John Varner

• Per diem provider of skilled nursing facility clinical supervision
• Implements directives from facility management
• Oversee provision nursing care, per care plans
• Adapt to new business operations with minimal guidance
• Maintain staffing levels and seek agency help, when needed
• Medicare Part-A assessment documentation
• Rapid response supervision / administration
• Maintain communication with families and medical team
• Primarily use PointClickCare software

• Case management for up to 22 home health patients.
• Monitor and report changes of condition for CHF; dementia; COPD; infections; wound care (including vacs); cancer; pain; post-op complications.
• Worked closely with physicians, providing assessment updates to receive new orders to improve quality of care, ultimately preventing hospital readmissions
• IV infusion teaching visits and medication reviews
• Routine phlebotomy and results follow-ups
• PICC line dressing changes and blood draws
• Foley catheter care
• Ventilator teaching and tracheostomy care
• Co-operated a health fair to represent service to residents
• Matrix software
• Assist with telemedicine visits

* I left this company because I was told the position would quickly morph to include hospice, but after five months I learned this would not occur for "a few years."

• Unit supervisor in an acute psychiatric stabilization unit
• Provide therapeutic communication to patients and assist to achieve an expedient mental stability
• Provide nursing updates to psychiatrists and therapists during daily meetings
• Monitor staff activity to assure care is administered, per policies
• Psychiatric nursing assessments, including skilled observation for medication EPS and physical complaints

• Re-hired by my former AseraCare Hospice manager
• Repeat referrals to provide local case management for Maple Farm, Oak Leaf Manor South, Paramount, Evergreen, Country Meadows, Lancaster Nursing & Rehab, St. Anne's, and Mennonite Home
• Devoted days, nights, and weekends to fill staffing requirements
• Led bi-weekly IDT meetings in the absence of nurse manager
• Provided consistently high level of quality, compassionate care to patients and caregivers during each nursing shift
• Utilized Wellsky and HCHB Pointcare software

• Temporary contract through TRS Travel Nursing
• Second-shift on-call nurse based out of office on Linglestown Road
• Responded to urgent, after hours nursing needs
• See ATTRIBUTES for professional qualities

• On-call RN covering after hours needs from New Holland to Chambersburg

• Trained on the entire process of hospice field nursing from pre-admission evaluations through end-of-life pronouncements and after care
• Coordinated routine, respite, continuous, and GIP levels of care
• Introduced staff to use of Pleur-X abdominal drains
• Educated staff on use of sub-q drip medications and PICC care
• Developed rapport with multiple medical directors and became socialized into the role of case management
• Became an integral team member and learned to work with interdisciplinary providers

• Streamlined nursing workflows for increased efficiency and improved patient outcomes.
• Participated in evidence-based practice project implementation, nursing competency development and nursing simulation activities.
• Worked with patients diagnosed with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD), asthma, congestive heart failure (CHF), cerebrovascular accidents (CVA), diabetes or sepsis to asses needs and determine best options for care.
• Provided exceptional care to high-acute patients needing complex care such as ventilator management, extensive wound care and rehabilitation.
• Trained new nurses in proper techniques, care standards, operational procedures, and safety protocols.
• Managed staffing schedules, ensuring adequate coverage while minimizing overtime expenses.