AMANDA FARRAR

• PATIENT CARE
• SCHEDULING
• CONFLICT RESOLUTION
• CRITICAL THINKING
• HOUSE IV NURSE
• PATIENT ADVOCATE
• PRECEPTOR

• HIRED AS FLOOR CHARGE NURSE
• PROMOTED TO HOUSE SUPERVISOR
• FACILITY PATIENT ADVOCATE
• I ASSISTED IN MEDICAL RECORDS
• WORKED IN RISK AND QUALITY ASSURANCE DEPARTMENT DIRECTLY UNDER DIRECTOR X1 YEAR.
• DURING THIS TIME WE HAD A JOINT COMMISSION SURVERY.
• I TOOK ON THE RESPONSIBILTY OF ORGAINZING ALL THE DEPARTMENTS TO MEET BIWEEKLY TO FORMALATE CORRECTIVE ACTION TO ACHIEVE COMPLIANCE.
• I CREATED NEW NURSING POLICY AND PROCEDURES FOR THE NURSING DEPARTMENT, EDUCATED AND IMPLEMENTED ALL STAFF MEMEBERS.
• I ASSISTED OTHER DEPARTMENT DIRECTORS IN WRITING RESPONSES.
• COLLABORATED WITH ALL DEPARTMENT HEADS TO PARTICIPATE IN "AUDIT PARTIES" TO GAGE SUCCESS OF IMPROVEMENT CHANGES.
• I TYPED, ORGAINIZED AND PREPARED OUR CORRECTIVE ACTION RESPONSE FOR JACAHO RETURN SURVEY.
• POST JOINT COMMISION COMPLIANCE RETURN SURVEY: I WAS TOLD BY THE DON, CNO AND DIRECTOR OF RISK QUALITY ASSURANCE, THAT THE SURVEYORS DID NOT WALK THE UNITS DUE TO THE ORGANIZIATION OF MY RESPONSE.
• JACAHO STATED, "WE HAVE NEVER PARTICIPATED IN SUCH "AN ORGANIZED RESPONSE."
• THE JCAHO BINDERS WERE COLOR CODED BY DEAPARTMENT, STANDARD, CORRECTIVE ACTION AND SEVERITY OF NON-COMPLIANCE.

• FLOOR CHARGE NURSE
• PRECEPT ALL NEW NURSE HIRES
• STAFF SCEDULING
• DOCUMENTATION
• AUDITING
• PATIENT CARE
• PATIENT ADVOCATE
• QUALITY IMPROVEMENT
• IMPROVED OVERALL STAFF MORALE

WORKED ON FLOOR:

MED SURG

STEP DOWN

TELE

ER

ICU

CCCU

DURING TIME AT METHODIST, I HAD BEEN CALLED OVER THE PA TO THE CEO'S OFFICE. I FOUND THE CEO, CNO, ADON AND MANAGER WAITING. I WAS INFORMED THAT SINGLE HANDLEDLY I IMPROVED THE ENTIRE HOSPITALS HCAP SCORES DUE TO OUTSTANDING PATIENT CARE THAT RESULTED IN IMPROVED PATIENT SATISFASCITION SCORES, I HAD BEEN MENTIONED BY NAME MANY TIMES OVER. THIS IS ONE OF MY PROUDEST NURSING ACCOMPLISHMENTS.

CHARGE NURSE

• ROTATING DAY, NIGHT SHIFTS
• WEEKEND SUPERVISOR EVERY OTHER WEEKEND.
• BRAND NEW FACILITY: TOOK PART IN WRITING POLICIES/PROCEDURES.
• CREATED CHARTING SYSTEM FROM BASE PRODUCT, THEN TRAINED STAFF ON USE.
• OBTAINED CERTIFICATION TO TEACH HANDLE WITH CARE TO CURRENT AND NEW EMPLOYEES.

• RN HOUSE SUPRVISOR
• SKILLED REHAB FLOOR NURSE

• FLOOR NURSE ON A TELE UNIT.
• CROSS TRAINED IN ICU AND ER.
• PRECEPTOR