Planned various menus for full meals for all programming participants for a full weekend.In conjunction with the hotel, allocated space and furnishings to provide space for food preparation, service and socialization.Acquired supplies. Cultivated relationships with local vendors and solicited donations of samples of menu items to promote their establishments to attendees.Strategized food service areas in a manner that maintained food safety.Ensured adequate staff training for food safety with regard to storage and service using ServSafe certified staff.Arranged donation for leftover foodstuffs to those in need.

Provided private, in-home care for a woman with complex medical diagnoses, managing all aspects of care. Evaluated and ensured safety within the home, including adding safety devices for mobility and stability, recommending and arranging for sidewalk modifications to accommodate a walker as well as the patient, adding supplemental lighting for bathroom access at night.Provided ADL assistance for hygiene, dressing, and cooking.Provided comfort while encouraging independence.Managed all nutrition, assisting the patient in moving from morbidly obese to within recommended BMI range within a year and a half, protecting kidney function, preventing need for limb amputation, and removing need for insulin for Type II diabetes. Arranged recreational and social outings, arranged for in-home visitors.Developed activities that inspired cognitive and social stimulation.Managed spiritual care in conjunction with ministerial staff.Provided medication management- all administration and evaluation. In consultation with primary care and specialty physicians was able to reduce side effects from polypharmacy, eliminating CHF.Performed health assessments by evaluating physical, mental and environmental health status; provided nursing intervention. Assessed outcomes and managed care plan modifications as needed.Contacted doctors with abnormal findings, arranging appointments as needed, and carried out any new orders.Managed emergency procedures.Referred disciplines including all therapies and social work as appropriate as well as provided coordination of care and management of disciplines.Initiated insurance requests, organized, and completed all needed forms.Referred for hospice when appropriate, and continued through end of life care.

Convention Chair for literary convention, overseeing all aspects of the convention which had approximately 650 attendees. Recruited department heads for all areas.Allocated financial resources/managed budget.Set parameters for hotel negotiations.Recommended and selected Guests of Honor in consensus with the Board.Arranged planning meeting facilities.Led group planning meetings.Facilitated communications via an email listserv and social media.Approved final programming plan and convention schedule.Set policy in consultation with the Board and in alignment with governing documents.Directed space allocation.Mediated and helped resolve personnel disagreements.Supervised move-in/move-out.Ensured vendors and other professional participants received agreed-upon services and arrangements.Improvised solutions for function space management due to hotel changes.Enforced member code of conduct.Assisted with medical issues as needed. Transitioned from one leadership team to the next via a "post-mortem" in which the out-going committee gathered with the new committee for post-event evaluation and planning meeting.

As head of a team of three people, managed a large and diverse staff in the provision of all hospitality in hotel function space for an event lasting 5 days with approximately 6,000 attendees. Managed division budget of $30,000. Recruited department heads for various areas of hospitality. Brainstormed appropriately themed decorating schemes. Planned various menus for different hospitality areas.Allocated space. Acquired supplies on site with a team of approximately 20. Cultivated relationships with local vendors and solicited donations of samples of menu items to promote their establishments to attendees.Improvised solutions for inadequate work space, while ensuring food safety. Strategized food delivery to two different service areas in a manner that maintained food safety while not impinging on hotel needs.Ensured adequate staff training for food safety with regard to storage and service using ServSafe certified staff.Arranged donation for unopened leftovers to local food shelf.Arranged auction for used equipment to help recoup costs or donated as appropriate.Managed three separate major hospitality events in three separate years as promotional and "thank you" events.

