Christina Woerdehoff
Lake View,IA
Summary
Hard-working Supervisor with exceptional experience leading teams, delivering results and exceeding expectations. Creative and motivated leader adept at utilizing exceptional design and planning strengths to accomplish complex projects. Skilled in teaching new concepts and best practice strategies.
Overview
13
13
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification
Work History
Education Services Supervisor, Clinical Nurse Educator, Simulation Center Coordinator
St. Anthony Regional Hospital and Nursing Home
02.2017 - Current
- Appraises performance and addresses concerns of Education Department staff as well as staff throughout the organization
- Build and developed organizational performance evaluation system
- Act as policy management system administrator and implementation specialist
- Onboard new staff and manage student experiences at the organization
- Train new staff and providers on the electronic medical record and proper documentation
- Ensure clinical and nonclinical staff receive and understand annual required trainings
- Manage the organization’s online learning management system
- Coordinate annual skills fairs and competencies for clinical staff
- Manage onboarding clinical education and orientation for all clinical staff
- Lead simulation based education for the organization
- Build simulation scenarios, develop curriculum and unit based education experiences
- Organize and lead the organization’s nurse residency program
- Delegate tasks to the educators in clinical and nonclinical fields
- Manage life support certifications and education for all staff and Providers, including: ACLS, PALS, BLS, TNCC, NRP, ATLS, ALSO, STABLE, RTTDC and MOAB
- Serve as American Heart Association Faculty for Basic Life Support (BLS), recruiting and training BLS Instructors
- Coordinate community education
- Manage grants and the education department budget
- Develop corrective action plans with the Human Resources team and ensure education is completed in the stated time frame
- Manage the Resuscitation Quality Improvement (RQI) system
- Coordinate with unit managers to provide reflective action plans and additional education for employees
- Build and lead regional education, including, but not limited to newborn fellowships, life support education offerings, and continuing education
- Complete and review annual performance improvement projects in partnership with departments throughout the organization and with Iowa Healthcare Collaboratives.
Hospice Care Coordinator
Crawford County Home Health, Hospice, and Public Health
06.2014 - 02.2017
- Educated staff on conditions of participation
- Developed a curriculum for hospice volunteers
- Marketed hospice services to the general public
- Provided training for staff in long term care setting about hospice services and levels of care
- Reviewed plans of care and documentation to ensure all necessary services are provided to each patient
- Evaluated patients to determine appropriateness of hospice referrals based on qualifying conditions
- Lead care efforts with interdisciplinary team for comfort and safety focused care
- Developed a plan of care and discuss changes in status weekly and at recertification periods with the interdisciplinary team
- Educated patients and families regarding disease processes, physician orders, medications, and plan of care
- Assisted long term care facilities and families with care of patients with terminal illnesses
- Provided spiritual and emotional support to patients and families with assist of pastoral care and social work
- Accompanied medical director and certified hospice physician with face to face visits for recertification and hospice transfers.
Hospice Case Manager
Unity Point Hospice
06.2013 - 02.2017
- Evaluate patients to determine if hospice referrals are appropriate based on qualifying conditions
- Coordinate care efforts often with interdisciplinary team for comfort and safety focused care
- Develop a plan of care and discuss changes in status weekly and at recertification periods with the interdisciplinary team
- Educate patients and families regarding disease processes, physician orders, medications, and plan of care
- Assist long term care facilities and families with care of patients with terminal illnesses
- Provide spiritual and emotional support to patients and families with assist of pastoral care and social work
- Accompany medical director and certified hospice physician with face to face visits for recertification and hospice transfers.
Staff RN
St. Luke’s Hospital
07.2011 - 06.2013
- Collaborated with interdisciplinary team to treat immediate postoperative total joint patients, cervical fusions, and lumbar fusions.
- Treated total joint infections, cellulitis, and diabetic patients needing amputations preoperatively and postoperatively
- Delivered blood products and IV or IM medications in code and other critical situations
- Delivered tube feedings for patients with bowel obstructions or who have oral intake restrictions
- Changed initial surgical dressings and monitored and remove surgical drains and wound vacs
- Served as charge RN on night shift
- Served as primary nurse for four or five patients and the resource for all other nurses while doing the scheduling for the next shift
- Served as preceptor to new RN’s on all shifts as well as student nurses
- Taught new nurses how to care for postoperative patients, what to do in emergent situations, and what medications should be given
- Instructed new nurses about proper assessments for the patient population, and when to contact the physician.
Education
Bachelor of Science - Nursing
University of Iowa
Iowa City, IA05.2011
Skills
- Training and mentoring
- Goal-Oriented
- Staff Management
- Staff Development
- Processes and procedures
- Project Management
- Policy Enforcement
- Process Monitoring and Improvement
Accomplishments
- Instrumental in developing, introducing, and managing a Nurse Residency curriculum for new graduate nurses.
- Created and implemented a new hire clinical orientation program for the onboarding of new clinical staff in the organization of 780 employees.
Certification
- Certified Healthcare Simulation Educator, Society for Simulation in Healthcare
- Rural Healthcare Nurse Certified, National Rural Health Association
- BLS Faculty, BLS Instructor, BLS Provider, American Heart Association (AHA)
- ACLS Instructor, ACLS Provider, AHA
- PALS, AHA
- NRP, AAP
- STABLE
Timeline
Education Services Supervisor, Clinical Nurse Educator, Simulation Center Coordinator
St. Anthony Regional Hospital and Nursing Home
02.2017 - Current
Hospice Care Coordinator
Crawford County Home Health, Hospice, and Public Health
06.2014 - 02.2017
Hospice Case Manager
Unity Point Hospice
06.2013 - 02.2017
Staff RN
St. Luke’s Hospital
07.2011 - 06.2013
Bachelor of Science - Nursing
University of Iowa
- Certified Healthcare Simulation Educator, Society for Simulation in Healthcare
- Rural Healthcare Nurse Certified, National Rural Health Association
- BLS Faculty, BLS Instructor, BLS Provider, American Heart Association (AHA)
- ACLS Instructor, ACLS Provider, AHA
- PALS, AHA
- NRP, AAP
- STABLE
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