Bethany Nay

• Provide comprehensive orthopedic care to patients with complex medical histories.
• Prepare for and assist with various procedures including joint injections, aspirations, cast application and removal.
• Leader of Annual Medication Aggregate Review collaborating with Medical Center Director, Director of Patient Care Services, Inpatient Pharmacists, Outpatient Pharmacists, and Quality Manager.
• Collect and review all procedures performed in VHSO Specialty Clinics to ensure compliance with Standards of Care of accuracy of documentation.
• Created templates in HER to include newly mandated National Directives when performing procedures.
• Create and maintain contingency folders for all areas in Specialty Clinics.

• Coordinated and implemented in-service educational programs focusing on safety and adherence to protocols.
• Fostered improvement in staff development, personnel training, and standards of patient care.
• Trained new nurses in proper techniques, care standards, operational procedures, and safety protocols.
• Promoted professional development opportunities to encourage nurses to pursue continuous training.
• Investigated and independently resolved complaints from staff, physicians, and patients by leveraging clinical judgment and unit management expertise.
• Supervised, directed, and motivated high-quality performance from nursing staff.
• Managed 36 Nurses and nursing activities by providing comprehensive nursing guidance and maintaining outstanding patient satisfaction and care standards.
• Led staff meetings to keep team informed of departmental changes and provide opportunities for nurses to share ideas and concerns.
• Managed staff scheduling and time off to adequately staff nursing floors and allow nurses earned time off.
• Developed and implemented quality improvement initiatives to provide best possible patient care and identify and address areas of concern.
• Oversaw infection control procedures to protect patients from infections and keep nursing departments compliant with state regulations.
• Collaborated with leadership to devise initiatives for improving nursing satisfaction, retention and morale.
• Established and continuously optimized unit schedules and individual work assignments.
• Led teams in driving successful patient outcomes by prioritizing standard of care and best practices.
• Quickly responded to situations impacting safety and security to unit, actualizing crisis prevention interventions to control and de-escalate situations.

• Counseled and educated patients about reproductive health issues and wellness to include recommended screening tests and procedures.
• Liaised between patients and physician to ensure comprehension of treatment plan.
• Documented personal health information obtained from interviews to ensure thorough patient records.
• Formulated and implemented system to track patients who needed necessary follow-up treatments and procedures.
• Coordinated and scheduled all inpatient and outpatient surgical procedures.
• First Assistant during invasive surgical procedures which required knowledge and expertise of Operating Room policies and procedures, sterile fields and draping, and physiology and anatomy of surgical procedures specific to Women’s Health.
• Trained and mentored all new nursing staff joining the practice.

§ Assessed laboring women and neonatal patients.

• Ensured adequate staff coverage based on unit acuity and adjusted staff accordingly.
• Collaborated with Nursery and Post-partum Charge Nurses to prepare for shift acuity and anticipated changes affecting acuity.
• Completed admit and discharge documentation and teaching sessions.
• Performed on-going assessments on laboring women and provided appropriate status changes to Physicians.
• Prepare for and assisted with deliveries including immediate care of newborn and assignment of Apgar scores.
• Floated to Nursery and Post-partum units as necessary.