ELLEN JOHNSON BSN,RN

• Scheduled appointments, educational meetings and follow-ups for patients and family members.
• Enhanced patient experience by providing personalized care and addressing individual needs.
• Supported patients during transitions between healthcare settings by providing information, resources, and emotional support.
• Participated in professional development opportunities to stay current on best practices in nurse navigation and clinical expertise areas.
• Coordinated community outreach events aimed at raising awareness about available resources for individuals with chronic illnesses.
• Participated in multidisciplinary case conferences, providing valuable input on patient care plans based on nursing expertise.
• Compiled data and tracked outcomes to formulate recommendations for process improvement.
• Organized discharge and designed comprehensive discharge schedules for doctors, patients, family members and support staff.
• Provided information about health system navigation, patient rights and health information privacy.
• Built partnerships with local agencies and groups to assist with continuity of patient care, support or educational needs.
• Coordinated appropriate and efficient delivery of healthcare services to promote optimal outcomes by assessing and matching unmet needs with referrals and support services.
• Contact person for patient satisfaction scores post discharge.

Assistant Director of Nursing and infection preventionist at this 120 bed long term care/ acute care rehab facility. Responsibilities includes overseeing nursing care for the facility, actively involved in nursing staff recruitment and retention, coordinating care for patients with active infections and the tracking of such infections.

Unit Manager over 50 bed long term care and skilled nursing facility.

• Managed care from admission to discharge, including patient assessments, care planning, health educations and discharge support. Communicated on a regular basis with families, especially during Covid lockdown periods.
• Infection preventionist for this facility

• Registered Nurse in home care setting for elderly couple with end stage dementia and multiple medical problems requiring total physical care and medical care
• Collaborates with Hospice care team and family members regularly
• Educates family members on treatment strategies and at-home care
• Trains and mentors new staff on best practices utilizing standards of care
• Resolved conflicts and negotiated mutually beneficial agreements between family members.

• Staff Registered Nurse at this skilled nursing facility responsible for medical care of residents with physical and/or cognitive disabilities
• Administered oral, intramuscular and IV medications to patients and monitored responses
• Educated patients and families on treatment strategies and at-home care
• Imparted medical, operational and patient care knowledge to junior nurses to maximize performance and quality of team operations
• Reviewed physician orders and dispensed medication and treatment, participating in medication management to promote patient safety and effectiveness
• Prioritized patient care assignments based on patient condition, responding to unanticipated interruptions while delegating care to achieve optimal, safe and effective outcomes
• Explained treatment procedures, medication risks, special diets and physician instructions to patients
• Administered medications, tracked dosages and documented patient conditions
• Monitored and recorded patient condition, vital signs, recovery progress and medication side effects
• Maintained 24-hour report book and provided oncoming shift with full patient status reports
• Reviewed physician orders and implemented therapies, treatments, and medications
• Instructed patients, families and caregivers on diagnoses, chronic disease management and prevention and medication self-management to maintain continuum of care

• Critical care nursing for the term and preterm neonates
• Attended complicated and C-section deliveries
• Deliveries with neonatologists to provide immediate care to the newborn
• Provided maternal education in the early postpartum setting

• Staff nurse on a busy renal dialysis unit
• Provided care to the acute and chronic inpatient renal dialysis patient
• Supervised LPN's on night shift
• Performed admission work ups and paperwork
• For same day laminectomy patients, who also utilized this busy unit

• Captain select and RN responsible for meeting with all surgical patients prior to their procedures
• Handled pre-op education and any required testing, as well as all documentation

• Second Lieutenant and staff nurse responsible for assigned medical technicians on my team
• Involved directly and supervised direct patient care for internal medicine and oncology inpatients
• Successfully implemented a program for keeping the unit stocked with needed medications while
• Reducing waste and wait times with the in house pharmacy