Jennifer Turner RN

Providing compassionate skilled nursing care to subacute patients from admission to discharge on 10 and 20 bed transitional care units primarily to older adults, with many rehabilitating from post-surgical, trauma, infection, and stroke or cardiac events.

• Physical assessments to monitor response to treatment and identify change in condition
• Collaborated with physicians, physical therapy, occupational therapy, and dietary to quickly assess patients and deliver appropriate treatment while managing changing conditions.
• Educated patients, families and caregivers on diagnosis and prognosis, treatment options, disease process and management and lifestyle options.
• Administered medications via oral, IV and IM injections and monitored responses.
• Collected blood other laboratory specimens and prepared for lab testing, including bedside glucose and INR collection
• Chronic condition management, including, oncology, cardiac, end-stage renal, diabetes, and dementia
• Provided psychosocial support to patients and families
• Matrix charting system

Managed care for patients requiring skilled nursing services for rehabilitation and complex medical conditions, as well as providing direct care for facility COVID unit.

• 15-30 bed assignments
• Administered medications and treatment to patients and monitored responses while working with healthcare teams to adjust care plans.
• Managed patients recovering from medical or surgical procedures.
• Diabetes management
• Responding to the needs of dialysis patients, including medication management, dietary needs, and caring for new fistula site

• Transformed passion for wellness and fitness into a specialized training business and cultivated a niche market that nurtured aspiring clients into competitive athletes
• Exercised inquisitive mindset to acquire expertise in physiology, muscle development techniques, cardiovascular, and training methodologies that ushered several clients from moderate physical condition to top placement in regional competition., (continued)
• Developed a customer base by networking and utilizing area fitness centers to showcase training regimen and results
• Enabled targeted physical conditioning by planning and building an in-house facility that improved focus, raised effectiveness, and customer comfort levels
• Grew the business year-over-year by creating a unique, whole-life training model and employed trans-theoretical change theory customized to individual goals and abilities
• Achieved high individual success rate by fortifying physical training with nutrition counseling, preventative care, body mechanics, fitness, stress management, functional anatomy, and ergonomics.

90 hours of clinical rotations on units A-F caring for patients requiring inpatient care for psychiatric disorders in a secure state run mental health hospital. Patient population included those facing civil commitment and criminal charges. Common diagnoses included schizophrenia, bipolar disorder, personality disorder, and substance abuse disorders. This unique clinical experience provided exposure to:

• Relationships between the legal and healthcare systems
• Court-ordered medication management and temporary manual restraints
• Creating therapeutic milieu and deescalation techniques
• Therapeutic communication, especially limit-setting
• Mental health evaluation and health history
• Neuroleptic medication management

• Co-founded and grew residential construction business from $0 to $1M+ in annual revenue
• Paved the road to success by managing crucial business functions such as project scheduling, contracts, payroll, insurance, employee relations, equipment leasing, vendor management, and coordinating subcontractors
• Created positive cashflow by using QuickBooks to manage finances including AR/AP, banking, and a full suite of accounting practices including depreciation, inventory, audits, insurances, assets, and liabilities
• Helped grow employee base from 8 to 22 by projecting requirements ahead of needs and using professional network to recruit talent while also managing unemployment insurance, layoffs, and terminations
• Sparked momentum for growth by creating radio ads, messaging, and consumer-oriented website including content development, images, and SEO to drive customer journey through the decision funnel
• Created local professional network by joining and taking on leadership roles with Business Network International (BNI) that helped grow the business organically
• Streamlined operations by creating business processes, automating key functions, and using software such as MS Excel to organize and track projects, gather client data, and manage documentation
• Drove steep growth trajectory by overseeing customer service and satisfaction initiatives, developing key metrics, and reviewing successful strategies with partner.

• Helped grow a holistic wellness and fitness facility by managing key business functions such as scheduling, bookkeeping, marketing, client relations, and by engaging clients in training programs
• Enhanced growth by forming partnerships with local businesses, community organizations, and networking to attract athletic clients
• Improved mobility for post-injury clients by employing myofascial release and muscle relaxation techniques, kinesio-taping, rehabilitative exercises, and maintaining client records
• Maintained positive cash flow by managing the insurance billing, claims processes, and communication with lawyers and insurance agencies as needed
• Supported expanding client base of up to 40 clients per week by obtaining ASCM certification as a personal trainer that supported robust growth by providing choice of male or female trainers.