Natalia Rigsby

• Provided direct patient care, stabilized patients, and determined the next course of action.

ADON - 02/2022- 05/2023

• Assisted with managing systems: infections, incidents, skin/wounds, pain, nutrition/dietary/weights/hydration, pharmacy, behaviors/psych GDRs.
• Coordinate with other disciplines to provide quality care to all residents. (Therapy, Dietary, & MDS)
• Conducting patient rounds and addressing complaints.
• Implement policies and procedures to ensure compliance with all regulatory guidelines.
• Helping to hire, train, teach, and monitor nursing staff
• Managed the day-to-day operations of the nursing department.
• Provided oversight of patient care, clinical operations, and quality assurance.
• Analyzed data to identify areas of improvement and ensure safety standards.
• Worked closely with the unit managers in ensuring the care of patients and the compliance of systems.
• Ensured regulatory compliance through regular nursing documentation auditing and direct measures of the clinical competence of nursing department personnel.

Unit Manager/ CNA instructor - 2016-2022

• Educate and train 10-15 students to perform quality care to patients while meeting state & federal regulated requirements.
• Direct the quality care of up to 60 residents while managing employees, wound care, and quality assurance processes.
• Ensure & evaluate infection control measures
• Lab auditing & management
• Collaborated with the IDT team, patient, and their family explaining the plan of care and revising as needed.
• Implementing pharmacy & dietary recommendations
• Round with MD & NP, giving updated reports on patients and coordinating the management of care.

MDS Assessment Nurse- 03/2012- 04/2016

• Assessment of all Medicare patients
• Approve resident applications for a skilled need in a long-term care facility
• Evaluate the patient care based on skilled care needs
• Host Interdisciplinary meetings to discuss patient plans of care and implement new strategies.
• Monitor patients' medical insurance and payment plans
• Obtain Approval from insurance plans to treat a skilled need
• Implement systems to monitor for changes in patient/resident conditions.
• Develop goals for improving treatment and care plans
• Meet and work with therapy department to ensure maximal therapy progression.

Charge Nurse- 07/2009- 03/3012