Kenna Carozza
Miamisburg,OH
Summary
Skilled RN with 32 years of experience including nursing home, ICU, Hospice, surgical ICU and Tele Triage and family care. Passionate about effective communication especially in the area of the doctor patient relationship. Skilled to teach according to the understanding and feedback and willing to use multiple modalities to assist in effective understanding.
Overview
36
36
years of professional experience
Work History
Registered Nurse
Dayton VA Medical Center
Dayton, , Ohio
05.2011 - Current
RN
Hospice Of Butler And Warren Counties
Middletown, Ohio
09.2010 - 05.2011
Charge Nurse, ICU and Team Leader of the CODE Team
Atrium Medical Center
Middletown, Ohio
05.2002 - 07.2010
LPN Team Leader
Willow Knoll Nursing Center
Middletown, Ohio
01.1986 - 05.2002
Education
Associate of Science - Nursing
Miami Univiersity
Middletown, Ohio05.2003
Licensed Practical Nurse - Practical Nursing
Dayton School of Practical Nursing
Dayton, Ohio09.1990
High School Diploma -
Preble Shawnee High School
Camden, Ohio05.1985
Skills
- Experienced in Delegation and Motivation
- Alternative Treatments
- Treatment Plan Modification
- Student Precepting
- Infection Control Process Coordination
- Direct Patient Care
- Prescription Drug education
- Needs Assessment
- Infection Control Procedures
- Healthcare Personnel Supervision
- Skilled in Microsoft Office
- Over 30 years experience in providing Unit Oversight as a charge nurse in multiple settings
- Medical Device Prescriptions
- Skilled in completing Nursing Performance Assessment
- Proficient in written and spoken English
- Skilled in Telephone Triage
- Skilled in using Teams to teach and assist new staff as well as collaborate with senior staff
- As the Charge Nurse in several different settings I have successfully precepted, mentored, and developed teaching strategies for the nightshift RN's and Patient Care Technicians allowing for competency evaluations to take place during their own shift and causing the least amount of disruption to their daily lives as possible
- Skilled patient advocate and passionate in the art of multidisciplinary communication
- Skilled in utilizing multiple self educational methods such as scholarly articles, Youtube Medical Student Classrooms, Mayo Clinic Educational Resources, Collaborating with multiple disciplines to provide care based on patient preference for outcomes consistent with expressed personal goals of care expectations
- Skilled in patient education
- Experienced in initiating conversation between disciplines to ensure each separate entity has good understanding of patient centered goals
- Experienced in high-quality care and counseling of persons in the promotion and maintenance of health and disease prevention and disease progression
- Skilled in patient assessment
- Advocate for patient centered care
- Experienced in educating self and others of unit policy and how to find the information necessary to make sound decisions referencing SOP's as well as collaborating with others when answers remain unclear
- Sound understanding of education is most effective when the understanding of the student can be demonstrated and should never be evaluated by the quality of the information used to educate By evaluating the student's understanding the method of teaching can be adjusted until the goal is met
- Solid understanding of how staff learn best when education meets them within their own regular schedule
- Good understanding of incorporating policy and practice
Timeline
Registered Nurse
Dayton VA Medical Center
05.2011 - Current
RN
Hospice Of Butler And Warren Counties
09.2010 - 05.2011
Charge Nurse, ICU and Team Leader of the CODE Team
Atrium Medical Center
05.2002 - 07.2010
LPN Team Leader
Willow Knoll Nursing Center
01.1986 - 05.2002
Associate of Science - Nursing
Miami Univiersity
Licensed Practical Nurse - Practical Nursing
Dayton School of Practical Nursing
High School Diploma -
Preble Shawnee High School