Summary
Overview
Work History
Education
Certification
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Nursing Volunteer Experiences
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Lisa Racz MSN RN

Adjunct Nursing Faculty
Souderton,PA

Summary

Masters prepared nurse in Public Health Nursing with 8 years of experience as college nursing faculty, 13 years of practice in community health, and 4 years as allied health faculty. Passionate about teaching future nurses their essential role in building healthy communities.

Overview

37
37
years of professional experience
8
8
years of post-secondary education
2
2
Certifications

Work History

<p>Nursing Faculty - Adjunct</p> <p></p>

Gwynedd Mercy University
9 2018 - Current
  • Lead laboratory instruction and evaluation of sophomore level nursing health assessment and fundamentals course
  • Developed laboratory experiences for sophomore level nursing fundamentals course
  • Lecture, virtual and in-person clinical, and simulation for senior level community nursing course

<p>Nursing Lab Faculty - Part-Time</p> <p></p>

Montgomery County Community College
10.2016 - Current
  • Instruct, assess, and remediate clinical nursing skills in the laboratory setting across the entire nursing program
  • Maintain/assemble/create laboratory equipment for simulation experiences; facilitate simulation
  • Laboratory manager (short-term assignment)
  • Working knowledge of Laerdal Nursing Anne with SimPad Plus and SimMan Essential simulators
  • Preceptor for new hires

<p>Community Health Nurse</p> <p></p>

Abington-Jefferson Health
01.2017 - 07.2023
  • Health education, promotion, and screening; immunization
  • American Heart Association BLS instruction
  • Created and delivered departmental inservice on immunization administration best practices
  • Coded and sorted qualitative data for the 2019 Community Health Needs Assessment

<p>Medical Assisting Faculty - Adjunct</p> <p></p>

Montgomery County Community College
08.2017 - 08.2019
  • Clinical course instructor (vital signs, medication administration, medical asepsis, wound care, 12-lead electrocardiogram, and medical office first aid); certification exam review

<p>Community Health Nurse</p> <p></p>

Abington Health
09.2009 - 01.2017
  • (Formerly North Penn Visiting Nurses Association)
  • Health education, promotion, and screening; immunization
  • American Heart Association BLS instruction

<p>Medical Assisting Instructor - Adjunct</p> <p></p>

Lansdale School of Business
06.2011 - 01.2013
  • Instructor, Medical Assisting (clinical and didactic, including: vital signs, clinical documentation, medical asepsis, patient positioning, phlebotomy, point of care testing)
  • Instructor, Medical Terminology and Anatomy & Physiology

<p>Nurse Reviewer</p>

Independence Blue Cross
10.1992 - 05.1996
  • Managed care & utilization review (on-site and telephonic)
  • Reconstructive Surgery Reviewer (performed medical necessity review according to coverage policies, presented cases to Medical Director)
  • Preceptor for new hires

<p>Staff Nurse - Ambulatory Care</p> <p></p>

University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences
03.1991 - 06.1992
  • Ambulatory nursing care in attending physician and resident physician clinics for neurosurgery, general surgery, and vascular surgery, and comprehensive epilepsy care program departments

<p>Staff Nurse - Operating Room</p>

St. Vincent Medical Center
10.1990 - 03.1991
  • Circulating duties for general surgery, orthopedics

<p>Staff Nurse - Operating Room</p> <p></p>

Hendrick Medical Center
02.1989 - 08.1990
  • Circulating duties for all services

<p>Staff Nurse - Gynecology Unit</p> <p></p>

Baylor University Medical Center
06.1987 - 01.1989
  • Medical/surgical care of the gynecology client
  • Charge nurse
  • Achieved Level II of three tier clinical ladder

Education

MSN - Public Health Nursing

La Salle University
Philadelphia
06.2013 - 05.2016

Carpenter Community Nursing Fellowship -

National Nurse-Led Care Consortium
Philadelphia, PA
02.2016 - 08.2016

Bachelor of Science - Nursing

Russell Sage College
Troy, NY
09.1984 - 05.1987

Biology

State University of New York At Albany
Albany, NY
09.1982 - 05.1984

Certification

Licensed Registered Nurse - Commonwealth of PA

Affiliations

Sigma Theta Tau International - Iota Kappa Chapter

Association of Community Health Nursing Educators



Nursing Volunteer Experiences

Medical Reserve Corps - Montgomery County, PA (2020 to present)

  • Administer immunizations and COVID testing at community clinics.
  • Provided telephonic nursing care for COVID positive individuals and families experiencing homelessness while in isolation. Developed health history intake and symptom tracking forms, supervised and coordinated scheduling for 6 nursing volunteers, communicated guest needs with crisis workers.


Scouting America (Formerly Boy Scouts of America (retired)

  • Member, Council Health and Safety Committee (11 years) and Chair (2 years); Camp Health Officer; National Camp Assessor.
  • Developed standing orders and policies/procedures for camp operations. Created and conducted staff trainings. Performed first aid log audits and reports. Conducted Risk Management Course.
  • Invited presenter: Managing Risk Through Improved First Aid Log Documentation, Enterprise Safety Risk Management Summit (2017).
  • One of four nationally selected Councils to pilot an electronic camp health record. Teamed with electronic health record vendor to customize software; implemented for camp staff across two camps.


Timeline

<p>Medical Assisting Faculty - Adjunct</p> <p></p>

Montgomery County Community College
08.2017 - 08.2019

<p>Community Health Nurse</p> <p></p>

Abington-Jefferson Health
01.2017 - 07.2023

<p>Nursing Lab Faculty - Part-Time</p> <p></p>

Montgomery County Community College
10.2016 - Current

Carpenter Community Nursing Fellowship -

National Nurse-Led Care Consortium
02.2016 - 08.2016

MSN - Public Health Nursing

La Salle University
06.2013 - 05.2016

<p>Medical Assisting Instructor - Adjunct</p> <p></p>

Lansdale School of Business
06.2011 - 01.2013

<p>Community Health Nurse</p> <p></p>

Abington Health
09.2009 - 01.2017

<p>Nurse Reviewer</p>

Independence Blue Cross
10.1992 - 05.1996

<p>Staff Nurse - Ambulatory Care</p> <p></p>

University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences
03.1991 - 06.1992

<p>Staff Nurse - Operating Room</p>

St. Vincent Medical Center
10.1990 - 03.1991

<p>Staff Nurse - Operating Room</p> <p></p>

Hendrick Medical Center
02.1989 - 08.1990

<p>Staff Nurse - Gynecology Unit</p> <p></p>

Baylor University Medical Center
06.1987 - 01.1989

Bachelor of Science - Nursing

Russell Sage College
09.1984 - 05.1987

Biology

State University of New York At Albany
09.1982 - 05.1984

<p>Nursing Faculty - Adjunct</p> <p></p>

Gwynedd Mercy University
9 2018 - Current
Lisa Racz MSN RNAdjunct Nursing Faculty