Veronica Hodges
Grafton,United States
Summary
Organized and dependable candidate successful at managing multiple priorities with a positive attitude. Willingness to take on added responsibilities to meet team goals.
Overview
29
29
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification
Work History
Clinical Wound Specialist
AMERICAN MEDICAL TECHNOLOGIES/RESTORIX HEALTH
04.2007 - Current
- 17 years of providing wound care education and risk management program to long term care facilities
- Provide educational offerings for long term care facilities that included proper use of supplies ordered.
- Developed treatment plans according to current wound care protocols.
- Provide wound care evaluation and treatment plans to long term care facilities
- Work with Medicare as DME provider to provide appropriate dressings to residents
- Extensive training in marketing to bring on new facilities to work with company
- Training in compliance with Medicare documentation collection for providing supplies to residents.
RN in OR services
FAIRMONT GENERAL HOSPITAL
04.2002 - 02.2007
- Worked in all aspects of OR department including operating room, recovery room, ambulatory services, and endoscopy
- Circulating nurse in OR getting patients scrubbed for surgery, filling out appropriate paperwork, and making sure surgeons had needed instruments
- Recovered surgical patients in OR, by monitoring vital signs, giving appropriate Pain medicines, and determine when ready to be extubated and discharged from Recovery
- Took pertinent health and medication history, VS, and prepped patients for OR and recovered them after recovery phase
- Determined all criteria met before discharged to home
- Home discharge education provided
- Took thorough admission history on endoscopy patients, while prepping them, administering conscious sedation, and assisting MD with procedure.
Registered Professional Nurse
PATTIE A CLAY REGIONAL MEDICAL CENTER
04.1996 - 12.2001
- Worked in mother baby unit for 2 years, providing newborn care, watching for any complications, and educating parents on newborn care
- Managed care from admission to discharge
- Also, provided post delivery care to new mothers while making sure all pain needs were met
- Worked in outpatient pulmonary rehab in multi-disciplinary team approach
- Worked along side medical director, OT, PT, and RT to determine best plan of care to patients with COPD
- Educated patients, families and caregivers on diagnosis and prognosis, treatment options, disease process, and management and lifestyle options
- Monitored patients in their exercise regimen with physical therapists and was ACLS trained in case of worse scenario.
- Provided direct patient care, stabilized patients, and determined next course of action
- Provided didactic and clinical instructions to orient new nurses and potential student nurses to achieve training outcomes
- Collaborated with physicians to quickly assess patients and deliver appropriate treatment while managing rapidly changing conditions
- Implemented medication and IV administration, catheter insertion, and airway management
RN Charge Nurse
CENTRAL BAPTIST HOSPITAL
12.1994 - 04.1996
- Unit charge nurse in busy med surge unit that mainly cared for patients after Thoracic surgery
- Cared for patients post surgery with chest tubes, numerous oral and IV meds
- Ran many codes
- Worked up to highest level of clinical ladder in hospital.
Education
BACHELOR OF SCIENCE Nursing - Anatomy, Physiology, Biology, and chemistry
Eastern Kentucky University
Richmond, Kentucky12.1994
HIGH SCHOOL DIPLOMA -
Madison Central High School
Richmond, Kentucky01.1990
Skills
- Educating long term care nurses and MD's in advanced wound care
- Strong in communication and developing relationships with existing facilities as well as new ones
- Strong marketing skills
- Mentoring new hires
- Highly motivated
- Successful in getting facilities to try new products
- Proficient computer and power point skills
- Effective communicator
- Multitask and prioritize
Certification
Certified Wound Specialist, CWS - American Board of Wound Management (April 2007-present)
References
References available on request
Timeline
Clinical Wound Specialist
AMERICAN MEDICAL TECHNOLOGIES/RESTORIX HEALTH
04.2007 - Current
RN in OR services
FAIRMONT GENERAL HOSPITAL
04.2002 - 02.2007
Registered Professional Nurse
PATTIE A CLAY REGIONAL MEDICAL CENTER
04.1996 - 12.2001
RN Charge Nurse
CENTRAL BAPTIST HOSPITAL
12.1994 - 04.1996
BACHELOR OF SCIENCE Nursing - Anatomy, Physiology, Biology, and chemistry
Eastern Kentucky University
HIGH SCHOOL DIPLOMA -
Madison Central High School
Certified Wound Specialist, CWS - American Board of Wound Management (April 2007-present)
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