Jennie Zuniga-Brown
Aurora,CO
Summary
Dedicated Nurse Manager, with excellent conflict resolution and problem-solving abilities demonstrated across nearly two decade nursing career history. A dependable and sincere leader, who is inspirational to those around me. Committed to developing inclusive, highly competent, highly reliable, action oriented teams. Seeking opportunities that offer professional challenges, require utilization of interpersonal skills, excellent time management and problem solving skills
Overview
17
17
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification
Work History
Associate Nurse Manager
UCHealth University Of Colorado Hospital
Aurora, CO
08.2021 - Current
- Recruited, hired and trained nursing department staff.
- Collaborated with medical directors and providers within practice operations.
- Coached and developed clinical employees by providing support and guidance.
- Fostered improvement in staff development, personnel training, and standards of patient care.
- Supervised, directed, and motivated high-quality performance from nursing staff.
- Managed between 70-85 nurses and nursing activities in 800 bed academic medical center, by providing comprehensive nursing guidance and maintaining outstanding patient satisfaction and care standards.
- Developed strategy to target nursing and patient satisfaction issues, improve response, and patient care quality and suggest actionable improvements to promote hospital-wide quality and safety initiatives.
Rapid Response Nurse/Charge Nurse, ICU
UCHealth University Of Colorado Hospital
Aurora, CO
02.2014 - 08.2021
- Communicated effectively with staff members, physicians, patients and visitors throughout entire medical center, employing active listening, responding to emergencies, providing quick yet precise assessments/interventions in high acute situations where patient's condition is rapidly declining, and interpersonal skills.
- Regularly evaluated employee performance and provided feedback for team ranging between 10-15 employees.
- Identified opportunities to improve clinical practices, devised strategies and implemented plans to increase patient care standards and enhance operational procedures for Rapid Response Team and medical center as whole.
- Implemented on boarding for new employees as primary preceptor, which enabled each to effectively learn tasks and job duties.
- Delivered effective on boarding and training to new and existing employees and cross-trained staff members in other job roles to maximize coverage.
- Collaborated with leadership to devise initiatives for improving nursing satisfaction, retention and morale.
- Led teams in driving successful patient outcomes by prioritizing standard of care and best practices.
- Provided skilled, timely and level-headed emergency response to critically-ill patients.
Registered Nurse, ICU/Cardiac Stepdown Registered Nurse
The Medical Center Of Aurora
Aurora, Colorado
02.2007 - 02.2014
- Advocated for patients by communicating care preferences to practitioners, verifying interventions met treatment goals and identifying insurance coverage limitations.
- Implemented medication and IV administration, catheter insertion, and airway management.
- Organized and managed care of patients undergoing various therapies and procedures.
- Collaborated with physicians to quickly assess patients and deliver appropriate treatment while managing rapidly changing conditions.
- Provided direct patient care, stabilized patients, and determined next course of action.
- Specialty training includes: CVVH, IABP, CVOR recovery, NIHSS, Chiari recovery, management of vasoactive agents, hemodynamic monitoring.
Education
Bachelor of Science - Nursing
Metropolitan State University of Denver
Denver, CO12.2012
Associate of Applied Science - Nursing
Community College of Denver
Denver, CO12.2006
Skills
- Employee Performance Evaluations
- Employee Work Scheduling
- Nursing Staff Support
- Nursing Operations Management
- Relationship building
- Clinical Leadership
- Quality Improvement
- Staff Coaching and Mentoring
Certification
- Licensed Registered Nurse (active) Colorado
- CCRN
- BLS/ACLS instructor certified
Affiliations
- Association of Critical Care Nurses
- National Hispanic Nurses Association
- Association of Nurse Leaders
- Society of Critical Care Medicine
Timeline
Associate Nurse Manager
UCHealth University Of Colorado Hospital
08.2021 - Current
Rapid Response Nurse/Charge Nurse, ICU
UCHealth University Of Colorado Hospital
02.2014 - 08.2021
Registered Nurse, ICU/Cardiac Stepdown Registered Nurse
The Medical Center Of Aurora
02.2007 - 02.2014
Bachelor of Science - Nursing
Metropolitan State University of Denver
Associate of Applied Science - Nursing
Community College of Denver