaining medical quality improvement programs to meet regulatory and accreditation requirements, including but not limited to preventive care
programs and Health Plan Employee Data and Information Sets reporting).
3. I support the CHAP accreditation process to accomplish CHAP Standards of Excellence that are driven by considerations of management, quality, client outcomes, adequate resources, and long term viability. I agree with CHAP’s goal to assist all types of community based health care organizations to:
Strengthen internal operations
•
Promote continuous quality improvement techniques and systems
•
Promote consumer safety, satisfaction and outcomes
•
Affirm public trust
•
Meet community health needs in a cost efficient and effective manner
•
Maintain the viability of community health practice nationwide
•
4. As a RN, I have planned, directed, and coordinated the delivery of health services in hospitals, clinics, public health agencies, and similar organizations, including Correctional Nursing for 4 years and including for the Developmentally Disabled Community, as a QMRP (Qualified Mental Retardation Professional) for 4 years.
Furthermore, my extensive knowledge, experience, and responsibility include, but are not limited to all of the following:
• Long Term Care (LTC) and acute care in not only "front line," but also in Charge Nurse and
• Supervisory roles in numerously various settings and durations (i.e., with planning, directing, coordinating the
daily patient care activities in clinical practice, and ensuring adherence to established clinical policies, protocols, regulations, and standards). Such roles have included geriatric, rehabilitative, hospice, psychiatric, and developmentally disabled populations for 11 years, including employee health and Workers’ Compensation for 4
years);
• With the developmentally disabled population for 4 years, I was involved in the management of over 600 employees, including employee health programs, as well as new employee physical examinations, and also concurrent health care maintenance and annual physical examinations of over 800 client residents, all of which had varying degrees of developmental disability and included adult and pediatric populations. My main role as a Supervisor occurred from noon to 10:30 pm four days weekly, and was responsible to an off site Director of
Nursing and an on call physician after 2:30 pm.
• Hospital Nursing, including not only general and specialized Operating Room Nurse (OR Nurse) for 2 years, but also Floor Nursing, including Ortho Neuro as Team Leader, peds, and float for 2 years;
• Additional Hospital Nursing in Peds, general Med Surg, Heart Step Down and Telemetry Unit, intermittently as Charge Nurse and Staff Nurse, and floated rarely prn to a busy ICU prn and occasionally prn to an Alcohol Rehabilitation Unit prn for 3 years;
Additional information and references available upon request.
Local and cross country Traveling Nurse for 6 years, including Correctional Nursing in both state prisons and a private prison for 4 years;
• Intermittent agency employment in various health care settings over the years, including Med Surg, Peds, MICU, Rehabilitation, and Hospital Nursing and LTC;
• LTC, as a Graduate Nurse (GN) in the following:
a. Nursing agencies;
b. Osteopathic Hospital Nursing in all departments [except OR and Labor and Delivery Room (L&D), (i.e.,
general med surg, newborn nursery, OB GYN and small emergency room (ER)];
c. Skilled nursing facility (SNF) and intermediate care facility (ICF); and
d. County Hospital in general Med Surg with a small intensive care unit (ICU);
• Industrial Nursing Unit in pre employment physical exams (PE), in senior year of Nursing College (i.e.,
could go anywhere in a nuclear facility in event of an emergency).
• Hospital Nursing, not only as a nursing student, but also as a House Orderly in a 7 floor, 2-wing Catholic hospital (i.e., although primarily responsible for: Code Team Member, traction set up, and catheter care, also had responsibilities in all units except OR and RR);
• LTC, as not only a nursing student, but also as a nursing assistant (NA) for 2 years;
• As a Nursing Student in Broad Knowledge Based Nursing Curriculum in preparation for BSN degree
and with access to many agencies, including Community Health Nursing, public and private schools, as well as many clinical settings for 7 years of undergraduate study, as well as Pharmacy College for 1 year.
EMPLOYMENT HISTORY (CURRENT ONLY)
Registered Nurse (RN) Dispensing Nurse
07/2012 Current Albuquerque, NM
Duke City Recovery Tool Box, LLC
Job Duties and Description: The Dispensing Nurse is a licensed Registered Nurse (RN) . . . with current licensure in the State of New
Mexico . . . The Dispensing Nurse is under the direct supervision . . . Medical Director, and Director of Clinic Operations . . . maintains
professional standards and follows the treatment policies of Duke City Recovery Tool Box and State Laws and Regulations and
accreditations standards . . . is required to administer Methadone as prescribed by the Medical Director and to maintain accurate
accounting of all medication received (from supplier) and dispensed (to the patient) . . . is responsible for the safekeeping of all
medication stock and the records required by the DEA, FDA, and Clinic Policy . . . scheduled work hours is dedicated to other activities
as assigned by the . . . Director. The Dispensing Nurse may be responsible for urine collection and processing, reading test results, as
ordered by the Medical Director and the completion of all forms involved in these procedures and may be called to witness an observed
drug screen if available and necessary.
HONORS AND AWARDS
• "Employee of the Year 1995" James Healthcare Services, Albuquerque, NM.
• “Award of Excellence for National Nurse Recognition Day, 1987" Los Lunas Hospital and Training School, NM
Department of Health and Environment. Los Lunas, NM
ADDITIONAL INFORMATION (NURSING AND NON NURSING)
• Founder, Global Video Lighting, 2004 (i.e., providing professional lighting for video advertising production);
• Founder, Innovation Career Assessment Center (ICAC) and Dream Jobs International (DJI), 1998 (i.e., providing career
assessment and limited placement/referral);
• Founder, The World ART Day Project, 1997;
• Founder, BobLawson_RN (i.e., providing nursing consulting, as well as independent contractor services since 1995); and
• Founder, Bob’s Albuquerque Philatelic Services (BAPS), 1989.
INTERESTS
Art (i.e., Clay, Limited Collecting, Drawing, and Painting in Mixed Media); Baseball; Basketball; Bicycling; Boating; Community
Development; Creative Writing and Research for Critical Thinking and Analysis; Dancing; Family and Friends; Fishing; Graduate
Studies (i.e., Accounting, Business Administration, Communication, Counseling, E commerce, Economics, Educational Philosophy,
Finance, International Studies, Management, Marketing, Media Production, Multicultural Special Education, Psychology, and
Rhetoric); Hiking; Inventing; Music (i.e., Composing and Performing); Non profit Volunteering; Philosophy (i.e., Existentialism,
including Non violence Philosophy, as well as Peace Activism); Photography; Reading, Remodeling and Construction; Repairing Old
Cars; Swimming; Survivalist Studies; Tai Chi Chung; Teaching and Tutoring; Tennis; Videography, Volleyball; Yoga; and Youth Group
Development.
Additional information and references available upon request.
4444 Jupiter Street NM, Albuquerque, NM 87107-3941
505-***-**** **.**.***********@*****.***
Copyright ©2012 Bobby Lynn Lawson. All rights reserved.
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