Crystal Johstono
Macon,GA
Summary
Lecturer and clinical instructor in the family nursing course with primary focus on pediatrics. Highly skilled Registered Nurse (RN) with 20 years of relevant pediatric experience providing health management, ensuring school nursing care, and Headstart regulatory compliance. Recognized as an exceptional team leader and problem solver with expertise in quality, utilization, and risk management. Notable success in policy and procedure development. Areas of expertise include: Quality Assessments, Process Improvements, Regulatory Compliance, COVID Contact Tracing for county school district, Collaboration with local health department and district health office, Quality Management, Compliance Reporting, Child Plus Monitoring, COVID training to staff and school bus personnel, Collaboration with Community Health Systems personnel in school-based clinic, Student Advocacy, Protocol Development, Training & Development, Purchasing, COVID P&P implementation, Telehealth assistance, Coordination of care of services for students and staff, Lecturer & Clinical Instructor, Camp Nursing - sports camp
Innovative family nursing lecturer mindful of student engagement and interest who thrives on experiential learning. Time-tested designer of targeted lectures with audience in mind, devising most effective methods for helping participants acquire intended information. Creative thinker with flexibility to allow audience to guide direction of lectures and achieve most out of interdisciplinary education experience.
Overview
37
37
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification
Work History
Lecturer & Clinical Instructor
Georgia College and State University
01.2022 - Current
Staff Nurse
Piedmont Macon North Hospital-Emergency Department
01.1989 - Current
Camp Nurse
Camp Avoda
06.2023 - 08.2023
- Nursing oversight to ensure safety of campers and staff, dispense medications, first aid for minor and major injuries, daily sick call, weekly health checks, communication of specific camper health needs (allergies, special diets), medical record keeping, communication and coordination with local physicians, hospitals, and pharmacies, communication with parents, accompany sick/injured campers or staff to the hospital or to medical appointments, monitoring of infectious disease
Camp Nurse
Camp Avoda
06.2022 - 08.2022
- Nursing oversight to ensure safety of campers and staff, dispense medications, first aid for minor and major injuries, daily sick call, weekly health checks, communication of specific camper health needs (allergies, special diets), medical record keeping, communication and coordination with local physicians, hospitals, and pharmacies, communication with parents, accompany sick/injured campers or staff to the hospital or to medical appointments, monitoring of infectious disease
Health Manager/School Nurse
Baldwin County Early Learning Center
01.2017 - 01.2022
- Safety Officer, Supply management, staff training, Headstart regulatory compliance, Child Plus monitoring, MSDS compliance, OSHA compliance, Policy & Protocol development, Care of Special Needs students, Teaching staff on Gastrostomy Tube Feeding, Growth Assessment evaluation, medical supply ordering, training of staff on students with allergies and emergency epinephrine administration, diastat administration, medication administration, head injury, and exclusion for contagious illnesses.
PEC School Nurse
Bibb County School District
01.2002 - 01.2017
- Coordinated care, services, and planning for special education students, supervision of school nurses, IEP & 504 development
- Instruction to school staff on diabetes, seizures, allergic reactions, administration of emergency epinephrine, gastrostomy tube feeding teaching, care of orthopedically impaired students, deaf-hard of hearing students, severely & moderately Intellectually impaired students and administration of emergency diastat.
Staff Nurse
Navicent Medical Center of Central Ga
01.1988 - 01.1990
- Cardiovascular/Vascular/Thoracic/Telemetry Step-down unit caring for open heart patients, chest tubes, telemetry interpretation, charge nurse
Education
Bachelor of Science in Nursing -
Western Governors University
Associate of Science in Nursing -
Florida State College at Jacksonville
Doctorate of Nursing Practice - Advanced Practice Nursing
University of Alabama At Birmingham
Birmingham, Alabama, United States09.2024
Skills
- Student advisement
- Group and individual instruction
- Course Development
- Online Class Discussion
- Curriculum Committee member
- School of Nursing Committee member
- Curriculum Creation
- Student needs assessment
- Lecture development
- Adaptability and Flexibility
- Reliability
- Self Motivation
- Teamwork and Collaboration
Certification
- ACLS
- PALS
- BLS
- NCSN (National Certification School Nursing) Certification
- Registered Nurse, Georgia, RN088169, True, 01/2025
- Multistate Compact License, Georgia, RN088169, True, 01/2025
- Registered Nurse, Massachusetts, RN2368488, False, 03/2026
- APRN Certification AANP, #F09240445
- APRN LIcense verification pending for GA, Fl, and MA
- NPI #1376265314
Affiliations
- GA School Nurses Association
- National Association of School Nursing
- Sigma Theta Tau International
Personal Information
Title: DNP, FNP-C, NCSN, RN
Timeline
Camp Nurse
Camp Avoda
06.2023 - 08.2023
Camp Nurse
Camp Avoda
06.2022 - 08.2022
Lecturer & Clinical Instructor
Georgia College and State University
01.2022 - Current
Health Manager/School Nurse
Baldwin County Early Learning Center
01.2017 - 01.2022
PEC School Nurse
Bibb County School District
01.2002 - 01.2017
Staff Nurse
Piedmont Macon North Hospital-Emergency Department
01.1989 - Current
Staff Nurse
Navicent Medical Center of Central Ga
01.1988 - 01.1990
Bachelor of Science in Nursing -
Western Governors University
Associate of Science in Nursing -
Florida State College at Jacksonville
Doctorate of Nursing Practice - Advanced Practice Nursing
University of Alabama At Birmingham
- ACLS
- PALS
- BLS
- NCSN (National Certification School Nursing) Certification
- Registered Nurse, Georgia, RN088169, True, 01/2025
- Multistate Compact License, Georgia, RN088169, True, 01/2025
- Registered Nurse, Massachusetts, RN2368488, False, 03/2026
- APRN Certification AANP, #F09240445
- APRN LIcense verification pending for GA, Fl, and MA
- NPI #1376265314
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