STEPHANIE CARLSON
Denver,Colorado
Summary
Versatile Licensed Practical Nurse Supervisor with over 16 years of experience providing nursing leadership as a Health and Wellness Director and Director of Nursing and Restorative. Excellent problem solving, charting, and quality assurance management skills. Well-versed in working with diverse patient conditions, medication management, wound care, and surgical coordination. Expert coordination of employee schedules and workflow to promote high-quality patient care.
Overview
18
18
years of professional experience
Work History
Health and Wellness Director
Caley Ridge Assisted Living
Englewood, CO
10.2021 - Current
- Ensures consistent quality resident care
- Supervision of community-based licensed nursing staff, Caregivers and Medication Technicians
- Training and education to Caregivers and Medication Technicians
- Ensures and conducts Personal Service Plan Reviews and updates according to state requirements
- As allowed by Nurse Practice Act, completes assessments of health function and psycho social status to determine appropriate plan of care
- Assists in achievement of occupancy goals
- Assists in scheduling and follow through of physician visits
- Oversees and manages continuity and consistency of medication administration
Licensed Practical Nurse
Crossroads Treatment Centers
Denver, Colorado
10.2020 - 10.2021
- Responsible for measuring and dispensing medications according to Medical Director orders and FDA
- DEA regulations
- Mental health crisis management
- Suicidal Ideation monitoring
- Client risk assessments
- Incident report tracking
- Physical assessments
- Intake and annual EKG
- TB testing and tracking
- Venipuncture for intake and annual assessments
Independent Contractor
Courageous Leadership Institute
Denver, Colorado
05.2017 - 10.2020
- Member of virtual team responsible for managing total operations of assigned client accounts from onboarding through product delivery
- Work cross-functionally to ensure high quality and efficient delivery of overall client needs
- Coordinate schedules and assignments for staff, maximizing team efficiency and effectiveness
Assistant Director of Nursing/Director of Restorative
Riverdale Rehab
Brighton, Colorado
07.2006 - 04.2017
- Patient care coordination and discharge planning
- Surgical coordination and scheduling
- Supervised, directed and motivated high-quality performance from nursing staff
- Potential intake assessments
- Established and continuously optimized unit schedules and individual work assignments
- Case management and psychotropic medication management
- I.V certification
- Interdepartmental collaboration
- Managing unit operations
- Care planning and management
- Clinical Quality Improvement and member of Quality Assurance team
- Acute and rehabilitative care
- Drug inventory management
- Drug utilization review
- Wellness services
- Oversee therapy programs
- Patient education and counseling
Event Coordinator
The Women's Success Forum
Denver, Colorado
01.1999 - 01.2001
- Event planning
- Keynote Speaker management
- Evaluated existing plans, processes and events planning services to identify opportunities for improvement
- Enhanced client satisfaction ratings by scheduling on-site service requests, managing show logistics and booth functionality needs to meet demands
- Delivered smooth training execution by coordinating seminar functions, including site selection, scheduling, marketing, reservations, materials, event management and follow-up
- Leveraged trends in customer industries and marketplaces to shape solutions and approaches
Education
Healthcare Provider BLS CPR/AED Certification, Current I.V. Certification -
Arapahoe Community College, Concorde Career College
2006
Nursing Degree - undefined
Concorde Institute
2005
Skills
- Extensive knowledge of CMS regulations
- Behavioral Health
- Geriatrics
- Fall reduction management
- Nurse leadership
- Care planning and management
- Acute and rehabilitative care
- Drug utilization review
- Chart review
- Schedule management and staffing
- IV Certification
- Quality Assurance team
- Drug inventory management
- Wellness services
- Patient education and counseling
Timeline
Health and Wellness Director
Caley Ridge Assisted Living
10.2021 - Current
Licensed Practical Nurse
Crossroads Treatment Centers
10.2020 - 10.2021
Independent Contractor
Courageous Leadership Institute
05.2017 - 10.2020
Assistant Director of Nursing/Director of Restorative
Riverdale Rehab
07.2006 - 04.2017
Event Coordinator
The Women's Success Forum
01.1999 - 01.2001
Healthcare Provider BLS CPR/AED Certification, Current I.V. Certification -
Arapahoe Community College, Concorde Career College
Nursing Degree - undefined
Concorde Institute
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