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Phone: PHONE NUMBER AVAILABLEI have worked in the nursing industry for 30 years. Most of my career has been spent in the acute care hospital setting. I have worked as an administrative nursing supervisor in three acute care hospitals, one with an open heart intensive care unit. I have also supervised a large nursing home. In my time as a registered nurse I have worked extensively with ventilator and cardiac patients in the hospital as well as the home care setting. I have also worked as an office manager for a busy internal medicine/pulmonary/critical care office. I was the office manager as well as the triage nurse supervising all of the phone calls and staff. I supervised and L.P.N., secretary, a filer, transcriptionist, medical office biller and an the accountant. I also worked closely with all of the HMOS, including, Bluechoice, Preferred care, United Health Care and others. I worked in coordination with our billing agent to ensure payment was made in a timely manner. I also managed all of the finances and paid all office bills on a monthly basis independent of the owner and Physician. For the last few years I have been a travel nurse mostly in upstate New York. I have traveled in a few states in order to broaden my knowledge and learn what other facilities are doing. My goal is to obtain my masters degree in nursing and also MBA. EXPERIENCE:Taylor Brown Memorial Hospital: August 1987-August 1978 L.P.N on a 22 bed telemetry/medical surgical unit. Administered medicine under supervision of the R.N. Bedside nurse in addition to passing medicine.Geneva Regional Health System: December 1988-July 2000. R.N. Staff Charge Nurse. Managed 34 bed Medical/surg. ventilator peritoneal dialysis floor. Charge nurse days as well as evenings and at times worked as solo charge person on this busy unit which had transfers to and from ICU as well as discharges and admissions to unit from the ER as well as from the Dr.s office. Geneva Regional Health: December 1998-August 1998. First floor Cardiac Unit Charge Nurse. In charge of 22 bed Cardiac Unit. 12 Telemetry monitors. In charge of all admissions, assignments, discharges and transfers to and from floor and to ICU unit. Reported to Administrative Supervisor as needed. Geneva Regional Health: August 1994-December 1994 Staff nurse in the 10 bed Emergency Department. Involved in the triage and care of the ER patients along with other R.N. staff. Worked in conjunction with Emergency room physicians to administer care to respiratory, cardiac, diabetic and trauma patients as needed. Geneva Regional Health: July 1998-August 2001.Administrative Nursing Supervisor of 120-125 bed Acute Care Hospital Manager of all of shift activities in the hospital on the day, evening and night shifts. Coordinated all activities including Mercy Flight transfers, ICU unit and telemetry admission bed assignments and discharges. E.R. supervision as well as supervision of all staff including all nurses, secretaries and ancillary staff. Newark Wayne Community Hospital: July 1994-August 2001. Per-diem Administrative Nursing Supervisor of 120 bed acute care hospital. Coordinated all activities including Mercy Flight transfers, ICU unit and cardiac admissions, bed assignments and discharges. Supervisor of all staff including nurses, secretaries and ancillary staff. Demay Living Center. ( Nursing Home connected to Newark Wayne Hospital) July 1994-August 2001. Nursing Home supervisor of four nursing home units each unit having 34-40 beds. Also Acute care supervisor and Nursing home supervisor at the same time due to cost cuts at Newark Wayne Hospital. One of the Nursing home units was a 11 bed Ventilator Unit. Finger Lakes Premier Medical Health, P.C.-August 2000-December 2004. Medical Office Manager Helped Dr. manage more than 5000 patients. Worked with the HMOs along with our billing agent. Supervised all staff and managed all finances for M.D., including paying bills independently of M.D. Instituted a full computer program in the office. Sibleys Nursing Service-Per diem-September 1999-June 2005 Worked in various acute care hospitals in the Finger Lakes area. This was a part time on-call endeavor only.Finger Lakes Visiting Nurse Service-July 2005-December of 2005. Worked as a home care case manager. Managed home care patients with multiple comorbidities including diabetes, MI, tracheostomy, ventilator dependent, Picc line with antibiotic management, Hickman catheters, etc. Duties included my own patient management along with daily visits to homes in various regions of four counties.Supplemental Healthcare Agency Contract-January 2006-July 2006. Worked at Highland Hospital in Rochester, N.Y. Worked on a critical care step down ventilator/cardiac/tracheostomy unit. Pt. had multiple comorbidities and health issues. Clifton Springs Hospital Long Term Ventilator Unit-September 2006-December-2006. Night charge on 10 bed long term ventilator unit. Patients had many health problems including diabetes, paraplegia, Multiple sclerosis, etc.Worldwide Travel Agency Contract-April 2007-October 2007. Sisters Hospital Buffalo, N.Y. 36 bed critical care cardiac/ventilator/step down unit. Patients sometimes had critical care IV drips with PICC lines, Hickman and Triple lumen catheters. Most patients were ventilator/tracheostomy dependent or had multiple system failure.Sunbelt Staffing Agency Contract-October 2007-January 2008. Worked at RGH in Rochester on an acute care ventilator unit. 36 bed unit with patients with multiple comorbidities and multisystem failure. Comforce Nursing Agency Contract work per-diem: January 2008-February 2008. ICU unit at Newark Wayne Hospital. Cardiac/telemetry unit Newark Wayne Hospital.World Wide Travel Agency Contract-February 2008-June-2009. Worked at Industry Residential School in Rochester, N.Y. Juvenile Detention Center for boys ages 10-18 years old. Worked alone as the only charge nurse in a secure and nonsecure area. My position required daily triage and assessment of injuries due to multiple fights in facility. Required daily psychological assessments and referrals to psychiatrist. Daily medicine pass for all of the residents in the facility. Managed multiple sick calls as needed.Comforce Nursing Agency Contract per-diem.