Cari Kent
Murfreesboro,TN
Summary
Experienced nursing professional with proven mentoring expertise and devotion to building up new nurses with skills necessary to excel in today's healthcare settings. Top-notch clinical expertise, sound judgment and strengths in workflow optimization and strategic planning. Vigilant and conscientious about isolating and resolving concerns. Excited to bring talent to growing nursing program and developing highly knowledgeable registered nurses.
Overview
19
19
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification
Work History
Registered Nurse, Nurse Care Manager
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Tennessee
06.2020 - Current
- Nurse Care Manger for children qualifying for the Katie Beckett Part A Medicaid Waiver program in Tennessee.
- Provide case management services and ensure members' needs are met while staying with comparable cost of care.
- Interprofessional collaboration with members, medical teams, primary insurance plans, and other services to provide the best outcomes.
Registered Nurse, Clinical Content Analyst
Evidence Care
03.2017 - 06.2020
- Management of clinical content protocols including evidence-based literature research and authoring and developing protocols.
- Collaboration with colleagues internally to problem solve and measure quality performance of protocols.
- Provide support to clients through interprofessional collaboration and training to external clients including telehealth presentations as the knowledge expert for content, in-person go-live support during EHR implementation.
- Helped successfully implement evidence-based protocols into EHR for multiple MedStar urgent care clinics on the East Coast.
- Proficiency with Microsoft Word, Excel, and Power Point presentation both in-person and via Zoom.
Registered Nurse 3, OR Holding and PACU
Monroe Carell Jr Children’s Hospital at Vanderbilt
03.2013 - 07.2017
- Provided nursing care to patients, neonates to adults, in the Holding Room and Post Anesthesia Care Unit (PACU)
- Roles included: Relief Staff Leader (RSL), co-charge, float nurse, mentor, and preceptor
- TNCC instructor with trauma team
- Certified Pediatric Nurse (CPN)
- Advanced to level of RN 3 in the Vanderbilt Professional Nursing Practice Program in August 2015.
- Used evidence-based data to enhance and create a charting format for intravenous infiltrations in the perioperative setting.
- Educated perioperative staff on IV securement devices and the standards of practice using evidence-based practice.
- Submitted a professional Poster to the Vanderbilt 2015 Fall Research Day on intravenous dressing evidence-based practice, dressing improvements, and concrete data from rounding.
Registered Nurse, Cardiac Prep and Recovery
Centennial Medical Center
08.2011 - 03.2013
- Provided care to patients pre and post cardiac catheterizations and cardiac ablations
- Cross trained in the cardiovascular PACU
- Skills included: pulling sheaths, recovering patients from moderate sedation or general anesthesia, and prepping patients for open cardiac surgeries
- Roles included: float nurse and preceptor
Registered Nurse, Emergency Department
Middle Tennessee Medical Center
05.2007 - 08.2011
- Provided emergency care to patients of all ages
- Proficient in trauma care, stabilizing critical patients for transfer, helping with trauma procedures, family interactions, and donor service procedures
- Roles included: float nurse and preceptor
- TNCC instructor with education department
Licensed Practical Nurse, Family Medicine
Tennessee Medicine and Pediatrics
08.2006 - 04.2009
- Internal Medicine and pediatric clinic
- Worked closely with nurse practitioners to provide treatment, disease prevention, and health promotion to patients of all ages, including returning patient calls and medication refills.
Licensed Practical Nurse, Labor Delivery Recovery Postpartum
Erlanger East Medical Center
08.2005 - 08.2006
- Provided care to mothers and newborn infants in a LDRP setting
- Performed newborn care and nursery duties
- Provided care to mothers one hour postpartum through discharge
- Performed patient education on newborn care to parents
Licensed Practical Nurse, Pediatric Private Duty
Continue Care Health Services
08.2005 - 08.2006
- Pediatric private duty nurse
- Responsible for home ventilators, tube feeding, medication management and administration, and general care of children with severe special needs
Licensed Practical Nurse, Medical Surgical Oncology
Middle Tennessee Medical Center
10.2004 - 08.2005
- Provided care to acute care patients in the medical/surgical population with a focus on oncology patients
- Proficient in PCA pumps and administering blood products
Education
Master of Science in Nursing - Administration & Leadership
Capella University
Minneapolis, MN11.2022
Bachelor of Science in Nursing -
Western Governors University
Salt Lake City, UT12.2021
Associate of Science in Nursing -
Excelsior College
Albany, NY10.2008
Skills
- Maintaining Patient Safety Standards
- Pediatric Nursing
- Evidence-Based Approaches
- Interdisciplinary Care
- Direct Patient Care
- Educational Support
- Patient Engagement
- Individualized Care Plans
- Critical Thinking
- Mentoring
Accomplishments
- Achieved RN level 3 at Vanderbilt Children's Hospital by using evidence-based data to enhance and create a charting format for intravenous infiltrations in the perioperative setting.
- Educated perioperative staff on IV securement devices and the standards of practice using evidence-based practice.
- Submitted a professional Poster to the Vanderbilt 2015 Fall Research Day on intravenous dressing evidence-based practice, dressing improvements, and concrete data from rounding.
- Taught Trauma Nurse Core Course (TNCC) at MTMC and Vanderbilt Children's Hospital
- Previous certification: Certified Pediatric Nurse (CPN)
Certification
- Certified Case Manager (CCM)
- Certified Developmental Disability Nurse (CDDN)
Affiliations
- Emergency Nurses Assocation (ENA)
- Case Management Society of America (CSMA)
- Developmental Disabilities Nurse Association (DDNA)
Timeline
Registered Nurse, Nurse Care Manager
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Tennessee
06.2020 - Current
Registered Nurse, Clinical Content Analyst
Evidence Care
03.2017 - 06.2020
Registered Nurse 3, OR Holding and PACU
Monroe Carell Jr Children’s Hospital at Vanderbilt
03.2013 - 07.2017
Registered Nurse, Cardiac Prep and Recovery
Centennial Medical Center
08.2011 - 03.2013
Registered Nurse, Emergency Department
Middle Tennessee Medical Center
05.2007 - 08.2011
Licensed Practical Nurse, Family Medicine
Tennessee Medicine and Pediatrics
08.2006 - 04.2009
Licensed Practical Nurse, Labor Delivery Recovery Postpartum
Erlanger East Medical Center
08.2005 - 08.2006
Licensed Practical Nurse, Pediatric Private Duty
Continue Care Health Services
08.2005 - 08.2006
Licensed Practical Nurse, Medical Surgical Oncology
Middle Tennessee Medical Center
10.2004 - 08.2005
Master of Science in Nursing - Administration & Leadership
Capella University
Bachelor of Science in Nursing -
Western Governors University
Associate of Science in Nursing -
Excelsior College
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