Robin Creason
Bear Creek,NC
Summary
Seasoned Nurse Consultant and RN Supervisor with a proven track record at Medisolutions, excelling in interprofessional collaboration and ethical practice. Spearheaded initiatives improving patient care standards, achieving significant departmental objectives. Skilled in staff education and performance improvement, adept at fostering health promotion and maintaining compliance with healthcare regulations.
Overview
12
12
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification
Work History
Nurse Consultant
Orange County Dept. of Social Services
Hillsborough, North Carolina
06.2018 - Current
- Assessed patient conditions, monitored behaviors and updated supervising physicians with observations and concerns.
- Assessed patient needs based upon evaluations conducted through interviews or observations.
- Participated in meetings with hospital administration, medical staff, community organizations, government agencies to discuss healthcare initiatives.
- Achieved departmental goals and objectives by instituting new processes and standards for in-patient care.
- Coordinated with healthcare team to establish, enact and evaluate patient care plans.
- Facilitated interdisciplinary teams to improve patient outcomes and quality of care.
- Collaborated with physicians and other healthcare professionals to coordinate patient care plan activities.
- Helped patients and families feel comfortable during challenging and stressful situations, promoting recovery and reducing compliance issues.
- Evaluated medical histories and case records to develop summaries and chronologies of care.
- Maintained strict patient data procedures to comply with HIPAA laws and prevent information breaches.
- Participated in multidisciplinary team meetings to discuss complex cases.
- Developed, implemented and evaluated patient care plans to ensure best practices in nursing.
- Maintained accurate records regarding assessment findings, treatment plans and progress notes for each individual case.
- Advocated for patient needs with interdisciplinary team and implemented outlined treatment plans.
RN Supervisor
Medisolutions
Burlington , North Carolina
07.2013 - 01.2018
- Facilitated interdisciplinary meetings between physicians, nurses, social workers, therapists, dietitians, and pharmacists to discuss treatment plans for individual patients.
- Liaised between patients and families by providing health information and addressing questions and concerns.
- Provided clinical leadership and direction for nursing staff, ensuring that all tasks were completed in accordance with accepted standards of care.
- Cultivated positive relationships with patients and families, addressed concerns or complaints, monitored patient satisfaction survey data and maintained confidentiality of patient information.
- Assessed need for additional staff, equipment and services based on historical data and seasonal trends.
- Enforced organization policies and exercised non-biased judgment while leading nursing staff in fiscally sound patient care, recordkeeping and professional communication.
- Directed, supervised and evaluated medical, clerical or maintenance personnel.
- Built work schedules and staff assignments, taking workload, space and equipment availability into consideration.
- Conducted performance evaluations for nursing staff on a regular basis.
- Maintained records management system to process personnel information and produce reports.
- Managed changes in integrated health care delivery systems and technological innovations while keeping focus on quality of care.
- Explained policies, procedures and services to patients.
- Demonstrated knowledge and clinical expertise to effectively supervise nursing activities and achieve optimal patient outcomes in hospital department and nursing home.
- Maintained current knowledge of healthcare regulations and best practices in order to promote compliance within the organization.
- Collaborated with multi-disciplinary staff to improve overall patient care and response times.
- Actively listened to concerns from both patients and staff members regarding issues related to patient care.
- Communicated with patients with compassion while keeping medical information private.
- Evaluated patient records regularly to identify opportunities for improvement in service delivery.
Education
Associate of Applied Science - Nursing
Central Carolina Community College
Sanford, NC06-2011
Skills
- Interprofessional collaboration
- Reviewing standards of care
- Records review
- Ethical practice
- Performance improvement
- Staff education
- Health promotion
- Staff training
Affiliations
- Regular volunteer for PTA. (Parent-teacher Association)
Accomplishments
- Received the Who's Who Award at CCCC 2010 for Academic Excellence.
Certification
- Compact Multi-state RN license
References
References available upon request.
Timeline
Nurse Consultant
Orange County Dept. of Social Services
06.2018 - Current
RN Supervisor
Medisolutions
07.2013 - 01.2018
- Compact Multi-state RN license
Associate of Applied Science - Nursing
Central Carolina Community College
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