Stephanie Schumaker Email & Phone Number

Sedona, Arizona, United States

Managing and leading all nursing personnel operations.Developing short and long-term goals for the entire nursing department.Establishing new policies and updating existing policies to improve the standard of care for patients.Planning and overseeing admission, nursing, and patient care processes.Maintaining department budgets and recording all expenses.Responding to any nursing-related issues in a timely manner.Coordinating with medical staff and other departments to ensure facility efficiency.Overseeing all record-keeping processes and ensuring all necessary documents are accurate and up-to-date.Hiring and training new nursing staff members.Evaluating staff performance and preparing accurate reports detailing your findings.

Westlake, Ohio, United States

Responsible for the overall direction of hospice clinical services. Establishes, implements, and evaluates goals and objectives for hospice services that meet and promote the standards of quality, and contribute to the total organization and philosophy. Responsible for planning, coordinating, managing, and directing the financial performance of the company, including budget preparations, financial and statistical reporting, cost reporting, accounts payable, billing and accounts receivable management.

Westlake, Ohio, United States

· Participates in developing standards which ensure safe and therapeutically effective service to patients and families.· Participates in developing objectives for Hospice.· Consults with the Administrator to determine a staffing pattern which will accomplish stated objectives and promote maximum level of utilization of personnel.· Plans and arranges for consultation needs of staff; prepares and maintains current policies and procedures which meet Medicare, Medicaid, accreditation standards.· Organizes Hospice to delineate and delegate authority, functional responsibility, lines of relationship and communication to provide safe and therapeutically effective service.

Independence, Ohio, United States

· Completes an initial assessment of patient and family to determine hospice needs. Provides a complete physical assessment and history of current and previous illness(es).· Provides professional nursing care by utilizing all elements of nursing process.· Initiates and follows the plan of care, as prescribed by the physician, and makes necessary revisions as patient status and family needs change. Includes the patient and the family in the planning process. Communicates with the physician regarding the patient’s needs and reports changes in the patient’s condition; obtains/receives physicians’ orders as required.· Instructs and counsels the patient and family in meeting nursing and related needs per plan of care.· Acts as Case Manager when assigned by Supervisor and assumes responsibility to coordinate patient care for assigned caseload.· Completes, maintains, and submits accurate and relevant clinical notes regarding patient’s condition and care given. Records pain/symptom management changes/outcomes as appropriate.· Participates in coordination of hospice services, appropriately reporting the identified needs for hospice interdisciplinary group members. Examples include hospice aide, OT, PT, MSW, ST, Dietitian or Supervisor.· Participates in on-call duties as defined by the on-call policy as requested.· Supervises ancillary personnel and delegates responsibilities when required.

Cleveland, Ohio, United States

Teaching the medical surgical and critical care clinical rotation, on site, in the hospital setting

Elyria, Ohio, United States

· Collaborating alongside nurses, physicians, and radiology technicians for North Ohio Heart Center, in carrying out cardiac stress tests· Prepares patients, equipment, charts, and materials used in diagnostic procedures· Operates, calibrates and maintains diagnostic equipment and records the patient's response· Prepares preliminary reports for final interpretation by the cardiologist · Perform cardiac exercise, nuclear, pharmaceutical (Lexiscan), stress echo tests, and EKGs as prescribed· Recognizes chest pain, arrhythmias, and life-threatening arrhythmias associated with stress testing responds/obtains appropriate and immediate assistance as needed· Assists with charges and patient registration using Sorian Financials, GE-RIS, and PACS· Assists with echocardiograms, doing bubble studies and giving Optison

Elyria, Ohio, United States

Teaching the critical care and behavioral health clinical rotations, on site, in the hospital setting

Cleveland, Ohio, United States

· Collaborating alongside nurses, residents, fellows and attending physicians, in the Cardiac Intensive Care unit to deliver hands on patient care and meaningful interactions with patients and their families· During the pandemic, helped to initiate the care of Covid-19 patients, in addition to caring for Medical Intensive Care unit patients· Management of ventilated patients, Artic Sun, LVAD, Intra-Aortic Balloon Pump, Impella CRRT and Aquapheresis· Oversee various aspects of telemetry by managing TVPs, Swan Ganz/PA catheters, arterial lines, central lines, vasoactive drugs and their titration, hemodynamics, dysrhythmia interpretation and management· Management of patients following elective procedures such as pacemaker placements, TAVRs, Watchman’s, Mitral Clips and cardiac arrhythmia ablations· Assisting with bedside procedures such as TEEs, echocardiograms with Definity and bubble studies· Performing patient treatments according to urgency of patient conditions while multitasking and delegating treatment needs in order to ensure safe outcomes· Administering conscious sedation and paralytics· Monitoring patient conditions, and updating team members on changes in stability or acuity· Collaborating and communicating with multidisciplinary staff, along with being a charge nurse· Precepting new nurses to achieve training outcomes· Code Blue Team

Berea, Ohio, United States

· Teaching the Behavioral Health clinical rotation through virtual learning and on site in the hospital setting· Assisted in developing curriculum for virtual learning during the pandemic

Bachelor'S Degree, Registered Nursing/Registered Nurse

Bachelor'S Degree, Neuroscience