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NURSE MANAGER, MED/SURG, PEDIATRIC & TELEMETRY UNITS
Education and Training
Master of Science : Nursing, May 2005 LOYOLA UNIVERSITY, Marcella Niehoff School of Nursing - Chicago, IL GPA: Sigma Theta Tau International Honor Society of Nursing, Member Nursing Sigma Theta Tau International Honor Society of Nursing, Member
Bachelor of Arts : June 1996 DEPAUL UNIVERSITY - Chicago, IL
Bachelor of Science : Nursing, December 2000 Nursing
Skill Highlights
Microsoft Office; Epic Electronic Charting; Kronos Scheduling/Payroll System; Teletracking
Professional Experience
Nurse Manager, Med/Surg, Pediatric & Telemetry Units
August 2014 to September 2015 HIGHLIGHTS MACNEAL HOSPITAL - Berwyn, IL
  • Assume 24 hour accountability for the quality of nursing care delivered for a total of 75 in-patients beds.
  • Report to the Vice-President of Nursing Administration on actionable items with outcomes devised for both nursing units.
  • Responsible for managing throughput and holding accountable 100 staff members including, nurses, patient care technicians and unit secretaries.
  • Foster an environment which promotes professional growth among nursing and ancillary staff by serving as a pilot unit for various hospital initiatives to improve processes which establishes patterns that allows the delivery of safe and quality patient care.
  • Conduct daily Leadership Rounding to ensure and improve patient experience.
  • Encourage collaboration with multi-disciplinary teams to ensure effective patient care outcomes.
  • Demonstrate effective leadership through direct/indirect patient care for role modeling and performance evaluation.
  • Interview and hire appropriate clinical staff aligned to support the standards and departmental goals.
  • Foster group cohesion and teamwork through unit based orientation, promoting peer support and cooperative planning and problem solving through participation of Shared Governance Councils.
  • Create and maintain an open communication system via email and regular staff meetings for the purpose of disseminating information and monitoring staff concerns and needs.
  • Assist in developing and monitoring the departmental budget with specific goals and objectives that provides analysis and plans to correct variances by utilizing the most cost effective means of meeting daily staffing needs based on patient census and acuity.
  • Serve as an active participant in formulating or revising Nursing Policies and Procedures through hospital committees.
January 2013 to Current LOYOLA UNIVERSITY, Marcella Niehoff School of Nursing - Maywood, IL
October 2012 to Current COLLEGE OF DUPAGE, Nursing and Health Sciences - Glen Ellyn, IL
  • Instruct and supervise the student nurse's patient care in clinical settings through the principles and application of physical, biological and psychosocial subjects related to nursing.
  • Demonstrate and guide students to effective decision making and critical thinking skills thru evidence based practice.
  • Collaborate with multi-disciplinary teams to coordinate, implement and update patient care plans.
  • Responsible and accountable for the clinical educational preparation and growth by assessing, planning, implementing and evaluating the students achievement of curriculum objectives/outcomes related to nursing knowledge and practice.
  • Review and adhere to the clinical institutions policy and procedures by utilizing appropriate resources to achieve positive patient outcomes thru effective interpersonal communication, patient confidentiality, infection control, safe administration of medications, symptom management and pain control.
Critical Care Registered Nurse
February 2000 to Current LOYOLA UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER - Maywood, IL
  • Heart Transplant/Coronary Care Unit).
  • Support and assist management in the many aspects of the unit's daily operational needs including participation of the interviewing process of nursing candidates, clinical audits, and annual performance reviews.
  • Serve as a resource person, preceptor, mentor and contact person to staff for clinical inquiries and concerns.
  • Identify areas of improvement and develop a plan to increase the quality of patient care and clinical outcomes.
  • Assist in preparation for the Joint Commission Accreditation visit.
  • Responsible for organizing and implementing unit skill competencies.
  • Involved in hospital wide committees such as Patient Care Waive Testing, Kronos Scheduling and Shared Governance.
  • Facilitate continuity of care serving as a proficient charge nurse in triaging high acuity cardiac patients, coordinating patient transfers and managing the unit's daily operational needs.
  • Assess and manage patients with acute myocardial infarction, severe heart failure, sepsis, etc., who are critically ill, in cardiogenic shock, with complex medical, cardiac and post-surgical problems.
  • Served as an Arrhythmia Nurse for the Centralized Telemetry unit.
  • Coordinate patient's care while understanding and respecting patients' and their family's psychosocial needs and cultural diversity to anticipate discharge planning since admission.
  • Build positive relationships with patients and family members to include providing extensive patient education pre and post Left Ventricular Assist Device (LVAD) and Orthotopic Heart Transplant.
  • Serve as a patient advocate by collaborating with multi-disciplinary teams to promote and implement effective and efficient patient care outcomes in emergency admissions and discharges.
  • Proactively work closely with attending physicians, residents, ancillary staff, and other healthcare professionals (respiratory, physical, and occupational therapists; dieticians, etc.) to revise the developed and individualized continuum of care based on ongoing patient assessment, priorities and progress.
  • Experienced infusing IL-2 chemotherapy for renal cell and melanoma patients.
  • Knowledgeable and efficient in troubleshooting and assisting physicians with Swan Ganz catheters, intra-aortic balloon pumps, temporary pacemakers, cardioversion, hypothermia units, I-STAT, LVADs such as the Heartmate II, Impella, and Tandem Heart.
Languages
Speak, read and write fluently in Spanish
Professional Affiliations
American Association of Critical Care Nurses, Member
Personal Information
Registered Nurse, State of Illinois
Additional Information
  • LICENSURE/ Registered Nurse, State of Illinois
Skills
budget, chemotherapy, interpersonal communication, critical thinking, decision making, delivery, discharge planning, email, infection control, Instructor, Kronos, Leadership, managing, assisting physicians, meetings, mentor, Microsoft Office, modeling, Nursing, organizing, patient advocate, patient's care, Patient Care, Payroll, performance reviews, Policies, problem solving, improve processes, progress, quality, read, Scheduling, Spanish, staffing, Tandem, teamwork, Telemetry, troubleshooting
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Resume Overview

Companies Worked For:

  • HIGHLIGHTS MACNEAL HOSPITAL
  • LOYOLA UNIVERSITY, Marcella Niehoff School of Nursing
  • COLLEGE OF DUPAGE, Nursing and Health Sciences
  • LOYOLA UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER

School Attended

  • LOYOLA UNIVERSITY, Marcella Niehoff School of Nursing
  • DEPAUL UNIVERSITY

Job Titles Held:

  • Nurse Manager, Med/Surg, Pediatric & Telemetry Units
  • Critical Care Registered Nurse

Degrees

  • Master of Science : Nursing , May 2005
    Bachelor of Arts : June 1996
    Bachelor of Science : Nursing , December 2000

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