Valerie Henson
Colorado City, TX,Texas
Summary
Patient-oriented Nurse with 25 years of diverse experience in direct patient care, staff supervision and department operations. Skilled at multitasking and prioritizing patient needs and daily assignments. Offering expertise with Hospice specialty.
Overview
24
24
years of professional experience
Work History
Weekend Registered Nurse
Sterling Hills Healthcare
03.2021 - Current
- Performs admission and periodic assessments on residents for functional and mental abilities.
- Reviews/revises assessments and care plans at admission, periodically per regulation, and at change in resident physical or psycho social condition.
- Collaborates with staffing coordinator to ensure weekend staffing needs are met.
- Reviews and transcribes physician's orders.
- Administers and documents medications in accordance to five rights: right medication, right route, right resident, right time, and right dose.
- Provides medical treatments as ordered by physician.
- Observes residents and reports condition changes to physicians, health care proxies, and supervisors.
- Assists resident with meeting their nutritional/hydration needs and documents on Nursing record appropriately.
- Monitors meal-time and nourishment, assists with trays, and helps feed residents.
- Helps to supervise nursing aides and charge nurses during shift.
RN Staff Nurse
Goodlife Assisted Living And Memory Care
11.2020 - Current
- Directly oversees delivery of care to Assisted Living residents to ensure that emotional, physical, psychological and safety needs are met through all program services and activities.
- Coordinates family/resident care conferences and serves as direct liaison between residents, families, and staff.
- Works with residents, families and other staff to ensure that residents are at appropriate levels of care.
- Develops and/or monitors documentation systems to ensure that all regulatory time frames for review of assessments and service plans are met and that resident needs are met.
- Ensures that employee tuberculosis testing is conducted in timely manner.
- Schedules and conducts new resident orientation for all Assisted Living Residents.
- Plans and schedules staff training programs and in-services for Assisted Living staff.
- Ensures compliance with all state regulatory requirements including mandatory reporting to State.
- Ensures that all concern and incident reports are completed, filed and that follow-up is conducted appropriately.
- Manages and coordinates work of all assisted living staff, communicating pertinent resident health and safety information.
Hospice Registered Nurse Case Manager
Interim Health Care Home
10.2019 - Current
- Developed and implemented individualized care plan for each hospice patient while following physician instructions.
- Taught family members and caregivers various ways to manage patients' pain, how to check for vital signs and proper methods for dressing changes.
- Provided high level of quality, compassionate care to patients and caregivers during each nursing shift.
- Recognized and understood specific stages of dying process, providing comfort-based care during vulnerable times.
- Offered listening ear to both patients and loved ones to meet emotional and mental, as well as physical needs.
Home Health RN Case Manager
Kindred At Home Home Health
02.2019 - 10.2019
- Provided complete care to home health patients, including physical assessments, medication and chronic disease management.
- Advised and coached patients progressing from hospitals, rehab facilities and other medical organizations to at-home treatment settings.
- Took samples to complete diagnostic and routine assessment tests.
- Documented patient vitals, behaviors and conditions to communicate concerns to supervising Home Health Aide.
- Provided all daily living tasks to enhance quality of life for elderly patients.
- Responded to patient requests with appropriate clinical and personal assistance.
- Delivered after-hours care to patients based on strict role-call rotations.
Director of Nursing
Nolan Nursing And Rehabilitation Health Center
08.2018 - 02.2019
- Updated existing policies to improve standard of care for patients.
- Collaborated with staff, management and external groups to coordinate patient care.
- Evaluated work performance of 32 nursing personnel to determine wage increases and implement discipline.
- Planned and assigned workload to 32 nursing staff to direct patient care.'
- Monitored infection control programs to provide safe, sanitary environment to prevent transmission of disease and infection.
- Prepared and reviewed infection control surveillance reports to identify trends and develop effective actions to control and prevent infections.
- Performed rounds to observe care and interview staff, residents and families.
- Organized and facilitated department head meetings weekly, discussing current census, admissions and discharges.
Patient Care Manager
Providence Hospice
03.2012 - 07.2018
- Evaluated patient care needs, prioritized treatment, and maintained staffing assignments.
- Self-directed with astute judgment skills. High level of personal accountability.
- Ensured safety and well-being of patients.
- Encouraged creative thinking, problem solving, and empowerment as part of Providence Hospice leadership team to improve morale and teamwork.
