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Rebecca Anchors 2020Rebecca Anchors1027 Lincoln LakeLowell, MI 49331Phone: 616-902-4043E-mail: anchorsrebecca@ObjectiveI have provided 12 years of nursing care at the bedside on 7MHC (Meijer Heart Center) at Spectrum Health, as a floor nurse till 2017. I was one of the charge nurses, preceptors, and specialty trained nurses. I’ve worked night shift, day shift, afternoons, on-call, and several weekend-option plus-one schedules throughout my career to meet personal, educational, and clinical goals. Precepting new RN’s to the unit, educating patients, care coordination, and staff education/development were my favorite parts of my rolls. While pursuing my career on 7MHC the dynamics of the population I cared for continued to change and evolve. I was supported with matched staff education, supportive tools and resources, and clearly communicated clinical and professional development and expectations. As part of our leadership, we were encouraged to strive for greatness and hold each other accountable. Our unit had strong relationships with our upper management, attendings, and staff throughout the health system. We participated in peer reviews, self-reviews, and management reviews. Each took into consideration of a multi-discipline approach to each of our personal, educational, clinical, and professional goals set for the immediate future, upcoming year, and long term. Each year I set new and exciting goals for myself and my career. Climbing the clinical ladder is highly encouraged and supported from leadership within the Spectrum Health, health system. In 2017 I transitioned my role into the ambulatory setting, and I joined the EP (electrophysiology) team as a clinical nurse with the Cardiovascular Medical Group in a flexible dual-role, where I would get to dive into patient education. This role allowed me to work in various setting, in-patient and ambulatory, supporting the attendings, mid-level providers, and other clinical nurses within the cardiology EP group. I joined the team during the transition from Cerner to the Epic electronic health record “roll-out” in both the hospital and ambulatory worlds in the Spectrum Health, health systems. I knew my transition would be exciting and challenging. I joined the EP Clinical nurse role knowing a little bit about what I would be doing, and this is what intrigued me and lead me to choosing to join their team. I rounded with the attending on-call in the hospital and in the cath-lab. My dual-role gave me access to both worlds and allowed me to function as a nurse in a way I found rewarding to my career, to my patients, and to my family. I provided nursing support in the office or in the out-lying clinics or hospitals. I was expected to travel with my assigned attending and occasionally with my assigned mid-level provider to the various outlying facilities throughout the week, especially if they were new to the health system and could benefit from my knowledge and experience. In this role, I provided patient centered education, provided procedure education to patients and their families, scheduled procedures during the office or hospital visit, and reviewed results. I aided in the development and understanding of the plan with each patient as laid out by the collaboration of the provider and team as a whole. I coordinated services and the procedure schedules in and out of the office and cath-lab for the needs of patients, vendors, providers, and multi-team approaches developed for care. A large and very important part of my role was triaging patients, triaging urgent concerns, and triaging patients’ questions and concerns, all while managing the multitude of providers, mid-level providers, personal, and other assigned nursing inboxes, simultaneously while seeing patients and taking urgent live calls. We worked as a team to achieve these expectations and needs. I developed strong clear communication skills and time management skills, which were similar yet different than in the hospital setting of my historic career. In addition, I was educated and trained in the responsibilities of the role of the Clinical nurses in the atrial fibrillation clinic in the office setting and outlying clinics. I was educated in how to support the providers, other staff, and patients via this roll as well as how to comply with the Ambulatory RN policy and procedures that would not function in a dual-role such as my unique position in and out of the hospital. This made my additional interim role very unique and exciting for future nurses in the planning phase of staff development and insight for the future of an EP and the A-fib clinic Clinical nurses’ necessary education. Further development of the A-fib clinic role as well as learning how to train new, and future EP RN’s in the ambulatory setting were both additional training and responsibilities I accepted throughout my transition into the Clinical nurse role. I took it on in the interim period, because it was important and necessary for our team to function smoothly