Monta Lea Grimes
Mesa,Arizona
Summary
Active License: Texas/Compact RN 443776 Exp 12/24 Basic Cardiac Life Support (BCLS) Exp 10/24 Advanced Cardiac Life Support (ACLS) Exp 10/24 Member of Sigma Theta Tau Honor Society of Nursing, 261 Kappa Psi Chapter
Organized and dependable candidate successful at managing multiple priorities with a positive attitude. Willingness to take on added responsibilities to meet team goals. Hardworking and detail oriented. Passionate about the nursing profession and expecting that everyone is held to a high standard of patient care, Choose to lead by example through displaying dedication, knowledge, shared experiences and mentoring of new nurses and other staff. Works well with other disciplines to insure the best patient outcomes.
Overview
51
51
years of professional experience
Work History
Director of Quality, Infection Control Practitioner, House Supervisor
Kindred Hospital Tarrant County-Fort Worth Southwest
07.2017 - 08.2023
- Served in 3 leadership positions in this 92-bed transitional care hospital serving chronically, critically ill patients with specialized needs requiring extended care in a hospital setting
- Responsible for tracking all positive culture reports insuring that appropriate management is documented including CDC recommended isolations
- Conducts daily rounds to insure central venous line and foley usage meets established criteria
- Does audits on PPE usage, and IV line and dressing identification
- Works closely with the Tarrant County Health Department to identify and report
- Enters documentation into the CDC/NHSN website reporting specific identified infections
- Participates on Antimicrobial Stewardship Committee and Employee Values/Engagement Committee.
Team Leader, Charge Nurse, Med/Surg, Ortho. Pediatric Unit
Texas Health Resources, Huguley Hospital
08.2014 - 11.2016
- Team Leader responsible for appropriate patient assignments and Nurse Leader rounding
- Serves as resource to newer staff
- Insure that care being provided is appropriate and safe
- Serves as historian on unit UBC
- Active on Unit Triad group
- Conducts chart audits for PI Projects
- Mentored new staff
- Worked as staff nurse when census/staffing dictated.
Charge Nurse, Unit PI Representative. Surgical Hospital, Bariatric Center of Excellence
Forest Park Medical Center
09.2011 - 12.2013
- Day and night Charge Nurse on a 24 bed post surgery unit in a physician owned surgical hospital
- Coordinated daily staffing for all 84 hospital beds, managed post-op bed assignments, participated in orientation of agency staff and new employees
- Worked as staff nurse as needed
- Developed and assessed the plans of care for appropriateness and effectiveness
- Participated in patient education and staff development
- Coordinated and reported on inpatient PI
- Made safety and EOC rounds
- Served on Bariatric Surgery education team
- Made daily rounds on all patients to insure high quality, appropriate care to our pediatric and adult population and to insure service recovery as needed.
Clinical Supervisor, Med Surg, GI/GU, Bariatric Center of Excellence
Interim Nurse Manager
04.2010 - 08.2011
- Served to assist the RN Manager with daily clinical supervision of patient care and responded to the immediate needs of the staff
- Made daily rounds on all patients and address all concerns
- Worked as staff when needed
- Maintained daily staffing changes in staffing system & approved PTO requests
- Participated in daily bed board meetings
- Served as a resource to the staff in both patient care, patient education, mentoring and staff education
- Met with patients and families to identify specific needs and work toward service recovery successes
- Addressed occurrence reports
- Worked with staff to provide excellent service and patient care
- Served on various committee’s and work groups, including Inpatient Service Excellence Committee, effective computer documentation group and JCAHO and MAGNET preparedness.
RN Manager, Medical Department
DHH, OCDD, Columbia Community Residential & Employment Services
10.2009 - 04.2010
- 24hr accountability for medical services provided to developmentally disabled individuals, children and adults, living in a state residential facility and in group homes
- Insured that all medical services meet the criteria set by OCDD and other state and federal rules and regulations
- Wrote Corrective Action Plans for any survey tags & insured that they were met
- Provided educational opportunities for nursing staff, direct care givers and employment/educational staff to insure that appropriate medical consideration is being given to each individual
- Monitors all Health & Wellness plans
- Completed quarterly physical assessments and makes appropriate referrals
- Did annual PPR’s for medical staff members
- Served on ad hoc committees and teams as directed
- Served on transition team to insure the needs of our individuals continue to be met as they are moved to private providers
- Worked closely with contract physicians & other medical and community services providers to insure that contractual agreements are being fulfilled
- Served as Infection Control nurse
- Gave annual vaccines & PPD’s
- Managed staffing and payroll
- Conducted daily planning meetings with staff.
