Dedicated and patient-focused Registered Nurse with proven strengths in acute patient care, home and hospice care, staff development, and family advocacy. Exceptional capacity to multi-task: manage numerous, often competing priorities with ease and foster the provision of superior patient care. Administrative and referral experience including admissions, assessment, treatment, referral, and education for a wide range of patients. Widely recognized as an excellent care provider and patient advocate. Demonstrated ability to forge, lead, and motivate outstanding healthcare teams that provide top-quality patient care. Outstanding interpersonal and communication skills; superior accuracy in patient history, charting, and other documentation.
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Sharon Purcell-Ponsell
Felton,DE
Summary
Overview
35
years of professional experience
1
Certification
Work History
DELAWARE STATE UNIVERSITY
Adjunct Clinical Instructor for Junior and Senior Level Students
09.2012 - Current
Job overview
- Responsible for lab instruction and onsite clinical instruction for junior and senior level nursing students in the acute care and long term care settings for a baccalaureate nursing program
- Assessed clinical knowledge and skills via direct observation, case scenarios and concept maps
- Experience with mentoring, coaching and remediation of skills in students of diverse cultural backgrounds
- Assisted students with preparing for NCLEX exam.
Delaware Hospice
Registered Nurse
01.1999 - Current
Job overview
- Delivered a complete range of RN services and expertise
- Accurately obtained and documented patient history and medication lists, assessed individual conditions and needs, and selected departmental referrals for acute and chronically ill patients
- Provided care to terminally ill patients in their home and at the inpatient level of care
- Monitored patient reactions to drugs and carefully documented progress of individuals participating in clinical trials
- Repeatedly commended by patients and supervisors for outstanding quality of care; received consistent mention in care-survey responses
- Maintained a high degree of accuracy to achieve optimal patient acuity monitoring
- Significantly improved facility’s public image by ensuring exceptional patient satisfaction
- Developed MUG recommendations for patients using pharmacotherapy
Bayhealth Medical Center
Charge Nurse
05.1990 - Current
Job overview
- Provided care for patients recovering from surgery, and other medical problems including but not limited to respiratory failure/complaints, drug overdoses, acute alcohol ingestion, and gastrointestinal bleeds and congestive heart failure
- Acquired and recorded patient information
- Prepared patients for surgical and radiological procedures, initiated and maintained intravenous therapy, and operated 12-lead EKG
- Responsible for staff assignments, running of a 20 bed unit and staff members of various degrees of experience
- Responsibilities also include membership on Med-Surg Joint Practice and the HIPAA Privacy Committee
- Educator Provided education and unit specific competencies for Med-Surg, Home Health, Psych, and Oncology for 5 years
- Developed new education programs for various professionals including nurses, physicians, social workers, therapists and certified nursing assistants
- BCLS, ACLS and PEAT Instructor
- Helped develop and implement the computer order entering system at Bayhealth
- Awarded the Clinical Excellence Award in Staff Development
- Implemented and coordinated ongoing staff education program
- Contributed substantially to successful JCAHO accreditation within the department.
Delaware Technical and Community College
Instructor /Advisor for Certified Nursing Assistant Program; Clinical Instructor for Nursing Program
08.2000 - 01.2013
Job overview
- Responsible for curriculum development of the CNA Program
- Update information to meet DOL, OBRA and Division of Long Term Care requirements
- Monitor and track employment of participants
- Provide direct classroom and clinical instruction of the program in both acute and long term care facilities
- Prepare students for State certification exam
- Provide strong contributions to maintain a 90% employment rate for TANF participants
- Exhibit motivation and dedication by providing the highest quality of care to each patient
- Assist with the State Certification testing process including writing test questions and evaluating testing programs
- Work with at risk youth to help with career planning
- 92% pass rate for the State Certification exam
- Train the Trainer program
Visiting Nurses Association
Registered Nurse
01.1990 - 01.1998
Job overview
- Provided triage, referrals, direct nursing care, and medication administration to home care population
- Organized and managed patients with a variety of health issues, including oncology, ENT, Med/Surg, orthopedics, high risk prenatal and cardiac patients
- Scheduled and managed external medical consultations in concert with security and other necessary personnel
- Created, managed, and maintained patient medical and health records
- Selected to serve as Infection Control Coordinator, maintaining tuberculosis and hepatitis standards and conducted screenings and preventive activities
- Organized and facilitated meetings with security managers to ensure infection-control policy compliance.