and for patient education, outcomes, and compliance. I was glad to transition this role smoothly to the new EP RN’s and A-fib Clinical RN’s who were hired because of the evidence-based FTE needs our department presented throughout this phase, while each of us took on additional responsibilities. I have gained experience and understanding of the role’s nurses fill in the inpatient and ambulatory settings from my experience on 7MHC, EP, and the A-fib clinic. I resigned my position with EP and the A-fib clinic in 2018, when we decided to sell our home and align and meet our goals of relocating our family to Northern Michigan. EducationFerris State University2013-2018RN to BSN ProgramGraduated with my BSN in 2018Magna Cum LaudeGrand Rapids Community College2001-2004GRCC ADN Nursing ProgramSaranac High SchoolFall of 1997- Spring of 2001Graduated within the top 10 studentsGraduated with honors 2001Lansing Community College2000-2001Undecided Major(dual-enrolled)Positions Held2004-2017Spectrum HealthI provided nursing care in various rolls on 7MHC. I was a cardiovascular and cardiothoracic floor nurse. I balanced numerous rolls, I was a night shift Charge nurse for several years and a Precepting nurse throughout my career. I was an advocate for patients and families in each roll I assumed. I have cared for many pre and post-operative cardiovascular and cardiothoracic patients. I.e. thoracotomies, CABG’s, AAA repairs, various valve repairs, fem-pop bypasses, amputations, EVAR’s, transplants, and VAD’s. I developed strong communication with each of the clinical teams involved with the care of each individual patient. I had many responsibilities at the bedside. I was responsible for adjusting medications and drips based on labs and vitals while working with the various teams. It was a careful balance of pain management, to encourage and promote pulmonary hygiene, and early ambulation for the surgical population, to promote improved patient outcomes. I worked hands on with chest tubes, vac pumps, central lines, tube feedings, many drips, various drains, and I changed many dressings. I encouraged family involvement in the patient’s plan of care and goals. I spent time coordinating the various clinical teams for the best patient outcomes. I provided continuous patient education simultaneously while providing nursing care, supported by evidence-based research and policies. I utilized the bedside report method for improving transparency at the bedside and this helped me improve our superior quality care for our patients. Staff education, support, and retention was one of my many goals within the hospital. 2017-2018I joined the Electrophysiology (EP) team, as a nurse in a dual-roll: in-patient and ambulatory. My role was a flexible role that encompassed each avenue of nursing skills and patient centered education, that I had developed through career experience. It was one where I provided nursing support for the attending and mid-level who were rounding, on-call, and in the cath-lab that week. I worked within my scope of practice to support my team. I went where they went. I triaged live and urgent calls and coordinated the cath-lab schedule, vendors, other services needed, for patients needing to be seen and or treated urgently, emergently, that day, in ED, in the ICU, on other units, or from other outlying hospitals or facilities. Calls and notifications came via cardiac device reports, monitor results, in house attendings and services, outlying services, and throughout the week while our team was on-call and rounding. Additionally, I supported the attendings, mid-level providers, and patients in the office, out-lying clinics, cath-lab, and in the hospital. I would float between Spectrum Health Hospital in down town Grand Rapids, outlying facilities and clinics, and to the various ambulatory settings as well as between various providers, to meet each team’s needs while focusing on the patient’s care. I also held a shared role in addition to providing patient centered education for the atrial fibrillation clinic Nurse, in the ambulatory setting which transitioned into an interim role for myself, following her expected resignation as her family grew. Our goal as a team was to ensure the patients and other departments did not feel or notice these transitional points. I provided additional education for pre-procedure instructions and educations in the clinic as well as over the phone. I would review results and the follow up plans with the patient population as well as triage patient concerns, while managing the numerous inboxes we worked from and within. As an added role of the EP nurse, I helped coordinate the physician procedure schedule with the cath-lab and other various departments, vendors, and personal. I also aided in the health system transition from the electronic medical records from Cerner to Epic in both the ambulatory and in-patient settings, addressing system concerns, physician and mid-level questions or concerns from their perspective, as well as real-time fixes for electronic record transitions from our cardiology department perspective, since we functioned very differently than the rest of the health system. 