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• Provides quality, safe, and compassionate 1:1 nursing care for a complex care patient that includes ongoing physical assessments, administering medications and treatments, as well as chronic disease management.
• Coordination of care that includes frequent and ongoing communication with Medicaid case manager, medical practitioners, rehabilitation therapists, as well as durable medical equipment (DME) and supply vendors related.
• Communicates in a collaborative manner with physicians, therapists, and other nursing team members to implement, evaluate, and update an individualized plan of care in coordination with patient’s home health case.
• Educates patient, family members, and other caregivers on patient’s diagnosis, management of treatments and medications, and disease process and management.
• Performs accurate medication reconciliation between hospital discharge summaries and home medication lists with resumptions in home healthcare services following inpatient admission.
• Experience completing OASIS assessments in an accurate and timely manner in accordance with Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) OASIS-D Guidance Manual and agency policies.

Needham, MA

• Managed clinical activities for a 72-bed skilled nursing facility to ensure compliance with facility policies and procedures and all state and federal regulations.
• Enhanced the organization’s pain program through the creation of new systems which included updated policies and procedures related to the assessment and management of pain. This resulted in a 31% decrease in reports.
• Developed an in-depth tracking system for falls, medication errors, and skin tears for a more accurate reflection on the organization’s Quality Measures (QM) and Quality Indicators (QI).
• Redeveloped the organization’s falls and safety policies and procedures and, after extensive staff education, resident falls decreased over 20% in a one-year period.
• Enhanced the nursing orientation process with the creation of an 8-hour case study mandatory attendance for all nursing hires. This resulted in increased interdisciplinary communication with a more accurate and timely.
• Collected, reviewed, analyzed, and reported on data trends related to falls, medication errors, skin tears, and pain to the clinical team and medical director at quarterly and annual quality meetings.

Lawrence, MA

• Managed all clinical activities for a 250-bed skilled nursing facility to ensure compliance with facility policies and procedures, and state and federal regulations.
• Recognized by the Senior Management Team as Employee of the Year.
• Recognized by peers as Employee of the Month.
• Promoted from Assistant Director of Nursing to Interim Director of Nursing and Co-Director of Nursing.
• Conducted detailed investigations related to occurrences of reportable events and formulated thorough written investigative reports to the MA DPH in accordance with all state and federal regulations.
• Led the clinical team to a deficiency-free annual DPH survey.

Beverly, MA

• Baylor shift supervisor for a 172-bed skilled nursing facility while simultaneously responsible for providing medications & treatments for assigned residents on sub-acute or long-term care (LTC) units.

Boston, MA

• Administered medications and treatments on a traumatic brain injury and spinal cord injury floor in an acute rehab setting.
• Promoted to charge nurse for the weekend shifts on the assigned unit.

North Andover, MA

• Supervision of nursing staff on the night shift on an as-needed basis.
• Administered medications and treatments on a sub-acute unit for both short-term and long-term stay residents.

Master Of Science - Ms, Nursing: Care Coordination

Expected completion 3/24

Bachelor Of Science - Bs, Registered Nursing/Registered Nurse

Activities and Societies: • Awarded Excellence Award for exemplary work in Professional Roles and Values course. • Awarded Excellence.

Associate In Science: Registered Nurse, Nursing, 3.0

Activities and Societies: • Elected to Nursing Class President

Nursing Pre-Requisites

Nursing pre-requisite courses taken during summer session 1998 & spring semester 1998.

Nursing Pre-Requisites

Changed majors from elementary education to nursing. Nursing pre-requisite courses taken during fall semester of 1997.

Elementary Education

Elementary education courses taken during the fall semester of 1996 & the spring semester of 1997.

Elementary Education/Art

Elementary education (major) & art (minor) courses taken during spring semester of 1996.

Liberal Arts

Liberal arts & psychology courses taken during fall semester of 1995.

Diploma, Liberal Arts, 3.4

Played JV & varsity field hockey (4 years. Participated in peer leadership & peer mediation.