Patient Needs Analysis / Assessment ￨ Treatment Plans ￨ Clinical Nurse Education ￨ Patient Education

Medication Administration ￨ Patient Relations ￨ Team Building / Training ￨ Staff Mentoring / Coaching

Results-Focused leader with Bachelor of Science in Nursing who provides compassionate direct patient care for all ages based on industry and / or healthcare facility standards of practices to exceed clinic requirements, and develops and / or supports treatment plans to optimize healing. Ambitious self-starter who demonstrates clinical knowledge to provide competent and age-specific assessment and care, and can promote targeted instruction and mentoring among fellow healthcare professionals on principles of Evidence-Based Nursing Practice to meet JCAHO standards. Top performer and dynamic healthcare advocate who seamlessly interfaces among physicians, patients, families, and the community, and can proactively work to observe patients; assess and / or report changes; and handle reactions to medications, treatments, or immunizations.

Nursing Administration House Supervisor

• Capitalize on the opportunity to lead forward-thinking multi-department operations in absence of unit management, including effectively addressing patient care, staffing, and other issues as applicable to achieve healthcare goals as well as mentoring and managing nursing staff in handling all responsibilities.
• Ensure administration of quality patient care while reporting directly to Chief Nursing Office, training and guiding staff to guarantee optimal plans of care for patient population, and managing shift resources.
• Collaborate as an ancillary interdisciplinary team member to identify and resolve patient-specific and facility needs, improve operations to boost efficiency, and ensure all regulatory requirements are met.

Director of Nursing

• Utilized broad scope of industry knowledge and dynamic nursing acumen toward directing results-focused home health clinical services, including establishing, implementing, and evaluating goals and objectives in alignment with standards of quality and safety with accountability for supervision of staff.
• Spearheaded development of organizational goals, including creating, recommending, and administering agency policies and procedures while planning and implementing all in-service and training programs.
• Led coaching and mentoring of licensed and unlicensed personnel, including effectively assessing clinical competency to ensure that staff tasks are prioritized to promote quality, continuity, and safety of plans.
• Liaised among services and clients to ensure needs were identified through assessment processes, including educating clients and families to meet nursing needs which was instrumental in driving care.
• Coordinated and managed clinical records, statistics, and reports for purposes of evaluation and quality assurance initiatives, including identifying, developing, and participating in performance improvements.

Clinical Facilitator

• Consistently worked to deliver high-quality nursing intervention to patients within UT Southwestern Medical Center s Digestive and Liver Disease Clinic, including providing comprehensive nursing interventions to assigned patients consistent with stated medical plan of care, as well as expertly assessing, implementing, and recording patients response within detailed patient medical records.
• Triaged patient phone inquiries per physician and departmental protocols and documented actions in patients' medical records, and further provided nursing plans of care and education regarding plans.
• Applied strong leadership talents toward providing working supervision and task delegation to licensed vocational nurses, non-licensed medical staff, and office support teams to attain patient goals.
• Prepared equipment and assisted physicians during physical exams and medical procedures, along with preparing and administering medications as prescribed by physician and inspecting equipment.

Staff Nurse ￨ Charge Nurse ￨ House Supervisor

• Strategically steered weekend operations within a 50-bed acute care hospital with 25 beds dedicated to critical care and ventilator management, including proactively responding to and resolving challenges with systems, staffing, and clients, as well as serving as a valuable nursing resource for staff.
• Built and sustained productive healthcare operations by mentoring and teaching new nursing staff and students in quality of care and best practices through evidence-based practices, including consistently maintaining a culture of accountability, safety, and teamwork to protect clients and staff.

Staff Nurse ￨ Charge Nurse ￨ House Supervisor

• Maximized use of employee resources to achieve goals by objectively documenting and evaluating staff performance and providing disciplinary action as needed, along with collaborating with interdisciplinary teams to provide continuity of care and developing plans of care to meet client needs.
• Ensured compliance with infection control policies and best practices, along with ensuring clients remained hemodynamically stable with a keen eye for age-specific assessment and / or intervention.
• Initiated and maintained cardiac, insulin, and sedating IV drips per facility protocols, and exhibited skill in venipuncture, IV insertion, PICC, and central line maintenance; Foley catheter, feeding, and nasogastric tube insertion / maintenance; and administration of trach, ostomy, and wound care.

Long-Term Acute Care RN

• Played a vital role in managing long-term acute care initiatives for a patient population suffering from life-threatening illnesses and multiple comorbidities, including assisting in care of patients on ventilation support (e.g. ETT, Trach), as well as performing infusion therapy and central line dressing changes, tube feedings, and maintenance while continually assessing patient physical and mental status.
• Evaluated patient lab reports, and discussed concerns with physicians, dieticians, and physical therapists.
• Optimized delivery of quality education in medication, disease management, and discharge follow ups.

Bachelor of Science in Nursing (2009)

Associate of Science (2007)

Psi Beta National Honor Society ￨ National Honor Society ￨ National Junior Classical League ￨ Air Force Jr ROTC

Registered Nurse State of Xxxxxx (Current; Expires 2017)

BLS for Healthcare Providers Certification (Current; Expires 2017)

Infusion Nurses Society ￨ American Nurses Association ￨ Xxxxxx Nurses Association

Excellent Professional References Provided Upon Request