John M Freund Email & Phone Number

Greater Chicago Area

- Supports the needs of the hospital and individual units through flexibility and comprehensive understanding of unit policies and expectations.- Provides evidence-based, culturally sensitive care to admitted patients with all types of diagnoses and carefully educates families about providing on-going care and risks to the patient.- Interacts appropriately with the inter-disciplinary team to ensure comprehensive care, appropriate interventions to prevent patient’s health deterioration, and support consistent communication and messaging to the family.

Chicago, Illinois, United States

- Charge Nurse since August 2018. Appropriately assign staff, manage patient flow, communicate with interdisciplinary team, support patient experience and customer service.- Provide high-quality, evidenced-based care in a time sensitive manner for best patient outcomes.- Work well with interdisciplinary team to educate families in a culturally sensitive, accessible manner.- Student nurse and new employee preceptor, mentor, and advocate for process improvement and positive change.

Thailand

- Delivered long-term, culturally sensitive care to impoverished individuals with infectious diseases, complex co-morbidities, and polypharmacy in the patient’s home or at our extended care center- Provided patient assessment, dietary planning, health education, wound care, rehabilitation activities, emotional support, presence, and hospice care- Worked with staff to develop and improve extended care center policies and procedures, maximize patient outcomes, and prepare patients and families in anticipation of discharge to home

Oak Park, Illinois

- Experienced Charge Nurse with a focus on appropriate staff assignments, patient flow, interdisciplinary team cohesion and support.- Elected Secretary of Unit Advisory Committee who helped improve nursing self-governance as we found new and innovative ways to implement new policies and procedures and other changes as directed by ED management.- Dedicated patient advocate who provided excellent customer service and comprehensive care to a diverse patient population with a wide spectrum of needs- Focused, reliable team contributor who developed meaningful professional relationships across disciplines and departments- Quality improvement minded, critical thinker who consistently looked to improve patient experience and quality of care delivered, while being cost conscious

Chicago, Il

• Assist patients with ADLs, safe ambulation, and maintaining personal dignity• Monitor vital signs, document appropriately, and communicate changes with nurses• Ensure appropriate safety equipment is available, rooms are free of clutter and injury risks, and unit is stocked with appropriate supplies

Chicago

• Helped students understand concepts of pathophysiology and pharmacology• Creatively expressed examples and visualizations that clarified confusing material• Helped students build confidence and reinforced or taught test-taking strategies

Chicago, Illinois

• Customer Service Representative and Scheduler• Medical Billing Specialist and Cashier• Explain insurance benefits to patients

• Coached, reviewed, and performed quality assurance for the work of seven employees • Planned and executed annual commencement ceremony for 300 – 500 graduates • Managed projects including facilities renewal, procurement and modification

Master'S Of Science In Nursing, Registered Nursing/Registered Nurse, 4.0

Activities and Societies: • Sigma Theta Tau International – Gamma Phi Chapter • William C. Wagner, PhD Endowed Scholarship 2010 – 2012 •.

Nursing Pre-Requisites

Master Of Business Administration (Mba), 3.85/4.0

Ba, Music Business, 3.273/4.0