Laurie Bartels

• IDPH Certified Nursing Assistant Instructor; Theory and Clinical Instructor
• AHA CPR BLS Instructor
• Certified (CBSPD) Central Sterile Processing Distribution Technician Instructor
• Healthcare Ethics Instructor
• College Of DuPage Adjunct Nursing Instructor
• Program Coordinator duties include managing all nursing theory and clinical instructors, developing program policies and procedures that align with IDPH and college requirements, developing course curriculum that aligns with IDPH curriculum, creating and submitting the program’s master schedule to IDPH for approval, maintaining student records for IDPH compliance, preparing and maintaining required documentation for IDPH audit visits, assuring all staff certifications are in place to meet compliance, establishing clinical partnerships for student practicum settings and future employment, and communicating with parents, school counselors and/or case managers of students to assure student is receiving needed resources to assist with a successful course completion.
• Additional coordinator duties involve partaking in the annual IDPH Nursing Assistant Educator Seminar in Springfield, communicating with IDPH INAT governing administration to assure program remains in compliance and updated with new IDPH policies and procedures, hosting and coordinating Quality Assurance Meetings with local hospitals, clinics, nursing homes, colleges and additional nursing assistant programs to build community relationships to seek guidance of industry needs and growth, and represent the program in school administration and public meetings.
• Duties in the theory and clinical instructor roles for the nursing assistant course include providing instruction using developed curriculum based on IDPH and college parameters to high school juniors and seniors, demonstrating the 21 IDPH Mandated Nursing Assistant Skills to students, assisting students to reach competency in those 21 skills, supervising students in the clinical setting at local nursing homes as they provide care to assigned residents assuring each student follows IDPH skill standards to provide quality and dignified care, communicating with nursing management and nursing staff at the clinical sites to provide accurate reports and documentation of care completed by students, demonstrating professionalism in the care setting, and maintaining medical asepsis and isolation protocols that align with the clinical settings and IDPH requirements.
• Duties in the theory instructor for the Healthcare Ethics course involve developing and delivering curriculum based on common and current ethical concerns found in healthcare careers environment. This includes HIPPA compliance, providing equitable care, understanding the influence of culture and religion in the patient’s care, developing individual student mission and vision statements, coping with death in healthcare and understanding resilience in healthcare.
• Duties in the Central Sterile Processing and Distribution instructor role include developing and presenting curriculum that aligns with CBSPD (Certification Board for Sterile Processing and Distribution) that focuses on Medical Asepsis, Infection Control, Disinfection, and Sterilization processes that are applied to medical equipment and instruments. Instructors also teach students how to inspect, package and prepare instrument trays for surgeries and procedures.
• Program holds a 100% student passing rate for the 2024-2025 school year resulting in all students reaching IDPH certification status.
• Program has held a 95% or above passing rate for previous school years.

• Performed skilled nurse visits in home care and Assisted Living settings. Skills included IV administration, PICC Line care, wound care, lab draws, medication regimen and providing disease process education to patients and their families/caregivers. Completing start of care assessments to assign appropriate ICD 10 codes into the patient’s chart.

• AHA CPR BLS Instructor
• Joliet Junior College Adjunct Nursing Instructor
• Clinical Instructor for IDPH CNA Program from 10/2015 to 8/2016
• Theory Instructor with Clinical Instructor role from 8/2016 to 5/2018
• Duties included teaching high school juniors and seniors from local area high schools the role of being a Certified Nursing Assistant in the state of Illinois, demonstrating the IDPH 21 Basic Nursing Assistant skills required to reach state competency, developing curriculum that aligned with the Joliet Junior College Nursing Program and IDPH Illinois Nurse Aide Testing Protocols, releasing students who meet program and IDPH requirements and skills competency to Illinois Nurse Aide Testing for state certification exam testing.
• 95% and above of student population successfully completed program and earned IDPH state certification

• Assisted with filling positions for FT nurses that are absent for illness, vacations or leave on a PRN status.
• Managed Specialty clinics for students with Asthma and Diabetes.
• Assisted in annual immunization record reviews
• Assisted in annual vision and hearing screenings
• Plainfield School District services over 25,000 students

• Weekday PRN field nurse for home health patients.
• Weekend Manager on Call for Agency.
• Supplement Nursing Manager for Intake/Admission Department.
• Field Nurse duties included providing IV therapy, wound care, Congestive Heart Failure Education, PICC Line Therapy, blood draws and Anticoagulation Therapy. Also completed start of care/admissions assessments to determine ICD 10 codes to assure proper coding and billing for the patient.
• Weekend Manager on call duties involved reviewing/approving new referrals for agency admission, assigning nurses and physical therapists to new admits, managing patient and family calls, and working with local hospitals, doctors and clinics to arrange patient care as needed.

