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Experienced Registered Nurse with 20+ years of experience in high-volume environments along with a strong background within pediatric critical care units. Experienced in performing comprehensive patient exams, creating detailed treatment/discharge plans, obtaining patient medical histories, and providing care training to parents/guardians. Equipped with a significant level of communication and interpersonal abilities in addition to a strong background in effectively fostering positive relationships with others.

Comprehensive Patient Exams Pediatric Patient Care Coaching/Training Patient Education

Patient Assessment/Triage Medication Administration Electronic Medical Records

Complex Case Management Regulatory Compliance Nursing Training & Education

  Direct day to day operations within a fast-paced environment with a focus on completing clinical review activities and acting as a patient advocate

  Maintain compliance with internal utilization review criteria for reimbursement, appeal best practices, joint commission standards, and VHA privacy requirements

  Recognized as a Case manager for a group of 33 homebound pediatric patients which included completing in-house visits

  Supervised a team of RN and LPN staff members, oversaw orientation for new nursing team members, maintained patient records, and taught nursing specific courses

  Provided instruction to nursing students within an educational environment which included creating lecture material, grading assignments, and identifying student progress

  Acted as a hands-on Clinical Instructor which required teaching specific patient care methods and leading students at clinical sites, long term care facilities, and hospitals

  Managed nursing logistics within a pediatric care environment which centered on leading highly technical cases and required ventilator management, central line management, gastric tube management, and tracheostomy

  Updated patient case files with updated medical information, coached parents on home care, evaluated patient care activities, and oversaw synagis injections, venipuncture, central line antibiotic administration, nasogastric tube feedings, and dressing changes

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  Directed nursing operations within a neonatal intensive care unit which included caring for micro-premature infants born at approximately 24 weeks gestation

  Monitored and managed high frequency oscillator ventilators, arterial catheters, percutaneous central venous lines, hyper alimentation, phototherapy, and parent teaching

Additional Professional Experience Includes: LPN/RN, Santa Rosa Children s Hospital and Medic, United States Army