Interim DON
Louisiana Extended Care Hospital
12.2008 - 10.2009
- Had 24hr accountability for nursing care at this newly acquired 36 bed LTAC
- Responsible for interviewing, hiring, counseling, developing corrective action plans, discipline and termination of nursing staff
- Responsible for 90day & annual employee evaluations
- Created schedule for both professional & nonprofessional employees and adjusted to meet 24hr staffing needs
- Responsible for insuring that employees met annual educational requirements and arranged for inservices to enhance pt care and employee satisfaction
- Conducted interdisciplinary meetings to insure appropriate and cooperative care
- Served as infection control and performance improvement coordinator
- Sat on policy & procedure and environment of care committee
- Served as resource for staff
- Made weekly wound care rounds, measured & photographed all wounds, made wound care suggestions to physicians
- Made daily pt rounds to insure satisfaction and appropriate nursing care
- Met with families to assist them and answer their questions and concerns
- Worked closely with physicians, NP's and other practitioners to develop an appropriate plan of care
- Accountable for compliance with medicare/medicaid rules and regs, as well as private payor sources
- Worked with outside resources and agencies to insure that patients needs would be met after discharge
- Addressed patient/family complaints with service recovery
- Approved payroll.
Executive Director of Clinical Services
Southwest Medical Center
06.2008 - 11.2008
- 24 hr responsibility for Med/Surg, Rehab, Education and Surgical Services
- Worked with Adm to develop and manage budgets
- Evaluated and purchased capital equipment and supplies
- Worked with Nurse managers to develop appropriate unit specific orientation programs
- Completed annual PPR’s on department managers
- Made daily administrative rounds
- Participated on several ad hoc and established committees
- Participated in PI development and audits
- Addressed all patient/family complaints
- Assisted with house supervision when needed
- Worked shifts on all units as needed to maintain staffing ratios, identify problem/process issues and to maintain skills
- Sat for interviews
- Managed payroll
- Held bi-weekly management staff meetings and attended unit specific meetings
- Addressed all patient complaints for resolution.
Director of Acute Medicine, Telemetry, Pediatrics & Resource Pool, House Supv.
West Calcasieu Cameron Hospital
11.2006 - 06.2008
- 24/7 responsibility for the delivery of patient care on the units and utilization of Resource Pool staff
- Interviewed, hired, counseled & terminated employees as needed
- Responsible for input of payroll, inservice education for all staff, scheduling, and annual performance reviews
- Completed weekly chart audits for appropriateness of care, QI/QA data collection, and completeness
- Took House Supervision duties as needed
- Member of policy & procedure, JCAHO readiness, product eval, Infection control and Environment of Care committees
- Addressed and resolved patient/family complaints
- Wrote corrective action plans as appropriate relating to patient satisfaction, JCAHO & State surveys and poor employee evaluations
- Served with a group to evaluate new computer systems and make recommendations to Adm for purchase
- Worked alongside each new employee as part of unit orientation
- Only chemo and pediatric certified nurse on unit
- Conducted monthly staff meetings.
Director of Ambulatory & Emergency Services & Outpatient Manager, Med/Surg Manager, House Supervisor
LSU-W.O.Moss Regional Medical Center
08.2005 - 11.2006
- Administrative position with 24 hr management and financial responsibility for hospital based Outpatient clinics, Walk In Clinic, ER Annex & ER Services
- Responsible for compiling and managing budgets for 8 cost centers
- Responsible for personnel matters including employee counseling and discipline following Louisiana Civil Service Rules and Regulations
- Worked to improve community and physician relations through participation in local support groups for HIV/AIDS, American Heart Association & American Cancer Society
- Worked closely with all new physicians to insure schedules, appropriate credentialing been applied for, and their personal requests were met
- Managed patient/family complaints and directed corrective action plans
- Frequently worked as staff in all clinics: Primary Care, Diabetic, Orthopedic, Oncology & Outpatient Chemo, Ophthalmology, Asthma, HIV/Infectious Disease, GYN, Surgery, Cardiology and Pediatrics with WIC, KidMed, Home Health, Genetics, Sickle Cell and ADD/ADHD
- Maintained payroll and timekeeping
- Developed annual QI plan and completed quarterly reports
- Conducted annual competency assessments
- Collaborated with local schools of nursing to provide clinical experiences
- Worked closely with LSU Residency program
- Attended/conducted monthly staff meetings with each department & approved Payroll.
Clinical Nurse Manager of Acute Medicine, Divisions 13100 & 14500
Barnes-Jewish Hospital
07.2004 - 08.2005
- 24 hr total management accountability for 2 inpatient units
- Responsible for all personal matters including interviewing, hiring, counseling and termination
- Insured that staff followed HR policies
- Conducted inservices and mentored new employees
- Maintained payroll and schedules
- Completed weekly chart audits to insure appropriate care and for QI data collection
- Participated in new staff orientation
- Participated in Administrative Rounding and made daily rounds on my units
- Address all patient/family concerns and complaints
- Participated on committees: Policy & procedure, environment of care, recruitment & retention & product evaluation
- Conducted monthly staff meetings
- Worked as staff nurse when staffing ratio/acuity need was present.
Director of Orthopedics/Neurology & Pediatric Units, Relief House Supv
Christus St. Patrick Hospital
01.1993 - 04.1996
- 24 hr management responsibility of 40 bed ortho/neuro and 14 bed Pediatric units
- Responsible for personnel issues such as interviewing, hiring, annual evaluations, counseling and termination
- Held monthly staff meeting & inservices
- Updated entire Pediatric Policy & Procedure manual to reflect new JCAHO regs and updated standards of care
- Actively participated in new staff orientation
- Participated on several nursing department committees
- Worked as staff when needed.