• Staff RN on a Short Stay Surgical Unit of the hospital. Provide nursing care to assigned Medical, Surgical and Telemetry patients. Took on Charge RN role when needed. Charge RN role involved completing shift assignments, providing patient care while being a staff resource, assigning new admits and coordinating with Operating Room Charge Nurse and Nurse Supervisor to maintain Surgery schedules of the shift. Also took on role of a Preceptor RN for new hire nurses and summer nursing interns.
• Patient caseload averaged 5-10 patients in a 12 hour shift.

• Maintained an ADON position in a Long Term Skilled and Short Term Rehab facility.
• Administrative roles included being the Psychotropic Medication Coordinator and Infection Control Nurse for the facility, acting as the nursing representative in multidisciplinary team, healthcare team and family care plan meetings.
• Supervisory duties included developing and managing the nursing personnel of the facility, providing staff education and developing nursing policies and procedures to assure IDPH and CDH compliance.
• Specific duties involved with being the Psychotropic Medication Coordinator included auditing patient charts, performing patient assessments including AIMS scoring, tracking patient behaviors, coordinating psychiatrist consultations, and providing education on various psychiatric meds and illness to staff, patients and family members.
• Specific duties involved with being the Infection Control Nurse included tracking residents who were receiving antibiotic therapy, residents with active infections, residents with communicable disease and/or residents requiring isolation precautions to assure IDPH and CDC guidelines are maintained and followed. Also completed chart audits on these patients to assure all specimens and labs are carried out as ordered by MD and as required by Isolation Parameters. Compiled and submitted required sate reports regarding active infections and isolation patients within the facility.
• Managing nursing personnel duties included creating nursing schedules and daily assignments, securing staff coverage when needed, interviewing and hiring nursing team members, completing nursing staff evaluations, administering staff disciplines if needed, holding monthly staff meetings and providing staff education to assure staff understanding of patient care needs and compliance to facility, IDPH and CDC policies and procedures.
• Mentored new nurses in clinical practice and procedures, fostering a supportive learning environment.
• Contributed to the accreditation process by maintaining compliance with state and federal regulations for nursing standards.
• Patient population of facility was above 100 patients
• Nursing staff included 40 team members ranging from CNA, LPN and RN roles.

Company Overview: Urology practice of Gottlieb Memorial Hospital.

• Employed as the Lead RN for a Urology practice of Gottlieb Memorial Hospital.
• Nursing tasks included preparing patients for office visits, office procedures and inpatient hospital surgeries. Also performed ultrasounds and bladder scans, peripheral blood draws, administration of IV and IM medications, insertion and irrigation of urinary catheters and completing analysis of certain lab specimens.
• Coordinated and delivered patient education on various urological complications and diseases including catheter care, prostate exams, prostate and bladder cancers, urinary incontinence and management of urinary incontinence.
• Supervised 6 Medical Assistants, 4 lab assistants and 2 ultrasound technicians to maintain multiple MD and procedural schedules within the office. Prepared surgical suites for scheduled office procedures including minor urological surgeries, biopsies and endoscopy procedures.
• Administered medications accurately and safely, reducing medication errors and adverse reactions.

• Employed as a staff RN on a Medical-Surgical, Tele Unit and Substance Abuse Detox Unit. Provided patient care to Pre and Post Operative patients, minor Cardiac patients, and patients seeking medical care for substance abuse detoxification. Tasks included patient and family education, wound care, med pass with multiple IV-line access devices and corresponding with physicians and other medical personnel to provide complete care of each patient. Frequent assessments of detox patients for suicidal risks, emotional crisis, and signs and symptoms of adverse side effects thru the detoxification process.

• Employed as a staff on the Surgical Unit. Provided patient care for the operative patient, overflow of Medical Patients and numerous Orthopedic Patients. Maintained IDPH, CDC and hospital guidelines and care policies. Worked with multidisciplinary care team to meet patient care and educational needs. Performed preop and post-op care, blood transfusions, wound care, incisional care, medication administration and anticoagulant therapy. Maintained Medical Asepsis and Infection Control Techniques to provide safe care.

