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Christine Grube

Flagstaff,AZ

Summary

Registered Nurse with expertise in geriatrics and critical care. Excellent problem-solving skills complemented by the ability to build effective relationships with clients and interdisciplinary teams.

Overview

22
22
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification

Work History

Registered Nurse (RN)

Northern Arizona Home Health/LHC Group
Flagstaff, AZ
09.2024 - Current
  • Provide nursing visits to homebound patients. Requires a high level of autonomy and critical thinking skills.
  • Responsibilities include assessing the patient's needs, developing an interdisciplinary plan of care, implementing and evaluating care, educating the patient and caregivers.
  • Provide care across the spectrum: wound care, medication management, infusions, PICC line and port care, ostomy care, parental nutrition, lab draws.
  • Collaborate closely with an interdisciplinary team including Physicians, RNs, Physical Therapists and Pharmacists in coordinating plan of care.
  • Supervisory responsibilities with other nursing personnel including LPNs and CNAs.
  • EMR- Home Care Home Base

Healthcare Director

Highgate Senior Living
Flagstaff, AZ
05.2023 - Current
  • In a senior living community of over 70 assisted living and memory care residents, responsible for the oversight and management of resident nursing care.
  • This includes assessments, medication administration, and supervision of the day to day nursing activity, in accordance with state and federal regulations and Highgate policies.
  • Nurture relationships and work closely with team members, residents, families, physicians, pharmacists, home health and hospice to provide the needed spectrum of care.
  • Directly supervised 11 Medication Aides.

Pre-op/PACU RN/Pre-admit RN

Surgery Center at Flagstaff Bone & Joint
Flagstaff, AZ
01.2021 - 05.2023
  • Provided pre-operative/postoperative/ pre-admit care in an orthopedic ambulatory surgery center (ASC).
  • Surgeries offered included the spectrum of orthopedic procedures from pain injections, hand, shoulder, knee to total joint and spine surgeries.

Registered Nurse

Angel’s Care Home Health
Flagstaff, AZ
05.2018 - 01.2021
  • Provided nursing visits and case management to homebound patients. Required a high level of autonomy and critical thinking skills.
  • Responsibilities included assessing the patient's needs, developing an interdisciplinary plan of care, implementing and evaluating care, educating the patient and caregivers.
  • Provided care across the spectrum: wound care, medication management, infusions, PICC line and port care, ostomy care, parental nutrition, lab draws.
  • Collaborate closely with an interdisciplinary team including Physicians, RNs, Physical Therapists and Pharmacists in coordinating plan of care.
  • Supervisory responsibilities with other nursing personnel including LPNs and CNAs.
  • EMR- Home Care Home Base

CHRONIC Care Manager

Northern Arizona Home Health/LHC Group
Flagstaff, AZ
01.2020 - 01.2021
  • Case managed chronic care high-risk patients (Medicare CCM) for Commonwealth ACO and Northern Arizona Home Health.
  • Worked closely with providers at Flagstaff Family Care and other ACO members to optimize patient care.
  • Provided nursing visits and case management to homebound patients. Required a high level of autonomy and critical thinking skills.
  • Responsibilities included assessing the patient's needs, developing an interdisciplinary plan of care, implementing and evaluating care, educating the patient and caregivers.
  • Provided care across the spectrum: wound care, medication management, infusions, PICC line and port care, ostomy care, catheter care, parental nutrition, lab draws.
  • Collaborate closely with an interdisciplinary team including Physicians, RNs, Physical Therapists and Pharmacists in coordinating plan of care.
  • EMR- Home Care Home Base

RN Liaison

Connected Care, Northern Arizona Orthopedics
Flagstaff, AZ
03.2017 - 04.2018
  • Responsible for the execution of clinical programs intended to help patients, employers and payors gain seamless access to NAO specialty programs.
  • Supported patients, providers and staff in navigating the Arizona Workman's Compensation system.
  • Established positive relationships with employers, insurance companies, Nurse Case Managers and attorneys to facilitate effective and efficient care throughout a Work Comp claim.
  • Addressed patient's post-operative concerns via phone.
  • Provided consultation and guidance to medical assistants to clinical concerns.

Patient Relations Specialist RN

Northern Arizona Healthcare
Flagstaff, AZ
02.2016 - 09.2016
  • Served as a central resource and administrative liaison for all customer care concerns.
  • Provided support, guidance and direction for patients, visitors, physicians and hospital staff in both proactive and reactive problem resolution.
  • Represented the administrative team to the patient/patient's family.
  • Worked to investigate, resolve, document and report patient complaints and concerns to hospital leadership and staff.
  • Worked to develop, implement and participate in service recovery, service excellence, and patient relations initiatives.
  • Analyzed patient satisfaction and complaint and/or grievance data to recommend guidelines, services to ensure customer service excellence.
  • Navigated Cerner, Northern Arizona's EMR on a daily basis.