- Organized department in accordance with administrative guidelines in order to provide hospice services to meet legal, organizational and CMS guidelines.
- Conducted Interdisciplinary Group, in-services and staff meetings to educate staff and facilitate good communication.
- Effectively supervised 24 RNS, LVNs, HHAs and non-clinical staff. Improved annual employee retention rate from 80 percent.
- Reviewed documentation for compliance with CMS requirements and accuracy of information.
RN Charge Nurse
Mexia LTC Nursing & Rehabilitation
10.2016 - 06.2018
- Assess unstable patients and make sure appropriate care is given.
- Assist staff nurse with skilled treatments for patients.
- Report to MD/NP any changes in pt conditions, abnormal lab or x-ray results, etc.
- Report to family members about patient's condition.
- Supervise 2 staff nurses (LVN), 8 CNAs.
- Counsel nursing staff if needed.
- Facilitate emergency care for patients if needed.
RN Case Manager
Providence Hospice
03.2012 - 09.2012
- Focus on end of life care for patient's facing life limiting illness and provide support and education to families and caregivers.
- Provide hands on nursing care in patient's home or long term care facility.
- Perform patient admission assessment and create plan of care for interdisciplinary Group to provide care for patient and families.
- Manage pain and other symptoms and treatments for patients.
- Manage case load of 10-17 patients, family members or other clients with concern and empathy; respect confidentially and
privacy. - Provide direct care to patients as prescribed in Interdisciplinary Plan of Care in order to maintain highest level of comfort and quality of life.
- Participating in Triage call and On call weekly and as needed.
Director of Nursing
Groesbeck LTC Nursing and Rehab
11.2002 - 03.2012
- Development and implementation of nursing policy and procedure.
- Overseeing hiring and continued employment of nursing staff.
- Ensuring there is adequate nursing staff, and that staff's skills remain current.
- Overseeing nursing employee conduct and attendance.
- Being knowledgeable of incidents, infections, and skin assessments at facility and auditing resident's chart for appropriate documentation.
- Assessing health needs of each resident and reporting to resident's families change in condition.
- Communicating needs of residents to physicians and monitor residents for any changes in condition.
- Supported Administrator with daily operational functions.
RN Staff Nurse
Parkview Regional Hospital
06.2000 - 11.2002
- Provided patient care to 9 patients from OR, ER, and ICU; experienced in low to high acuity levels in patients.
- Performed assessments; provided intravenous therapy; complex wound care; monitored various drainage devices, etc.
- Collaborated daily with physicians and health care team to achieve optimum patient care.
- Established strong relations with physicians built on trust and knowledge of patient care.
- Served as mentor, coach and team builder of inexperienced licensed and unlicensed staff.
- Medication administration and documentation.
- Documented patient's plan of care using identified nursing diagnoses, expected patient outcomes, and selected nursing interventions.
- Assessed signs and symptoms indicating physiologic and psycho social changes in patient's condition.
Education
Associate of Applied Science - ADN
Navarro College
Corsicana, TX2000
Certificate of Child Development - Special Needs Person
McLennan Community College
Waco, TX1999
Certificate of Completion - LVN
Navarro College
Corsicana, TX1997
Skills
- Self-motivated
- Strong work ethic
- Time management
- Effective communication
- Desire to learn
- Attention to detail
- Critical thinking
- Decision making
- Elderly Care
- Nursing Documentation
Timeline
Weekend Registered Nurse
Sterling Hills Healthcare
03.2021 - Current
RN Staff Nurse
Goodlife Assisted Living And Memory Care
11.2020 - Current
Hospice Registered Nurse Case Manager
Interim Health Care Home
10.2019 - Current
Home Health RN Case Manager
Kindred At Home Home Health
02.2019 - 10.2019
Director of Nursing
Nolan Nursing And Rehabilitation Health Center
08.2018 - 02.2019
RN Charge Nurse
Mexia LTC Nursing & Rehabilitation
10.2016 - 06.2018
Patient Care Manager
Providence Hospice
03.2012 - 07.2018
RN Case Manager
Providence Hospice
03.2012 - 09.2012
Director of Nursing
Groesbeck LTC Nursing and Rehab
11.2002 - 03.2012
RN Staff Nurse
Parkview Regional Hospital
06.2000 - 11.2002
Associate of Applied Science - ADN
Navarro College
Certificate of Child Development - Special Needs Person
McLennan Community College
Certificate of Completion - LVN
Navarro College
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