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Kimberly Abruzzino

Fairmont,WV

Summary

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
  • Staff development
  • Quality Improvement
  • Patient Safety
  • Compliance
  • Hiring and Terminations
  • Leadership
  • Budget Management
  • Conflict Resolution
  • Policy Optimization
  • Workload Management

Timeline

Nurse Manager RN BSN

United Hospital Center WVU Medicine
10.2013 - Current

Clinical Coordinator House Supervisor

United Hospital Center
01.2007 - 10.2013

Staff Nurse Ortho/Neuro

United Hospital Center
05.1998 - 01.2007

Staff Nurse

St Barbaras Nursing Home
06.1997 - 09.1998

Nursing Practice

West Virginia Wesleyan College
Kimberly Abruzzino