Lori Montoya
Lacey,WA
Summary
Hardworking, organized, and skilled leader with over ten years of progressive experience in nursing. Licensed in the state of Washington while bringing advanced and relevant credentials in Infant Mental Health Endorsement and Population Health to this position.
Overview
9
9
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification
Work History
Community Health Nurse Supervisor
Thurston County Public Health
11.2022 - Current
- Oversight of program delivery through supervision of RN staff
- Responsible to understand and stay compliant to legal and funding requirements
- Oversight of development and implementation of new maternal child health programs
- Responsible for interviewing, hiring and offboarding of staff
- Maintain accurate, detailed reports and records
- Plan and execute nursing education for staff
- Plan, execute and evaluate continuous quality improvement within program
- Promote, develop, and maintain community relationships to support referrals and increase program effectiveness
- Collaborating with team members to develop excellence in the team’s practice of care
- Responsible to respond to local public health emergency
- Collaborate with community partners to increase awareness and improve maternal child health outcomes
Registered Nurse
Healthcare Delivery Inc.
04.2021 - 03.2023
- Maintain accurate and detailed reports and patient records
- Inventory and ordering of supplies
- Extensive patient education
- Comprehensive assessments of health needs
- Record, report, and obtain orders for diagnostic test based on patient's symptoms
- Modify patient treatment plans as indicated by patient's responses and conditions
- Medication administration
- Assess for medical emergencies and treat accordingly, including monitoring for substance withdrawal
- Verify and order patient's current medications
- Wound care
- Assist physicians in patient care with follow up on sick call orders
- Perform multiple diagnostic tests to include blood draws, pregnancy test, drug screening, strep, vaginal cultures, urine dip test, Covid-19 rapid and PCR test, PPD skin test
- Nurse to patient ratio 1:26.
Nurse Supervisor
Thurston County Public Health
07.2019 - 05.2021
- Oversight of program delivery through supervision of RN staff
- Responsible to stay compliant to legal and funding requirements
- Responsible for interviewing, hiring and offboarding of staff
- Maintain accurate, detailed reports and records
- Plan and execute nursing education for staff
- Plan, execute and evaluate continuous quality improvement within program
- Promote, develop, and maintain community relationships to support referrals
- Collaborating with team members to develop excellence in the team’s practice of care
- Responsible to respond to local public health emergency.
Community Health Nurse II, Home Visitor
Thurston County Public Health
04.2016 - 07.2019
- Maintain accurate, detailed reports and records
- Extensive patient education
- Regular use of motivational interviewing skills to promote client’s desire/goals
- Comprehensive physical and mental health assessments for prenatal, postpartum, newborn, infancy and toddlers
- Promote develop and maintain community relationships to support referrals
- Provide comprehensive nursing services through home visits to at risk pregnant women and their families
- Collaborating with team members to develop excellence in the team’s practice of care
- Responsible to respond to local public health emergency.
Registered Nurse
Healthcare Delivery Inc.
10.2014 - 07.2016
- Maintain accurate, detailed reports and records
- Extensive patient education
- Comprehensive assessments of health needs
- Record, report and order diagnostic test based on patient's symptoms
- Modify patient treatment plans as indicated by patient's responses and conditions
- Medication administration
- Assess for medical emergencies and treat accordingly; including monitoring for substance withdrawal
- Verify and order patient's current medications
- Wound care
- Assist physicians during medical sick call visits and follow up on new orders
- Perform multiple diagnostic tests to include blood draws, pregnancy test, drug screening, strep, vaginal cultures
- Nurse to patient ratio 1:400.
Education
Current Doctor of Nursing Practice - Population Health
Washington State University
Vancouver, WA05.2025
Bachelor of Science in Nursing -
University of Washington
Tacoma, WA05.2016
Associate of Science: Nursing, RN -
Tacoma Community College
Tacoma, WA08.2014
Skills
- Dependable
- Strong communication skills
- Professional
- Strong clinical thinking and decision making skills
- Trained in motivational interviewing skills
- Skilled in process Improvements
- Staff development
- Maternal-child nursing
- Performance evaluation
- Policy implementation
- Time management
- Community Outreach
- Hiring and Terminations
- Staff Supervision
- Multitasking and Organization
- Employee Performance Evaluations
Certification
- Registered Nurse License in the state of WA
- Infant Mental Health Endorsed
- BLS for Healthcare Providers CPR/ First Aid Certification 2021-2023
Accomplishments
- Dean's list
- Cumulative GPA 3.96
- Selected among the top 20% of class for RN -BSN- MSN program.
Volunteer Experience
Registered Nurse, Room Assistant, May 2023, Present, Olympia Free Clinic, 520 Lily Road NE, Olympia, WA, 98506
Timeline
Community Health Nurse Supervisor
Thurston County Public Health
11.2022 - Current
Registered Nurse
Healthcare Delivery Inc.
04.2021 - 03.2023
Nurse Supervisor
Thurston County Public Health
07.2019 - 05.2021
Community Health Nurse II, Home Visitor
Thurston County Public Health
04.2016 - 07.2019
Registered Nurse
Healthcare Delivery Inc.
10.2014 - 07.2016
Current Doctor of Nursing Practice - Population Health
Washington State University
Bachelor of Science in Nursing -
University of Washington
Associate of Science: Nursing, RN -
Tacoma Community College
- Registered Nurse License in the state of WA
- Infant Mental Health Endorsed
- BLS for Healthcare Providers CPR/ First Aid Certification 2021-2023
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