Tracey Jones Lawrence
Natrona Heights,PA
Summary
Goal-driven healthcare administration professional well-versed in recruiting, training and managing employees in order to provide exceptional services to residents in an efficient and accurate manner. Highly organized and hardworking with excellent planning and program management skills. Licensed in Pennsylvania Skilled at improving processes, maximizing team productivity and reducing costs to achieve sustainable nursing home operations. Familiar with employee motivation and retention strategies, resident relations and accreditation requirements.
Overview
30
30
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification
Work History
Registered Nurse Supervisor
Bayada Healthcare Services
01.2022 - Current
- Managed infection control and critical incidents and made procedural changes and improvements.
- Recruited, hired and coached employees to offer high-quality, cost-effective care to all residents.
- Discussed medical histories with patients in effort to provide most effective medical advice
- Developed and updated policies and procedures, maintaining compliance with statutory, regulatory and local, state and federal guidelines relating to HIPAA, OBRA, payroll and benefits administration and general liability.
- Generated and reviewed incident reports, including employee write-ups, actualizing appropriate corrective action plans to mitigate ongoing and potential situations.
RN Staff Nurse
Windsor Woods
02.2025 - 10.2025
- Administered medications and monitored patient vital signs to ensure optimal care.
- Collaborated with multidisciplinary teams to develop and implement individualized care plans.
- Educated patients and families on health management, treatment options, and recovery processes.
- Assisted in the training of new nursing staff on protocols and best practices.
Staff Registered Nurse
Allegheny Valley Hospital
12.2015 - 07.2017
- Oversaw work of nursing student technicians and externs to educate on proper procedures and how to prioritize care tasks.
- Trained new nurses in proper techniques, care standards, operational procedures and safety protocols to optimize performance and safety.
- Taught patients how to improve lifestyle choices, dramatically reducing chance of symptom reoccurrence.
- Delivered medications via oral, IV and intramuscular injections, monitoring responses to catch and address new concerns.
- Conferred with physicians to discuss diagnoses and devise well-coordinated treatment approaches.
- Effectively prioritized assignments, executing care based on each patient's relative condition and delegating tasks to available personnel deliver safe and efficient care.
- Worked within interdisciplinary health care team to develop, implement and make adjustments to patient care plans, individualizing strategies and methods to improve health and meet recovery goals.
Registered Nurse Supervisor
Marian Manor
09.2013 - 12.2015
- Recruited, hired and coached employees to offer high-quality, cost-effective care to all residents.2
- Organized and facilitated department head meetings weekly, discussing current census, admissions and discharges and residents' Medicaid applications.
- Generated and reviewed incident reports, including employee write-ups, actualizing appropriate corrective action plans to mitigate ongoing and potential situations.
- Communicated with patients, ensuring that medical information was kept private.
Registered Nurse Field Case Manager
Gentiva Health Services Inc.
01.2006 - 12.2011
- Offered exceptional care and support to individuals recovering from acute incidents and dealing with chronic conditions.
- Managed patients recovering from medical or surgical procedures, including facilitating wound care, ostomy care, pressure ulcer prevention and pain management.
- Performed ongoing assessments to evaluate mental health needs, working with multidisciplinary team to develop, initiate, manage and modify individualized plans of care.
Registered Hospital Staff Nurse
Ohio Valey Hospital
04.1996 - 08.2006
- Devoted special emphasis to punctuality and worked to maintain outstanding attendance record, consistently arriving to work ready to start immediately.
- Negotiated agreements between employees to clarify misunderstood directions and resolve conflicts affecting performance.
Education
Bachelor of Science - Nursing
Franciscan Universityof Steubenvile
Steubenville, OH1990
Skills
- Process improvements
- Nursing staff management
- Training and mentoring
- Policy updates
Accomplishments
- Family Support
Provided support to families through education on procedures, regimens, prevention and care. - Earned “Excellence of Organization in 2017 at Allegheny Valley Hospital
- Wound Care Certified
- Venipuncture and IV competent
- Supervision
Headed onboarding process for new nursing students
Affiliations
- American Nurses Association (ANA) Member
Certification
- Registered Nurse in Pa License number 341287L since 1990.
Timeline
RN Staff Nurse
Windsor Woods
02.2025 - 10.2025
Registered Nurse Supervisor
Bayada Healthcare Services
01.2022 - Current
Staff Registered Nurse
Allegheny Valley Hospital
12.2015 - 07.2017
Registered Nurse Supervisor
Marian Manor
09.2013 - 12.2015
Registered Nurse Field Case Manager
Gentiva Health Services Inc.
01.2006 - 12.2011
Registered Hospital Staff Nurse
Ohio Valey Hospital
04.1996 - 08.2006
Bachelor of Science - Nursing
Franciscan Universityof Steubenvile