Kathleen Klus

Select Specialty Hospital LTAC

9/2024 - 11/2024 Tucson AZ

RML Specialty Hospital Hinsdale LTAC

3/2023 - 7/2024 Hinsdale IL

Kindred Hospital Chicago Northlake LTAC

2/2023 - 3/2023 Northlake IL

Kindred Hospital Chicago Lakeshore LTAC

2/2022 - 2/2023 Chicago IL

Kindred Hospital Peoria LTAC

2/2021 - 2/2022 Peoria IL

Kindred Hospital Chicago Lakeshore LTAC

3/2021 - 5/2021 Chicago IL

Swedish Covenant Hospital TELE 234 Beds 11/2020-2/2021 Chicago IL

Kindred Hospital Chicago Northlake LTAC

9/2020 - 12/2020 Chicago IL

Promise Hospital of Arizona TELE

8/2020 - 9/2020 Mesa AZ

• Precepted new nurses, providing guidance on unit functions and individual roles, hospital policies and procedures and nursing best practices.
• Oversaw work of nursing student technicians and externs to educate on proper procedures and how to prioritize care tasks.
• Improved patient satisfaction through effective communication, empathy, and active listening skills.
• Demonstrated adaptability and versatility in various nursing roles, including direct patient care, preceptorship, and administrative responsibilities.
• Highly organized self-starter
• Flexible and cooperative in fulfilling obligations
• Ability to work in an interdisciplinary setting
• Highly respected by physicians and colleagues to work in stressful situations to ensure professional and compassionate continuity of care
• Collaborate daily with physicians and health care team members to achieve optimum patient care
• Served as mentor, coach and team builder of inexperienced licensed and unlicensed staff
• Experience in low to high acuity levels in patients
• Performed assessment;ECG monitoring;provide care to patients as ordered including intravenous therapy as ordered, such as managing cardiac, insulin,and sedation drips;complex wound care;monitor various drainage devices and reporting any changes to physicians using the SBAR tool
• Managed complex caseloads while prioritizing time-sensitive tasks for efficient nursing care delivery.

• Worked a week during the University of Chicago Strike
• Jobs were same as previous job descriptions

• Same as previous position