Representing a literary convention focusing on young adults, as Hotel Liaison interviewed multiple hotels and presented findings and recommendations to the convention Chair and Supervising Board. Developed a proposed contract in consultation with colleagues involved in similar events who were also experienced with hotel contracts.Negotiated terms with hotel and presented recommendations for changes to Chair and Board. Signed contract.Clarified hotel and convention positions regarding interpretation of terms throughout the event year. Assisted and made recommendations regarding space allocation.Suggested and negotiated solutions for ADA issues with hotel.Maintained current reservation listing. Ensured that adequate room nights to meet contract terms were reserved by promoting membership utilization of the chosen facility.Assisted members in resolving issues or disputes with hotel before and during the convention to assure satisfaction of both membership and hotel.Adjusted space allocation as needed when problems arose with facility.As Vice Chair with previous Chair experience, provided support and assistance to a first-year Chair to promote her success and the success of the convention.Successfully identified a fraudulent consultant attempting to take advantage of the non-profit corporation, and through cooperative investigating techniques making use of the experience and outside professional contacts of other members of the Board as well as documentation experience developed in nursing, stopped the consultant from further damaging the corporation by exposing the fraudulent representation of his expertise and experience, laying out a clear trail of evidence.

Served as Vice Chair for literary convention focused on Young Adult and Children's literature. Transitioned to Chair due when original Chair stepped down for medical reasons. Oversaw all aspects of the convention which had approximately 1,100 attendees. Developed Operations Manual to assist Department Heads in mentoring new staff members and improving institutional memory.Monitored budget.Enforced policy as set by previous Chair.Resolved personnel disagreements. Instituted an Operations department to assist in smoothing communications and problem solving during the convention. Supervised move-in/move-out.Interfaced with guests and Department Heads to ensure that all needs of Guests of Honor including travel to and from the convention, travel during the convention, lodging, and any other needs were met.

Provided home care services with a wide variety of clientele including acute, chronic, long-term, short-term, adult, pediatric, & hospice. Traveled to client's home throughout the week to evaluate and ensure wellness. Involved in providing education to client's based off of their individualized care plan.Evaluated effectiveness of teaching from all clients after providing education.Performed comprehensive assessments and compared findings to baseline data.Documented all findings and called reports to case managers with abnormal findings and carried out any new orders.Evaluated for any safety hazards within the environment.Ensured all medications were present and assisted in refilling medications.Contacted doctor's with abnormal findings and carried out any new orders.Administered meds and nutrition orally, topically, via G-tube, and via injection.Administered respiratory treatments via trach.Performed trach care, suctioning and connected/disconnected to vent per schedule.Experienced with many styles of modified/customized assisted devices, i.e., standing devices, sitting apparatuses, wheelchair, Hoyer lift, and AFO's (leg braces). Reinforced physical therapy exercises daily with use of equipment like wedges and bolsters. Provided extensive range of motion exercises to promote flexibility with non-mobile patient.Performed bowel program and daily hygiene and dressing for quadriplegic patient.Evaluated skin for pressure ulcers, provided prevention, bandaging, staging, and other treatment as prescribed.Performed infusion therapy with PICC and home IV infusion balls.

As part of a team of three, chaired a literary convention. Oversaw all aspects of the convention which had approximately 650 attendees. Recruited department heads for all areas, allocated financial resources/managed budget, set parameters for hotel negotiations, selected Guests of Honor, arranged planning meeting facilities, facilitated group meetings, approved final programming plan, set policy, directed space allocation, resolved personnel disagreements, supervised move-in/move-out, ensured vendors and other professional participants received agreed-upon services and arrangements, at the convention provided a staff lounge and Green Room for guests, transitioned from one leadership team to the next via a "post-mortem" in which the out-going committee gathered with the new committee for post-event evaluation and planning meeting.

Privately engaged to provide all nursing care for a couple. Provided cancer-related home hospice care for husband who passed away in September 2004. Provided all nursing cares, ADL assistance and custodial care for wife who had Alzheimer’s until her death in 2006.

Greeted and checked in patients for appointments.Prepared paper charts for appointments.Answered phones.Made, canceled, and rescheduled patient appointments as needed.Canceled and rescheduled clinics as needed.Trained new staff.Located missing records.Ordered labs and xrays.Resolved patient concerns about appointments.Interfaced with nurses, physicians, and other staff to answer patient questions and to ensure high quality service.

Greeted and checked in patients for appointments, prepared paper charts for appointments, answered phones, managed patient appointments as needed, canceled and rescheduled clinics as needed, trained new staff, located missing records, ordered labs and xrays, resolved patient concerns about appointments, interfaced with nurses, physicians, and other staff to answer patient questions and to ensure high quality service.