Karlene Neil
Delray Beach
Summary
Professional registered nurse upholding the highest standard of nursing care. Reliable, caring, motivated, with experience in management and bedside nursing. Great customer service abilities, effective listening skills, critical thinking skills, decisive judgement, and ability to work with minimal supervision in a fast paced environment. Work in a safe conscious manner ensuring safe work practice are used in order not to pose a risk to self and others. Taking positive action to ensue equal opportunity in the conduct of all business activities without regard to culture or background.
Overview
18
18
years of professional experience
Work History
Assistant Director Of Nursing with Administrative Duties
Heartland Health Care Center-Boynton Beach
Boynton Beach
07.2012 - Current
Assist the Director Of Nursing in managing the department of nursing. Responsible for collecting, trending, analyzing, and reporting data and managing the nursing department in the absence of the DON. Functioning in areas of protecting patient rights, reporting allegations of abuse, neglect, and or misappropriation of patient property; Competent in the QAA Process, interviewing, investigating, and management of incident/occurrence reports, maintain a safe and sanitized environment, participating in staff and Nursing Leadership Development Programs, Quality Process incorporating and promoting the mission and vision of the company within defined areas of responsibilities, evaluating the nursing quality of nursing care using root cause analysis and monitoring outcome trends, Facilitating an participating with nursing staff in daily care, risk identification, and resolution, including communicating with the patients, families, and physicians, also part taking in leadership fundamentals, clinical systems, personal development, resource utilization, and fiscal management.
Registered Nurse, Med-Surg/Telemetry
JFK Medical Center
Atlantis
01.2016 - Current
Assess, plan, and evaluate the nursing care needs of patients in immediate post op procedures; Provide comfort support, evaluate response to treatment and intervention, carries out physician orders, manage pain, monitor vital signs, and administers medications, use of aseptic techniques, monitor, record, and communicates patient conditions as appropriate utilizing computerized charting, follow standard precautions using personal protective equipment, orient and mentor new staff, customers service abilities and effective listening and critical thinking skills.
Charge Nurse / Staff Nurse
Abbey Delray
Delray Beach
08.2008 - 12.2015
Excellent patient care and leadership skills, charge relief, complete admission and discharge process, create and update care plans, complete assessment and observations on residents, computerized charting, adhering to nursing process, dispensing medications, administering Narcotics, and assuring full responsibility of key, providing oxygen therapy, assessing vitals, IV initiations and IVF managements, wound care practices, catheter insertion and care, oversees direct patient care requirement within the nursing rehab and ambulatory programs, liaison between patient, nurse, and physicians to address problems regarding immediate long term resolve, train and supervise personnel in all areas of patient care and daily procedures, report change in patient condition and other matters of concerns requiring prompt attention, ability to handle multiple priorities, possess written and verbal skills for effective communications, ability to teach and guide team members to provide quality clinical care.
Education
Bachelor of Science - RN
South University
Associate of Science - RN
Florida Career College IEC
2014
License Practical Nursing - Nursing
Academy of Practical Nursing
2008
Skills
- Meditech EMR
- Optimus EMR
- Point Clickcare EMR
- Microsoft Outlook/Word
- PowerPoint
- Wound cleaning/care expertise
- Infection control standards expert
- IV drug therapy management
- BLS certified
- Broad medical terminology knowledge
- Medical Surgical Nursing with Telemetry experience
- Committed to compliance reporting
- Advanced Cardiac Life Support (ACLS) certification
- Acute and rehabilitative care
- Medical clinical procedures comprehension
Affiliations
Graduated from Naval Boot Camp 2001, served as a Hospital Corpsman for two and half years at Naval Hospital Jacksonville and Naval Reserve Center West Palm Beach.
Timeline
Registered Nurse, Med-Surg/Telemetry
JFK Medical Center
01.2016 - Current
Assistant Director Of Nursing with Administrative Duties
Heartland Health Care Center-Boynton Beach
07.2012 - Current
Charge Nurse / Staff Nurse
Abbey Delray
08.2008 - 12.2015
Bachelor of Science - RN
South University
Associate of Science - RN
Florida Career College IEC
License Practical Nursing - Nursing
Academy of Practical Nursing