PeriAnesthesia Nurse / Risk Manager/Infection Preventionist

Summit Surgery Center and Recovery Care Center then Northern Arizona Healthcare Orthopedic Surgery Center
Flagstaff, AZ
08.2006 - 01.2016
  • RN: Pre-Admit /Pre-op/ Operating Room/PACU.
  • Used critical thinking, judgement and nursing skills to perform all nursing duties surrounding the orthopedic surgical experience in an ambulatory surgery center (ASC) and Recovery Care Center (RCC).
  • Surgeries offered included the spectrum of orthopedic procedures from hand, shoulder, and knee to total joint and spine surgeries.
  • Pre-admit RN: Performed pre-operative anesthesia risk/assessments and peri-operative education.
  • Pre-op RN: Readied the patient for surgery including but not limited to: assessments and administration of medications/conscious sedation. Performed EKGs as needed.
  • Circulating RN in a three operating room orthopedic facility.
  • PACU RN: Recovered patients immediately following surgery for discharge to home or admittance to the overnight facility.
  • Assessed patient's condition in critical care setting, including cardiac and respiratory status, monitored vital signs, administered medication, fitted orthopedic devices, and provided education.
  • RCC RN: Cared for patients as inpatients in their post-operative period after total joint and spinal surgeries.
  • Risk Manager/Quality Assurance: Collaborated with the surgery center's Administrator to ensure facility's compliance with CMS and State regulations governing ASCs.
  • Member of the facility's Quality Assurance Performance Improvement committee.
  • Collected, analyzed, trended incidents and variances to ensure safety of the surgery center's patients and employees.
  • Identified risks and potential hazards. Worked with the Quality Assurance team and medical providers evaluating current systems in quality improvement.
  • Solutions and action plans were developed and executed.
  • Educated staff to prevent occupational injuries and to increase the quality of patient care.
  • Followed OSHA and surgery center policies for blood exposures.
  • Reported required data to regulatory agencies and to Quality Assurance Performance Improvement (QAPI) quarterly meetings.
  • Updated policies and procedures as needed.
  • Infection Preventionist: Ensured facility's compliance with CMS and State regulations governing ASCs in infection control.
  • Monitored, collected, analyzed, interpreted data and recognized outbreaks.
  • Assessed training needs for all staff including risks and prevention and provided needed evidenced based practice education.
  • Collaborated with the multidisciplinary team to perform root cause analysis on all reported infections and serious incidents.

Medical-Surgical Nurse / Pediatric Nurse

Mammoth Lakes Hospital
Mammoth Lakes, CA
07.2004 - 05.2006
  • Cared for patients across the age and acuity spectrum in a 13 bed rural hospital.
  • Pediatric Clinic RN: Provided initial clinic assessments for sick and well visits.
  • Performed basic lab tests including urine dips, rapid strep tests, hemoglobin, and finger stick blood glucose.
  • Administered immunizations, tuberculin testing and Depo-Provera injections.
  • Provided in person and phone triage to patients.

Cardiac Care RN

Scripps Memorial Hospital
La Jolla, CA
02.2003 - 06.2004
  • Provided care for pre/post-operative cardiac patients and monitored medical/surgical patients on a 75 bed unit.
  • Responsibilities included the assessment, planning, implementation of the plan of care and the evaluation of the patients progress towards the expected outcomes.
  • Worked collaboratively with the entire patient care team.

Education

Associate Degree in Nursing - Nursing

Grossmont College
San Diego, CA
01.2003

Bachelors in Science - Therapeutic Recreation

Northland College
Ashland, WI
01.1991

Liberal Arts Studies -

Marquette University
01.1990

Skills

  • Critical care experience
  • Case management
  • Assisted Living/Memory Care
  • PACU/Pre-op
  • Operating Room
  • Leadership
  • Quality Assurance
  • Infection Prevention
  • Hospital Experience
  • Patient assessment
  • Chronic care management
  • IV management
  • Healthcare personnel supervision
  • Wound care including neg pressure

Certification

  • Registered Nurse Arizona, expiring 04/01/26
  • BLS Certification, 11/01/25

Additional Information

03/27, Completed APIC course in Infection Prevention for ASCs 2015.

Timeline

Registered Nurse (RN)

Northern Arizona Home Health/LHC Group
09.2024 - Current

Healthcare Director

Highgate Senior Living
05.2023 - Current

Pre-op/PACU RN/Pre-admit RN

Surgery Center at Flagstaff Bone & Joint
01.2021 - 05.2023

CHRONIC Care Manager

Northern Arizona Home Health/LHC Group
01.2020 - 01.2021

Registered Nurse

Angel’s Care Home Health
05.2018 - 01.2021

RN Liaison

Connected Care, Northern Arizona Orthopedics
03.2017 - 04.2018

Patient Relations Specialist RN

Northern Arizona Healthcare
02.2016 - 09.2016

PeriAnesthesia Nurse / Risk Manager/Infection Preventionist

Summit Surgery Center and Recovery Care Center then Northern Arizona Healthcare Orthopedic Surgery Center
08.2006 - 01.2016

Medical-Surgical Nurse / Pediatric Nurse

Mammoth Lakes Hospital
07.2004 - 05.2006

Cardiac Care RN

Scripps Memorial Hospital
02.2003 - 06.2004

Associate Degree in Nursing - Nursing

Grossmont College

Bachelors in Science - Therapeutic Recreation

Northland College

Liberal Arts Studies -

Marquette University

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