Debbie Swiers

• Prepared challenging lesson plans to develop CNA students into successful healthcare professionals.

Clinical oversight of Assisted Living and Memory Support Communities.

Delegation nurse for communities as needed.

• Director for building for Skilled, LTC and Memory Support.

• Of nursing for a 58 bed level 1 Adult Psychiatric Hospital
• Responsible for care of the patients providing safety and dignity for patients and staff as well
• Also responsible for dietary oversight and for central supply.

• Work on adult psychiatric special care unit
• Coordinated with physicians and other clinical staff to prepare for treatment, carry out interventions and enhance continuum of care to deliver comprehensive services
• Maintaining patient safety and dignity.

• Travel position with the State of Arizona Department of Disabilities to perform quality assurance investigations for reported complaints from members, families and providers
• Investigations were often coordinated with Adult or Child Protective Services as well as the local police departments.

• For the adult psychiatric units providing care to the patient load assigned on the
• Special Care Unit as well as assisting other units in order to provide coordinated appropriate care while maintaining the dignity and safety of the patients.

• RN to be trained from Med Sur to ICU to ER for floating throughout hospital
• Was involved in a motor vehicle accident with an extended recuperation leading hospital to be unable to hold my position and continue training.

• For the long term care and Medicare unit
• Managed two licensed nurses in the department
• Assisted the medical records department, business office and case management in billing appropriately, providing appropriate patient care in order to provide the patients and residents with the best possible care
• Coordinated care plan meetings.

• Provided marketing for the practice.

• Clinical and fiscal responsibility for 26 assisted living and memory support units in 7 states.

• Working on in several positions including floor nurse, charge nurse, interim DON and as an MDS 3.0 nurse for various acute rehab centers, in-patient hospice units and other facilities throughout Arizona
• During this time, I was hired full-time from interim DNS to full-time DNS at Westchester Senior Living and Arizona Grand Senior Living.

• Cared for a terminally ill parent., teaching the, and implementing an, system
• Became the DON after a year when the facility changed ownership.

• At night for the rehab hospital
• Also worked as a floor nurse.

• For an extended care facility with a sub-acute unit.

• RN Administrator for a 92 bed facility
• Was a certified instructor for the care giving and medication tech courses.
• Increased census from 23 to 67 residents