Jacqueline M Nale

Energetic and compassionate Registered Nurse with over ten years experience in health care. Skilled in providing quality, patient-centered care, in a geriatric, psychiatric, rehabilitation, orthopedic, ambulatory care and medical-surgical setting.

Current:

Registered Nurse Colorado Multi-State License. License number RN.1636144

American Heart Association BLS, issued 09/2023 expires 09/2025

Advanced Cardiovascular Life Support, issued 09/2023 expires 09/2025

Cheley Colorado Camps

Camp Nurse

June 2024-Present

Duties:

• Care for 12-17 year old boys including: medication administration, wound care, disease management, and triage
• Training in wilderness first aid
• Working in a remote location with limited resources
• Educating staff and campers on disease prevention and disease managment

Veteran of Affairs Medical Center Cheyenne, WY

Medical-Surgical Registered Nurse with Millbrook Staffing

February 2023- December 2023

Duties:

• Use the nursing process in a medical surgical setting to collaborate with the care team in developing a patient driven holistic plan of care.
• Responsible for collaborating with services internal and external to the VA to facilitate care transition.
• Provides patient and family health education focused on management, prevention, and wellness based on patients goals.
• Delivers care in compliance with the state of Wyoming Department of Veterans Affairs and the Joint Commission.
• Collaborates with pharmacy, social work, community care, mental health, physicians, therapists, and family to develop patient's goals and ensure the plan of care is met.
• Performs wound care, medication administration, IV therapy placement, lab specimen collection and monitoring, EKG testing, vital sign collection and monitoring, Foley catheter insertion and management, PEG tube management, and pain management techniques to best meet patient's goals.
• Ensures smooth transitions to higher and lower levels of care that best meets patient's care goals using SBAR report handoff.

Denver Health Medical Center 

ENT Registered nurse with Aya Medical Staffing

November 2022- February 2023

Duties:

• Work directly with ENT surgeons and the care team in completing two-day post discharge calls and plays an active role in post discharge visits.
• Provides pre and post surgical education to patient's and family's in accordance to patient's goals.
• Manages and delivers care through various modalities including: face-to-face visits, telephone calls, secure messaging, and video telehealth to ensure patient's needs are met in a timely manner.
• Performs suture removal, staple removal, wound care, and post surgical complication management including early identification and treatment of infection.
• Collaborates with surgeons, primary care providers, social work, outreach programs, and insurance providers to manage patient's specific needs
• Utilizes and educates staff on Excel and Word computer programs for pre and post operative education forms and collaborates with physicians to create documents.

Cheyenne Regional Medical Center

Rehabilitation Registered Nurse with Aureus Medical Staffing

November 2021- September 2022

Duties:

• Use the nursing process in a rehabilitation care setting to collaborate with the care team in developing a patient driven holistic plan of care.
• Collaborates with pharmacy, social work, community care, mental health, physicians, therapists, and family to develop patient's goals and ensure the plan of care is met.
• Performs wound care, medication administration, IV therapy placement, lab specimen collection and monitoring, EKG testing, vital sign collection and monitoring, Foley catheter insertion and management, PEG tube management, and pain management techniques to best meet patient's goals.
• Performs duties as a charge nurse including: assisting and educating staff, managing call off's and nurse assignments, addressing patient and family concerns and comminuting with nurse management regarding those concerns.
• Leads daily huddle to nursing staff, therapists, nurse practitioners, management, and case workers.
• Maintains NISS and FIM certifications

Center at Centerplace

Registered Nurse

August 2020- Current (PRN)

• Use the nursing process in a rehabilitation care setting to collaborate with the care team in developing a patient driven holistic plan of care.
• Performs wound care, medication administration, IV therapy placement, lab specimen collection and monitoring, EKG testing, vital sign collection and monitoring, Foley catheter insertion and management, PEG tube management, and pain management techniques to best meet patient's goals.
• Performs duties as a charge nurse including: assisting and educating staff with patient's needs, managing call off's and creating nurse assignments, addressing patient and family concerns and comminuting with nurse manager regarding those concerns.
• Collaborates with pharmacy, social work, community care, mental health, physicians, therapists, and family to develop patient's goals and ensure the plan of care is met.
• Develops CNA education tools including check off sheets, reports, and trainings
• Rounds with the wound care MD and wound care nurse each week to assist in patient's wound care needs and monitoring.
• Performs audits for the clinical team to improve patient care outcomes.

