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Diamond M. Ockenfels

Diamond M. Ockenfels

Registered Nurse
Urbana,Ia

Summary

Experienced Registered Nurse with over Seventeen years of experience in healthcare. Excellent reputation for resolving problems and improving customer satisfaction.

Overview

16
16
years of professional experience
2
2
Certifications

Work History

Assistant Director of Nursing

NorthCrest Specialty Care
Waterloo, IA
06.2019 - 03.2022
  • Supervise floor staff charting/documentation
  • Staff schedules
  • Analyze nursing activities
  • Delegates nursing activities
  • Evaluates nursing activities
  • Ensures patient comfort and care
  • Run PointClickCare Reports
  • Assist with physician rounds/telehealth visits
  • Complete wound/skin rounds on residents
  • Track Infection Control policies and Antibiotic Usage
  • Assist nursing staff as needed
  • Interim DON
  • Admissions
  • Discharge planning
  • Insurance updates for SNF residents
  • Staff evaluations
  • Staff/Resident COVID testing and tracking
  • Rehospitalization Tracking
  • Facilitate Staff education/training/audits
  • Pharmacy reviews
  • Weekly reports for skins/falls/weight loss
  • On call support to staff
  • DIA reporting
  • Supply ordering for facility and rental equipment
  • Restorative Program Tracking
  • Review referrals for admissions
  • Input admission orders
  • Diabetic/enteral feeding supply ordering

Charge RN

Living Center
West Cedar Rapids, IA
01.2019 - 06.2019
  • Complete medication administration to residents
  • Complete treatments for residents
  • Supervise and assist nursing staff as needed
  • Complete weekly skin sheets and monitor skin integrity issues
  • Provide thorough documentation using PointClickCare
  • Input physician orders into PointClickCare
  • Schedule appointments and transportation

Certified Nursing Assistant/Certified Medication Aide/Charge RN

NorthCrest Specialty Care
Waterloo, IA
10.2017 - 01.2019
  • Provide activities of daily living to residents in a long term and rehab
  • Nursing facility
  • Complete medication administration to residents
  • Complete treatments for residents
  • Assist nursing staff as requested

Certified Nursing Assistant/Certified Medication Aide

Vinton Lutheran Home Vinton
, IA
09.2016 - 07.2017
  • Assisted elderly patients with ADL’s, ambulation, toileting, dressing/undressing, & personal hygiene
  • Administered proper medication(s) to the residents

OMT

Evergreen Estates I
Cedar Rapids, IA
10.2015 - 08.2016
  • Provided for the safety and well-being of residents
  • Administered medications, blood glucose testing, and insulin injections
  • Supervised aides and assisted with rounds and activities of daily living

Rock Ridge Residential Care Center , OMT
Shellsburg, IA
10.2014 - 10.2015
  • Responsible for the safety and well-being of forty residents
  • Administered medications, blood glucose monitoring and insulin injections
  • Assisted with activities of daily living including toileting and dressing.

Certified Nursing Assistant

Keystone Nursing Care Center Keystone
, IA
08.2013 - 10.2014
  • Responsible for assisting the elderly with day to day activities including: bathing, dressing, oral hygiene, toileting, ambulation and eating

Certified Nursing Assistant

Sunny Crest Nursing Center Dysart
, IA
05.2012 - 08.2013
  • Assisted the elderly with day to day activities including: bathing, dressing, oral hygiene, toileting, ambulation and eating

Medical Supply Specialist

United States Army Texas
08.2006 - 09.2012
  • Responsible for maintaining the medical supply warehouse
  • Ordered medical supplies from vendors in Qatar and Germany and placed orders into the system for the combat units downrange
  • Received and ensured correct items were shipped, and were sent to the proper area in the warehouse
  • Ensured high dollar items had a letter of justification prior to being shipped out
  • Secured the items that were listed in the system and ensured they were on hand and not expired
  • Provided quality service by communicating with customers downrange via email, phone, and in person to place their orders in an efficient manner while maintaining professionalism and upholding the Army standard

Education

Purdue University Global

Skills

Multidisciplinary team collaboration

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Certification

Leadership experience

Accomplishments

  • Supervised team of 90+ staff members
  • Achieved lower infection rates through effectively helping with Infection Control policies and audits.
  • Achieved lower infections by completing wound rounds and treatment with accuracy and efficiency.

Additional Information

Registered Nurse in Iowa with multi-state, Compact licensure.

Interested in pursuing BSN if required for potential employment opportunities

Work Availability

monday
tuesday
wednesday
thursday
friday
saturday
sunday
morning
afternoon
evening
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Quote

“Let us never consider ourselves finished nurses … we must be learning all of our lives.”
Florence Nightingale

Timeline

Assistant Director of Nursing

NorthCrest Specialty Care
06.2019 - 03.2022

Charge RN

Living Center
01.2019 - 06.2019

Certified Nursing Assistant/Certified Medication Aide/Charge RN

NorthCrest Specialty Care
10.2017 - 01.2019

Certified Nursing Assistant/Certified Medication Aide

Vinton Lutheran Home Vinton
09.2016 - 07.2017

OMT

Evergreen Estates I
10.2015 - 08.2016

Rock Ridge Residential Care Center , OMT
10.2014 - 10.2015

Certified Nursing Assistant

Keystone Nursing Care Center Keystone
08.2013 - 10.2014

Certified Nursing Assistant

Sunny Crest Nursing Center Dysart
05.2012 - 08.2013

Medical Supply Specialist

United States Army Texas
08.2006 - 09.2012

Purdue University Global

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