Registered Nurse Care
Resume:
Phone 914-***-****
Lake Peekskill, NY 10537
Fax 914-***-****
Cell 917-***-****
E-mail ab1ody@r.postjobfree.com
Beth M. Cofini, MA, RN
St. Paul's School of Nursing
August 2011-Present
Professional Full Time Professor ADN Program
Experience
Clinical and Didactic Instruction Medical-Surgical
2/Pediatric Nursing (2nd semester)
Course Coordinator Medical-Surgical/Pediatric Nursing
Didactic Instruction Fundamentals of Nursing Concepts
(First semester)
Clinical time 16 hours/week and Didactic Instruction 10
hours/week
Simulation Lab instruction using Meti-Sim I Stan,
incorporating lecture and simulation to increase
understanding of the nursing process, and to connect
theory with practice
Involved in Faculty meetings, curriculum planning and
development, Course Syllabi development, test building,
and working with nursing faculty to achieve NLN
certification. Maintaining professional qualifications
through participation in continuing education programs,
in-service training and academic courses
As a full time professor I have incorporated teaching
strategies in my classroom to enhance student learning,
promote the learning processes, and assess learning
outcomes. As an educator I have established learning
partnerships with my students that are empowering and
positively support their personal and professional
growth as nurses
SUNY Westchester Community College
February 2011-July 2011
Equal Opportunity Center
Adjunct Professor
Home Health Aide Training Course
Certified Nursing Assistant Training Course
Fundamentals Clinical and Didactic
Anatomy and Physiology Clinical and Didactic
Skills Lab
Director of Nursing and Patient Services January
2011-June 13, 2011
Bronx Home Care, Inc.
Developing policies and procedures to meet the needs of
the agency and DOH standards. Creating regulatory
paperwork for client files that meet both JCAHO and DOH
standards, performing chart reviews, and review of
employee files for compliance. Assisting agency staff
with QI audits and working towards improvement of
increased compliance to policies and procedures of the
agency. Providing guidance and offering suggestions to
agency employees, nursing staff and management on
service delivery, making decisions on hiring and firing
professional, paraprofessional and office staff. Review
of staff work performance. Developing yearly budget and
expenditures for Bronx Home care, Inc.
As Director it is my duty to monitor compliance of
applicable laws and regulations and maintain standards
of care which are outlined by the state of New York,
compiling statistics, preparing reports, and maintaining
clients' medical records.
Marketing for Bronx Home care, Inc. by developing a
process that will allow the organization to concentrate
its resources on the greatest opportunities to increase
patient volume and achieve a sustainable competitive
advantage.
Quality Improvement
Assessing and monitoring the delivery of service and
care.
. Identifying opportunities for quality improvement
initiatives.
. Implementing and tracking quality improvement
initiatives that will have the greatest impact on our
customers' service and care.
. Measuring the effectiveness of interventions, and
using the results for future quality improvement
planning
Nursing Consultant
September 2010 to January 2011
Assisting Licensed Home Health Care Agencies prepare for
JCAHO Accreditation and/or DOH Licensing. Evaluating,
analyzing and rendering an informed opinion on the
delivery of health care and the resulting outcomes.
Responding to DOH corrections as appropriate and
developing policies and procedures to meet the needs of
the agency and DOH standards. Creating regulatory
paperwork for client files that meet both JCAHO and DOH
standards, performing chart reviews, and review of
employee files for compliance. Assisting agency staff
with QI audits and working towards improvement of
increased compliance to policies and procedures of the
agency. Providing guidance and offering suggestions to
agency employees, nursing staff and management on
service delivery.
Quality Improvement
Assessing and monitoring the delivery of service and
care.
. Identifying opportunities for quality improvement
initiatives.
. Implementing and tracking quality improvement
initiatives that will have the greatest impact on our
customers' service and care.
