Jacqueline McManus

• Charge RN in a 20 chair outpatient hemodialysis center with 2 patient shifts and 60+ patients.
• Directly initiates, monitors, and terminates hemodialysis treatments, assessing patients and administering any ordered medications.
• Works directly under Clinic Manager to oversee a team of Registered Nurses, Licensed Practical Nurses, and Patient Care Technicians.
• Monitors day-to-day facility operations and ensures clinic functions efficiently and safely.
• Experience opening and closing clinic, ensuring all necessary logs are completed and that the clinic is either operational to begin treating patients or ready to be closed for the night.
• Provided education, guidance, and assistance to staff members.
• Trained new staff members in clinic procedures and protocols.
• Assists Clinic Manager with interviewing new staff members.
• Collaborated with interdisciplinary team including Clinic Manager, Administrative Assistant, Social Worker, Dietician, Medical Director, Nurse Practitioners, and Doctors to enhance patient care.
• Participates in monthly QAPI and Plan of Care meetings.
• Manages clinic’s daily patient schedule, ensuring it meets established Fresenius safety and efficiency metrics while adhering to patient preferences. Adjusts schedule as needed to accommodate patient’s personal commitments.
• Creates emergency patient schedules as needed in the event of inclement weather and/or facility issues, collaborating closely with nearby clinics and Providers to ensure all patients are accommodated and provided treatment appropriately.
• Created monthly Primary Patient and Plan of Care assignments, ensuring equitable distribution of patients among staff.
• Managed clinic medication inventory, including ordering medications per facility par level, verifying expiration dates, and addressing issues with medication deliveries.
• Works as clinic’s Anemia Champion, collaborating closely with Providers to monitor patient’s hemoglobin and adjust medications per Fresenius algorithms and/or Provider’s orders.
• Works as clinic’s Vaccination Champion, collaborating with providers to ensure all patients are up to date with flu, pneumonia, and hepatitis-B vaccines. Ensures all hepatitis-B labs are drawn per policy during vaccination series.
• Ensures all monthly clinic tasks are completed, including monthly medication count, monthly emergency code cart check, and all patient’s monthly medication reconciliations and foot assessments.

• Administered supplemental feeds and medications via G-tube, ensuring proper nutrition and care for a special needs high school student.
• Assisted student with ADLs including eating, toileting, dressing, and colostomy bag care/changes.
• Communicated any issues, supply needs, and school events with student’s mother.
• Collaborated with school staff including homeroom teacher, physical therapist, and speech therapist to deliver comprehensive care and support for student’s educational needs.

• Directly initiated, monitored, and terminated hemodialysis treatments for up to 8 patients per shift in a 24-chair hemodialysis center with 3 patient shifts and 100+ patients.
• Assessed and administered medications for up to 24 patients per shift.
• Communicated daily with physicians, charge RN, patient care technicians, secretary, social worker, and dietitian regarding patient assessments, vital signs, lab results, treatment adherence and effectiveness, medication orders, and dietary, transportation, and social needs.
• Executed monthly medication reconciliations and foot assessments for assigned patient group, ensuring safe and effective care.
• Completed monthly medication reconciliations and foot assessments for assigned group of patients.
• Occasionally served as floor Charge RN, managing patient lab alerts, facilitating problem-solving among team members, and overseeing clinic operations.
• Collaborated with social worker as clinic’s Treatment Adherence Champion to enhance patient treatment adherence and support overall health outcomes.
• Precepted new staff members.
• Transitioned from full-time to per diem status in November 2024, covering regularly scheduled Saturdays and evenings at least once per week.

• Provided care for up to 6 medical-surgical and/or ortho-trauma patients per shift by monitoring vital signs and surgical sites, administering medications, and ensuring patient safety.
• Responded to patient call bells and alarms, assisting with activities of daily living.
• Educated patients on medications, surgical procedures, and safety techniques to promote understanding and compliance.
• Assisted in unit operations as charge RN, conducting controlled medication counts, making patient assignments, participating in tiered huddle calls, and collaborating on problem-solving with team members.

• Engaged in Summer Internship program for two consecutive summers, working full-time in various departments such as med-surg, mother-baby, CDA, ER, ortho-trauma, and rehab.
• Continued working per diem during the school year.
• Collected patients' vital signs, responded to patient call bells and alarms, and provided needed assistance with activities of daily living.

Delivered compassionate care to residents in 134-bed nursing and rehabilitation facility, ensuring comfort and dignity during daily activities.

Stayed up to date on patient care practices and policies as they changed due to the COVID-19 Pandemic, ensuring patients were cared for safely.