Nurse Practitioner/Clinical Specialist/Case Manager II, Monroe Carell Jr
November 1996 to CurrentCompany Name － City, State- Coordinate the discharge planning process for Pediatric Orthopaedics, Pediatric Neurosurgery, and Pediatric Plastic Surgery by assessing the patient's post-hospital needs, implementing discharge planning, addressing needs of the patient/family & providing consultation to the entire health care team often pre-operatively. Ensure timely effective patient transitions
- Biweekly Pediatric Orthopaedics meeting with Orthopaedics residents and attending to plan for surgeries, review interventions. Maintain cooperative, effective workplace relationships, Maintain effective team relationships, Manage and responsible for supervision, coordination of daily integrated care and services.
- Monday Pediatric Orthopaedics Triad Meetings with Social Work, Physical Therapy, Child Life, Hospital School Teacher, Music Therapy to review scheduled cases for the week. Provide orders for pre-operative PT; identify need for home bound school, social work, and music therapy and child life intervention.
- Manage complex patient with multiple physical/psychosocial needs before, during and after hospitalization. Child currently hospitalized in long term psychiatric facility scheduled for surgery May 2015. Will require care at medical/psychiatric facility after discharge. Arrangements currently in process.
- Provided data about decreased LOS for Pediatric Orthopaedics patients after posterior spine fusion (PSF) that supported the change in practice
- Evidence based quality care provided through review of literature, conferences, and practice changes based on evidence gathered, evaluated.
- Conduct self professionally at all times. Maintain professional relationships with internal, external customers. Act as liaison. Skilled at establishing and maintaining positive, effective work relationships with coworkers, clients, providers, customers. Demonstrated ability to communicate, problem solve, work effectively with people. Facilitate open, timely communication between team members. Information and problem solving resource for team members, physicians, hospital. Evidenced of above is staff nomination for Credo Award.
- Led implementation of Posterior Spine Fusion WIZ orders, pathway development, revision and staff implementation.
- Skilled in interpersonal relationships, conflict resolution with patients/family/medical team members as evidenced by request for intervention in difficult or crisis situations by MD team, nursing staff or other professionals.
- Increased nurse participation in patient education as evidenced by staff teaching Spica cast care, pin site care and follow through with posterior spine fusion plan of care. Adjunct Faculty Vanderbilt University School of Nursing - Precept MSN students, variety of programs
Clinical Nurse Specialist Pediatric Orthopaedics Vanderbilt Hospital
July 1992 to November 1996Company Name － City, StateFacilitated improved Pediatric Orthopaedics care through clinical expertise, clinical examples, staff, patient, family education. Development of patient educational materials. Pediatric Orthopaedics Faculty provided positive feedback about the improved patient care.
Clinical Specialist Pediatric Medicine and Surgery Vanderbilt Hospital
August 1984 to July 1992Company Name － City, State- Provided clinical expertise for complex patients by rounding, discussions with nursing and medical staff, patients, families, coordinated care conferences. Modeled examples of care by direct care/example. Analyzed staff development needs and facilitated educational opportunities. With RN and Child Life Director established the first Family Resource Library.
- Chair Practice Nursing Practice Committee
- Chair Clinical Nurse Specialist Council
Coordinator First Year Nursing Program
August 1982 to June 1984Company Name － City, StateOrganized curriculum, established clinical rotations, corresponded with agencies for clinical rotations. Provided didactic pediatric content. Developed all test material for pediatric content. Assisted with Fundamental content and exam development. Assisted with curriculum redesign. Supervised students in pediatric clinical setting at Vanderbilt Hospital. Chaired School of Nursing Admissions committee for 2 years Assisted with Fundamental and Pediatric Content Presentation, test development, supervision of students in pediatric clinical rotations at Vanderbilt University
Staff Nurse
June 1980 to August 1980Company Name － City, StateStaff nurse during summer break from Belmont. Experiences in Labor and Delivery Recovery Room, Post-Partum Unit, Pediatric Unit
Instructor of Nursing
August 1979 to June 1982Company Name － City, StateInstructor First Year Nursing Program. Assisted with Fundamentals of Nursing and Pediatric didactic presentations, labs, test development, supervision of students in pediatric clinical rotations at Vanderbilt Medical Center.
Head Nurse
November 1976 to August 1979Company Name － City, StateSupervised RN, LPN, and CNT staff. Oriented new staff to unit. Evaluated staff. Scheduled staff. Facilitated and provided staff development. Created multidisciplinary weekly team meeting to address psychosocial needs of child and family.
Student Nurse Vanderbilt Hospital
June 1973 to May 1974Company Name － City, StateFull time during summer/breaks, part-time during school in pediatrics, adult medicine, NICU
Division Clerk Vanderbilt Hospital
June 1972 to May 1973Company Name － City, StateFull time during summer/breaks, part-time during school
Research Assistant Peabody College
June 1971 to August 1971Company Name － City, State