. Measuring the effectiveness of interventions, and
using the results for future quality improvement
planning
Hospice Care of Westchester and Putnam October
2009-August 2010
Nursing Manager
Responsible for the day to day Nursing and ancillary
services. Working in-house as a clinical manager
interfacing closely with nurses in the field, patients
and families. Communicating with the nursing staff,
physicians, and other staff to assure timely, day to day
follow up and resolution of patient care problems,
according to the patient's interdisciplinary plan of
care. Responsible for communicating with vendor agencies
and providers of ancillary services to assure
coordinated and appropriated follow-up to emerging
patient care needs. Providing guidance and offering
suggestions to nursing staff on symptom management and
service delivery. Triaging emergent problems that arise
offering guidance and instruction to families and
assuring prompt nursing follow up. Coordination of
on-call nursing. Assisting the Patient Services
Assistant in assigning HHA's and LPN's. Providing
continuity of care for our patients. Providing
In-service programs and supervision of field staff-RNs,
LPNs and HHAs. Chart reviews. QI audits and working
towards improvement of increased compliance to policies
and procedures of the agency.
HHH Home Care, Inc February
2005-July 2009
Nursing Supervisor
Developing policy and procedures for HHH Home Care, Inc.
Overseeing the care provided by the nursing field staff
for all HHH patients and to ensure that all standards
are adhered to. Coordination of services and there
outcomes, i.e.: documentation, MD orders, and nurse
scheduling. Teaching, assessing staff knowledge and
identification of areas that need improvement.
Interviewing candidates for staff positions within HHH
Home Care, Inc. The supervision of RN's providing care
for our skilled nursing patients, scheduling
coordinators, and the supervision of the
paraprofessionals caring for those patients. Teaching
and training the staff in the care of these patients,
implementing care plans to be followed, management of
the patients care with the MD and teaching documentation
requirements.
Quality Improvement
Assessing and monitoring the delivery of service and
care.
. Identifying opportunities for quality improvement
initiatives.
. Implementing and tracking quality improvement
initiatives that will have the greatest impact on our
customers' service and care.
. Measuring the effectiveness of interventions, and
using the results for future quality improvement
planning. Knowledge of CHHA, Managed Care and LTHHCP
programs. Worked closely with both CHHA and LTHHCP
programs. Familiar with completion of Oasis and SAMM
Legal Nurse Consultant January
2003- Present
Responsibilities include evaluating, analyzing and
rendering an informed opinion on the delivery of health
care and the resulting outcomes. I have been involved in
education of attorneys and others involved in the legal
process regarding health care facts and issues of a case
or claim. I have reviewed and summarized medical records
and other pertinent health care and legal documents and
compared and correlated them to the allegations, as well
as assessment of issues of damage and causation relative
to liability within the legal process. I have worked
with both Malpractice Attorneys and Criminal Attorneys.
The course itself dealt not only with the legal process
of malpractice but also with the current requirements
Nursing Managers are faced with today. As managers in
the health care industry we must be knowledgeable in
risk management, quality assurance and improvement,
Chart reviews, liability issues and cost containment all
of which were a foundation in the Legal nurse Consultant
course.
HHH Home Care, Inc. June
2002-February 2005
RN Specialty Programs
Responsibilities include development and marketing of
specialty programs, which include an Infusion and wound
care program. Developing policy and procedures for these
programs. Overseeing the care provided by the nursing
coordinators/field staff for all specialty program
patients and to ensure that all standards are adhered
to. Coordination of services and there outcomes, i.e.:
documentation, MD orders and nurse scheduling. Teaching,
assessing staff knowledge and identification of areas
that need improvement. Interviewing candidates for staff
positions within the Specialty Program.
Teaching Home Health Aide Training Course, 13-day
classroom instruction followed by a 1-day clinical
instruction
Providing Infusion patient care. Insertion of peripheral
and midline catheters. Teaching patients the techniques
to safely manage home infusion therapy in order to be
independent. Care, maintenance and accessing of PICC
lines, Ports, and Midlines. Peripheral Blood draws.
Solumedrol, Antibiotic and IVIG infusions
Providing wound care in the home environment. Knowledge
and use of wound vac, completion of Braden scale,
assessing and staging decubitus ulcers and following
AHRQ guidelines for care and maintenance of wounds.
