Nancy M. Covach
Shillington,PA
Summary
Seasoned nursing professional with 32 years experience offering proven clinical knowledge, natural interpersonal strengths and technical abilities is seeking to secure a fulltime 8 hour shift position within The Reading Hospital. Knowledgeable about EMR charting, medication administration and interdisciplinary collaboration focused on optimizing patient care and support. Quality-focused and efficiency-driven leader.
Overview
33
33
years of professional experience
Work History
RN Staff Nurse Total Joint Replacement Center
Reading Hospital
West Reading, PA
01.2010 - Current
- Serve as unit core- facilitator for 26 bed unit, preceptor and resource person for fellow staff. Manage patient flow, staff assignments and actively participate in multidisciplinary teams
- Confer with physicians to discuss diagnoses and devise well-coordinated treatment approaches.
- Work within interdisciplinary health care team to develop, implement and make adjustments to patient care plans, individualizing strategies and methods to improve health and meet recovery goals.
- Gather patient health data through interviews and observation, documenting data in electronic records.
- Perform various nursing interventions such as wound dressing, vital sign monitoring and specimen collection.
- Minimize hospital stays with recovery-centered approaches, decreasing average in-patient stay length.
- Effectively prioritize assignments, executing care based on each patient's relative condition and delegating tasks to available personnel to deliver safe and efficient care.
- Administer medications via oral, IV and intramuscular injections and monitor responses.
- Verify patients have information necessary for ongoing care, providing guidance on diagnoses, management of medications and prevention methods.
- Precept student nurses and orient new hires, providing guidance and mentorship when teaching on hospital policies, emergency procedures and nursing best practices.
- Monitor patients' conditions and report changes in physical presentation, appearance and behavior to discuss treatment with physicians.
- Identify patient care requirements by establishing personal rapport with patients and families.
- Manage elements of patient care from admission to discharge or transfer to other units.
- Direct patient care by initiating and following through with plan of care, continuing care and discharge instructions.
- Report patients' status and delegate nurse assignments to achieve optimal outcomes.
Clinical Practice Educator - TJR Center
Reading Hospital
West Reading, PA
01.2009 - 01.2010
- Responsibilities included: identifying knowledge deficit/educational needs of staff; provide/organize orientation of new staff members
RN Staff Nurse Ortho Trauma/Ortho Total Joint
Reading Hospital
West Reading, PA
01.2006 - 01.2009
- Conferred with physicians to discuss diagnoses and devise well-coordinated treatment approaches.
- Worked within interdisciplinary health care team to develop, implement and make adjustments to patient care plans, individualizing strategies and methods to improve health and meet recovery goals.
- Gathered patient health data through interviews and observation, documenting data in electronic records.
- Performed various nursing interventions such as wound dressing, vital sign monitoring and specimen collection.
RN Staff Nurse General Orthopedic Unit
Reading Hospital
West Reading, PA
01.2002 - 01.2006
- Primary responsibility was to complete admission/WADM assessments and paperwork.
IV Insertion Nurse
Reading Hospital
West Reading, PA
01.2001 - 01.2002
- Assessed, changed and monitored patient IV sites daily.
- Administered blood product transfusions
- Redressed and obtained labs from central lines
RN Staff Nurse General Orthopedic Unit
Reading Hospital
West Reading, PA
06.1989 - 01.2001
- Organize and provide care in conjunction with LPN and Nursing assistant for orthopedic patients with various orthopedic and spinal injuries.
- Complete med pass for up to 53 patients
Education
Bachelor of Science - Nursing
Alvernia University
Reading, PA05.2015
Orthopedic Nurse Certification - Orthopedics
ONCB/NAON
Reading, Pa10.2005
No Degree - RN Diploma Program -
The Reading Hospital School of Nursing
West Reading, Pa06.1989
High School Diploma -
Owen J Roberts High School
Pottstown, PA06.1986
Skills
- Unit Oversight
- Care Coordination
- Direct Patient Care
- Clear Patient Communication
- Patient Care Assessment/Monitoring
- Monitoring Vital Signs
- Accurate Documentation
- Treatment Plan Modification
- Treatment Recommendations
- Compassionate and Caring
- Critical Thinking
- Delegation
- Attention to Detail
- Decision Making
- Student/Staff Precepting
- Staff Communication
Accomplishments
- Member of a team of 4 RNs who created, submitted and was chosen to present an evidence based practice poster at NAON's National Conference in 2018. The poster presentation was entitled "An Interprofessional Journey to Improve Patient Outcomes: Landing Patients Safely Home".
- Member of planning committee for NAON Local Chapter 13 one day conference "A Cornucopia for the Orthopedic Nurse" - 2009, 2011, 2013. This program offered orthopedic specific continuing education opportunities to nurses in the tri-state area.
- Member of the planning committee for the Reading Health System, the Reading Hospital Organizational Education Council for the yearly one day conference "Prescription for Health" -2009- 2017. This program offered continuing education opportunities to nurses in the surrounding communities.
Affiliations
A member of the National Association of Orthopedic Nurses (NAON)
Additional Information
Actively participates on various shared governance teams at the unit, divisional and organizational level.
- Currently
- lead unit based facilitator meetings
- Member of Joint Quality Team, RBC team, Resource nurse for PREP (Professional Recognition for Excellence Program)
I have led shared governance teams on the unit and divisional level.
Completed multiple courses offered by The Reading Hospital including but not limited to:
- Core Facilitator course
- Crucial Conversations class
- Preceptor course
- LEAD class
- Conflict Management class
Timeline
RN Staff Nurse Total Joint Replacement Center
Reading Hospital
01.2010 - Current
Clinical Practice Educator - TJR Center
Reading Hospital
01.2009 - 01.2010
RN Staff Nurse Ortho Trauma/Ortho Total Joint
Reading Hospital
01.2006 - 01.2009
RN Staff Nurse General Orthopedic Unit
Reading Hospital
01.2002 - 01.2006
IV Insertion Nurse
Reading Hospital
01.2001 - 01.2002
RN Staff Nurse General Orthopedic Unit
Reading Hospital
06.1989 - 01.2001
Bachelor of Science - Nursing
Alvernia University
Orthopedic Nurse Certification - Orthopedics
ONCB/NAON
No Degree - RN Diploma Program -
The Reading Hospital School of Nursing
High School Diploma -
Owen J Roberts High School
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