Ashley Greene
Huntsville,AL
Summary
Experienced nursing professional with over 20 years of experience, bringing demonstrated clinical expertise, leadership skills and technical knowledge. Proficient in updating charts, monitoring medications and working with multidisciplinary teams to optimize patient care. Quality-driven and efficient with strong interpersonal abilities.
Overview
17
17
years of professional experience
Work History
Clinical Instructor
Calhoun Community College
Huntsville, AL
08.2023 - Current
- Communicated students' individual and group performance to lead faculty.
- Provided students with hands-on demonstrations and managed clinical logs, medication administration, dressing changes and meal preparation.
- Assessed students' knowledge and skills through assignments and exams.
- Relayed feedback on clinical settings' effectiveness in enabling students reach course and program goals.
- Optimized learning plans by quantifying student progress through test administration.
- Partnered with other instructors to share best practices for optimized student learning.
- Evaluated and monitored progress of 30 students to promote positive outcomes.
Hospice Triage RN
Hospice of Michigan
Ann Arbor, MI
01.2021 - Current
- Counseled patients and caregivers, providing emotional, psychological and spiritual support.
- Coordinated with healthcare team to establish, enact and evaluate patient care plans.
- Monitored and managed various treatment and care interventions.
- Evaluated patients, recognized and addressed complications and coordinated treatment with other members of critical care team.
- Educated patients on health maintenance, disease prevention, and treatment options.
Hospice Triage RN
Adoration Hospice
Manchester, TN
01.2021 - 06.2022
- Counseled patients and caregivers, providing emotional, psychological and spiritual support.
- Assessed patient needs, prioritized treatment, maintained patient flows.
- Coordinated with healthcare team to establish, enact and evaluate patient care plans.
- Monitored and managed various treatment and care interventions.
Case Manager
Hospice of North Alabama
Huntsville, AL
08.2021 - 01.2022
- Linked clients with social services, health care providers and governmental agencies to help claim or reclaim individual autonomy.
- Implemented quality disciplinary and team building policies to foster staff satisfaction and productivity.
- Assessed clients' needs, developed service plans and monitored progress towards goals.
- Coordinated support services and optimized communication between healthcare workers and patients.
- Developed individualized care plans with input from clients and their families.
Case Manager
Southern Care New Beacon Hospice
Huntsville, AL
03.2018 - 08.2021
- Linked clients with social services, health care providers and governmental agencies to help claim or reclaim individual autonomy.
- Implemented quality disciplinary and team building policies to foster staff satisfaction and productivity.
- Assessed clients' needs, developed service plans and monitored progress towards goals.
- Coordinated support services and optimized communication between healthcare workers and patients.
- Provided referrals to appropriate health care providers or other community resources.
- Collaborated with healthcare team to improve care quality, reduce costs and gauge patient progress.
- Transitioned clients to different providers based on progress or needs.
- Monitored client progress through regular follow-up contacts.
Circulating Nurse, Operating Room
The Eye Surgery Center of North Alabama
Huntsville, AL
02.2016 - 03.2018
- Performed routine circulating duties including scrubbing, suctioning, sponging, suturing.
- Observed strict safety measures, including checking medication dosages before administration to patients.
- Conducted pre-surgery assessments on assigned patients prior to their admission into the OR.
- Prepared operating rooms by setting out and verifying equipment and assessing for compliance with asepsis standards.
- Assisted surgeons with instruments and other supplies during operations.
- Provided direct nursing care to pre-operative, intra-operative and post-operative patients.
- Transferred patients from operating room to recovery room on stretchers and in wheelchairs.
- Assisted in the preparation of operating room and patient for surgical procedures.
- Performed nursing tasks to deliver high level of care and comply with procedures and regulations.
- Administered medications as ordered by physician.
RN Staff Nurse
Huntsville Hospital Women & Children PICU
Huntsville, AL
02.2015 - 03.2016
- Conducted pre-admission testing for surgical patients prior to procedures.
- Delivered information regarding care and medications to patients and caregivers in comprehendible terminology.
- Instructed new nurses on proper techniques for providing patient care.
- Evaluated patients to develop and update treatment plans while anticipating day-to-day needs.
- Administered intravenous fluids and medications as prescribed by physicians.
- Coordinated discharge planning activities for patients leaving the hospital setting.
- Assisted physicians with diagnostic tests such as X-rays, CT scans or ultrasounds.
Circulating Nurse, Operating Room
The Surgery Center of Huntsville
Huntsville, AL
02.2007 - 03.2015
- Performed routine circulating duties including scrubbing, suctioning, sponging, suturing.
- Observed strict safety measures, including checking medication dosages before administration to patients.
- Conducted pre-surgery assessments on assigned patients prior to their admission into the OR.
- Prepared operating rooms by setting out and verifying equipment and assessing for compliance with asepsis standards.
- Assisted surgeons with instruments and other supplies during operations.
- Provided direct nursing care to pre-operative, intra-operative and post-operative patients.
- Transferred patients from operating room to recovery room on stretchers and in wheelchairs.
- Assisted in the preparation of operating room and patient for surgical procedures.
- Participated in quality improvement initiatives related to operating room processes.
- Performed nursing tasks to deliver high level of care and comply with procedures and regulations.
Education
Bachelor of Science - Nursing
The University of Alabama in Huntsville
Huntsville, AL05-2004
Skills
- Clinical Supervision
- Evaluating Student Performance
- Progress Monitoring
- Hands-On Clinical Instruction
- Emergency Response
- Patient Assessment
- Prescription Refills
- Patient Management
- Surgical Assistance
- Patient Condition Monitoring
- Documentation
- Care Coordination
References
References available upon request.
Timeline
Clinical Instructor
Calhoun Community College
08.2023 - Current
Case Manager
Hospice of North Alabama
08.2021 - 01.2022
Hospice Triage RN
Hospice of Michigan
01.2021 - Current
Hospice Triage RN
Adoration Hospice
01.2021 - 06.2022
Case Manager
Southern Care New Beacon Hospice
03.2018 - 08.2021
Circulating Nurse, Operating Room
The Eye Surgery Center of North Alabama
02.2016 - 03.2018
RN Staff Nurse
Huntsville Hospital Women & Children PICU
02.2015 - 03.2016
Circulating Nurse, Operating Room
The Surgery Center of Huntsville
02.2007 - 03.2015
Bachelor of Science - Nursing
The University of Alabama in Huntsville