• Assistant Director of Nursing of a Long Term Skilled and Rehab Facility.
• Administrative roles included being the Facility Psychotropic Medication Coordinator and being the Facility Infection Control Nurse.
• Supervisory roles included managing nursing personnel, being a educational resource for nursing personnel, improving and developing the facility’s nursing team, and representing nursing when meeting with the multidisciplinary and healthcare teams.
• Duties completed as the Facility Psychotropic Medication Coordinator involved assessing patients on antipsychotic medications, completing AIMS scoring on patients, and performing medical chart audits to assure the required IDPH documentation is present to assure IDPH compliance. Also, arranging family and staff education opportunities focusing on various psychotropic medications and psychiatric diagnosis in the elderly.
• Duties completed as the Facility Infection Control Nurse involved maintaining records of all patients with infections, on antibiotics or requiring isolation precautions, developing and coordinating care of patients with communicable diseases and active infections, providing staff education on Isolation Precautions and patient care interventions following IDPH and CDC guidelines for Long Term Care Facilities, maintaining records of lab results of isolated patients receiving antibiotic therapy while following IDPH Isolation Parameters and Care Guidelines to assure the facility met compliance standards., completing and submitting all required state reports for infections and isolation cases within the facility to meet compliance.
• Supervising roles in relation to managing nursing personnel included coordinated nursing personnel schedules, interviewing/hiring new nursing applicants, providing staff education in-services, coordinating annual staff compliance training, completing staff evaluations, issuing disciplinary actions to staff when necessary, and keeping nursing personnel current with IDPH and CDC guidelines.
• Other duties included working with the care plan coordinators, assisting with complex wound care procedures, reviewing medical charts for referred residents seeking admission to the facility, and assisting the Director of Nursing and Healthcare Administrator with state reporting of facility incidents including falls, injuries or wounds.

• Company Overview: Medium secured correctional facility for male juvenile offenders.
• Returned to medium secured correctional facility for male juvenile offenders in a contracted RN position with intent to transition into a state nursing position. Nursing skills involved providing nursing care to juveniles with various medical and psychiatric needs. Renewed certification to be a Certified Crisis Team Member. Performed initial psychiatric screenings on youth admit to assess youth at high risk for suicidal, crisis, and/or psychiatric needs.
• Assisted in counseling of youth with psychiatric disorders, substance abuse, physical and sexual abuse, and emotional issues. Coordinated care of youth in need of psychiatrist visits and follow up appointments. Audited medical charts monthly to assure all youth receiving psychiatric care or psychotropic medications were in compliance with State Regulations and Institutional Directives.
• Coordinated Care with local hospitals, specialty clinics and physicians for youth that had complex or advanced care needs. For example; Dental Procedures, Orthopedic Surgeries, Cardiac and Pulmonary consults, HIV Counseling and Education for HIV positive youth, or acute medical needs requiring hospitalization. Also performed Sexual Assault Evidence Collection, Assessment and Counseling.
• Participated in parole planning and transitioning youth with healthcare needs into the community setting. Arranged medication regimens, clinic referrals and follow up education to youth and their guardians upon discharge/transition or parole to promote healthcare well being and address needs of the youth.
• Medium secured correctional facility for male juvenile offenders.

• Staff RN in the Special Care Unit. Nursing duties involved caring for various levels of cardiac and critically ill patients including cardiac and pulmonary workload assessments. Inserted, accessed and maintained various infusion sites including peripheral sites, PICC Line, IVC and Central line Infusions. Assisted with cardiac interventions including cardioversions, EKG, tele monitoring, pacemakers, Holter monitors, and cardiac infusion drips. Maintained Medical Asepsis and Infection Control Parameters to assure patient safety and wellness.
• Worked with multidisciplinary team members including PT, OT, Specialty Physician Consults, Dieticians, Pharmacists, Case Managers and Social Workers to develop patient care plans, patient goals and nursing interventions. Supervised nursing assistants, ward clerks and medical support staff to follow plan of care and meet patient’s needs. Maintained hospital policies and standards of ethical care.

• Hired as a float pool RN. Worked various units of the hospital including Intensive Care Unit, Coronary Care Unit, Medical Surgical and Tele Units, Same Day Surgery, and the Extended Care Rehabilitation-Transition Unit. Nursing skills included patient assessments, medication administration, and coordinating care for assigned patients.
• Engaged with case managers and medical team members to develop patient goals and contributed in discharge plans for patients. Patient education continually provided to patient’s and family members to ensure their understanding of the care being given and assess their ability to meet goals established or adjust plan or care as needed.

• Hired as a Medical Assistant and transitioned into a RN position.
• Contracted RN in medium secure jail for juvenile male offenders.
• Nursing skills involved providing nursing care to juveniles with various medical and psychiatric needs. Certified Crisis Team Member. Assisted in counseling of youth with psychiatric disorders, substance abuse, physical and sexual abuse, and emotional issues. Coordinated care of youth in need of psychiatrist visits and follow up appointments. Audited medical charts monthly to assure all youth receiving psychiatric care or psychotropic medications were in compliance with State Regulations and Institutional Directives.