Director of Nursing and Clinical Services at Kindred Hospital of Greensboro (2024-01 – Present)
Manage nursing and dialysis departments to ensure appropriate staffing and care. Collaborate with physicians, administrators, and department heads/staff to manage safety concerns, head policy improvement, and ensure quality care.
- Manage nursing and dialysis departments to ensure appropriate staffing and care
- Collaborate with all physicians, administrators, and department heads/staff to manage safety concerns
- Head policy improvement and update plans as needed for the best quality care
- Plan for timely and safe admissions and discharges
- Gauge patient/family learning styles and education needs
- Plan and execute hiring events and brief staff inservices weekly based on needs
- Conduct tours, interviews, offers/termination of employment
- Execute staff evaluations, coachings, and performance improvement as needed
- Manage payroll and PTO approval/payout as needed
- Work with colleges/high schools to execute job fairs and serve as student preceptors
- Meet with each patient/family within 24 hours of admission and offer support
- Provide ICU or med surge assignment with staffing needs
- Back up for educator as needed
Community Support Services RN at Piedmont Community Services (2020-10 – 2024-12)
RN for five residential group home facilities for individuals with intellectual/developmental disabilities in three different counties. Duties include head to toe assessments, medical chart and medication inventory audits, appointment coordination, and educator for various trainings.
- RN for five residential group home facilities for individuals with intellectual/developmental disabilities in three different counties
- Conduct head to toe assessments
- Perform medical chart and medication inventory audits
- Call in to appointments with transporters when needed
- Follow ups on each appointment making changes to ISP when necessary
- Collaborate with team (group home manager, therapist, aides, doctors/specialist, pharmacy, etc.) to ensure informed and best care delivered
- Educator for various trainings/classes for group homes/employees and all other company group home employees
- Provide medication administration aide training
- Conduct g-tube overview and use training
- Train on new diagnoses or prescription in services
- Provide CPR instruction/certification (BLS/CPR-Heartsaver-AED/1st Aid/Community or Friends and Family CPR)
- Take calls as needed to triage severity of health situations
- Advocate for ALL residents equally and help staff to learn and initiate new/various approaches
ICU RN at Carilion RMH (2020-10 – 2024-12)
Care for patients with various medical situations including ventilated patients, chest tubes, CRRT, surgical treatments, and blood transfusions. Provide medication administration, patient monitoring, and family communication.
- Care for patients with various medical situations including ventilated patients, chest tubes, continuous renal replacement therapy (CRRT), prior and post surgical treatments, blood transfusions
- Operate rapid transfusion equipment and provide wound care
- Give medications including ability to titrate medications for patients on ventilators, heart conditions, seizures, etc.
- Assess patients and monitor for any change in condition
- Run and/or fill any role in codes/cardiac arrest situations
- Lead, initiate, or set up family conversations about decision making, goals of care, transfers, updates, and outcomes
- Admit and discharge or downgrade patients as needed
- Explain medical information to patients and/or family
- Collaborate with the medical team about patient needs and care plans
- Advocate for patients and families to ensure all needs are met
- Draw and send blood for lab orders and follow up with results
- Insert, maintain, or replace IV catheters as needed
- Maintain or remove central lines
- Assist with bedside procedures
- Perform charge nurse duties
- Complete scheduling for 35-100 employees (RN/LPN/assistive staff)
- Train and orient new hires, student nurses, and new graduate nurses as needed
CNA at Barbie Davis (2009-06 – 2015-11)
Managed complete care of patient including dressing, grooming, feeding, monitoring vital signs, preparing meals, toileting, monitoring blood sugar, and administering medications.
- Managed complete care of patient including dressing, grooming, feeding
- Monitored vital signs
- Prepared meals
- Assisted with toileting
- Monitored blood sugar
- Administered medications
- Assisted to perform daily exercise including ROM
- Assessed for neurological/integumentary/respiratory changes
Operations Supervisor (2015-01 – 2017-12)
Managed a team of 16-38 employees. Held team meetings, tracked statistics, conducted conference calls with clients, and provided coaching and professional development.
- Managed a team of 16-38
- Held team meetings
- Tracked daily/weekly/monthly statistics
- Conducted conference calls with clients
- Hired, fired, and interviewed employees
- Delivered disciplinary action
- Organized team building activities
- Supported and developed customer service representatives
- Provided coaching in areas of performance, customer service, technology, and professional development
