Tywanda Thorps
South Holland,IL
Summary
Oversees day to day operations, including planning, organizing, and directing all activities related to patient centered care in the clinic, and handles an array of administrative duties, including, purchasing, inventory, and equipment management when the nurse manager is off. Adaptable medical professional demonstrating expertise and knowledge through 15 years in healthcare roles. Committed to leading highly effective teams to delivering exceptional patient care.
Overview
15
15
years of professional experience
Work History
Charge Nurse/Ambulatory
UChicago Medical Center
07.2015 - Current
- Supervised and managed daily scheduling, tasking, and administration
- Serve as preceptor to nursing staff-train, supervise and mentor RN and LPNs to ensure trained to provide exceptional care
- Supervise clinical staff members
- Evaluate performance of staff nurses and medical assistants
- Contribute to staff's professional development by participating in interviewing clinical staff
- Establish monthly schedules
- Medicine and supply inventory maintenance
- Developed and implemented standard work for staff to improve clinical practices
- Excellent service communication skills as demonstrated by courtesy tact and respect while interacting with patients, family members, staff and physicians
- Assessing, educating and assisting in disease management and follow up of patients
- Covers panel of seven doctor's patients
- LPC member
- Monitor patient's INR levels and their Warfarin doses
- Collaborated with other healthcare professionals to provide quality patient care
- Developed and maintained close relationships with patients and families to facilitate smooth communications, provide encouragement and build trust
- Assisted in development and implementation of new policies and procedures to improve healthcare quality
- Quickly responded to situations impacting safety and security to unit, actualizing crisis prevention interventions to control and de-escalate situations
- Collaborated with leadership to devise initiatives for improving nursing satisfaction, retention and morale
- Evaluated patient histories, complaints, and current symptoms
- Explained course of care and medication side effects to patients and caregivers in easy-to-understand terms
- Educated family members and caregivers on patient care instructions
- Facilitated therapeutic communication, conflict resolution and crisis intervention by redirecting negative behaviors and helping patients regain or improve coping abilities
Gastroenterology Special Procedures Nurse
UChicago Medical Center
09.2008 - 07.2015
- Developed formal orientation checklist for Interventional Gastroenterology Procedures
- Preceptor
- Assisted physician with various interventional procedures such as: Therapeutic ERCP, EUS, EMR, and ESD
- Planned, developed and implemented educational programs
- Participated on Unit Base Council (UBC) which focuses on patient safety, infection control, staff competency
- Researched and recommended purchase of equipment and educational material
- Highly skilled in motivating nurses for effective results in task
- Ability to provide best practices to nurses and showing them demo of work
- Functioned as rotating Charge Nurse
- Coordinate nurse's weekly assignment
- Accessed peripheral lines to administer conscious sedation
- Skilled in assessing, planning and evaluating patient care techniques.
- Educated patients on procedure details, provided instructions, and answered questions to minimize anxiety and improve cooperation
- Handled private and confidential information in compliance with hospital policies and procedures
Education
Bachelor of Science - Nursing
Chamberlain University
Downers Grove, IL05.2013
Associate of Science - Nursing
Harry S Truman
Chicago, IL05.2008
Skills
- Mentor
- Leadership
- Communication and Organizational skills
- Lead Warfarin Management Poster Presentation
- Developed policy and procedure for signs and symptoms of UTI
- Co-Manage Feed First Food Pantry
- Proficient Microsoft Applications
- EMR
- Proven work experience as Charge Nurse
Timeline
Charge Nurse/Ambulatory
UChicago Medical Center
07.2015 - Current
Gastroenterology Special Procedures Nurse
UChicago Medical Center
09.2008 - 07.2015
Bachelor of Science - Nursing
Chamberlain University
Associate of Science - Nursing
Harry S Truman
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