Denise Bellanca

Adminster medications to patients monitoring closely for adverse reaction; chart on patient's behavior throughout shift.

Report all pertinent information to psychiatric care team

• Clinical instruction of CNAs
• Instruction of new LPNs
• Employee Health including immunization compliance
• Quality Assurance
• Audits of employee performance including annuals.
• Worker’s Comp and OSHA reporting
• Coordinate monthly meetings.
• Create and assign inservices, ensuring and documenting compliance.
• Supervision of building, On-Call & Manager on Duty.

• Conducted thorough medical history reviews to support nursing assessments and medication management.
• Collaborated with licensed mental health counselors, nurse practitioners, and psychiatrists to coordinate patient care and communicate status changes.
• Administered injections and monitored blood work; ordered laboratory tests and performed blood draws for toxicology screenings.
• Coordinated patient referrals and facilitated linkages to appropriate services. Scheduled client appointments and provided education and support to clients and their families.

• Strong Behavioral Health background, including PMBD and de-escalation courses. Inpatient Psychiatry & Substance Abuse Rehab experience.
• Med/Surg,Geriatrics, Hospice, Short Stay Rehab and ICU step down. Medication administration, including IV therapy, G-tubes, Trach care, blood draws, EKGs, Tele monitoring, and IV insertion.
• Outpatient clinic experience which included Urology, General Surgery, Surgical Thoracic, Endocrine, Cardiac, ENT & Vascular. Responsible for vital signs collection, charting, phone triage, chaperoning patients with doctors, specimen collection (urine/ semen/wound culture), scheduling urology nurse procedures (Urethral and SP catheters), performing urethral and SP catheter changes, VoidingTrials (both scheduling and performing), changing bandages, testing blood sugars and obtaining A1Cs.
• Supervisory/Charge Nurse experience in Skilled Nursing Setting

• Behavioral Health Nurse; administered medication, assisted with group therapy
• 1:1 observations and behavioral shift notes which including documenting mental health status.
• ER cross trained; administered medication, assisted during codes, blood draw and specimen collection, catheter insertions, EKGs, restocked supplies and obtained supplies during emergencies.

• Charge Nurse on Evening shift. Responsible for 40 bed unit and up to four Nursing Assistants. Took verbal orders, extensive charting, large medication passes including IV therapy and GI tubes, wound care. Catheter insertions, rectal tube insertion.

• Certified Nursing Assistant in Skilled Nursing Facility.
• Helped residents with their ADL's. Recorded patient info and reported changes in status to charge nurse.