Stacey Suarez

• Rehired to provide all manner of care within my scope of practice for chronically sick and/or disabled pediatric patients in their homes, to include those having tracheostomies (trachs) and Gastrostomy-Tubes (GTs), and a multitude of other special needs.

• Provides all manner of care within my scope of practice as a RN while on assignment for pediatric patients within their homes. (Duties conducted are essentially same as those conducted through employment with Maxim Home Healthcare.)

• Answered incoming calls and emails, providing frontline customer support or assistance with product and service transactions.
• Provided outstanding service to new and long-standing customers by attending closely to concerns and developing solutions.
• Upheld quality control policies and procedures to increase customer satisfaction.

• Promoted high customer satisfaction by resolving problems with knowledgeable and friendly service.
• Upheld quality control policies and procedures to increase customer satisfaction.

• Provided all manner of care within my scope of practice as a RN primarily for chronically sick and/or disabled pediatric patients within their homes as assigned.

• Primarily assigned per diem as a float RN on 12-hour+ shifts to very busy, under-staffed inpatient units at HCA hospitals in KC Metro area.
• Prioritized patient care assignments based on patient conditions to achieve optimal outcomes.
• Facilitated strategic goals aimed at increasing satisfaction and improving outcomes through compassionate, precise and high-quality nursing care.
• Coordinated care with physicians and other clinical staff to prepare for treatment, carry out interventions and enhance continuum of care.
• Recorded patient condition, vital signs, recovery progress and medication side effects.

• Worked 12-hour (+) shifts on this very to extremely busy, medically and surgically diverse inpatient unit often addressing all manner of needs for often high acuity patients within my scope of practice.
• Patient populations admitted to his floor included patients needing Med-Telemetry cardiac, pre- and post-surgical, neurologic, oncology, substance abuse and detox, "step up" and "step down", and a host of other types of interventions.

• Explained treatment procedures, medication side effects, special diets and physician instructions to pediatric patients and their families/caregivers.
• Instructed pediatric patients, and their families/caregivers on diagnoses, chronic disease management and medication self-management.
• Answered pediatric patients' and their caregivers' questions, and provided take-home materials for further information.
• Promoted healthy lifestyle choices for pediatric patients to reduce symptom or condition re-emergence.
• Provided both nursing phone triage with care management, and assigned nursing clinic duties in accordance with unit policies and expectations.

• Promoted healthy lifestyle choices for pediatric patients with very rare to relatively common genetic conditions to reduce symptom or condition re-emergence.
• Answered patient questions for pediatric patients and their caregivers, and provided take-home materials for further information.
• Fulfilled data entries into specific regional and national databases for both research and tracking purposes of patients with very rare to relatively common genetic conditions and diagnoses.

• Collaborated with interdisciplinary healthcare professionals to create, implement and adapt individualized care plans for primarily adult patients on this extremely busy and diverse Level 1 Ortho-Neuro-Trauma Unit in inner city Kansas City, MO.
• Maintained reports to provide oncoming shift with full patient status.
• Explained treatment procedures, medication side effects, special diets and physician instructions to patients.
• Facilitated strategic goals aimed at increasing satisfaction and improving outcomes through compassionate, precise and high-quality nursing care.
• Recorded patient condition, vital signs, recovery progress and medication side effects.
• Answered patient questions, and provided discharge instructions with take-home materials for further education.
• Performed nursing rounds to complete scheduled tasks and interact with patients.

Worked part-time as Nursing Assistant II on a smaller 12-bed orthopedic unit for patients needing pre- and post-surgical orthopedic care.

• Employed full-time as a Nursing Assistant I on this very to extremely busy and medium-sized Medical Unit, providing all manner of care within my scope of practice for a diverse population of military veterans.

• Worked fulltime and part-time, on both days and nights, dependent on private duty assignments in adult patients homes and in hospitals, providing all manner of care within my scope of practice.

• Assigned, prn, to at least two different retirement nursing centers, working both fulltime nights or days, dependent on need, providing all manner of care for mostly geriatric patients within my scope of practice.

• My first position in the field of nursing, working part-time on weekends as a Nursing Assistant I on this busy, locked Alzheimer's Unit to provide care for geriatric patients with various stages of Alzheimer's Disease (AD).

* Assigned and served on Active Duty as a 1st Lieutenant (Lt) at Andrews Air Force Base (AFB) in Maryland, USA.

* Honorably Discharged and (medically) Retired as of March 2000.

• Assigned to and began serving on Active Duty as a newly commissioned 2nd Lieutenant (Lt) from July 1997 to (approx) July 1999 at Andrews AFB in MD, USA.
• Commissioned as an Activity Duty 2nd Lt on 10/10/1997, by Air Force Reserve Officer Training Corp (ROTC), Detachment 600, at East Carolina University (ECU) in Greenville, NC.