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Ruthi Kuris

Boca Raton,Florida

Summary

As a newly graduated nurse with 20 years of experience as a developmental specialist and educational director, I bring a unique blend of expertise in child development, education, and patient care. My comprehensive background in Early Childhood Education, including curriculum development, staff training, and program management, complements my nursing skills and positions me to offer empathetic, patient-centered care with compassionate and detailed approach.

Overview

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Work History

Student Nurse Emergency Department-Immersion

Broward Health
  • Evaluated patient histories, complaints, and current symptoms
  • Developed practical skills such as wound care management, IV insertion, catheterization procedures through hands-on training under supervision from registered nurses
  • Gained valuable experience working with diverse populations, including geriatric, pediatric, and surgical patients across various clinical settings
  • Worked alongside experienced nursing professionals to learn new procedures
  • Reported abnormal findings or changes in physical, mental, and emotional conditions to RN.

Student Nurse Acute Care/Critical Care

Broward Health North

Conducted thorough head-to-toe assessments on assigned patients during each shift, identifying any abnormalities that required further attention from healthcare providers

  • Worked alongside experienced nursing professionals to learn new procedures
  • Contributed to a safe and hygienic environment by adhering to strict infection control protocols and maintaining proper sanitation procedures
  • Utilized critical thinking skills when assessing patients' needs, enabling timely identification of potential concerns requiring intervention from nursing staff or physicians
  • Assisted nurses in wound care procedures, ensuring proper technique was applied to promote optimal healing outcomes for patients.

Student Nurse Peds Clinical Rotation

Joe Dilmaggio Children's Hospital
  • Recorded patients' medical history, vital statistics and test results in EHR
  • Monitored post-op vitals, set up PCA, fluids, reviewed post-op orders and orient patients to unit
  • Performed all tasks with a patient-centered focus while seeking opportunities for improvement of processes and treatments
  • Assisted patients with healing and recovery after surgery
  • Provided necessary health education training for patients alongside with the registered nurse
  • Utilized strong assessment skills to determine necessary patient care
  • Partnered with team of Registered Nurses to ensure overall well-being of all patients
  • Cleaned and sterilized instruments and disposed of contaminated supplies alongside with a registered nurse.

Student Nurse OB Clinical Rotation

Broward Health
  • Recorded patients' medical history, vital statistics and test results in medical records
  • Provided necessary health education training for patients alongside with the nurse
  • Accurately documented all elements of nursing assessment, treatments, medications, discharge instructions and follow-up care on EHR
  • Took and recorded patients' temperature, pulse and blood pressure
  • Assisted in Labor and Delivery alongside a skilled Registered Nurse
  • Performed Newborn Assessments and care
  • Accurately provided care for Postpartum mothers
  • Took vital signs of newborns while assisting in NICU.

Student Nurse Med/Surg Clinical Rotation

Broward Health North
  • Performed patient care and education duties on a busy general care ward with 22 active beds
  • Commended and shadowed by preceptor for time management
  • Assessed and helped create plan-of-care for patients per shift, consistently being evaluated by the preceptor
  • Monitored vital signs, such as blood pressure, temperature, saturation, respiration and pulse
  • Proactively assisted patients in mobility and positioning, achieving lower rate of bedsores in patients than the average for the ward.

Educational Director

Wiz Kids Center
  • Providing positive, caring, safe, and healthy learning environment to children
  • Oversee the daily operation of the center
  • Supervising staff, and drafting budget for the facility to handle internal expenses
  • Promoting the Center and ensuring maximum enrollment
  • Maintaining daily expense records and financial reports
  • Meeting parents and discussing their children's learning needs and progress
  • Designing and implementing curriculum programs focusing on mental and physical growth of children
  • Ensuring compliance with local, state, and federal regulations.

Educational Director

Little Scholars
  • Designed and implements educational programs directed at staff
  • Developed curriculum or content for classes, lectures, and other educational materials
  • Overseen the operations of certification or credentialing programs
  • Ensured that all activities and requirements regarding an organization's education/certification programs are met
  • Planned, age-appropriate curriculum
  • Reviewed and evaluated facility activities in order to ensure conformance with state and local regulations.

