Leona Rubino
Malta
Summary
Skilled Orthopedic Nurse Navigator with background in both hospital and outpatient settings. Experience includes patient education, preoperative care, postoperative follow-ups, and coordination of multidisciplinary healthcare teams for optimal patient outcomes. Strengths include excellent communication skills, ability to manage complex cases efficiently, and knowledge of latest orthopedic treatments and technologies. Significant impact achieved through implementation of streamlined processes for improved patient care delivery.
Overview
23
23
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification
Work History
Orthopedic Nurse Navigator
Saratoga Hospital
Saratoga Springs
07.2024 - Current
- CMS survey collection
- Education to patients and families through weekly Orthopedic joint classes
- Navigating orthopedic patients through the surgical process to ensure best outcomes
Registered Nurse (RN)
Ellis Medicine
Schenectady
05.2012 - 03.2024
- Pacu/Dsu/Pat/Endo Nurse Manager
- Daily operations and management of resources and staff in surgical and procedural hospital setting.
- Off shift Supervisor
- Ensured smooth running of hospital and nursing units during off hours. Responding to emergencies, staffing issues and resource management
- NCCU
- Assessment, care and treatment of critically ill neurology patients
- Emergency RN
- Emergent assessment, triage, care and treatment of patients presenting to emergency department
- PACU
- Assessment, care and treatment of pre and post surgical patients
- Admitted and discharged patients
- Monitored, recorded and communicated patient condition
- Utilized the nursing process to assess, plan, intervene, and evaluate patient care
Registered Nurse (RN)
Albany Associates in Cardiology
Albany
05.2010 - 05.2012
- Coumadin management of patients
- Stress testing
- Triage nurse to Dr Obsidian /Dr Phillips
- Managing patient pharmacological and physical care and responding to acute needs via phone triage.
- Collaboration with physicians to provide quality care
Registered Nurse (RN)
Ellis Medicine
Schenectady
12.2002 - 03.2009
- NCCU
- Care and treatment of critical neurologically impaired patient
- Associate manager role to maintain unit and provide guidance, resource management and education to staff
- Nurse Manager
- Med surgical unit /Dialysis
- Daily operations and management of resources and staff in a med/surf unit and Dialysis unit
Education
B.S - Nursing
Regis University
Colorado Springs, CO12.2018
Bachelor's - Psychology
College of Saint Rose
Albany, NY12.2001
Skills
- HIPAA
- Charge Nurse
- Patient Care
- Customer service
- Learning technology
- Medication Administration
- Supervising experience
- Phlebotomy
- Employee Orientation
- Home Care
- Care Plans
- Phone triage
- Venipuncture
- Anatomy Knowledge
- Management
- Epic
- Critical care experience
- Hospital Experience
- Vital Signs
- Transcription
- Experience Administering Injections
- Recruiting
- ICU Experience
- Microsoft Excel
- EMR Systems
- Nurse management
- Nursing
- ICD-10
- Triage
- Computer skills
- Cerner
- Medical Records
- Medical Office Experience
- Leadership
Certification
- ACLS Certification
- PALS
- BLS Certification
- RN, NY
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Work Permit: Authorized to work in the US for any employer
Timeline
Orthopedic Nurse Navigator
Saratoga Hospital
07.2024 - Current
Registered Nurse (RN)
Ellis Medicine
05.2012 - 03.2024
Registered Nurse (RN)
Albany Associates in Cardiology
05.2010 - 05.2012
Registered Nurse (RN)
Ellis Medicine
12.2002 - 03.2009
B.S - Nursing
Regis University
Bachelor's - Psychology
College of Saint Rose