Paulette Jones
Phoenix,AZ
Summary
Patient-oriented nurse with 27 years of diverse experience in direct patient care, staff supervision and department operations. Skilled at multitasking and prioritizing patient needs and daily assignments. Offering expertise with nursing leadership, educator on the university level, psychiatric nursing, medical surgical nursing, and legal aspect of nursing.
Overview
15
15
years of professional experience
Work History
MSN-l RN HOUSE Supervisor
Valleywise Health
2008.12 - Current
- Under supervision and direction of Nurse Managers and Nursing Directors, this position function as nursing leader and clinical resource to staff nurses, assume responsibility for coordination of clinical services hospital-wide, coordinate and supervise nursing personnel and direct other ancillary departments as needed.
- Facilitates admission, discharge and transfer of patients throughout Valleywise Health, ensures safe staffing mix and levels for inpatient units, and supporting nursing needs in outpatient areas.
- Promotes patient rights and functions as advocate and educator. Performs all aspects of patient care, including but not limited to patient assessment, medication administration, identifying nursing problems, plans care, provides or delegates care according to Valleywise Health policies.
- Responsibilities include staff development, physician relationships, quality initiatives, departmental, interdepartmental and inter-professional quality improvement projects. Ensures nursing care meets or exceeds evidence based practice standards.
- Troubleshoots all aspects of nursing care and takes appropriate action based on analysis.
- This position is responsible to make administrative decisions necessary to maintain operation of hospital during assigned hours as a representative of Nursing Directors, Nurse Managers and Administration.
- Assists in assessment of "walk-in" patients, coordinates transportation of patients to and from court, medical appointments and other needs as they arise.
Adjunct Faculty Nursing Instructor
Arizona State University, ASU
2019.08 - 2022.12
- Responsible for experiential courses in psychiatric nursing.
- Helping student develop their critical thinking skills and working as a team to prepare them for clinical rotations.
- Didactics lecturing on psychiatric content.
- Online teaching of geriatric psychiatric nursing.
- Development of psychiatric content in Canvas
- Grading papers and providing rubric feedback
Clinical Education Specialist
St. Joseph's Medical Center
2019.01 - 2020.06
- Responsible for all education related to simulation, creating simulation for standardize to carry out enhance student learning to achieve real-life experience that simulates taking care of patient.
- Conducted clinical simulations and provided feedback for each individual student.
- Responsible for onboarding of all new hires that are nurses and certified nursing assistants.
- Areas include medical surgical, telemetry and psychiatric nursing.
- Responsible for didactic lecture during new employee orientation related to legal aspects of nursing, medical surgical nursing, and psychiatric nursing.
- Working with first year medical students and run simulations to ensure they are diagnosing and treating patients correctly
- Responsible for reviewing ACLS, BLS and ECG cardiac rhythms for remediation.
- Supervise dedicated education unit with partnered universities for four floors and provide feedback to university and act as clinical resource to students.
Surgical Trauma/Psych Nurse
Maricopa Medical Center
2008.12 - 2019.02
- Provide complex care to severely compromised patients of adult population.
- Duties include monitoring of telemetry, critical drips, administering IV and PO medications, drawing labs, readings labs and communicating with physicians for effective plan of care.
- Caring for severely mentally ill, and criminally insane patients that have been ordered by court for treatment.
Nurse Practice Consultant
AZ State Board Of Nursing
2017.05 - 2019.01
- Lead nurse consultant for CANDO/ATD program for nurses that have substance abuse and mental health concerns.
- Investigate nurses that have criminal allegations, nurse practice issues, substance abuse and mental health concerns.
- Interviews witnesses, employers, medical record review, requesting and analyzing department of economic service employment history, analyzing individual’s pharmacy profiles, review of police reports, work with attorneys, preparing legal investigative reports, consent agreements as part of settlement, and drafting stipulated agreements to place nurses in confidential programs while they seek treatment for substance abuse.
Adjunct Faculty Nursing Instructor
Maricopa Community Colleges
2014.01 - 2019.01
- Responsible for didactic lecture of psychiatric nursing, pharmacology, legal and ethical issues, and medical terminology.
- Developing curriculum and syllabus of class content.
- Helping students develop their clinical thinking skills to help prepare them for their clinical rotation in hospital setting.
- Grading papers and providing feedback through schools rubric process.
- Meeting with students to trouble shoot problems they may be having in class and assist them with tutoring and study techniques.
Education
DNP - Nursing Leadership
Aspen University
Phoenix, AZ12.2023
Master of Science - Nursing Leadership
Grand Canyon University
Phoenix, AZ05.2011
Bachelor of Science - Nursing Science
Allen College
Waterloo, IA05.2004
Associate of Applied Science - Nursing Science
Hawkeye Community College
Waterloo, IA12.1999
Skills
- Nursing team development
- Faculty support
- Nursing staff supervision
- Nursing staff leadership
Professional Organization
- ACHE 2010 – PRESENT
- ANA MEMBER
Timeline
Adjunct Faculty Nursing Instructor
Arizona State University, ASU
2019.08 - 2022.12
Clinical Education Specialist
St. Joseph's Medical Center
2019.01 - 2020.06
Nurse Practice Consultant
AZ State Board Of Nursing
2017.05 - 2019.01
Adjunct Faculty Nursing Instructor
Maricopa Community Colleges
2014.01 - 2019.01
MSN-l RN HOUSE Supervisor
Valleywise Health
2008.12 - Current
Surgical Trauma/Psych Nurse
Maricopa Medical Center
2008.12 - 2019.02
DNP - Nursing Leadership
Aspen University
Master of Science - Nursing Leadership
Grand Canyon University
Bachelor of Science - Nursing Science
Allen College
Associate of Applied Science - Nursing Science
Hawkeye Community College
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