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Cody Longero

Sparks,NV

Summary

Highly effective Nurse Manager, and Multi-Specialty Coordinator with experience in many specialties. Experienced in interdisciplinary collaboration to achieve organizational goals. I have had success in clinic management, staffing models, contracting, and staffing methodologies. Recognized as an exceptional problem solver and team leader.

Overview

7
7
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification

Work History

Outpatient Clinical Administrative Nurse Manager

Veterans Affairs Hospital
Reno, NV
11.2023 - Current
  • As specialty clinic manager, I successfully implemented Suicide Screening reminders in the specialty clinic to bring facility compliance to 100%.
  • Developed and implemented nursing policies and procedures.
  • Provided guidance to staff on patient care, clinical practice, and professional development.
  • Participated in the recruitment, interviewing, selection, orientation of new employees.
  • Monitored quality assurance activities for compliance with standards of care.
  • Assisted Rheumatology and Nephrology in writing the service line agreement for consult triage and Community Care.
  • Successfully lead Provider meetings to provide education on consult triage and workload capture.
  • Lead meetings with Community Care to ensure seamless transition for our Veterans.
  • Collaborated with other departments to ensure quality patient outcomes.
  • Assisted with budgeting process by forecasting staffing needs and supplies.
  • Evaluated performance of individual nurses against established standards.
  • Coordinated interdisciplinary team meetings to review patient progress and plan care strategies.
  • Conducted regular meetings with staff to discuss concerns or issues related to nursing practices.
  • Maintained accurate records of employee attendance, sick leave requests, vacation time.

Multi-Specialty Coordinator-Acting Clinic Manager

Veterans Affairs Hospital
Reno, NV
01.2021 - 11.2023
  • Care Coordination for Rheumatology, Nephrology, and Endocrinology.
  • Created and implemented a new dialysis order set to address and correct a Joint Commission finding.
  • Successfully led meetings with our dialysis contractor to address gaps affecting patient care. This medium led to more nurses being credentialed, which improved patient care and saved the hospital significant money.
  • Successfully led Resident education meetings addressing the tobacco template. Provided education on how to complete the template to bring compliance to 100%.
  • Led meetings with Physicians regarding workload not being captured correctly. Provided training to the Physicians on how to capture their work properly. This medium led to an increase in VERA reimbursement.
  • Collects data from every dialysis procedure to improve our process in conjunction with our dialysis contractor.
  • Collects data on every patient readmission or death in the Medicine service. Works with Physicians on process improvements.
  • Led meetings with hospitalists regarding 1F hospice orders. Provided education to ensure patient's existing LST matched admission orders.
  • Used data collected from dialysis audits to plan budget processes for new dialysis contract.
  • As acting manager of the specialty clinic, I ensured adequate staffing to meet productivity goals.
  • Identified supplies in dialysis that were not being used. Decreased par levels on other supplies, which in turn reduced hospital costs.

Cardiac Cath Lab Registered Nurse

Veterans Affairs Hospital
Reno, Nevada (NV)
09.2019 - 01.2021
  • Addressed issues in a Joint Commission finding in procedural charting. Added the correct macros to Mac Lab, which led to a successful follow-up audit.
  • Led project working with vendors to lean out our cath lab. Successfully got rid of multiple supplies that were not being used. Reduced cath lab spending significantly.
  • Led a process development project for bronchoscopy patients, which decreased patient wait times.
  • Trained cath lab staff in Mac Lab charting.
  • Managed the Cath Lab during Covid-19 pandemic.

Cardiac Cath Lab, IR RN/Charge Nurse

Carson Tahoe Health
Carson City, Nevada (NV)
02.2018 - 09.2019
  • Adhered to infection control procedures to facilitate safe, clean patient environment.
  • Evaluated patients, recognized and addressed complications and coordinated treatment with other members of critical care team.
  • Trained and mentored new RNs on best practices, hospital policies and standards of care.
  • Utilized staffing methodology standards to meet patient needs while writing schedules for Cath Lab and Interventional Radiology.
  • Worked with hospital leadership and cardiac device vendors on a new contract. The agreed-upon new contract saved Carson Tahoe significant money over the next four years.
  • Appointed as the Cath Lab representative to ensure the successful implementation of the EPIC rollout.
  • Provided in-service training to the ICU on managing Impella's placed in the cath lab.

Charge Nurse

Nevada Department Of Corrections
Lovelock, NV
09.2017 - 02.2018
  • Remained calm and professional in stressful circumstances and effectively diffused tense situations.
  • Completed thorough opening, closing and shift change functions to maintain operational standards each day.
  • Delegated work to staff, setting priorities and goals.
  • Provided leadership, insight and mentoring to newly hired employees to supply knowledge of various company programs.
  • Recruited and trained new employees to meet job requirements.
  • Reviewed employee performance and provided ongoing feedback and coaching to drive performance improvement.
  • Oversaw the care of an 1100 inmate facility.
  • Triaged multiple patients daily, having to make quick decisions on whether they needed a higher level of care.

Registered Nurse, ICU/Charge Nurse

Renown Regional Medical Center
Reno, NV
10.2016 - 09.2017
  • Mentored new staff by precepting new graduate nurses to Trauma ICU.
  • Worked as a charge nurse who led a 27-bed trauma unit, ensuring adequate staffing and bed assignments.
  • Collaborated with other ICU Departments as a Rapid Response/Code blue team member.
  • Adhered to infection control procedures to facilitate safe, clean patient environment.
  • Evaluated patients, recognized and addressed complications and coordinated treatment with other members of critical care team.
  • Created and implemented care plans after reviewing patients' imaging and test results, working closely with other members of interdisciplinary team.
  • Achieved best possible outcomes for nursing sensitive indicators, core measures, HCAPS, patient satisfaction and associate satisfaction.
  • Employee of the Month April 2017.

Education

Bachelor of Science - Nursing

Capella University
Minneapolis, MN
05.2023

Associate of Science - Nursing

Carrington College
08.2016

Skills

  • Self Starter
  • Patient Advocacy
  • Interpersonal Communication
  • Quality Management
  • Physician Relations
  • Process Improvement
  • Change Management
  • Staffing Methodologies

Certification

Basic Life Support (BLS) Certification Advanced Cardiovascular Life Support (ACLS) Certification.

Timeline

Outpatient Clinical Administrative Nurse Manager

Veterans Affairs Hospital
11.2023 - Current

Multi-Specialty Coordinator-Acting Clinic Manager

Veterans Affairs Hospital
01.2021 - 11.2023

Cardiac Cath Lab Registered Nurse

Veterans Affairs Hospital
09.2019 - 01.2021

Cardiac Cath Lab, IR RN/Charge Nurse

Carson Tahoe Health
02.2018 - 09.2019

Charge Nurse

Nevada Department Of Corrections
09.2017 - 02.2018

Registered Nurse, ICU/Charge Nurse

Renown Regional Medical Center
10.2016 - 09.2017

Bachelor of Science - Nursing

Capella University

Associate of Science - Nursing

Carrington College

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