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UNIT SUPERVISOR
Professional Summary
Experience Registered Professional Nurse with strong clinical and leadership skills. Culturally competent to
provide care to patient with diverse needs. Professionally flexible and able to adjust well with given clinical
settings.
Core Strengths
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Professional Experience
Unit Supervisor | Medical-Surgical/ Renal Unit10/2015 to CurrentHealthcare PartnersHarbour Pt , WA
- Effectively supervised clinical and non-clinical staff, and delegate duties
- Coordinated and evaluated nursing care and adapted staffing levels and assignments
- Ensured compliance with nursing scope of practice, nursing standards, and organizational policies
- Collaborated with physicians and ancillary staff to ensure delivery of multidisciplinary, efficient, high quality patient care
- Improved patient satisfaction scores from 82% to 97% through purposeful daily patient-leadership rounding, staff developments, and care team improvements
- Introduced Apple technique in staging pressure wound
- Efficiently audit charts to ensure compliance and proper documentation
- Increased the unit compliance on pain reassessment by educating care team with strategies and proper documentation
- Conducted in-services to improve safe nursing practice
- Supervised preparation for DNV surveys
- Review annual employee performance
- Encouraged and built open awareness of communication, team work, and trusting relationships with staff resulting to increased staff involvement/engagement
- Ensuring employee retention and satisfaction
- Reviewed and respond to complaints and grievances associated with patients and families
- Performed admission, discharge and patient transfer as needed
- Processed monthly reports for department performance.
- Liaised between patients and physicians to ensure patient comprehension of treatment plans.
- Demonstrated ability to lead and motivate outstanding healthcare teams.
- Coordinated Quality Improvement Activities to identify performance areas for improvement.
- Participated in unit-based Quality Assurance Program.
- Effectively managed clinical oversight for 23-bed unit.
- Mentor and trained new staff to improve knowledge, services, and quality control
- Clinical resource leader to unit, ensuring clinical processes are performed according to standard policy
- Interview potential clinical and non-clinical staff.
- Nominated for leadership award (2015)
Staff Nurse | Medical-Surgical\Telemetry12/2014 to 10/2015Onward HealthcareFort Lauderdale , FL
- Active involvement with medical-surgical council, addressing patient care and nursing concerns
- Participates in review of nursing guidelines and policies
- Skin champion member and introduced techniques on staging pressure wound
- Effectively handles six patients ensuring health services and prompt patient needs are met
- Collaborates with case management regarding patient needs, transition of care, appropriateness of admission
- Created strategic improvement of nursing supply room and medication room that specifically meet care team needs for an efficient work flow
Charge Nurse III of Medical-Surgical/Telemetry and Observation Units02/2012 to 02/2014Albany Medical CenterCity , STATE
- Chronic and acute patient care in 25 bed capacity medical-surgical/telemetry unit and 30 bed capacity observation unit, adeptly handling all aspects of treatment from medication to wound care to monitoring number of patients per shift
- Manages care for post-operative patients through discharge
- Strong leader for nursing personnel assigned to the unit/shift
- Oversee and manage number of clinical and support staff, including patient care activities while maintaining a high level of staff morale and professionalism.
- Charge nurse on medical-surgical and observation units while handling number of patients.
- Active involvement in medical-surgical council
- Demonstrates appropriate supervisory skills and delegates staff duties accordingly
- Effectively manage clinical oversight for 30 bed observation unit and 25 medical-surgical/telemetry unit
- Mentor and educate new staff members giving emphasis on institution's policies,protocols, quality and safe nursing practice
- Ensures efficacy of treatments through monitoring of treatment regimens.
- Develop patient care plans, including assessments, evaluations and nursing diagnoses.
- Participates in unit-based Quality Assurance Program
- Liaise between patients and physicians to ensure patient comprehension of treatment plans.
Clinic Nurse08/2003 to 12/2011Lao Medical ClinicCity , STATE
- Conducted health screenings, physical assessments and ensured external follow-up as required
- Counseled effectively regarding health maintenance and disease management
- Directed patients to ensure patient comprehension of treatment plans and goals
- Counseled and educated patients about reproductive health issues and wellness
- Documented patient information obtained from interviews.
- Performed basic physical assessments of newborns and infants
- Communicated laboratory results
- Assisted in minor surgeries and provided post-operative care
Medical-Surgical Nurse11/2002 to 07/2003Luuk District HospitalCity , STATE
- Provided primary nursing care, assessed and evaluated chronically and acutely ill patients.
- Managed care for post-operative patients.
- Instructed patients and family members on proper discharge care.
- Assisted patients with daily functions.
- Monitored fluid intake and output levels.
- Measured urine and delivered specimens to lab.
- Provided all daily living tasks to enhance quality of life for elderly patients.
- Assisted residents with bathing, dressing, feeding, lifting and transferring.
- Assisted doctors with surgeries and non-invasive procedures.
Education and Training
Family Nurse Practitioner, CurrentSouth UniversityCity, State
Master of Arts: NursingMay 2011Notre Dame of Jolo CollegeCity, PhilippinesNursing
Bachelor of Science: NursingMarch 2001Ateneo de Zamboanga UniversityCity, PhilippinesNursing
Skills
basic, case management, draw, Council, disease management, invasive procedures, lab testing, Managing, access, nursing, bathing, patient-care, patient care, Patient evaluation, personnel, policies, primary care, Problem resolution, processes, protocols, quality, Quality Improvement, quality control, Quality Assurance, skin care, Spanish, telemetry, treatment plans, Venipuncture, wound care, wounds
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School Attended
- South University
- Notre Dame of Jolo College
- Ateneo de Zamboanga University
Job Titles Held:
- Unit Supervisor | Medical-Surgical/ Renal Unit
- Staff Nurse | Medical-Surgical\Telemetry
- Charge Nurse III of Medical-Surgical/Telemetry and Observation Units
- Clinic Nurse
- Medical-Surgical Nurse
Degrees
- Family Nurse Practitioner, Current
Master of Arts : Nursing May 2011
Bachelor of Science : Nursing March 2001
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