Teacher in Special Education and Evaluator

Kids Unlimited
  • Providing direct individualized special education services in accordance with the student's IEP
  • Consulting with the student's regular education teacher to assist in adjusting and modifying the learning environment and/or modifying instructional methods to meet the individual needs of the student
  • Coordinating services when both SEIT and related services are provided
  • Conferencing with the student's parents and related service providers
  • Participating in case conferences about the children and in other conferences scheduled by the agency and the Department of Education
  • Writing quarterly Educational Progress Reports and daily session notes for each student
  • Working on independent living skills, fine motor skills, and functional academic skills
  • Providing intensive behavioral discipline services to children with disabilities.

Teacher in Special Education and Evaluator

Important Steps
  • Providing intensive education services to infants, and children with different disabilities
  • Working on independent living skills, fine motor skills, and functional academic skills
  • Providing intensive behavioral discipline services to children with disabilities
  • Focusing on developing the ability to communicate and function independently as possible
  • Preparing written reports and case summaries for each assigned program participant
  • Maintaining records necessary to comply with Federal, State and City regulations
  • Providing families with information, modeling, training and support to positively affect the development and maintenance of skills.

Teacher in Special Education

Little Lamb Pre School
  • Providing intensive education services to infants, and children with different disabilities
  • Working on independent living skills, fine motor skills, and functional academic skills
  • Providing intensive behavioral discipline services to children with disabilities
  • Focusing on developing the ability to communicate and function independently as possible
  • Preparing written reports and case summaries for each assigned program participant
  • Maintaining records necessary to comply with Federal, State and City regulations.

Teacher in Special Education and Evaluator

Kids Quality Care
  • Provided intensive education services to infants, and children with different disabilities
  • Worked on independent living skills, fine motor skills, and functional academic skills
  • Provided intensive behavioral discipline services to children with disabilities
  • Focused on developing the ability to communicate and function independently as possible
  • Prepared written reports and case summaries for each assigned program participant
  • Maintained records necessary to comply with Federal, State and City regulations.

Receptionist/Data Entry Clerk/Practice Manager

Number One Family Health Center
  • Located, retrieved, sorted, and filed records and documents
  • Screened and routed incoming mail to appropriate destination
  • Received calls to establishment to determine nature of business
  • Obtained callers name and recorded a brief and accurate message
  • Performed data entry for billing and medical records
  • Utilize knowledge of ICD-9 and CPT coding
  • Responsible for all office administrative staff and activities for the practice
  • Managed all patient billing, regulatory compliance, clinical documentation, insurance coding and reporting
  • Coordinated all new medical office contractors for facility design, space allocation and drawing approvals
  • Developed operations and administrative policies and training programs
  • Research and reconcile discrepancies, prepared and updated financial/billing reports and statistical data
  • Handled staff including multi-specialty group offices, hospital outpatient departments and private practice setting
  • Organized office preparations and arrangements for certification and JACHO accreditation.

Education

Bachelors of Science in Nursing -

Florida Atlantic University

Bachelors of Science in Business Management -

Long Island University College

Masters in Early Childhood Special Education -

Touro College

Skills

  • Basic Life Support (BLS)
  • Critical Thinking
  • IV Insertion/Management
  • Vital Monitoring
  • Patient Education
  • Nursing
  • Patient Care
  • Patient Safety
  • Easily Adaptable

Certification

  • New York State License in Early Childhood Education (Birth-K)
  • New York License in Elementary Education (K-6)
  • New York License in Multi Languages (Bilingual Extension)
  • Approved by New York State Department of Health for Early Intervention (Evaluations and Services)
  • New Jersey License in as Teacher of Handicap

Professional Organization

  • Aspire Registry member
  • Student Nurses Association member
  • The National Society of Leadership and success Foundation

Languages

Russian
Hebrew
Yiddish

Timeline

Student Nurse Emergency Department-Immersion

Broward Health

Student Nurse Acute Care/Critical Care

Broward Health North

Student Nurse Peds Clinical Rotation

Joe Dilmaggio Children's Hospital

Student Nurse OB Clinical Rotation

Broward Health

Student Nurse Med/Surg Clinical Rotation

Broward Health North

Educational Director

Wiz Kids Center

Educational Director

Little Scholars

Teacher in Special Education and Evaluator

Kids Unlimited

Teacher in Special Education and Evaluator

Important Steps

Teacher in Special Education

Little Lamb Pre School

Teacher in Special Education and Evaluator

Kids Quality Care

Receptionist/Data Entry Clerk/Practice Manager

Number One Family Health Center

Bachelors of Science in Nursing -

Florida Atlantic University

Bachelors of Science in Business Management -

Long Island University College

Masters in Early Childhood Special Education -

Touro College
Ruthi Kuris