Danielle Sheffield Email & Phone Number

South Carolina, United States

Colorado Springs, Colorado

• Provide high quality nursing care for various long term care facilities in the Colorado Springs area.
• Manage the chronic disease processes of facility residents, which includes but is not limited to hypertension, CHF, diabetes, multiple sclerosis, acute kidney failure etc.
• Provide daily wound care for patients.
• Complete resident assessments according to state and federal guidelines including daily nursing assessments and MDS charting.
• Encourage and assist post surgical residents with physical and occupational therapy rehabilitation goals.
• Delegate nursing tasks to CNAs and LPNs as needed.

Colorado Springs, Colorado

• Managed three health offices for high school and middle school students.
• Responsible for managing the health needs of students with chronic conditions such as diabetes, asthma, seizure disorder etc.
• Triage students with acute medical needs and emergencies.
• Assessed the need to call emergency services and contacted emergency services as necessary.
• Coordinated Second Chance group meetings and field trips for at risk and high risk students.
• Contacted parents/guardians regarding student health needs and provided health care recommendations.

• Educated patients and family members on the labor process, relaxation techniques, breastfeeding, and infant care.
• Mentored and preceptored new employees.
• Consulted, collaborated and effectively communicated orally and in writing with members of the OB unit interdisciplinary team to safely and successfully manage patient care.
• Circulated during scheduled and emergency cesarean sections.
• Used Epic documenting system during patient care.
• Member of INOVA Women’s Services Line Committee, which collaborates with all INVOA hospitals to streamline products and processes system wide.

• Responsible for scheduling nursing and ancillary staff.
• Collect and audit patient satisfaction data.
• Utilize HCAHPS scores to direct unit changes in collaboration with Dept. Director.
• Responsible for maintaining unit supply inventories, ordering supplies as needed.
• Responsible for sending out equipment for repair as needed
• Utilize Joint Commission and D.C. Dept. of Health standards as unit maintenance guidelines.

• Provided high quality nursing care for OB/GYN patients in the community
• Responsible for charge nurse duties as assigned
• Delegated tasks to ancillary staff as needed
• Scheduled staff on night shift
• Provided nursing staff with instructional support as a super user for the Perigen Electronic Fetal Monitoring Software and the SecureCare Infant Security software.
• Member of the Baby Friendly Staff Team for the introduction of the Baby Friendly Program to the unit

• Provided high quality care for inmates of Middlesex County Jail
• Delegated tasks to LPN and MA staff as needed
• Managed the workflow of the unit as the only R.N. on staff at night
• Assessed inmates’ medical and mental status during intake process and referred them to the appropriate medical staff or ordered follow-up tests
• Denied inmate acceptance into the facility from local police departments if medical conditions exceeded the jail’s medial management capabilities
• Managed care for inmates with various medical disease processes both chronic and acute, including but not limited to diabetes, hypertension, cancer, chronic wound care, bone fractures, seizures, etc.

• Recreated budget spreadsheets in Excel for the Information Technology User Support Services department.
• Co-managed the department budget
• Converted the department paper filing system to a digital filing system.
• Reviewed and edited/updated department policies and procedures as needed
• Assisted administration and Oracle consultants in implementing the departments customized purchase ordering system
• Contacted merchandise vendors to obtain pricing quotations, and shipment tracking information.

• Provided excellent computer technical support for the students, faculty, and staff at The College of New Jersey.
• Maintained Dell computers on The College of New Jersey campus.
• Troubleshot hardware issues and assess the need for replacement including hard drives, CD drives, and video cards.
• Installed and troubleshot specialized software such as Adobe Acrobat, Macromedia Contribute, Mcafee Viruscan, Oracle’s PeopleSoft, Resource25, JAWS, Home Page Reader, eReader, and ZoomText.
• Oversaw all of the Lab Staff student organization including hiring, and delegating tasks as needed.
• Created and maintained student employee work schedule.