Jena Ann Green
Noblesville,IN
Summary
Nurse with 16 years of diverse experience in direct patient care, staff supervision and department operations. Skilled at multitasking and prioritizing patient needs and daily assignments. Offering expertise with cardiothoracic and vascular specialty.
Overview
15
15
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification
Work History
Ambulatory RN
Community Heart and Vascular Hospital
01.2022 - 03.2022
- Scheduling procedures and tests
- Contacting patients with test results
- Documented treatments delivered, discharge instructions, and follow-up care
- Patient education on surgeries, post operative education, medication education
- Educated family members and caregivers on patient care instructions
- Reallocated to Community East Emergency Room for 12 weeks, working as registered nurse.
- Performed phone triage on incoming patients and determined severity of injuries and illnesses
- Used first-hand knowledge and clinical expertise to advocate for patients under care and enacted prescribed treatment strategies
- Recorded details regarding therapies to keep patient charts updated
- Followed all personal and health data procedures to effectively comply with HIPAA laws and prevent information breaches
- Equipped patients with tools and knowledge needed for speedy and sustained recovery
Manger of Surgical
Progressive Care
03.2018 - 12.2021
- Managed over 90 employees
- Achieved goals and objectives of department through development of new partnership between team members, physicians, and network, consistent with values, mission and vision of Community Health Network
- Served as leader in providing excellent service, clinical standards, patient satisfaction goals to include patient/physician relationships and staff rounding
- Ensures staffing meets departmental workload and assignments reflect appropriate utilization of personnel, scope of practice, competencies, patient needs, and level of care
- Utilizes evidence-based practices with regard to patient mix, resulting in improved clinical outcomes, and increased patient satisfaction
Diabetes Care Coordinator, Registered Nurse
09.2015 - 01.2019
- Recruited for Interim Diabetes Care Coordinator with minimal onboarding due to special circumstances
- Updated hyperglycemia policy to make it current with best practice
- Diabetes Self-Management teaching with patients
- Educated Staff to help them understand the need for patient safety with glucose control
- Worked with resource team nurses to help them understand this facilities protocols
- Created an algorithm for bedtime snacks, to help decrease hypoglycemia
- Created an algorithm to help staff with the hypoglycemia/hyperglycemia protocols
- Entity Council - keep department staff up to date with new policies and procedures
- Harm Events Review – biweekly meeting with the goal is to reduce hypoglycemia by 34% for 2017
- Worked with CNS to investigate safer intravenous insulin drip program, for the network
- Audited hypoglycemia and hyperglycemia to make better outcomes for patient safety
- Operation Leadership Team – Collaborate with leaders of the hospital to promote seamless daily operations throughout the facility to enhance exceptional patient care
- Readmission Team – Combined work with the two north region hospitals to reduce patient readmissions
- Surgical Site Infections Group – Investigated work to prevent surgical site infections on patients.
Registered Nurse
Progressive Care Unit
01.2007 - 01.2015
- Charge Nurse Responsible
- Patient Placement, continuing to be fair and calm to staff.
- Shift-to-shift leadership supporting the operations of the department
- Multi-tasked to help support nursing and PST’s
- Staff Assignments
- Performed all duties of Registered Nurse in the state of Indiana. Medication administration utilizing computerized medication record, patient education, acute patient care management in the disease process. Including but not limited to development of education plans, discharge planning and determination of patient needs. Telemetry and EKG translating. Utilization of computer based record system.
- Participated in multiple committees including, Diabetes Focus Group, CIS Technologies upgrade, medication safety, safety coach, heparin drip task force, organization development team, Sudden Cardiac Death protocol development team.
- Updated patient charts with data such as medications to keep records current and support accurate treatments.
- Support and leadership of new initiatives resulting from above committee membership for communicating information to peers on unit.
- Administered medications via oral, IV, and intramuscular injections and monitored responses.
- Managed care from admission to discharge.
- Leadership for optimization of computer based charting system team, CIS optimization, for The Indiana Heart Hospital in 2011.
- Collaborated with physicians to quickly assess patients and deliver appropriate treatment while managing rapidly changing conditions.
- Preceptor for New Employees – August 2008-2015
Education
Master of Business Administration - Healthcare Management
2015
Master of Science - Nursing - Leadership and Management
2013
Bachelor of Science - Nursing
2012
Associate of Science - Nursing
2010
Nursing
2007
Some College (No Degree) - Nursing and general studies
Skills
- Patient Relations
- EMR Systems
- Goal-Directed Care Planning
- Maintaining Patient Safety Standards
- Infection Control Procedures
- Multidisciplinary Team Collaboration
- Monitoring Vital Signs
- Patient Medical Histories
- Test Interpretations
- Post-Operative Procedures
- Assisting Physicians
Accomplishments
· Daisy Award – 2013
· Indiana State University Receptionist of the semester – Fall, 2003
Additional Information
- Awards , Daisy Award – 2013 Indiana State University Receptionist of the semester – Fall, 2003
Certification
Certified Diabetic Educator 2018-current
Volunteer
Heart Walk Site Leader for Community Heart and Vascular, 2016-2018
· Assisted in recruiting team captains and walkers
· Helped raise money for the American Heart Association Heart Walk
Friends and Family CPR 2013
· Assisted in helping the public in learning basic cardiopulmonary resuscitation.
Heart Walk Team Captain 2007-2018
· Raise money to fight heart disease and help research progression
Champ Camp, Ashley, Ohio 2001, 2002, 2003
· Camp counselor for children who need respiratory assistance.
License
Registered Nurse - Compact, State of Indiana, 2022
Registered Nurse, State of Indiana, 2010
Licensed Practical Nurse, State of Indiana, 2007
Timeline
Ambulatory RN - Community Heart and Vascular Hospital
01.2022 - 03.2022
Manger of Surgical - Progressive Care
03.2018 - 12.2021
Diabetes Care Coordinator, Registered Nurse -
09.2015 - 01.2019
Registered Nurse - Progressive Care Unit
01.2007 - 01.2015
Western Governors University - Master of Business Administration, Healthcare Management
Western Governors University - Master of Science, Nursing - Leadership and Management
Indiana State University - Bachelor of Science, Nursing
Excelsior College - Associate of Science, Nursing
J Everett Light Career Center - , Nursing
Indiana State University - Some College (No Degree), Nursing and general studies
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