Angeli Chio
Carpentersville,IL
Summary
Compassionate Nurse with 14 years of experience in direct patient care and team leadership. Delivers effective communication and swift clinical decision-making to enhance patient outcomes. Specializes in patient assessments, and care coordination, ensuring comprehensive support for multidisciplinary care team
Overview
2
2
Languages
1
1
Certification
14
14
years of professional experience
Work History
Director of Nursing
The Courtyard at McHenry
McHenry, IL
06.2025 - 06.2026
- Directed resident care operations, ensuring compliance with nursing standards and state regulations.
- Coordinated clinical staffing, assignments, and coverage to ensure consistent care delivery and optimal resident support.
- Reviewed care plans and updated interventions to support changing resident health needs and communicated resident status and care priorities to physicians and families.
- Trained and supervised staff on infection control, safety procedures, documentation, and regulatory expectations.
- Led quality improvement initiatives, enhancing resident outcomes and promoting operational consistency.
- Oversaw and approved recruitment, hiring and orientation of new nursing staff.
- Collaborated with interdisciplinary teams to create comprehensive care plans, addressing complex patient needs and improving overall care quality.
- Managed approximately 110 residents in both Assisted living and dementia settings and increased admissions to support census
Medical Surgical Registered Nurse
Sherman Hospital
Elgin, IL
05.2024 - 06.2025
- Assessed patient conditions accurately by conducting comprehensive physical assessments, interpreting diagnostic tests, and utilizing critical thinking skills.
- Administered blood products and monitored vital signs to address immediate concerns.
- Prioritized competing assignments across med-surg patients, ensuring continuity of care and timely interventions.
- Coordinated interdisciplinary care plans, aligning nursing interventions with physician orders and patient needs.
- Managed caseload of 6 patients, delivering bedside care, treatments, IV therapy, and wound care to meet diverse patient needs and monitored responses while maintaining safe, accurate medication practices.
- Prioritized competing assignments across med-surg patients to maintain efficient workflow and continuity of care.
- Prepared admissions, transfers, and discharges while maintaining compliance with unit protocols and nursing standards.
- Collaborated with interdisciplinary team to enhance patient outcomes through effective communication and coordinated care efforts.
Home Health Nurse
Better Home Health
Huntley, IL
11.2024 - 01.2025
- Conducted comprehensive home assessments and updated skilled nursing care plans to ensure tailored patient care.
- Coordinated interdisciplinary care with physicians, therapists, and social workers to optimize patient outcomes.
- Triaged clinical concerns and adjusted interventions within home care protocols.
- Educated patients and families on disease management, medication safety, and at-home healthcare strategies, enhancing self-care and promoting adherence.
Assistant Director of Nursing
Bella Terra Of Schaumburg
Schaumburg, IL
02.2022 - 05.2024
- Coordinated nursing operations, enhancing resident care quality and ensuring regulatory compliance.
- Coordinated with physicians and Collaborated with interdisciplinary teams on complex cases, ensuring seamless communication among healthcare professionals involved in patient care.
- Implemented infection control practices to enhance safety in healthcare settings, safety protocols, and quality assurance audits.
- Served concurrently as an Infection Preventionist, Psychotropic nurse and managed approximately 60 residents in long term setting along with performing ADON essential duties
- Reviewed incident reports and implemented follow-up actions to improve clinical risk management processes.
- Recognized department issues impacting operations and patient care. to recommend corrective actions.
- Evaluated staff performance regularly, providing feedback and guidance for improvement.
Registered Nurse, Progressive Care Unit
Community Medical Center
Toms River, NJ
08.2019 - 01.2022
- Monitored telemetry, hemodynamics, and respiratory status for progressive care patients.
- Administered IV medications, titrated drips, and maintained medication safety protocols.
- Collaborated with physicians, respiratory therapists, and case managers to develop and implement effective care plans for complex patient needs.
- Prioritized patient assignments and adjusted workflows during acuity changes.
- Executed rapid interventions for patient deterioration, coordinating timely transfer to higher-level care as needed.
- Ensured timely administration of treatments by proficiently starting IVs, inserting Foley catheters, changing dressings, and performing wound care procedures among other essential nursing tasks.
- Demonstrated adaptability by floating to other units, applying comprehensive nursing skills across various clinical settings.
- Quickly responded to situations impacting safety and security to the unit, actualizing crisis prevention interventions to control and de-escalate situations.ons.
Nursing Supervisor/Staff Nurse
Brandywine Assisted Living and Chelsea at Brick
Brick, NJ
11.2012 - 01.2019
- Coordinated medication administration and documentation, ensuring effective follow-up with physicians and families to enhance patient care.
- Monitored care plans and updated interventions to align with evolving resident conditions, promoting optimal health outcomes.
- Trained nursing assistants on assisted living procedures, safety protocols, and documentation standards.
- Resolved clinical concerns promptly, escalating issues to ensure timely intervention when resident status changed.
- Streamlined workflow for nursing staff by conducting regular unit assessments and process improvements to ensure regulatory compliance
- Provided direct nursing care to patients when personnel were short-staffed.
- Completed resident assessments, documenting changes in condition and reporting concerns to care team.
Education
Bachelor of Science - Nursing
Capella University
Toms River09-2020
Associate of Arts - Nursing
Ocean County College
Toms River, NJ05-2019
Skills
- Healthcare regulations compliance
- Quality improvement initiatives and oversight
- Care plan implementation
- Case management
- Nurse and patient education and training
- Cardiac monitoring/ telemetry interpretation
- Infection control protocols
- Tracheostomy care
- Chest tube management
- Central line care
- EHR -Point Click Care, ECP, Cerner, Epic
- Patient Admissions, Discharge and transfer procedures
- Critical thinking
- Strong work ethic
- Acute and long-term care, Assisted Living and Dementia care
Accomplishments
- Promoted from Post Acute Manager to Assistant Director of Nursing within three months based on exemplary performance
- Supported three (3) consecutive Illinois state surveys with no deficiency through clinical audits, staff education, documentation review and corrective action follow up
Certification
- Infection Preventionist Training - 2022
- Basic arrhythmia - 2019
Languages
English
Tagalog
Timeline
Director of Nursing
The Courtyard at McHenry
06.2025 - 06.2026
Home Health Nurse
Better Home Health
11.2024 - 01.2025
Medical Surgical Registered Nurse
Sherman Hospital
05.2024 - 06.2025
Assistant Director of Nursing
Bella Terra Of Schaumburg
02.2022 - 05.2024
Registered Nurse, Progressive Care Unit
Community Medical Center
08.2019 - 01.2022
Nursing Supervisor/Staff Nurse
Brandywine Assisted Living and Chelsea at Brick
11.2012 - 01.2019
Associate of Arts - Nursing
Ocean County College
Bachelor of Science - Nursing
Capella University