RN coordinating patient care for Cardiology Office

•Develop, coordinate and assist in instructing Leadership Development Fellowship Program•Develop, coordinate assist in instructing Management Skill Series Courses•Manage & coordinate Innovation Program Activities•Communicate culture of organization through HR policies, staff meetings, holding town hall meetings, etc.•Assist with other HR duties as assigned

Manager of 5 bed Preop, 6 bed PACU handling 4000 surgeries annually Manage staff of 20, comprised of RNs and EMTs.Position responsibilities: staffing, hiring, employee evaluations, counseling, planning & maintaining departmental budget, monthly statistics, and enforcing Joint Commission and ASPAN standards with staff and physicians.

• Clinical IT implementation team• Assigned to design and build SurgiNet, Cerner’s Surgery clinical IT solution• Coordinated all Education efforts in orienting staff and affiliated physicians to new clinical IT system.• Designed and printed all educational materials for new IT system, including quick reference guides.

Manager of 5 bed Preop, 6 bed PACU handling 4000 surgeries annually & a Special Procedures Unit handling 1200 procedures annually.Managed staff of 25, comprised of RNs and EMTs.Committees included but were not limited to:Pre-Admission Testing Coordinator Program - Introduced and developed program to streamline pre-admission testing for all elective surgical patients. Chair of Pain Management Team: Multidisciplinary committee designed to restructure procedures taken in Pain… Show more Manager of 5 bed Preop, 6 bed PACU handling 4000 surgeries annually & a Special Procedures Unit handling 1200 procedures annually.Managed staff of 25, comprised of RNs and EMTs.Committees included but were not limited to:Pre-Admission Testing Coordinator Program - Introduced and developed program to streamline pre-admission testing for all elective surgical patients. Chair of Pain Management Team: Multidisciplinary committee designed to restructure procedures taken in Pain Screening and Assessment. Formatted and Implemented institution wide tool that meets 2004 JCAHO Standards. Admission Status Team: Played integral part in creating and enforcing Phase III Recovery. Created RN flowsheet & physician orders. Assisted with Hospital wide education program on proper admission status and Phase III Recovery. Ambulatory Surgical Center Project: Part of team developing a new ambulatory surgical center on hospital campus. Consulted with Architects on layout and design. Developed staffing plan for new center. Chose equipment and furniture to purchase. Center Opened August 2002.HPPD Report: Designed spreadsheet used by all clinical managers that is used monthly to calculate hours per patient day.Other position responsibilities: staffing, hiring, employee evaluations, counseling, planning & maintaining departmental budget, monthly statistics, enforcing JCAHO and ASPAN standards with staff and physicians, etc. Show less

Specialized in Orthopedics, but also cared for general surgery, plastics, ENT & OB\GYN procedures Administered Moderate SedationAssisted Anesthesiologists with Regional Blocks Educator on Hemodynamic Monitoring In charge of Self Scheduling the PreOp/PACU staff`

inpatient PACU18 bed PACUPatient population: major GI surgical, Neuro surgical, Cancer related surgeries, kidney and lung transplant patients

8 bed Step Down Unit, night shiftPost-Op GI surgeries with a variety of others, i.e. carotidendarectomies, fem- pop bypass, etc.Progressive Cardiac Unit

49 bed cardiac telemetry unit, night shift24 hr post-op CABG, post PTCA with and without sheaths

26 bed Progressive Cardiac Unit, telemetryAssess, teach and treat pre & post OHS, Cardiac Cath, r/o MI & PTCA patients, pull arterial sheaths & assist with placement of temporary pacemakers

Direct patient care on all units, all shifts in 360 bed Medical CenterTotal patient care on cardiac, rehab, & renal units including assessment,documentation and nursing procedures under RN supervisionAlso worked PRN in Emergency Room:In addition to care mentioned above, also: triage incoming patients, applied extremity casts and splints, prepared and gave discharge instructions andassisted physicians with invasive and other procedures.

Direct sales to retail buyers in 11 state territoryIncreased accounts by 20%Instructed sales associates at seminars on current trends and product knowledgePresented product line at quarterly national shows

Serviced existing accounts in two state territorySold promotional products and filled order needsAssistant to Art Director for in house Assignments