Proudly Serving Island County/ Whidbey Island with Care and oversight of people and families at end of life. Caring for the Patient and their chosen families, working together to support the patient's wishes and needs.Collaborating closely with ALF , AFH and Skilled nursing facilities staff and caregivers. Care and oversight of persons living at home. Managing IVs, PACs, Central lines, CADD pumps, wound care, medication and pain management. Collaborating closely with Hospice manager to assist building the team with the right Pharmacy and Supplies ( wound care, personal care and similar items) and Products from High Quality provider.Quality assurance evaluator for Hospice team to assist in offering the highest quality care offered in WA State.Educator for Hospice CNA's, Hospice Certification education taught, 33% of Whidbey Health Hospice CNA are now Hospice Certified. I provide monthly education and CEUs to enhance the quality of care and knowledge of hospice.It is an honor and a privilege to work in Hospice.I am proud to offer the Highest quality service, responsiveness to needs of the patient, families and compassionate care to people at end of life.

Interim Clinical EducatorHome Health and HospiceEvergreen Home Care ServicesJune 2013 to October 2013 Interim Clinical EducatorInterim Clinical Educator.Facilating on boarding and orientation of new hires to hospice and home health. Clinical skills taught, policies, procedures, chart reviews, project management, commitee work for improvement of processes. Collaborating with managers, RNs , CNAs, MSWs. Work closely with all staff to optimize orientation of new staff. LEAN trained and implementing LEAN process into current projects .Encouragement and support to all new team members. Mentor and preceptor for hospice team. Designed, Implemented and taught Mastering Pain Management Series that is on going. Secretary of Magnet Professional Practice CouncilWorking closely and collaborating with Inpatient Hospice Manager for inpt staffing needs.Collaborating with entire education team and Quality Improvement team for success of our team.Setting up on boarding and orientation for all new staff at Evergreen Home Health and Hospice.Collaborating with staff and management for orientation needs and goals for each individual clinician and CNA.Teaching IVs, CADD pump, Central line care and infusions. Dressing changes, PAC accessing and deaccessing. Wound care eval and care.Teaching McKesson visits, revisits, recerticfication, Admissions to new RNs and MSWs.Involved with team projects including the use of LEAN theory and application.Pain management. Current project Mastering Pain Management series collaborating with experienced hospice RN, management and Pharmacy staff.Working closely with CNET for collaboration on projects for education of inpatient Hospice staff and home health staff.Collaborating closely with informatics and education team and management for updating policies and procedures for evidenced based best practice for staff.Creatively solving challenges as they arise..

Magnet Professional Practice Council, Secretary. Evergreen Home Health Hospice

Serving King County and Snohomish County with Care and oversight of patients at end of life. Collaborating closely with ALF , AFH and Skilled nursing facilities staff and caregivers. Care and oversight of persons living at home. Managing IVs, PACs, Central lines, CADD pumps, wound care, medication and pain management. Collaborating closely with Evergreen Hospice MSW , Medical Director, CNA, Volunteer, DME supplier, Pharmacist.It is an honor and a privilege to serve my community and work for Evergreen Hospice.I love what I do!

HOSPICE FLOAT CHARGE RN overseeing day to day operations, staffing, clinical issues and policies. Resource for hospice field nurses and staff. Oversight of Hospice field RNs, triage RNs, intake RN and scheduling admin assistants.Collaborating and assisting entire team.RN Home Hospice Visiting Nurse.Specializing in pain and symptom management of patients with life limiting illness.Full spectrum of care collaborating closely with MD's, MSW's, Pharmacist's, Chaplins and CNAs on plans of care. Visits are coordinated where ever the patient is living whether it is in private homes, Adult family homes, assisted living facilities, skilled nursing facility. Care is patient and family centered. Suppport offered to whole team of caregivers, families and Interdiciplinary teams.

Check out Evergreen Hospice Volunteers Facebook Site to see the Amazing work our Hospice team does. I am proud to serve my community and my team!

