Elena Shanoff Kokosa
Boca Raton,FL
Summary
Dedicated and compassionate Registered Nurse (RN) with a progressive career history in direct patient care, triage, and care coordination in a fast-paced environment. Demonstrated ability to remain calm under pressure and skillfully handle difficult patients and high-stress situations. Committed to developing strong relationships with patients and families through empathetic communication, a respectful attitude, and excellent customer service. Proficient in EMR charting and experienced in interdisciplinary collaboration to optimize patient care and support.
Overview
13
13
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification
Work History
Adjunct Professor - Clinical Instructor
Quinnipiac University
01.2024 - 01.2025
Registered Nurse – Medical Oncology, Smilow Cancer Center
Yale New Haven Health
11.2019 - 01.2025
- Assist physicians and provide direct patient care in fast-paced multi-specialty ambulatory clinics (multiple disease teams)
- Provide accurate, comprehensive assessment of relevant medical history and condition, including physical assessment, medication reconciliation, review of laboratory results, mental status, and psychosocial support
- Perform telephone triage, using critical thinking skills, to analyze actual and potential diagnoses and advise on treatment or course of action
- Conduct results follow-up calls, respond to patient phone and electronic messages
- Maintain responsibility for post-discharge follow-up for seamless transition of care
- Coordinate patient care with multidisciplinary team to optimize patient outcomes: chemotherapy infusion, primary care, nutrition, speech-language pathology, care management
- Assess, plan, coordinate and advocate to meet patients’ health needs through communication and identification of available resources to promote quality, patient satisfaction, and cost-effective outcomes
- Provide patients and families with education regarding their disease process, medications, treatment and plan of care and continually assess understanding of ongoing management, goals of care and address their concerns, issues, desires, and needs
- Assist with clinical and administrate aspects, initiatives, and responsibilities associated with the Smilow Care Center and YNHH
- Maintain a safe, clean patient care environment in accordance with YNHH policies
- Assist in achieving objectives for the Yale New Haven Health system and support an action plan to accomplish set goals
- Member of unit Diversity, Equity & Inclusion committee, collaborating on monthly education for staff
Clinical Nurse – Cardiac Telemetry Unit
Hartford Healthcare - St. Vincent’s Medical Center
11.2013 - 04.2022
- Provided nursing care to patients requiring continuous telemetry monitoring due to heart failure, myocardial infarction, arrhythmias, substance abuse, as well as other cardiac conditions
- Monitored, recorded and communicated patient condition
- Implemented and monitored patient care plans
- Provided patient and family members with education concerning patients’ plan of care, medications, diet, activity restrictions, future medical follow-up, and disease prevention
- Assessed and coordinated patients’ discharge planning needs with members of the healthcare team
- Performed Charge Nurse duties
- Unit Practice Council representative for Relationship Based Care initiative
- Super User in Cerner EMR system
Clinical Nurse – Nursing Resource Float Pool
Yale New Haven Health
04.2017 - 11.2019
- Diversified and adaptable float nurse proficiently trained to perform in a variety of care settings including: Cardiac Telemetry, Oncology, Post-Surgical, Med-Surg, Neurology, Observation
- Utilized strong assessment skills to deliver high quality nursing care within the philosophy, vision and policies of YNHH
- Implemented nursing process with evidence-based research to coordinate outcome-focused patient care
- Maintained flexibility and time management skills while floating between units to seamlessly adapt into any staffing matrix
Clinical Nurse – Cardiovascular IMU/Surgical Step-down Unit
The Methodist Hospital
02.2012 - 06.2013
- Provided nursing care to patients requiring continuous telemetry monitoring including post-CABG, valve repairs/replacements, vascular bypasses, thoracic surgeries, and heart failure
- Designed, implemented, evaluated patient treatment plans as indicated by patients’ conditions and responses, performing frequent nursing assessments to recognize changes in status, adjusting care and interventions including transferring patient to a higher level of care
- Coordinated discharge planning and home care with multidisciplinary team
- Educated patients and family members about operative procedures, wound care, treatment plan, medical devices, diet, medications, activity promotion and disease prevention through written and teaching demonstration
- Served as a patient advocate and recognized for patient satisfaction
- Actively participated in Shared Governance committees
- Super User in EMR system
Education
Master of Science - Nursing Education
University of St. Augustine for Health Sciences
St. Augustine, FL12.2022
Bachelor of Science - undefined
The University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston - School of Nursing
Houston, TX12.2011
Bachelor of Arts - Russian Language and Literature, Political Science
City University of New York – Hunter College
New York, NY05.2004
Skills
- Fluent in spoken and written Russian
- Super user – EPIC and Cerner EMR
Certification
- ONS-Chemotherapy/Biotherapy Provider, 03/01/25
- Basic Life Support (BLS), 08/01/26
- Registered Nurse: Licensed in CT, NY, FL
Professional Associations
Oncology Nursing Society, Member, 03/01/22, present
Professional Work History
- Yale New Haven Health, New Haven, CT, Trumbull, CT, Registered Nurse – Medical Oncology, Smilow Cancer Center, 11/01/19, 01/01/25, Clinical Nurse – Nursing Resource Float Pool, 04/01/17, 11/01/19
- Quinnipiac University, North Haven, CT, Adjunct Professor - Clinical Instructor, 01/01/24, 01/01/25
- St. Vincent’s Medical Center, Bridgeport, CT, Clinical Nurse – Cardiac Telemetry Unit, 11/01/13, 04/01/22
- The Methodist Hospital, Houston, TX, Clinical Nurse – Cardiovascular IMU/Surgical Step-down Unit, 02/01/12, 06/01/13
Timeline
Adjunct Professor - Clinical Instructor
Quinnipiac University
01.2024 - 01.2025
Registered Nurse – Medical Oncology, Smilow Cancer Center
Yale New Haven Health
11.2019 - 01.2025
Clinical Nurse – Nursing Resource Float Pool
Yale New Haven Health
04.2017 - 11.2019
Clinical Nurse – Cardiac Telemetry Unit
Hartford Healthcare - St. Vincent’s Medical Center
11.2013 - 04.2022
Clinical Nurse – Cardiovascular IMU/Surgical Step-down Unit
The Methodist Hospital
02.2012 - 06.2013
Bachelor of Science - undefined
The University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston - School of Nursing
Bachelor of Arts - Russian Language and Literature, Political Science
City University of New York – Hunter College
Master of Science - Nursing Education
University of St. Augustine for Health Sciences
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