Northern Colorado Rehabilitation Hospital

Registered Nurse/ House Supervisor 

November 2018 - May 2022

Duties:

• Performs wound care, medication administration, IV therapy placement, lab specimen collection and monitoring, EKG testing, vital sign collection and monitoring, Foley catheter insertion and management, PEG tube management, and pain management techniques to best meet patient's goals.
• Collaborates with pharmacy, social work, community care, mental health, physicians, therapists, and family to develop patient's goals and ensure the plan of care is met.
• Attends weekly care conferences to assess patient's care needs and collaborate with patient's and families to develop realistic goals.
• Performs duties as a house supervisor including: assisting and educating staff with patient's needs, managing call off's and creating nurse assignments, addressing patient and family concerns and comminuting with nurse manager regarding those concerns.
• Delivers care in compliance with the standards set by the Joint Commission.
• Floats to Medical-Surgical and Step Down LTAC units. Care on these units includes but is not limited to: IV push cardiac medications, telehealth monitoring, ventilator management and monitoring, and collaboration with respiratory therapists.
• Obtains NISS and FIM certifications.

Northern Colorado Medical Center

Surgical- Orthopedic- Neurological Registered Nurse 

November 2017-August 2018

Duties:

• Performs wound care, medication administration, drain management and removal, IV therapy placement, lab specimen collection and monitoring, EKG testing, Tele monitoring and management, vital sign collection and monitoring, foley catheter insertion and management, PEG tube management, TPN administration and management, and pain management techniques to best meet patient's goals.
• Use the nursing process in a medical surgical setting to collaborate with the care team in developing a patient driven holistic plan of care.
• Collaborates with pharmacy, social work, community care, mental health, physicians, therapists, and family to develop patient's goals and ensure the plan of care is met.
• Ensures smooth transitions to higher and lower levels of care that best meets patient's care goals using SBAR report handoff.
• Performs individualized assessments including: CWIAs, BRADEN scores, FACES pain scales, GLASCOW coma scale, NISS screenings, and AUDIT screenings.
• Obtains Telemetry certification.

Bonell Good Samaritan Society

Charge Nurse, Registered Nurse, Licensed Practical Nurse, and Certified Nurse Assistant

January 2013 - April 2019

Duties:

• Developed skills in each level of nursing care from a CNA to a Registered Nurse utilizing the Joint Commission standards of care.
• Collaborates with pharmacy, social work, community care, mental health, physicians, therapists, and family to develop patient's goals and ensure the plan of care is met.
• Delivers wound care, medication administration, IV therapy placement, lab specimen collection and monitoring, vital sign collection and monitoring, foley catheter insertion and management, and pain management techniques to best meet patient's goals.
• Develops report sheets for the care team, and patient/staff education tools
• Floats to all units including a locked dementia unit, long term care units, assisted living unit, and rehabilitation units.
• Volunteered time on days off to assist patients to and from church services.

Clearview Behavioral Health Hospital

Registered Nurse

October 2015- August 2017

Duties:

• Completed training and received Handle With Care certification for management of acute psychotic behaviors
• Floated to all units including the Geriatric psychiatric unit, moderate and acute adult psychiatric units, and child/ adolescent psychiatric units.
• Managed and treated a variety of psychiatric conditions of all ages including: Depression, Anxiety, Bipolar Disorder, Schizophrenia and Schizo-affective disorder, Acute Delirium and Psychosis
• Collaborates with care team on weekly conferences to report on patient progress and develop a therapeutic plan of care to meet the patients goals.
• Administered psychiatric and routine medications orally and IM routes.
• Managed acute behaviors including the use of isolation, seclusion, and restraints to stabilize patients .

Good Samaritan Society: escort patients to church, provide companionship, assist with basic hygiene 

Stampede Riders: educate the public on the western way of life, attend parades, rodeos, and western celebrations

Hearts and Horses: assist handicap riders with horse care including grooming, riding, and aftercare 

• Jessica Meyers- RN Charge Nurse at Center at Centerplace: Jessica.meyers.m@gmail.com.m@gmail.com
• Hannah Ewing- RN at Northern Colorado Rehabilitation Hospital: Hannahandtylerewing@yahoo.com
• Landin Smith- Nurse Manager at the VA Medical center: Landin.Smith@va.gov
• Tanie Heitz - RN Charge Nurse at VA Medical Center: Tanieheitz@gmail.com