Dianne Lewandowski - Springfield, Oregon

Springfield, Oregon

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Resume for Dianne Lewandowski





KEY QUALIFICATIONS:
I have been an RN for 20+ years with specialty primarily in Pediatrics. I
also have a strong orthopedic background. My 12 years of travel nursing has
given me a widely varied background in pediatric med-surg nursing. During
this time, I have acquired and improved on many of my nursing skills. I
also have supervisory experience attained from working as relief charge
nurse while working at Shriner\'s Hospital and from various travel
assignments.

EDUCATION:
Diploma in nursing from Sacred Heart School of Nursing in Eugene, Oregon
obtained in Sept, 1968. I also have received continuing education from
attending many seminars and conferences over the years and from taking
online continuing education courses.

ACCOMPLISHMENTS:
Active Board member of Columbia River Chapter of NAON (National Association
of Orthopedic Nurses) 1990-05/1999
President of Columbia River Chapter of NAON 1993
Active on Planning committee for Orthopedic Certification Review Course
conducted in Portland, Or in 1994
Delegate to NAON National Congress 1994 and 1995
Active on Policy/Procedure committee at Shriner\'s Hospital for Children in
Portland, Or 1987-1999
Professional Nurse Council at Shriner\'s Hospital for Children 1994-1999
Code 99 Committee at Shriner\'s Hospital, 1996
Medication Administration Task Force 1996
Informal presentations to co-workers gto share knowledge and information
learned at conferences and seminars
Speaker at Preceptor workshop at Shriner\'s Hospital, May 1995
Preceptor to new employees and senior nursing students at Shriner\'s
Hospital while employed there

EMPLOYMENT HISTORY:

Dates: 06/2011-08/2011
Facility: Dell Children\'s Hospital
Location: Austin, Texas
Duties: Staff nurse on a Pediatric Hematology-Oncology unit with care of
children with hematology and oncology diagnoses and also general pediatric
medical surgical diagnoses.
Reason for leaving: End of travel contract

Dates: 03/2011-05/2011
Facility: Eastern New Mexico Medical Center
Location: Roswell, New Mexico
Duties: Staff nurse/Charge nurse with care of general pediatric patients
and adult medical-surgical patients.
Reason for leaving: End of travel contract

Dates: 11/2010-02/2011
Facility: Methodist Children\'s Hospital
Location: San Antonio, Texas
Duties: Staff RN on a Pediatric Intermediate Care Unit with care primarily
of children who required a higher level of care than routine general
pediatric unit. These children required closer observation, monitoring, and
interventions.
Reason for leaving: End of travel contract

Dates: 08/2010-10/2010
Facility: Child Haven
Location: Las Vegas, Nevada
Duties: Screening and medical evaluation of children who had been removed
from their homes due to abuse/violence and parental drug abuse. Screening
included assessing for current and previous medical problems, medications,
and signs of abuse. Duties included arrangement of provision of medical
care as needed and assuring that children received all prescribed
medications.
Reason for leaving; End of travel contract

Dates: 05/2010-07/2010
Facility: Maxim Home Health Services
Location: Eugene, Oregon
Duties: Home care of tracheostomy/ventilator and g-tube dependent
toddlers . I also performed intermittent visits with a young adult
quadriplegic client assisting him with daily bowel care.
Reason for Leaving: Accepted new travel assignment.

Dates: 10/13/2009-04/11/10
Facility: Seattle Children\'s Hospital
Location: Seattle, Washington
Duties: October and November, worked in call center doing Pediatric
telephone triage. The remainder of the contract I worked in the float pool
at Seattle Children\'s Hospital, covering shifts on medical, surgical,
oncology, rehab and short stay units.
Reason for leaving: End of travel assignment

Dates: 08/03/2009-09/26/2009
Facility: Texas Children\'s Hospital
Location: Houston, Texas
Duties: Primarily cared for children undergoing procedures requiring
sedation. Administered sedation, assisted physician, and monitored sedated
patients. Also assisted other nursing staff with administration of
infusions of blood and blood products in a pediatric oncology clinic.
Reason for leaving: End of travel assignment

Dates: 05/25/2009-07/25/2009
Facility: Maxim Home Health Care Services
Location: Eugene, Oregon
Duties: Home care of 9 month old trach/ventilator/g-tube dependent infant
requiring continuous observation.
Reason for leaving: Start new travel assignment.

Dates: 02/16/2009-05/16/2009
Facility: Willis-Knighton Pierremont Health Center
Location: Shreveport, Louisiana
Unit: Pediatric
Duties: Staff RN duties with care of Pediatric and adult med-surg
patients. Occasional charge nurse duties.
Reason for leaving: End of travel assignment

Dates: 10/06/2008-01/18/2009
Facility: Seattle Children\'s Hospital
Location Seattle, Washington
Unit: Inpatient Surgical Unit
Duties: Staff RN duties with care of Pediatric Surgical patients. Large
population of children with kidney, liver, and heart transplants. Also
general Pediatric surgical patients.
Reason for leaving: End of travel assignment.

