Ruth Ann Rogers, RN, BSN, CPN
Logan,Ohio
Overview
23
23
years of professional experience
Summary
Experienced nursing professional with a strong desire to expand skills and make a meaningful contribution. Brings wealth of clinical knowledge, interpersonal strengths, and technical abilities. Proficient in EMR charting, care planning, and interdisciplinary collaboration. Focuses on optimizing patient care and support. Quality-focused and efficiency-driven leader committed to delivering exceptional outcomes for patients and the organization.
Skills
- Friendly, Positive Attitude
- Teamwork and Collaboration
- Customer Service
- Problem-Solving
- Computer Skills/Microsoft office
- Organization and Time Management
- Dependable and Responsible
- Multitasking Abilities
- Critical Thinking
- Flexible and Adaptable
Education
Bachelor of Science, Nursing -
The Ohio State University
Columbus, Ohio05.2001
MCG Care Guidelines Specialist -
MCG Health
09.2024
Work History
Staff RN, Burns/Trauma/Surgery
Nationwide Children’s Hospital
07.2001 - Current
- Delivered high quality compassionate nursing care with extensive clinical skills and excellent written/oral communication
- Computer charting skills using EPIC that is confidential, accurate, timely and clearly communicates patient’s clinical status
- Advocate for patients and families to receive best individualized care - appreciative of their culture, age or developmental age, education and/or socioeconomics (including Medicaid populations)
- Discharge planning for patients and families by pre-arranging/ordering home supplies/equipment, education (often via a medical interpreter) and using teach back learning assessments.
- Collaborate with an extensive multidisciplinary team to develop, implement and evaluate Care Plans
- Precept new nursing staff to the unit while teaching new skills including pediatric patient care, burn care, skills, navigate electronic health records, charting, organization and time management
- Created numerous Epic Smart Phrases communicating to Case management when Milliman Care Guidelines (MCG) and milestones are met and identifying variances in care
- Designed and implemented, with collaboration of the Engineering department, a wheelchair and walker for patients in halo traction allowing for mobility, comfort and decrease in infections
- Developed teaching aids and diagrams to assist residents and fellow nurses to prepare traction
- Participated in several committees including Shared Governance, CPOE, Epic Super User, Spirit Committee and Burn Super User (often using Microsoft Teams)
Intermittent Charge Nurse, Burns/Trauma/Surgery
Nationwide Children’s Hospital
01.2005 - Current
- Supervised up to three in-patient medical-surgical units and staff
- Delegate assignments to nursing and support staff
- Assign and manage all transfers and admissions using multiple IT platforms/systems
- Resolve any interpersonal employee, patient or family conflict in a timely, respectful and satisfactory manner
- Demonstrate calm, swift decision making while performing skills in fast paced, high pressure emergency situations
- Developed multiple Microsoft Excel worksheets for nursing, care assistants and charge nurses to increase organization, documentation and task management that can be accessed via SharePoint Cloud
Immunization Liaison
Nationwide Children’s Hospital
01.2004 - Current
- Data collection and database entry of inpatient vaccines administered into a statewide database
- Audited the new Impact SIIS database for accuracy ~ 2008-2010
- Provide guidance, education and up to date information regarding vaccines, vaccine information sheets, administration and schedules per CDCs recommendations
- Advised and linked several staff with the CDC regarding vaccines prior to mission work in other countries
ABLS Certified Instructor
Nationwide Children's Hospital
05.2012 - 05.2023
- Educate medical staff & first responders on emergency care to burn victims in the first 24 hours (assessment, stabilization and criteria to transfer to burn centers) using lectures, case studies and simulated burn victims
Summer Nurse Externship Leader
Nationwide Children’s Hospital
01.2015 - 08.2019
- Preceptor and speaker (Microsoft PowerPoint) for Summer Nurse Externship program to inform, educate and recruit nursing students about burn care and becoming a burn nurse
Licensure and Certifications
- Ohio Nursing License/Multi-state RN License RN. 295769
- MCG Care Guidelines Specialist Certification, MCG Health
- Basic Life Support Provider, American Heart Association
- Advanced Cardiac Life Support, American Heart Association
- Pediatric Advanced Life Support Provider, American Heart Association
- Advanced Burn Life Support Provider, American Burn Association
- Advanced Burn Life Support Certified Instructor, American Burn Association
- Certified Pediatric Nurse, Pediatric Nursing Certification Board
Accomplishments
Daisy Nomination, 2016 – Submitted by burn patient
Employee of the Month Nomination, October 2017 - Submitted by manager, Rhonda Humphrey
Service from the Heart Nomination, August 2018 – Submitted by Family, Volunteer and Child Life staff
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