Serving King County and Snohomish County with Care and oversight of patients at end of life. Collaborating closely with ALF , AFH and Skilled nursing facilities staff and caregivers. Care and oversight of persons living at home. Managing IVs, PACs, Central lines, CADD pumps, wound care, medication and pain management. Collaborating closely with Evergreen Hospice MSW , Medical Director, CNA, Volunteer, DME supplier, Pharmacist.It is an honor and a privilege to serve my community and work for Evergreen Hospice.I love what I do!

Provides support and coordination of multiple services to infusion/pharmacy, Hospice RNs, MSWs and home care aides. Provides direct patient and family support for end of life issues regarding medication administration, wound care and immediate care issues. Collaborates with a variety of customer needs in nursing homes, Adult Family homes, Assisted Living environments. Provides direct care to patients. Skills include infusion treatment, wound care, management of medication, implanted ports, PICC lines, PCA pumps and psycho-social support for patients, families and caregivers. Collaborates services for Occupational Therapy, Bereavement Counseling, Social work, Spiritual care, supplies, DME and medications. Works closely with Director of Operations and Hospice Manager for prioritizing care of patients.

Provided support and coordination of multiple services to infusion/pharmacy, Hospice RNs, MSWs and home care aides. Provides direct patient and family support for end of life issues regarding medication administration, wound care and immediate care issues. Collaborated with a variety of patient/customer needs in nursing homes, Adult Family homes, Assisted Living environments. Provided direct care to patients. Skills include infusion treatment, wound care, management of medication, implanted ports, PICC lines, PCA pumps and psycho-social support for patients, families and caregivers. Collaborated services for Occupational Therapy, Bereavement Counseling, Social work, Spiritual care, supplies, DME and medications. Worked closely with Director of Operations and Hospice Manager for prioritizing care of patients.

Responsible for multi-faceted referral coordination and assessment of appropriate home care needs, providing coordination of physicians orders, evaluation and assessment of patients clinical and social support needs. Coordination of insurance, eligibility and payer guidelines. Provided back up on-site home care liaison in Northwest Hospital. Designed and implemented weekly on-site health/wellness/fitness program for employees.Member of Infection Control Committee. Presented research paper to the committee and whole agency on M.R.S.A. This information changed agency guidelines and policies.

Responsibilities include; Development and delivery of Sound Heart cardiac rehab program at Overlake Hospital. Direct patient assessment and case management of cardiac patients. Creating and implementing individual exercise prescriptions and treatment plans. Developed and taught stress management education series.

Responsibilities included; assessment, planning, implementation and hospice and immuno-suppressed patients of nursing care of patients and AIDS. Initiated and maintained IV therapy, wound care, patient/family education and support.

Cardiovascular lab and Anticoagulation clinic. Responsibilities included; direct patient assessment, assisting MD with RN monitored stress treadmills, duel isotope stress tests, persantine scans, dobutamine stress echocardiograms, starting and maintaining and administration of intravenous medications. Code team, education of patients and their families on diet, medications, smoking cessation and stress reduction techniques. Wrote pamphlet on women and heart disease used in Cardiac Clinic as teaching tool. Medication adjustments, telephone triage and assessment of patients.Cardiac Clinician

Responsibilities included; case management of cardiac patients in all aspects of care, assessment, planning, implementing and triaging nursing care. Worked closely with managed care companies to oversee services such as P.T, O.T., home care aid services and community resources. Designed and implemented cardiac C.A.B.G. map for company wide laptop application. Designed and presented in-services for staff education on cardiac issues

Responsibilities included; assessment, planning, implementation and evaluation of nursing care for the critically ill patient. Rotated Charge Nurse role, ECG Monitoring, Intervenous Therapy, ventilator support management, E.R., med/surg, PACU, psych float nurse. Assisted MDs with invasive cardiac, pulmonary and endoscopic procedures. Developed cardiac education display board, participation on education committee.