Tiffany Taylor
Faison
Summary
Directed nursing operations with over 20 years of experience, leveraging extensive knowledge in various disciplines such as bedside, home health, and skilled care. Oversaw team dynamics by supervising CNAs, LPNs, and RNs, fostering a collaborative environment. Led MDS department initiatives, focusing on coding accuracy and case management strategies, including effective telephone triage.
Overview
26
26
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification
Work History
RN Charge Nurse
Neuse Correctional Institution
09.2021 - Current
- Supervises RN’s, LPN’s and other medical team members to assure timely care of patients/inmates occurs in a timely and professional manner.
- Perform complete assessments on new patients/inmates that transfer into camp.
- Perform sick calls and emergency care as needed and per policy.
- Review charts and provide extensions on medications as needed and as policies allow.
- Coordinate with doctors, dentist, pharmacy staff and mental health staff to provide the most holistic care for each individual patient/inmate.
Warsaw Health & Rehab MDS Coordinator
Sterling Medical Corporation
04.2016 - Current
- As a key member of the interdisciplinary team, it is most important that as the MDS coordinator that each resident care plan be structured to reflect their own needs and goals.
- Completing the resident’s assessments and ensuring compliance with both federal and state regulations is a requirement.
RN Case Manager
Seymour Johnson AFB
06.2010 - 04.2016
- Case Management skills to include hypertension, diabetes, and other chronic disease management skills such as assuring that the patient is up to date on all labs, have appropriate supplies, as well as keeping them current on the latest disease management and education.
- Also, I call labs, X-rays, MRI’s (etc) results in patients after the provider has reviewed.
- If results are abnormal or sometimes even if they are normal I notify pt of provider’s restrictions/recommendations, ex..medication changes, additional tests which may need to be ordered, referrals which may need to be placed, (ex.broke bone = orthopedic referral) etc.
- If referrals are needed I placed the pt’s referral as well as often assist them with scheduling an appt. to include continuity of care with particular specialist pt may have been previously receiving treatment from or currently being treated by, which would be a referral extension.
- I also provide assistance to pt’s with their MEB & RILO processes and appointments which involve a great deal of research through the patient’s an actual paper chart or obtaining specialist notes, as well as reviewing AHLTA records.
- Telephone and in-person assessment..for example: I triage patients as needed whether they come in with an “eagle bite” from the flight line, walk in complaining of chest pain or call in complaining of a sore throat, ect., I often save the clinic money through my assessment and being about to provide patients with home care or evaluate that patient needs to be seen either through the provider or referred to urgent care or ER as needed.
- Knowledge of a variety of medications used in patient treatments, the desired effects, side effects, and complications of their use as well as the accurate administration of the particular medication.
- Provide patients and their families education for home care, medications, lab results, X-ray results, referrals and referral processes, etc.
- Handling, assisting, and or documenting emergency situations as necessary.
- Assisting meditechns as needed to ensure safe and competent care is provided to patients.
- Excellent AHLTA & CHCS skills and knowledge.
- Very skilled and competent when dealing with TRICARE.
- In summary, my job and responsibility is keeping active duty service members mission ready and deployable at all times as well as ensuring that their dependants and retirees receive competent and compassionate medical treatment as well.
RN
Digestive Disease Center
06.2009 - 10.2009
- Assisted physician during an outpatient surgical procedure, as well as monitored patients vital signs.
- Admitted and discharged patients for outpatient surgical procedures.
- Assisted physicians in acquiring a patient’s history and physical during office appointments.
Staff/Charge Nurse, Oncology unit
Wayne Memorial Hospital
08.1999 - 12.2006
- Serve as a staff nurse and occasional unit charge nurse to patients with a variety of illnesses, however, the primary focus being on the oncology and renal/dialysis patient and their related issues including peritoneal dialysis, chemotherapy, remote telemetry, pain-control/management, evaluation and diagnostic testing, educating patient and family on disease process, treatments, plan of care, and educating, assisting, and coping with a patient and families dealing with death and dying issues.
- Educating patients and families concerning chemotherapy precautions, as well as side/adverse reactions as related to their particular type of chemotherapy.
- Scheduling, arranging and educating patients and their families concerning radiation treatments especially concerning the permanent marking/tattooing required during the initial treatment.
- The advantages and benefits of the different surgically and non-surgically implanted or inserted intravenous access devices often started prior to chemotherapy due to the strain and destruction of the vascular system.
- Accessing, drawing blood, flushing, and use of the different intravenous access devices such as port-a-catheters, PICC lines, Hickman catheters, and perm-catheters.
- Providing the most compassionate and competent nursing care to patients and their families.
- In addition to our inpatients we also have an outpatient clinic which outpatients come in and received procedures such as chemotherapy treatments, accessing and flushing of the many intravenous devices in order to maintain their patency during periods in which they are not actively being used on a daily basis, as well as blood and blood product administration.
