Kris Austin

Daytime Triage Nurse at Rainbow Hospice and Palliative Care
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(386) 825-5501
Location
Des Plaines, Illinois, United States, US
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Credentials

  • Certified Hospice and Palliative Care Nurse
    -
    Mar, 2016
    - Oct, 2024

Experience

  • Rainbow Hospice and Palliative Care
    • United States
    • Non-profit Organizations
    • 1 - 100 Employee
    • Daytime Triage Nurse
      • Nov 2016 - Present

      Triage all Hospice Patient and Family calls. Answer questions regarding end of life care and symptom management, schedule and dispatch staff for emergency Hospice visits. Triage all Hospice Patient and Family calls. Answer questions regarding end of life care and symptom management, schedule and dispatch staff for emergency Hospice visits.

  • VITAS Healthcare
    • United States
    • Hospitals and Health Care
    • 700 & Above Employee
    • After Hours Team Manager
      • Jan 2014 - Nov 2016

      Manage Team of Dedicated OnCall Nurses for the Northwest Suburbs of Chicago. Team makes every kind of Emergency visits to Terminally Ill Hospice patients. Also manage Resource staff of Nurses, Social Workers and Chaplains.

    • Dedicated On Call Nurse
      • Sep 2007 - Jan 2014

      Emergency symptom management for hospice patients and their families.

    • Team Manager
      • Oct 2003 - Sep 2007

      Managed all aspects of an Interdisciplinary Team of RN's, Certified Home Health Aides, a Chaplain, a Social Worker, a Patient Care Secretary, and a Team Physician that cared for 75 to 100 Hospice patients on a daily basis.

  • Warren Barr Pavilion
    • United States
    • Hospitals and Health Care
    • 1 - 100 Employee
    • Education Coordinator
      • Aug 2000 - Oct 2003

      Part of the Nursing management team responsible for all orientation and ongoing education for all employees of a large Nursing Home. Also responsible for Employee Health and Infection Control. Part of the Nursing management team responsible for all orientation and ongoing education for all employees of a large Nursing Home. Also responsible for Employee Health and Infection Control.

Education

  • Grand View College
    Bachelor of Science in Nursing, Registered Nursing/Registered Nurse
    1984 - 1989
  • Knoxville High School
    graduate, General Studies
    1980 - 1984

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