Working closely with patients and families; providing
education on prevention and treatment. Discussion of
etiology, pathology, risk factors, terminology,
principles of wound healing, nutritional support,
cleaning, infection control, positioning, prevention,
product selection, and reporting
Vigilant use of proper positioning and support surfaces
Initial ulcer care involving debridement, wound
cleansing, and dressing application. Monitoring outcomes
and identification of deficiencies.
Unlimited Care
December 2001-June 2002
Nursing Supervisor
Responsibilities include the supervision of a caseload
of approximately 70 patients in addition to the
supervision of the paraprofessionals caring for those
patients. The supervision of LPN's and RN's providing
care for our skilled nursing patients. Teaching and
training the staff in the care of these patients,
implementing care plans to be followed, management of
the patients care with the MD and teaching documentation
requirements.
Managing the Home Infusion portion of the company,
hiring and teaching qualified RN's the use of home
infusion pumps, catheter and wound care and IVIG
infusions. Management of the patients care with the MD
and supervision of the field RN's.
Providing wound care in the home environment. Knowledge
and use of wound vac, completion of Braden scale,
assessing and staging decubitus ulcers and following
AHRQ guidelines for care and maintenance of wounds.
Initial ulcer care involving debridement, wound
cleansing, and dressing application. Monitoring outcomes
and identification of deficiencies.
Adima/Bioscrip
September 2001-Present
American Outcomes Management September
2012-Present
Per Diem Infusion RN
Home infusions, peripheral IV and Midline insertions,
maintenance and care of PICC Lines, midlines, broviac
and groshong catheters, patient/caregiver teaching in
the use of home infusion pumps, catheter care, wound
care, initial ulcer care involving debridement, wound
cleansing, and dressing application. Monitoring outcomes
and identification of wound deficiencies and enteral
feeding pumps. IVIG infusions.
Self-Employed Registered Nurse April
1991-August 2001
Independent Nurse Contractor/Case Manager
Provision of skilled nursing to a medically
fragile-technology dependant child with multiple upper
airway obstructions and nutritional needs.
Responsibilities include: interviewing, hiring and
educating all nurses in the care of this patient,
scheduling nurses, management of the patients care with
primary MD, parent teaching and functioning as a liaison
with other health care providers, the school district
and the school nurse as well as insurance companies that
are involved with the care of this patient. As a result
of my interactions with various insurance companies I
have become very knowledgeable about managed care and
Medicaid waivers for chronically ill children at home.
Accuhealth, Inc.
March 1998-March 2001
Infusion Nurse
Interim Health Care
October 1988-March 1991
Private Duty Nurse
High Tech Pediatric Homecare Nursing for several
medically fragile, technology dependant children. Parent
teaching.
Jerid Home Health Care February 1985-
November 1988
Supervisor of Field Services
12/1987- 11/1988
Private Duty Nurse
2/1985- 10/1988
Bronx Municipal Hospital Center June
1978-February 1985
Assistant Head Nurse- Pediatric ICU
12/1982-2/1985
Pediatric Head Nurse
12/1981-12/1982
Pediatric ICU Staff Nurse
12/1980-12/1981
Pediatric Staff Nurse
6/1978-12/1980
Credentials Licensed Professional Registered Nurse- New York State
Licensed Professional Registered Nurse- New Jersey
Certified in Intravenous (IV) Therapy
Certified PICC & Midline Insertion
Certified PRI/ Screen Assessor
CPR Certification 8/31/2012
Knowledge in use of Oasis and SAMM Forms
Knowledge of Medicare/Medicaid Regulations
Affiliations
Cambridge Who's Who
Sigma Theta Tau International Honor Society of Nursing
National Association of Professional Women
Education Kaplan University
Graduate Certificate in Nursing Informatics June
2012-present
Pace University
Associate Degree in Nursing September
1974-June1978
Continuing Bachelor of Science in Nursing January
Education 2004- May 2006
Master of Arts Nursing Education January
2008-December 2010
References
Pace University Legal Nurse Consultant Certification
Program April 2002
PICC Certification Program
October 2002
Certified Sexual Assault Nurse Examiner
October 2001
Furnished upon request
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