Experience

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  Tidewell Hospice

  • Florida

  • RN Admissions Nurse

    • Jun 2019 - Present
    • Florida

    Admit clients to Tidewell hospice. I provide information about Hospice services, assist clients navigating end of life situations and issues, provide care management, and complete the admissions process.

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  Montessori At Home!, Help Your Preschooler Build a Better Brain, Teach Your 3-7 Year Old Math

  • Bradenton, Florida

  • Author

    • Jan 2010 - Present
    • Bradenton, Florida

    Rekindled a passion for early childhood education and Montessori, and wrote Montessori At Home!, an ebook giving parents of preschoolers a complete Montessori early learning program adapted for use in the home. The totally new third edition was released in Spring, 2013, and has been downloaded by over 9000 parents. Also wrote Kindle & paperback books for parents, available on Amazon, titled: Help Your Preschooler Build a Better BrainTeach Your 3-7 Year Old MathTeach Your Preschooler to Read & Write Parenting from 2-6, Supporting Optimal developmentCurrent project in progress: A Montessori 3-6 Teacher Training Manual.. Montessori At Home! is available at: www.livingmontessorinow.com

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  Blake Medical Center

  • Bradenton, Florida

  • RN, ONC

    • Jul 2005 - May 2019
    • Bradenton, Florida

    Provide postoperative care to orthopedic and neurosurgery patients. Orthopedic Certified.

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  Swedish Medical Center

  • Englewood, Colorado

  • Registered Nurse

    • Mar 2002 - Jun 2005
    • Englewood, Colorado

    Decided to take a break from Administration before taking on another nursing home turnaround. Provided postoperative care to orthopedic and urological patients.

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  For-profit Nursing Home chains

  • Colorado, Arizona

  • CNA, LPN, Nursing Home Administrator

    • Feb 1990 - Mar 2002
    • Colorado, Arizona

    Impressed by the ICU Nurses who cared for my wife before her passing, I decided to be a nurse. Worked as a CNA, then LPN. Before continuing for my RN, was chosen from pool of 45 applicants to enter a company sponsored nursing home administrator training program. Specialized in turning around underperforming nursing homes. Returned 5 facilities to profitability and restored their reputations with new management teams, physical plant improvements, patient care improvements, and aggressive community marketing. Obtained licensure as a Registered Nurse during this period.

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  Raven Printing, Denver Printing Center

  • Denver, CO

  • Manager

    • Jan 1986 - Jan 1990
    • Denver, CO

    Left Montessori education to learn how to self-publish books on doing Montessori at home. Managed two quick print businesses. Supervised staff and coordinated sales, production, delivery, and marketing of services to new clients. My wife passed away in 1988 and I continued almost two years before changing paths into nursing.

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  Montessori preschools

  • Colorado Springs and Denver, CO

  • Montessori Preschool Teacher and Director

    • Jan 1972 - Jan 1986
    • Colorado Springs and Denver, CO

    Teacher at the Montessori Early Learning Center in Security, CO. Started three new Montessori preschools, one in Colorado Springs and two in Denver, CO. Founding Director of the Garfield Montessori School in Denver, CO at its original location on Garfield Ave. In between Montessori work I drove a truck, worked in construction & mining, and went rock climbing as often as possible.