Education
Wesley College
Master of Science in Nursing from MSN
01.2007
University Overview
Wesley College
Master of Science in Nursing from MSN
01.2007
University Overview
WILMINGTON COLLEGE
Bachelors of Science in Nursing from BSN
01.1991
University Overview
WILMINGTON COLLEGE
Bachelors of Science in Nursing from BSN
01.1991
University Overview
WESLEY COLLEGE
Associates Degree in Nursing from ADN
01.1989
University Overview
WESLEY COLLEGE
Associates Degree in Nursing from ADN
01.1989
University Overview
Certification
- Board Certified in Hospice and Palliative Care by the National Board of Hospice and Palliative Nurses
- Board Certified in Medical Surgical Nursing by the American Nurses Credentialing Center
- Board Certified in Medical Surgical Nursing by the Academy of Med-Surg Nurses
- Advanced Cardiac Life Support Certification by the American Heart Association
- Basic Cardiac Life Support Certification by the American Heart Association
- Advanced Cardiac Life Support Instructor Certification by the American Heart Association
- Basic Cardiac Life Support Instructor Certification by the American Heart Association
- Registered Nurse (RN), State of Delaware
Affiliations
Affiliations
- Academy of Med-Surg Nurses
- Hospice and Palliative Care Nurses Association
- Delaware End of Life Coalition
- Who’s Who in Professional Nursing ( Strathem)
Certificationsandproficiencies
Certificationsandproficiencies
Board Certified in Medical Surgical Nursing and Hospice and Palliative Care, ACLS and BCLS, PICC Insertion Certification, Med/Surg, Hospice, Home Health, Oncology, Orthopedics, Psych, PEAT Trained, Clinical Instructor in RN, LPN Program and CNA Program, BCLS and ACLS Instructor, First Aid InstructorPresentations
Presentations
- Violence in the Workplace, Lecture, St. Jones Center for Behavioral Health, Dover, DE, March 2003
- Issues in Med-Surg Nursing, Conference, Lecture, Wild Quail, Camden,- Wyoming, DE, May 2004
- Wound Care at the End of Life, PowerPoint presentation for the Eastern Shore Ostomy and Wound Care Nurses Association, October 2005, Hartly, DE
- Code Blue, Poster Presentation, Academy of Med-Surg Nurses Convention, Philadelphia, PA September 2006
- Code Blue, Poster Presentation, Bayhealth Medical Center, Dover, DE, November 2006
- Cancer Prevention: Fruits and Vegetables, Poster Presentation, Health Fair, Dover, DE, November 2006
- Dementia Boot Camp: Dementia Training Addus Homecare, 2014
- Expert Witness: Rhode Island Hospital 2012-2014
Personal Information
Personal Information
Title: MSN, RN, CMSRNPublications
Publications
- Hospice Pharmacia: Medication Utilization Guidelines, Version 8( October 2006)
- Hospice Pharmacia: Medication Utilization Guidelines, Version 7 (August 2005)
- Hospice Pharmacia: Medication Utilization Guidelines, Version 6 (May 2004)
Additional Information
Additional Information
Ethnopharmacology
Languages
English
Professional Working
Timeline
Adjunct Clinical Instructor for Junior and Senior Level Students
DELAWARE STATE UNIVERSITY
09.2012 - Current
Instructor /Advisor for Certified Nursing Assistant Program; Clinical Instructor for Nursing Program
Delaware Technical and Community College
08.2000 - 01.2013
Registered Nurse
Delaware Hospice
01.1999 - Current
Charge Nurse
Bayhealth Medical Center
05.1990 - Current
Registered Nurse
Visiting Nurses Association
01.1990 - 01.1998
Wesley College
Master of Science in Nursing from MSN
Wesley College
Master of Science in Nursing from MSN
WILMINGTON COLLEGE
Bachelors of Science in Nursing from BSN
WILMINGTON COLLEGE
Bachelors of Science in Nursing from BSN
WESLEY COLLEGE
Associates Degree in Nursing from ADN
WESLEY COLLEGE
Associates Degree in Nursing from ADN
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