- Serving as a float pool nurse you are required to be very versatile in many areas of patient care.
- I received great experience in medical, emergency, telemetry, intensive care, ortho-neuro, and pediatrics.
- Providing nursing care to patients with life-threatening illnesses, emergency situations, post-operative care, pediatric illnesses, acute myocardial infarction, drug overdose, respiratory failure, cerebral vascular accidents, gastrointestinal bleeds, acquired immunodeficiency syndrome, as well as numerous other disease processes, and preparing patients and families for surgical and radiological procedures.
Staff/Charge Nurse, Oncology unit
Wayne Memorial Hospital
08.1999 - 12.2006
- Serve as a staff nurse and occasional unit charge nurse to patients with a variety of illnesses, however, the primary focus being on the oncology and renal/dialysis patient and their related issues including peritoneal dialysis, chemotherapy, remote telemetry, pain-control/management, evaluation and diagnostic testing, educating patient and family on disease process, treatments, plan of care, and educating, assisting, and coping with a patient and families dealing with death and dying issues.
- Educating patients and families concerning chemotherapy precautions, as well as side/adverse reactions as related to their particular type of chemotherapy.
- Scheduling, arranging and educating patients and their families concerning radiation treatments especially concerning the permanent marking/tattooing required during the initial treatment.
- The advantages and benefits of the different surgically and non-surgically implanted or inserted intravenous access devices often started prior to chemotherapy due to the strain and destruction of the vascular system.
- Accessing, drawing blood, flushing, and use of the different intravenous access devices such as port-a-catheters, PICC lines, Hickman catheters, and perm-catheters.
- Providing the most compassionate and competent nursing care to patients and their families.
- In addition to our inpatients we also have an outpatient clinic which outpatients come in and received procedures such as chemotherapy treatments, accessing and flushing of the many intravenous devices in order to maintain their patency during periods in which they are not actively being used on a daily basis, as well as blood and blood product administration.
- Serving as a float pool nurse you are required to be very versatile in many areas of patient care.
- I received great experience in medical, emergency, telemetry, intensive care, ortho-neuro, and pediatrics.
- Providing nursing care to patients with life-threatening illnesses, emergency situations, post-operative care, pediatric illnesses, acute myocardial infarction, drug overdose, respiratory failure, cerebral vascular accidents, gastrointestinal bleeds, acquired immunodeficiency syndrome, as well as numerous other disease processes, and preparing patients and families for surgical and radiological procedures.
Staff/Supervising Nurse
Glencare Rest/Nursing Home Facility
04.2001 - 08.2001
- Served as a staff nurse as well as an occasional supervisor at a rest/nursing home facility.
- Administering and monitoring patients medications and treatments.
- Assessing and monitoring patients, as well as assisting with their daily activities of living.
- Assist and encourage patients interaction and socialization activities.
- Assisting, monitoring and evaluating med-techs and nursing assistants safe and competent care of patients.
- Handling, assisting and documenting emergency situations.
- Evaluating, monitoring, assessing, and proper physician and/or family notification of any changes in a patient’s condition.
Staff -Nurse & Floating Pool
Sampson Regional Memorial Hospital
11.1999 - 04.2001
- Served as a float nurse in many different areas of patient care.
- Received experience in many areas of nursing including emergency situations, acute chest pain which must be evaluated for angina versus acute myocardial infarction, respiratory failure, drug overdose, cerebral vascular accident, exacerbation of congestive heart failure, or asthma, diabetic ketoacidosis, hypoglycemic shock, new onset diabetic, acute or chronic renal failure, as well as many other disease processes/illnesses.
Education
Associates Degree - Nursing
Wayne Community College
Goldsboro, NC01.1999
High School Diploma - undefined
James Kenan High School
Warsaw, NC01.1988
Skills
- Oversaw critical care operations for one year Managed MDS initiatives for five years Directed medication administration efforts for over ten years Led nursing teams for over ten years Supervised venipuncture procedures for over ten years Coordinated vital signs assessments for over ten years
Certification
Registered Nurse (RN) 08/1999 - 08/2020
Timeline
RN Charge Nurse
Neuse Correctional Institution
09.2021 - Current
Warsaw Health & Rehab MDS Coordinator
Sterling Medical Corporation
04.2016 - Current
RN Case Manager
Seymour Johnson AFB
06.2010 - 04.2016
RN
Digestive Disease Center
06.2009 - 10.2009
Staff/Supervising Nurse
Glencare Rest/Nursing Home Facility
04.2001 - 08.2001
Staff -Nurse & Floating Pool
Sampson Regional Memorial Hospital
11.1999 - 04.2001
Staff/Charge Nurse, Oncology unit
Wayne Memorial Hospital
08.1999 - 12.2006
Staff/Charge Nurse, Oncology unit
Wayne Memorial Hospital
08.1999 - 12.2006
Associates Degree - Nursing
Wayne Community College
High School Diploma - undefined
James Kenan High School