KRISTEN DOUGHERTY, BSN, RN, CWCN
Certified Wound Continence Nurse
Haddon Heights,NJ
Summary
Dedicated Registered Nurse with ten years of experience working with a variety of patients in the hospital, home care, and outpatient wound care setting. Skilled in wound assessment, treatment planning, infection prevention, and patient/family education. Recognized for collaborating with interdisciplinary teams to promote healing, reduce complications, and improve patient outcomes.
Overview
10
10
years of professional experience
4
4
Certifications
Work History
RN, CWCN
Inspira Wound Care Center
01.2023 - Current
- Performs comprehensive wound assessments, including staging, measurements, and documentation.
- Administers advanced wound therapies (negative pressure wound therapy, specialty dressings, topical medications).
- Develops individualized wound care plans in collaboration with physicians.
- Educates patients, families, and caregivers on proper wound care technique, infection prevention, and at-home management.
RN, Case manager
Redeemer Health Home Care & Hospice
07.2017 - 12.2022
- Successfully manages a case load of up to 20 patients.
- Performs patient admission assessment, recertification, subsequent visits, and discharge visits.
- Develops a plan of care and goals for patient under physician orders.
- Implements a plan of care and instructs the patient/caregiver on signs and symptoms of complications.
- Manages various invasive drainage devices and ostomies.
- Responsible for assessing and performing wound care including negative pressure wound therapy under physician orders.
- Reports to physician changes in wounds and suggests recommendations for wound care orders.
- Supervises the LPN and Home Health Aide.
RN, Medical-Surgical Telemetry Unit
Cooper University Hospital
02.2016 - 06.2017
- Provide complex care of surgical patients that include, but are not limited to, the following surgeries: Colorectal, Cardiothoracic, ENT, Bariatric, and Vascular.
- Successfully manage assignments of up to 6 patients per shift, using time management and prioritization skills to provide the needed care.
- Rotate as a Charge Nurse – monitor admissions and discharges.
- Responsible for multiple invasive drainage devices, patient controlled analgesics, complex parenteral and enteral nutritional therapies, and wound care.
- Educated patients and families on disease processes, procedures, medication, discharge instructions.
Education
Bachelor of Science - Nursing, BSN
Drexel University
Philadelphia, PA09.2015
Bachelor of Arts - Psychology, BA
Rowan University
Glassboro, NJ05.2009
Skills
Patient education, wound photography, measurement, and healing stimulation Ostomy care
Complex wound care, diabetic foot care, negative pressure therapy and venous leg ulcer treatment
Certification
Registered Nurse: License # 26NR18423900 (New Jersey)
Affiliations
WOCN® SocietyWound, Ostomy, and Continence Nurses Society™. The Wound, Ostomy, and Continence Nurses Society is accredited as a provider of nursing continuing professional development by the American Nurses Credentialing Center's Commission on Accreditation.
Timeline
CITI Program: Good Clinical Practice
09-2025
Basic Life Support for Healthcare Providers (BLS)
03-2025
Certified Wound Care Nurse (CWCN)
07-2023
RN, CWCN
Inspira Wound Care Center
01.2023 - Current
RN, Case manager
Redeemer Health Home Care & Hospice
07.2017 - 12.2022
RN, Medical-Surgical Telemetry Unit
Cooper University Hospital
02.2016 - 06.2017
Bachelor of Arts - Psychology, BA
Rowan University
Bachelor of Science - Nursing, BSN
Drexel University
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