Dates: 06/30/2008-09/28/2008
Facility: Arkansas Children\'s Hospital
Location: Little Rock, Arkansas
Unit: Combination Pediatric Medical unit and Adolescent Medical Unit.
Staff RN duties with variety of pediatric medical diagnoses.
Reason for Leaving: End of travel assignment

Dates: 09/11/2007-06/01/2008
Facility: Seattle Children\'s Hospital
Location: Seattle, Washington
Unit: Surgical Inpatient Unit
Duties: Staff RN duties with care of Pediatric Surgical patients.
Reason for leaving: End of travel assignment.

Dates: 05/14/2007-08/24/2007
Facility: Kern Medical Center
Location: Bakersfield, California
Unit: Pediatric unit
Duties: Staff RN duties on Pediatric med-surg unit. Floated frequently to
NICU and cared for level I and II neonates. Floated occasionally to Mother-
Baby unit and to newborn nursery.
Reason for leaving: End of travel assignment.

Dates: 01/03/2007-04/28/2007
Facility: Children\'s Hospital of Central California
Location: Madera, California
Unit: Pediatric medical unit
Duties: Staff RN caring for patients with medical diagnoses. Floated to
NICU frequently.
Reason for leaving: End of travel assignment.

Dates: 09/25/2006-12/23/2006
Facility: Cottage Hospital
Location: Santa Barbara, California
Unit: Pediatric unit
Duties: Staff RN duties with care of Pediatric patients with occasional
floats to NICU and newborn nursery.
Reason for leaving: End of travel assignment.

Dates: 03/06/2006-09/03/2006
Facility: Arkansas Children\'s Hospital
Location: Little Rock, Arkansas
Unit: Infant-Toddler unit
Duties: Staff RN duties caring for patients aged newborn-3 years old.
Floated frequently to NICU.
Reason for leaving: End of travel assignment.

Dates: 10/31/2005-01/28/2006
Facility: Mercy San Juan Hospital
Location: Carmichael, California
Unit: Pediatric Unit
Duties: Staff RN caring for general pediatric patients. Also cared for
mother/baby couplets on the same unit.
Reason for leaving: End of travel assignment.

Dates: 07/18/2005-10/15/2005
Facility: Hospital for Special Care
Location: New Britain, Connecticut
Unit: Pediatric long term and rehab unit
Duties: Staff RN with care of children with chronic long term care
needs...tracheostomies, ventilators, g-tube feedings.Also cared for
children needing rehabilitation following trauma or debilitating illnesses.
.
Reason for leaving: End of travel assignment.

Dates: 01/03/2005-07/02/2005
Facility: Christus Santa Rosa Children\'s Hospital
Location: San Antonio, Texas
Unit: PICU
Duties: Staff RN with critical care of infants and children including
intubated and ventilated children. This assignment also included enrollment
in hospital pediatric critical care class.
Reason for leaving: End of travel assignment.

Dates: 08/19/2004-12/18/2004
Facility: Marian Medical Center
Location: Santa Maria, California
Unit: Pediatric Unit
Duties: Staff RN with care of pediatric and occasional adult med surg
patients. Also performed occasional charge nurse duties.
Reason for leaving: End of travel assignment.

Dates: 05/03/2004-08/07/2004
Facility: Modesto Memorial Medical Center
Location: Modesto, California
Unit: Pediatric Unit
Duties: Staff RN on Pediatric/Adult med-surg unit
Reason for leaving: End of travel assignment.

Dates: 08/18/2003-03/13/2004
Facility: Children\'s Hospital and Health Center
Location: San Diego, California
Unit: Pediatric med-surg
Duties: Staff RN caring for children with medical and surgical diagnoses.
Also floated to step-down unit.
Reason for leaving: End of travel assignment.

Dates: 05/19/2003-08/16/2003
Facility: Children\'s Hospital and Health Center
Location: San Diego, California
Unit: Ortho-Rehab unit
Duties. Staff RN caring for children needing orthopedic care and
rehabilitation.
Reason for leaving: Transfer to med-surg unit.

Dates: 01/14/2003-05/10/2003
Facility: Children\'s Hospital of Orange County at Orange
Location: Orange, California
Unit: Pediatric med-surg unit
Duties: Staff RN caring for children with medical and surgical illnesses.
Reason for leaving: End of travel assignment.

Dates: 07/08/2002-12/21/2002
Facility: Children\'s Hospital of Los Angeles
Location: Los Angeles, California
Unit: Ortho-Rehab unit
Duties: Staff RN caring for children needing orthopedic and rehabilitation
care.
Reason for leaving: End of travel assignment.

