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Rachel Renner

Lowell

Summary

Dynamic Stroke Data RN at Munster Community Hospital, recognized for enhancing patient outcomes through effective interdisciplinary collaboration and quality improvement initiatives. Skilled in patient education and discharge planning, I leverage strong clinical judgment and compassion to mentor nursing staff and streamline care processes, ensuring compliance with best practices and regulatory standards. I think I offer a competitive skill set for the job posted. Recently, I have lived through the changes and burden of providing care to my father a new stroke survivor. Experiencing his recovery at Shirley Ryan Rehabilitation Center has rejuvenated my interest in providing quality rehab care close to home.

Overview

8
8
years of professional experience

Work History

Stroke Data RN

Munster Community Hospital
01.2017 - Current


  • Collaborated with interdisciplinary teams for comprehensive stroke patient care plans, resulting in better health outcomes. Responsible for daily inpatient quality measure checks to ensure standard of care being met.
  • Frequent collaboration with staff nurses, unit managers, and department directors when area of vulnerability in patient care plan identified.
  • Collaborated with physicians to quickly assess stroke patients and deliver appropriate thrombolytic treatment while managing rapidly changing conditions.
  • Works closely with stroke transfer team to collect and ensure appropriate and expedited scene times and transfer times to comprehensive stroke center are being met and tracked.
  • Educated patients, families and caregivers on diagnosis and prognosis, treatment options, disease process, and management and lifestyle options. Ensured all inpatient stroke patients had adequate stoke educational topics met.
  • Helped plan and attend Stroke Support and Parkinson's Support group meetings, Facilitated speakers and a variety of educational topics for attendees and their caregivers.
  • Developed strong relationships with patients'' families, providing emotional support while addressing concerns or questions about inpatient care plans. Attended and coordinated inpatient interdisciplinary stroke rounds.
  • Managed care from admission to discharge providing comprehensive chart audits to ensure all quality measures are being met for the inpatient stroke patient.
  • Served as a liaison between physicians and patients' families to facilitate clear communication regarding treatment options and progress updates.
  • Mentored nursing staff, contributing to a supportive work environment by providing email reminders to ensure quality measures met by inpatient nursing.
  • Mentored stroke program staff and inpatient nursing staff by training and educating clinicians on quality stroke measures thru a series of educational onboarding classes.
  • Managed patient caseloads effectively, ensuring timely interventions and thorough follow-ups to mitigate potential complications to Stroke Coordinator, Program Director, and Medical Director when necessary.
  • Participated in professional development opportunities regularly to stay current on best practices including virtual attendance annually to International Stroke Conference. Attend best practice comprehensive stroke center seminars conducted by Joint Commission and American Heart Association quarterly.
  • Devised and monitor individualized care plans tailored to each patient's unique situation, optimizing clinical outcomes as directed by Joint Commission and American Heart Association.
  • Conducted discharge phone calls. Developed and maintained patient satisfaction surveys to help enhance program quality.
  • Implemented infection control measures within the unit to track and report any EVD infections in the ICU patient population.
  • Streamlined documentation processes to ensure accurate record-keeping and compliance with regulatory standards. Direct abstraction entry into Get With the Guidelines, an American Heart Association and Joint Commission approved national data registry for stroke quality compliance and excellence.
  • Followed all personal and health data procedures to effectively comply with HIPAA laws and prevent information breaches while providing patient case monitoring both onsite and remotely.
  • Participated in all Primary and Comprehensive Joint Commission Surveys at all three Powers Health Hospital affiliates.
  • Investigated and resolved issues affecting hospital operations and patient care following the Joint Commission Survey by helping write, manage, and track PDCA's for the Comprehensive Stroke Program.
  • Sustained quality standards by performing routine medication audits and upholding internal best practices. Ensuring proper thrombotic, diabetes, high blood pressure, and high cholesterol medications are ordered and compliant with best practice. Responsible for tracking any fallouts and working with pharmacy to resolve any vulnerabilities in the inpatient population.
  • Leveraged feedback and process improvement opportunities to create safer and healthier environment and increase patient satisfaction.

Education

Associate of Science - Nursing

Ivy Tech Community College of Indiana
Valparaiso, IN
05-2025

Skills

  • Basic life support
  • Clinical judgment
  • Compassion and empathy
  • Discharge planning
  • Quality improvement
  • Research utilization
  • Advanced cardiac life support
  • Medication and IV administration
  • Patient assessment
  • Team coordination
  • Patient education and counseling
  • Medication administration
  • Strong clinical judgment
  • Staff supervision
  • Nursing staff leadership

Timeline

Stroke Data RN

Munster Community Hospital
01.2017 - Current

Associate of Science - Nursing

Ivy Tech Community College of Indiana

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