Permanent charge that provided leadership and support for daily running of the unit; staff delegation; assignment planning; acuity monitoring; handling admissions, deaths, discharges, patient and family needs and concerns; problem solving; communication facilitation and planning implementation & communication facilitation between providers, management, staff, patient and families; educating staff, new hires, patients, families.
Administrative duties that included staffing management & scheduling; Control Check narcotic monitoring and discrepancy resolution; staff education; staff evaluations; documentation audits; staff performance audits and coaching; liaison between clinical staff and management; establishing, testing, evaluating and modifying methods for process improvement; communicating with providers; facilitating and/or troubleshooting unit issues between management, staff, patients, families, providers, social work and spiritual care, transportation services, service recovery, rounding, etc.
Competent with communication methods of emails, phone, secure chats, texts, Microsoft teams, virtual meetings, other messaging apps, in person group meetings and 1:1 interactions.
Registered Nurse, Acute, Intermediate & Critical Care RN
Mt. Carmel Health Systems, St. Ann’s Hospital
01.1999 - 01.2020
General Nursing skill proficiency: Acutely, Intermediate & Critically ill patient (Clinical, Delegation, Organizational, Care Planning & Team Consulting, & Patient-Family Teaching Skills related to one-on-one patient care)
Authorized to float to all floors & settings, performing independently (mother/infant excluded) to Critical Care, Intermediate care, Acute care, ER overflow, Observation, Palliative & Hospice
Performed Charge RN leadership duties & was main preceptor for the intermediate and acute care units and designated mentor for the mentorship program.
Participant in the Professional Practice Council of RNs, for Trinity and nursing policy/procedures, Mt. Carmel Health Systems
Structured reports and staff education for JCAHO Inspection and accreditation; Regulatory Readiness in conjunction with Performance Improvement Department
Assisted in design teaching models for patient safety & RN Practice trends within St. Ann’s Hospital and assisted with Annual RN, PCA & MST Skills proficiency
Performed Physician & RN chart documentation auditing and reporting for Unit Directors, Chief of Medicine, Performance Improvement Director, and VP of Patient Care Services
Served on the “Standards of Excellence” committee, for policies/procedures for updating and combining four separate hospitals policies, into a common standard of practice for Mt. Carmel Health Systems.
Served on the St. Ann’s Leadership committee for several years / served as Chair of unit-based council; shared governance
R.N. responsible for the planning and care of medical/surgical clients by using advanced assessment skills, team coordinating, communication between clients, physicians, and staff, and utilizing clinical skills to deliver quality patient care
Education
Bachelor’s Degree in Nursing - H.L.N. Accredited Program
Mount Carmel College of Nursing, MCCN
Columbus, Ohio
01.2019
Associate Degree in Nursing - undefined
Mott Community College
Flint, Michigan
01.1994
Skills
Clinical leadership
Unit management and staff coordination
Policy development and evaluation oversight
Charge RN duties: Designing daily nursing assignments / organized the unit, staffing, cared for patients, troubleshooting and resource management
Skilled in facilitating communication between disciplines, staff, patients, families
IV insertion (Resource expert for unit; able to operate ultrasound PIV access) Mediport, SQ and Phlebotomy
Care plan development / Wound care / Triage / Assessments / Documentation / Discharge / Admissions / Death expiration navigator