Staff RN, Charge Nurse, Team Leader, Clinical III
Arkansas Children’s Hospital
01.1986 - 01.1993
- Worked as staff nurse in PICU and Charge RN in general peds and orthopedics units
- Team Leader in Ophthalmology and Orthopedic Clinics
- Completed physical assessments, fitted infants with aphakia with contact lenses
- Assisted with orientation & cross-training
- Worked on team to develop hospital standards of care and create teaching tools for orthopedic patients/parents
- Lead team to improve discharge planning from our unit.
RN, Community Health Educator, Health Promotion & Disease Prevention Program
New Madrid County Group Practice
01.1983 - 01.1984
- Responsible for organizing and conducting community wide wellness education programs
- Worked closely with schools to hold health fairs and mass screening programs for hypertension, diabetes and Sickle Cell Anemia
- Conducted community needs assessments
- Worked with local health unit for patient education.
Relief House Supervisor and Med/Surg Charge Nurse
Missouri Delta Community Hospital
01.1982 - 01.1984
- Supervised staff in providing patient care in this small community hospital
- Circulated in surgery as needed
- Worked in ER.
RN, House Supervisor
Buffalo Island Community Hospital
01.1980 - 01.1982
- Supervised staff in providing patient care in this small community hospital
- Circulated in surgery as needed
- Worked in ER.
RN, Day Surgery
Brookhaven Medical Center
01.1978 - 01.1980
- Staff nurse in Pre-& Post-Op area
- Did patient education and routine post-op surgical care.
County Health Nurse
Arkansas Department of Health
01.1974 - 01.1978
- Worked in various roles including Home Health, TB, Immunization, Pre-Natal Clinics & Home Health in Arkansas County, DeWitt, AR and Mississippi County, Blytheville, AR.
RN, Charge Nurse, Labor & Delivery, Well Baby Newborn Nursery
Chickasawba Hospital
01.1973 - 01.1974
- Worked as a Charge Nurse in Labor & Delivery and Well Baby Newborn Nursery.
Education
BSN -
ARKANSAS STATE UNIVERSITY
JONESBORO, AR01.1986
ADN -
ARKANSAS STATE UNIVERSITY
JONESBORO, AR01.1973
Skills
- Excellent Nursing Assessment Skills
- Customer Service/Service Recovery
- Problem Solving
- Team Leadership
- Quality Auditing
- Continuous Improvement
- Process Improvement
- Root Cause Analysis
- Strong Work Ethic
- Data Collection
- Employee Supervision
- Critical Thinking
Personal Information
Title: RN, BSN
Timeline
Director of Quality, Infection Control Practitioner, House Supervisor
Kindred Hospital Tarrant County-Fort Worth Southwest
07.2017 - 08.2023
Team Leader, Charge Nurse, Med/Surg, Ortho. Pediatric Unit
Texas Health Resources, Huguley Hospital
08.2014 - 11.2016
Charge Nurse, Unit PI Representative. Surgical Hospital, Bariatric Center of Excellence
Forest Park Medical Center
09.2011 - 12.2013
Clinical Supervisor, Med Surg, GI/GU, Bariatric Center of Excellence
Interim Nurse Manager
04.2010 - 08.2011
RN Manager, Medical Department
DHH, OCDD, Columbia Community Residential & Employment Services
10.2009 - 04.2010
Interim DON
Louisiana Extended Care Hospital
12.2008 - 10.2009
Executive Director of Clinical Services
Southwest Medical Center
06.2008 - 11.2008
Director of Acute Medicine, Telemetry, Pediatrics & Resource Pool, House Supv.
West Calcasieu Cameron Hospital
11.2006 - 06.2008
Director of Ambulatory & Emergency Services & Outpatient Manager, Med/Surg Manager, House Supervisor
LSU-W.O.Moss Regional Medical Center
08.2005 - 11.2006
Clinical Nurse Manager of Acute Medicine, Divisions 13100 & 14500
Barnes-Jewish Hospital
07.2004 - 08.2005
Director of Orthopedics/Neurology & Pediatric Units, Relief House Supv
Christus St. Patrick Hospital
01.1993 - 04.1996
Staff RN, Charge Nurse, Team Leader, Clinical III
Arkansas Children’s Hospital
01.1986 - 01.1993
RN, Community Health Educator, Health Promotion & Disease Prevention Program
New Madrid County Group Practice
01.1983 - 01.1984
Relief House Supervisor and Med/Surg Charge Nurse
Missouri Delta Community Hospital
01.1982 - 01.1984
RN, House Supervisor
Buffalo Island Community Hospital
01.1980 - 01.1982
RN, Day Surgery
Brookhaven Medical Center
01.1978 - 01.1980
County Health Nurse
Arkansas Department of Health
01.1974 - 01.1978
RN, Charge Nurse, Labor & Delivery, Well Baby Newborn Nursery
Chickasawba Hospital
01.1973 - 01.1974
BSN -
ARKANSAS STATE UNIVERSITY
ADN -
ARKANSAS STATE UNIVERSITY
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