Kristen Johnson

Registered Nurse, Adult Infectious Disease

Lee Health

Sep 2024 - Current (2 years 1 month)

• Deliver and document safe patient care within an adult infectious disease specialty practice.
• Collaborate with physicians, practice leadership, and care teams to implement individualized treatment plans aligned with ANA and Florida Nurse Practice Act standards.
• Provide oversight, mentoring, and competency validation for licensed/unlicensed staff.
• Contribute to quality improvement initiatives, patient education, and evidence-based outcomes.
• Ensure excellence in customer service and utilization of performance improvement techniques.

Case Management Nurse

Lee Health

Aug 2023 - Aug 2024 (1 year 1 month)

Responsibilities include: management between 20-30 patients, along with conducting regular, direct, in home, skilled nursing visits, start of cares and discharges; review provider/inpatient referrals; certify insurance authorization periods; collaboration with infusion/ supplier companies to ensure DME/ patient supplies delivery/availability in homes; use of Wellsky/Oasis to comply with Medicare/CMS guidelines; on-going, provider and interdisciplinary collaboration, weekly hybrid care conferences meetings; patient/family centered care teaching to ensure positive long-term outcomes to reduce hospital readmissions.

Travel Nurse

Host Healthcare, Inc.

Jun 2022 - Aug 2023 (1 year 3 months)

Responsibilities included: manage elements of patient care from admission to discharge or transfer to other units, using nursing expertise to conduct assessments, administer medications, initiate nursing and emergency interventions, contribute to care plan development and educate patients. Leehealth: Cape Coral Hospital/ Gulf Coast Medical Center- Cape Coral/ Fort Myers, Florida 15 week contract/ PCU- MedTele Float Pool; 6:1 ratio; additional skills: titrated, cardiac drips; fair familiarity with orthopedic population, use of traction systems with supervision Novant Health New Hanover Regional Medical Center- Wilmington, North Carolina 13 week contract/ NeuroTele-MedTele Float; 6:1 ratio; Johns Hopkins Hospital – Baltimore, Maryland 19 week

Travel Nurse

Trusted Health

Feb 2022 - Apr 2022 (3 months)

Responsibilities included: manage elements of patient care, from admission to discharge or transfer to other units, using nursing expertise to conduct assessments, administer medications, initiate nursing and emergency interventions, contribute to care plan development and educate patients. Summerlin Hospital Medical Center- Las Vegas, Nevada 12 week contract/ Renal-Medical Surgical Unit; 8:1 ratio; additional skills: pre/post dialysis monitoring; management of trialysis ports/ fistula sites

Telehealth RN

UnitedHealth Group

Apr 2020 - Jan 2022 (1 year 10 months)

Telehealth RN servicing our military and their families- all ages/specialties via phone/chat and video; new hire trainer

RN Case Manager

St. Mary's Regional Medical Center

Oct 2019 - Apr 2020 (7 months)

• Limitless multitasking in diverse culture of a level one trauma center; utilizing Allscripts/Xsolis to plan, prepare and execute timely, safe discharges for all levels of care; partner with clinical staff, patients and families in daily rounds to ensure safe discharge planning; clinical chart review and interquals submitted to individual payer sources; payer authorizations/denials.
• Promoted patient and family comfort during challenging recoveries to enhance healing and eliminate non-compliance problems. Show less

Registered Nurse

HealthTrust Workforce Solutions

Mar 2018 - Aug 2018 (6 months)

• Telemetry/Medical Surgical Responsibilities include: Quick adaptation to environment, culture, team members and hospital protocols per shift; Management of care for up to seven telemetry monitored patients, with the flexibility to float between the telemetry and medical-surgical floors; on-shift/ off-shift reporting; proper assessment, evaluation and treatment of patients in time-controlled manner; maintaining proper infection control; admission/transfer/discharge patients to home/facilities; inputting, editing discontinuation of MD orders in EMR; documentation; blood transfusion; wound care; IV/medication administration; practicing patient centered care with the ethical and moral means, and upholding company policy and procedures. Show l

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Registered Nurse

Florida Medical Center

Feb 2017 - Oct 2019 (2 years 9 months)

• Management of care for up to seven telemetry monitored patients, with the flexibility to float between the neuro step-down, telemetry and medical-surgical floors; on-shift/ off-shift reporting; maintaining proper infection control; utilizing EMR; blood transfusion; wound care; practicing patient centered care with the ethical and moral means, and upholding company policy and procedures.
• Managed elements of patient care, from admission to discharge or transfer to other units, using nursing expertise to conduct assessments, administer medications, initiate nursing and emergency interventions, contribute to care plan development and educate patients.
• Taught patients how to improve lifestyle choices, dramatically reducing chance

Nursing Manager

Abbey Delray

Jul 2016 - Feb 2017 (8 months)

• Achieved successful unit leadership by providing quality nursing care to 2 units (44 beds).
• Guided and led 8 to 16 employees in sub-acute rehab setting.
• Established and continuously optimized unit schedules and individual work assignments; trained new nurses in proper techniques, care standards, operational procedures and safety protocols to optimize performance and safety.
• Reported any grievances, change of conditions, new orders, admissions, discharges, or unplanned transfers to the administrative staff; worked with multidisciplinary team to carry out successful treatment plans for diverse acute and chronic conditions.

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Rehabilitation Nurse

Forest Hill Health and Rehabilitation Center

Feb 2015 - Aug 2016 (1 year 7 months)

• Management of care for up to 15 patients in a sub-acute rehab; receiving and dictating an informative report for the continuation of patient care; reviewing, editing and updating orders in patient EMRs; collaborative care in conjunction with doctors, dialysis teams; respiratory/occupational/physical/speech therapy, social work, activities team and family; extensive wound care/wound vacs; IV therapy; medication administration; trach care; gastrostomy/ urostomy/ colostomy care; planning and implementing care plans; thorough assessment and evaluation; educating patients and families; monitoring labs; ordering and verifying medications with pharmacy; providing emergent care in coding situations while honoring advance directives; application o

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Registered Nurse

Rock Spring Village

Sep 2014 - Feb 2015 (6 months)

• Planning and implementing resident care plans; receiving and implementing verbal/telephone orders per doctor requests; ordering and verifying medications from pharmacy; advocating for resident's healthcare rights; coordination of resident care with families, out-sourced medical facilities, and resident's daily activities; medication administration; diabetic care; basic wound care; assessment and evaluation of residents in need of emergent care.

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