Experienced nursing professional bringing demonstrated clinical expertise, leadership skills and technical knowledge. Proficient in updating charts, monitoring medications and working with multidisciplinary teams to optimize patient care. Quality-driven and efficient with strong interpersonal abilities.
Overview
27
27
years of professional experience
Work History
Nurse Manager RN BSN
United Hospital Center WVU Medicine
Bridgeport , WV
10.2013 - Current
Administrator,overseer, directs and collaborates the nursing staff along with the multidisciplinary team.
Manages human and financial resources aligning with the unit's goals and hospitals strategic plans
Manages daily healthcare operations including medical procedures and treatments
Maintains a safe environment for patients, visitors, and staff
Ensure that quality care is cultivated
Fosters a culture that improves patient quality of life
Oversee patient admissions, transfers, and discharges
Educate patients and family members about disease prevention and rehabilitation techniques
Interprets and monitors compliance with hospital policies and procedures
Created a plan of care based on each patient's needs
Consult, educate, and address complex issues to ensure comprehensive review of patient care experience
Coordinate meetings
Effective communicator who balances the needs of the nursing staff and the hospitals' administrators
Recruit/Retain staff
Strengthen and supports staff, patients, families, and hospital administrators
Administers medications, mange medical record documentation, wound care, draw blood samples, perform diagnostic tests, collaborate with doctors and multidisciplinary team
Epic EMR superuser
Omnicell med admin super user
Falls committee member
Stroke certification hospital committee member
New Grad Bridge committee member
Quality/Patient Safety committee member
Joint Commission preparedness team member
System level Bedside Report committee member
Clinical Coordinator House Supervisor
United Hospital Center
Bridgeport , WV
01.2007 - 10.2013
In charge of input and flow of daily operations of inpatient care
Direct admissions from ER, surgery, outside transfers, urgent care, clinics, doctors offices
Monitor inpatient transfers based on need for higher level of care or lower level of care
Staffed the hospital inpatient units based on staffing needs, patient acuity, and census
Code/Rapid Response Team member
Hospital CORE team member
Staff Nurse Ortho/Neuro
United Hospital Center
Clarksburg, WV
05.1998 - 01.2007
Direct and indirect patient care provider
Charge Nurse
Preceptor
Staff Scheduler
Joint Commission Readiness Survey Team
Staff Nurse
St Barbaras Nursing Home
Monongah, WV
06.1997 - 09.1998
Direct and indirect patient care provider
Charge Nurse
Wound Care Nurse
MDS coordinator
Education
Nursing Practice
West Virginia Wesleyan College
Buckhannon, WV
05-1997
Skills
Currently department manager of a 36 bed med-surg ortho/neuro unit