Experience

Auburn Community Hospital

• United States
• Hospitals and Health Care
• 200 - 300 Employee

• Acute Care Floor Nurse – Med/Surg Unit

  • Feb 2020 - Present

  ➤ Collaborating with interdisciplinary teams to develop and implement a plan of care for a specific group of assigned patients, ensuring the coordination of care between other disciplines, physicians, and support staff. ➤ Supervising, monitoring, and delegating patient care activities to appropriate members of the health care team, while providing effective leadership and ensuring that care is safe and of high quality. ➤ Incorporating the psychosocial, psychomotor, and age-appropriate… Show more ➤ Collaborating with interdisciplinary teams to develop and implement a plan of care for a specific group of assigned patients, ensuring the coordination of care between other disciplines, physicians, and support staff. ➤ Supervising, monitoring, and delegating patient care activities to appropriate members of the health care team, while providing effective leadership and ensuring that care is safe and of high quality. ➤ Incorporating the psychosocial, psychomotor, and age-appropriate cognitive skills of the patient/family/significant other to assess, plan, intervene, and advocate for the patient on an ongoing basis throughout the continuum of care. ➤ Providing patient care and reviews, as well as providing regular assessment, re-evaluating patient response and outcomes, effectiveness of plan of care, and readiness for discharge, revising POC or making referrals as appropriate. ➤ Administering medication, treatments, and procedures in a safe, effective manner that meets scope of practice and nursing standards, while effectively utilizing pain management resources to provide pain relief. ➤ Developing long-/short-term goals aligned with treatment plans, incorporating patients' preferences, serving as an advocate, and discussing POC with patient, while collaborating with the health care team to intervene as necessary. ➤ Consistently ensuring nursing practice is evidence-based, within scope of licensure, and compliant with hospital-wide standards of nursing care, including core measures, while ensuring Infection Control procedures and HIPPA compliance. Show less



Finger Lakes Center for Living

• Clinical Care Coordinator

  • Mar 2016 - Feb 2020

  Auburn, NY ➤ Proactively contributed to the utilization review process and the discharge planning process as required by hospital policies, standards of practice, and Federal and State regulations. ➤ Assessed, planned, facilitated, and advocated for patient options and services through a continuum of care, from point of contact to admission and through discharge, ensuring excellent resident care. ➤ Promoted optimal quality and cost-effective outcomes by coordinating with other Nurses and Physicians… Show more ➤ Proactively contributed to the utilization review process and the discharge planning process as required by hospital policies, standards of practice, and Federal and State regulations. ➤ Assessed, planned, facilitated, and advocated for patient options and services through a continuum of care, from point of contact to admission and through discharge, ensuring excellent resident care. ➤ Promoted optimal quality and cost-effective outcomes by coordinating with other Nurses and Physicians within the facility, along with insurers and post-acute service providers, while meeting patients' individual health needs. ➤ Facilitated case management and support services, including connecting patients to relevant community resources, with the goal of enhancing patient health and well-being, increasing satisfaction, and reducing health care costs. ➤ Conducted wound care assessments and worked in collaboration and continuous partnership with chronically ill, or “high-risk” patients and their family/caregiver, facility and specialty providers, staff, and community partners. ➤ Efficiently collected, reviewed, and analyzed chronic disease patient information in accordance with protocol, distributing the data to providers for action, as well as supported care management and follow-up. Show less



Loretto Health & Rehabilitation

• Nurse Manager

  • Jan 2014 - Mar 2016

  Auburn, NY ➤ Strategically determined staffing needs by level of resident functional impairment, and ensured proper assignment and transition of staff in the assigned work areas, including the Nurse station, medication cart, and medication room. ➤ Provided front-line supervision of assigned staff and conducted resident rounds to evaluate care, while also auditing Nursing staff to ensure resident care was consistent with clinical practice standards. ➤ Consulted with residents' Physician in planning… Show more ➤ Strategically determined staffing needs by level of resident functional impairment, and ensured proper assignment and transition of staff in the assigned work areas, including the Nurse station, medication cart, and medication room. ➤ Provided front-line supervision of assigned staff and conducted resident rounds to evaluate care, while also auditing Nursing staff to ensure resident care was consistent with clinical practice standards. ➤ Consulted with residents' Physician in planning resident care, leveraging in-depth knowledge of diagnosis, evaluation, and assessments, as well as biochemistry, physiology, pharmacology, and anatomy. ➤ Served as the MDS Coordinator and utilized MDS 3.0, the Minimum Data Set assessment tool for care planning and service delivery, and conducted periodic review of care plans and updated as changes occurred. ➤ Implemented comprehensive care plans and interpreted data, identifying abnormal findings and emerging medical problems, immediately notifying the Physician of any changes in patients' conditions. Show less



Life Time Care

• Case Manager

  • Nov 2012 - Jun 2013

  Auburn, NY ➤ Expertly provided direct, hands-on nursing care, including following up on pharmacy recommendation to assure response/implementation of order changes, and teaching the patient and their family. ➤ Efficiently provided admission, case management, and follow-up skilled nursing visits to home health patients. ➤ Strategically coordinated appropriate care, encompassing various health care personnel and external providers, as well as worked with team members in developing a discharge plan for… Show more ➤ Expertly provided direct, hands-on nursing care, including following up on pharmacy recommendation to assure response/implementation of order changes, and teaching the patient and their family. ➤ Efficiently provided admission, case management, and follow-up skilled nursing visits to home health patients. ➤ Strategically coordinated appropriate care, encompassing various health care personnel and external providers, as well as worked with team members in developing a discharge plan for individual residents, and reviewed discharge summaries. Show less



Mercy Health & Rehabilitation Center

• Nurse Manager

  • Aug 2006 - Nov 2012

  Auburn, NY ➤ Worked closely with Physicians and other medical professionals to provide effective care and service to residents, while providing compassionate counseling to patients and their families. ➤ Analyzed, identified, and resolved unique or complex nursing care problems as a Clinical Consultant, in addition to identifying the requirements of company policies and procedures, and implementing required changes. ➤ Empathized with patient and patient support systems, expressed compassion and… Show more ➤ Worked closely with Physicians and other medical professionals to provide effective care and service to residents, while providing compassionate counseling to patients and their families. ➤ Analyzed, identified, and resolved unique or complex nursing care problems as a Clinical Consultant, in addition to identifying the requirements of company policies and procedures, and implementing required changes. ➤ Empathized with patient and patient support systems, expressed compassion and understanding for the situation, as well as demonstrated care which was appropriate for the age, and cultural, religious, gender identity, or ethnic background. Show less



Auburn Community Hospital (FKA Auburn Memorial Hospital)

• Staff Nurse (AMH), Pediatrics & Med/Surgery

  • 2004 - 2006



Auburn Nursing Home

• United States
• Hospitals and Health Care
• 1 - 100 Employee

• LPN Charge Nurse

  • 1996 - 2000