Carolyn Watson
Glenwood,IL
Overview
26
26
years of professional experience
Work History
Tele Charge Nurse
South Shore Hospital
Chicago, IL
03.2024 - Current
- Medication pass, admissions/discharges
- Patient care assessment, blood transfusions
- Tele monitors for tele patients oversee, overseeing unit of RN/LPNs’ and CNAS’ duties
MDS Director
Symphony of South Shore
Chicago, IL
09.2019 - Current
- Record and input assessment of resident information.
- Care Plan meetings with resident, family IDT team Medicare/Medicaid meeting.
Restorative Director
Symphony of Crestwood
Crestwood, IL
10.2014 - 07.2019
- Record and input in computer systems activity of daily living for residents which consists of whether residents can groom and feed themselves, and how much assistance is needed to complete these tasks.
- Supervising a team of 25 certified nursing assistance employees.
- To ensure that their task of grooming, bathing, and meal administration of residents is complete.
- Ordering supplies of Medical and fall equipment for resident such as braces, toilet risers, wheelchairs, walker’s
- Orientation for new hires employees. Teach and educate new hires on resident fall precautions and devices. Hoyer lift, use of the Sit to Stand procedures, and gait belts.
- Enforce policy and procedures, uniform codes of the facility and the importance of resident care and safety.
- Fall Coordinator, assessment of new residents of any recent falls occurrences and complete a fall care plan that describes resident fall provisions, medical equipment needed, and further measures taken to prevent any future incidents.
Restorative Director
Symphony of Bronzeville Park
Chicago, IL
10.2000 - 11.2014
- Oversaw and input restorative programs for residents.
- Managed Nursing Staff Educated and in services on care of resident quarterly.
- Educated and in-services related to restorative programing.
- MDS Minimum Data Set a detail of the patient care imputed into a computer, this generated a score for the resident care and reimbursement rates.
- Care plans completion daily related to the care of the resident, ex, how the resident’s eats, is he or she able to feed self, bathing, dressing, transfers, and toileting, is their assistance provided, what are the goals, have the goals been met, are there any significance changes, in the patient that may require assistance in care.
Timeline
Tele Charge Nurse
South Shore Hospital
03.2024 - Current
MDS Director
Symphony of South Shore
09.2019 - Current
Restorative Director
Symphony of Crestwood
10.2014 - 07.2019
Restorative Director
Symphony of Bronzeville Park
10.2000 - 11.2014