-July 2009-August 2009. Worked at a local Veterans facility in the ICU. Was the night charge nurse. 3 bed ICU with patients on ventilators or had multiple comorbidities and psychological issues due to Post traumatic stress issues. Agency Contract-Mayo Clinic, Scottsdale Arizona-February 2010-November 2010. Worked as a critical care float nurse on multiple units. Floated on a daily basis to cardiac, renal transplant, cancer and orthopedic floors as needed. Mainly worked on a critical care telemetry cardiac unit. Nurse Core per diem work Phoenix Arizona-April 2010-May 2010. Worked in multiple acute care rehab units throughout the Phoenix area. Night charge in the rehab facilities.Nursing Solutions part time per diem-April 2010-May 2010. Worked as a home care case manager.Worked primarily with a paraplegic ventilator home care patient. Mountain View Regional Hospital-Las Cruces New Mexico-May 2010-November 2010 Contracted by Kayco. Worked in an open heart ICU 23 bed unit. Also was the Administrative Nursing Supervisor as well. Newark Wayne Community Hospital-December 2010-April 2011. Administrative Nursing Supervisor. Managed an approximately 80 acute care bed hospital. Supervised all admissions, transfers, discharges. Managed the ER and Mercy Flights as needed. Managed staffing of all staff. Managed all ancillary staffing.Highland Hospital Rochester N.Y. Contract-February-2011-July 2011 CCU unit with ventilators and tracheostomy patients 38 bed very busy unit. Also cardiac/telemetry Multiple system failure patientsHighland Hospital staff ICU Nurse-August 2011-April 2012 Medical ICU patients with many cardiac drips Ventilator multisystem failure patients. 23 bed unit.St. Josephs Hospital Syracuse N.Y.-June 2012-August 2012. Contract for RAPID ADMIT UNIT. Worked in 2 units-Rapid admit unit and PCU In charge at night of Rapid admit unit. PACU, Chest tubes, critical multisystem failure patients awaiting bed in the hospital or holding for the ER.St. Petes Hospital Albany N.Y. Contract-October 2012-January 2013 Cardiac ICU 23 bed unit Multiple cardiac drips Managed intubations and critical multisystem failure patients. Buffalo General Hospital, Buffalo N.Y.-Contract-February 2013-March 2013 12 bed surgical ICU Complicated surgical unit with multiple IV sedative drips and different complicated surgeries. Multisystem failure patients.Kenmore Mercy Hospital Buffalo, N.Y.-Contract-March 2013-April 2013 Fell and broke my left foot requiring surgery and unable to complete contract due to surgery. 32 bed critical care Neuro ICU unit. Ventilator dependent, tracheostomy, post craniotomy and coils. Multisystem failure and critical comorbidities.Finger Lakes Community College Adjunct Clinical Instructor Part time position-September 2013-December 2013. Clinical Instructor for 8 Nursing students in the acute care hospital setting. Attended board meetings and judged students on their comps. Corrected student papers and care plans.Romulus 5 Points Prison-Contract Per diem-January 2014-March-2014. Passed pills in a secure facility to large prison population. Managed sick calls on the medical units. Helped with any medical emergencies as needed. Managed ambulance transport of inmates as needed. Wilson Hospital Johnson City N.Y.-Contract-April 2014-September 2014 Worked on a 3 bed surgical ICU unit. Charge at night Managed Carotid endarterectomies, bowel surgeries, post femoral popliteal bypass surgeries and many other cardiac and trauma injuries Cardiac drips and Arterial lines.St. James Mercy Hospital Hornell, N.Y.-Contract-October 2014-December 2014. Worked on an Telemetry/medical surgical/cardiac 33 bed unit. Managed cardiac and elderly patients with multiple health issues. Bassett Memorial Hospital, Cooperstown, N.Y.-Contract-January 2015-February 2015. 33 bed Step down ICU unit Cardiac patients with multisystem failure. Ventilator/telemetry multisystem failure patients. Kenmore Mercy Buffalo, N.Y.-Contract.-May 2015-November 2015. Neuro ICU stepdown unit 33 beds Managed ventilator, tracheostomy, post craniotomy, post coil patients. Patients required close monitoring due to ventilators, aneurysms and stroke diagnosis.Seven Rivers Hospital Crystal Rivers, Florida-Contract-April-2016-June-2016 16 bed Medical ICU unit. Critical Care IV cardiac drips Ventilator/intubated multisystem failure patients. Arnot Ogden Medical Center, Elmira New York-July 11-2016-April 1-2017 23 bed Cardiac ICU unit Critical care with IV cardiac drips Multi-system failure patientsGood Samaritan Medical Center, Watertown New York-April 1-November 4 2017 10 Bed Medical ICU unit Cardiac drips Multi-system failure patientsArnot Ogden Medical Center, Elmira New York-November 6-February 10 2018 23 bed Cardiac ICU unit Critical care IV cardiac drips Multisystem failure patients |