Dates: 03/11/2002-06/08/2002
Facility: Tucson Medical Center
Location: Tucson, Arizona
Unit: Pediatric unit
Duties: Staff RN caring for children with medical and surgical illnesses.
Reason for leaving: End of travel assignment.

Dates: 07/09/2001-02/09/2002
Facility: Sacred Heart General Hospital
Location: Eugene, Oregon
Unit: Med-Surg float pool
Duties: Staff RN duties on various units throughout the hospital as
needed.
Reason for leaving: End of travel assignment.

Dates: 01/02/2001-06/30/2001
Facility: University of New Mexico Medical Center
Location: Albuquerque, New Mexico
Unit: Pediatric unit
Duties: Staff RN caring for children with medical and surgical illnesses.
Floated to NICU and step down units.
Reason for leaving: End of travel assignment.

Dates: 09/18/2000-12/16/2000
Facility: Salem Hospital, Memorial Unit
Location: Salem, Oregon
Unit: Pediatric unit
Duties: Staff RN care of children with medical and surgical illness with
occasional floats to postpartum unit.
Reason for leaving: End of travel assignment.

Dates: 05/15/2000-08/31/2000
Facility: Los Ninos Hospital
Location: Phoenix, Arizona
Duties: Staff RN in 23 bed transitional care hospital for children with
frequent charge nurse duties.
Reason for leaving: End of travel assignment.

Dates: 10/11/1999-05/13/2000
Facility: Texas Children\'s Hospital
Location: Houston, Texas
Unit: Pediatric Neurological/Neurosurgical unit.
Duties: Staff RN duties with care of children with neurological and
neurosurgical illnesses.
Reason for leaving: End of travel assignment.

Dates: 06/21/1999-09/18/1999
Facility: University of Nebraska Medical Center
Location: Omaha, Nebraska
Unit: Pediatric Step Down unit
Duties: Staff RN primarily caring for patients with liver/bowel
transplants
Reason for leaving: End of travel assignment>

Dates: 03/01/1985-05/20/1999
Facility: Shriner\'s Hospital for Children
Location: Portland, Oregon
Unit: Inpatient unit
Duties: Staff RN caring for children with orthopedic problems, plastic
surgeries and congenital anomalies. This job also included frequent charge
nurse duties..
Reason for leaving: Started travel nursing.

Dates: 06/01/1982-02/01/1985
Facility: Allergy Associates
Location: Portland, Oregon
Duties: Staff RN in allergy/asthma clinic preparing allergy serums,
administering allergy injections and monitoring patients following allergy
injecations.
Reason for leaving: Desire to return to pediatrics. Started job at
Shriner\'s Hospital.

Dates: 01/02/1972-06/01/1982
Facility: Sacred Heart Hospital
Location: Eugene, Oregon
Unit: Pediatric Unit.
Duties: Staff RN caring for children with medical and surgical illnesses.
Also performed charge nurse duties
Reason for leaving: Moved to Portland

Dates: 10/01/1971-01/01/1972
Facility: Sacred Heart Hospital
Location: Eugene, Oregon
Unit: Adult neurosurgical unit
Duties: Staff RN caring for patients with neurosurgical diagnoses.
Reason for leaving: Accepted position on Pediatric unit.

Dates: 05/01/1979-09/01/1971
Facility: Medic Home Health Center
Location: Virginia Beach, Virginia
Unit: Skilled Care
Duties: Staff/Charge RN caring for geriatric patients
Reason for leaving: Husband transferred

Dates: 04/01/1969-04/01/1970
Facility: Salem Hospital, Memorial Unit
Location: Salem, Oregon
Unit: Adult/Pediatric med-surg unit
Duties: Staff RN caring for adults and children with medical and surgical
diagnoses
Reason for leaving: Husband returned from Vietnam-transferred to Virginia

Dates: 01/01/1969-03/01/1969
Facility: Petersburg General Hospital
Location: Petersburg, Virginia
Unit: Adult med-surg
Duties: Staff RN duties
Reason for leaving: Husband transferred to Vietnam with US Army. I
returned home to Oregon.

Dates: October-December 1968
Facility: Albany General Hospital
Location: Albany, Oregon
Duties: Staff RN in float pool.
Reason for leaving: Husband transferred to Petersburg, Virginia with US
Army.

PROFESSIONAL AFFILIATIONS:

RN licenses:

Oregon #000025456RN Active
Washington #RN00161793 Active
California #602583 Active
Texas #664261 Active
Arkansas #R76630 Active
Nebraska #56670 Active
Louisiana Inactive
Arizona #RN110154 Inactive
Connecticut #076448 Inactive
New Mexico #R46298 Inactive
Virg inia #0001041363 Inactive