Stephanie Nownes

• Promotes dignity and comfort for patients in the end-of-life process
• Educates patients, families, and facility staff to ensure high quality end-of-life care
• Collaborates with hospice clinicians and pharmacist to optimize medication and treatment plans for symptom control and promoting hospice philosophy
• Strengthens partnerships with nursing facilities by fielding concerns, providing support, and facilitating positive interpersonal communication within patient's care team
• Enhances coordination of care by collaborating and promoting problem-solving with interdisciplinary team and nursing facility staff
• Supports quality and safe patient care by developing and implementing hospice nursing plans tailored to individual and family needs

• Partnered with OB/GYN and MFM providers to address barriers to healthy pregnancies, such as insufficient prenatal care, mental health, substance use, homelessness, and DV concerns
• Partnered with patients to develop individualized care plans prioritizing their needs and goals of care
• Provided maternal and child health education that supported health literacy and resiliency

• Demonstrated excellent nursing autonomy skills in medically monitored detox setting for all substance abuse disorders
• Performed skilled nursing assessment and intervention to individuals experiencing acute withdrawal, often complicated by comorbid mental health conditions
• Fostered therapeutic nurse-patient relationships and deescalated stressful situations to ensure safety of all patients and staff

● Provided skilled nursing interventions to diverse patient populations with complex care needs, including clinical assessment skills, medication management, blood draws, and wound care

● Performed CMS OASIS assessments, including starts of care, recertification, and discharges

● Collaborated with interdisciplinary home care team and patient providers for integrated care coordination

● Developed and implemented individualized care plans that addressed the needs and goals of the patients and closely monitored progress over time to ensure optimal patient outcomes

● Evaluated effectiveness of psychiatric medications and evidence-based treatments on high-acuity, locked psychiatric unit

● Collaborated with interdisciplinary team to enhance safe, quality pediatric trauma-informed care

● Leader in evidence-based deescalation strategies to support safety of children with ASD, FASD, mood disorders, and/or schizophrenia

● Exhibited high level of emotional intelligence in stressful environment as preceptor and charge nurse