2018-CurrentlyI was asked to stay on after my resignation, in a very minimal part-time roll as a resource to EP and to the other cardiology departments. I did decline this flattering opportunity as we as a family decided to sell our home, change school systems with our children, and relocate our family to Northern Michigan. I did stay in the position longer to aid in the staff transition and training periods. We did complete the sale of our home in West Michigan.ReferencesKristen Sinke, RN 7MHC Manager, Spectrum Health, 616-391-6730 Shelli Wineland, RN 7MHC Day shift Supervisor, Spectrum Health, 616-391-6663Veronica Sanders, RN CVM Practice Manager, Cardiac Electrophysiology, Spectrum Health 616-885-5458Fields of InterestCardiologyElectrophysiologyHeart FailureVascularPulmonologyOrgan TransplantCardiothoracic CardiovascularInfusion TherapyMechanical Heart Pumps (VAD’s)Cardiac Device Surgery Allergy and ImmunologyPatient EducationStaff Development and RetentionNursing EducationPreceptingTriageCoordination of care and patient servicesCare ManagementEvidence-based ResearchDocumentation UtilizationDocumentation Review/Clinical chart reviewClinical ResearchNursing LeadershipInterests and ActivitiesI have been married for 12 years. My husband and I met in college. He wears many hats in his career as an automotive technician (mechanic), preceptor to apprentice new automotive technicians, and he also has a secondary business degree in automotive heavy equipment management, which he has utilized throughout his career. We have three children, ages 11, 9, and 7. My husband and I both grew up and have lived in and around West Michigan, most of our adult lives. We are both graduates of Ferris State University (FSU), and further discovered our love of Northern Michigan, ORV trails, and the other natural resources Michigan living provides. We enjoy camping at our cottage and cabin, visiting our family in the UP and northern Michigan, and exploring the many state parks, lakes, rivers, and ORV trails we discover in Michigan each year. My children are involved in various sports and activities year around. I volunteer with their teams, sports leagues, and at their schools. Outside of my career and ongoing education over the years, I have developed a love of running and hiking, alone or with my family. I have enjoyed learning a very foreign process to me, of rebuilding various projects with my husband: campers, trucks, and quads. It’s important for us to both understand how each of our projects operate, because of the remote locations we travel. It’s important to us that we teach our kids the importance of hard work, family, health, education, and balance. We recently sold our home in West Michigan, after a hands-on five-year renovation of our home from top to bottom. We are relocating to Northern Michigan to align our home and work balance with our short- and long-term personal and career goals. We enjoy many other activities and interests in our home life, like attending many live music events, participating in mud drags and runs, completing race events, and traveling, whether it is at a local venue or weekend away. Our greatest focus is family and balance. Our greatest return will be, some day realizing we raised competent, accountable, capable, and independent adults who each lead their own lives. We strive to each share the knowledge we’ve acquired, develop strong personal advocate skills, and promote leadership in both our home and career lives. HobbiesI have developed and continue to develop and explore many hobbies over the years. I enjoy learning new activities and meeting new people. I love to cook, to bake, and preserving by freezing or canning each season. I am active in each of my children’s education. I garden and enjoy being active outdoors. It’s important for me to instill what living in a “community” means to our family. It is important to our family to be engaged in our community and know what resources are available, like parks, trails, libraries, schools, and various clubs, in addition to the multitude of other resources. I like to read for pleasure and personal development. I took up running as a teenager and this has carried through into adulthood. Now my oldest daughter joins me on our runs. Kayaking is something that challenges me more than any other physical activity, I’ve taken on. Water safety is extremely important to me. I am teaching my children to be safe on the water, every time we go out. My Grandma taught me the basics of crocheting and sewing, and I continue to teach myself more techniques. This also provides me with something to physically do when we are on long trips or when I’ve been caring for ill family members over the years.Volunteer ExperienceMichigan Blood (Versiti Blood Centers of Michigan, current name), post blood donation area volunteer5/3 River Bank Run, runner safety volunteerLet’s go bat for kids, 5/3 ballpark volunteerCamp clean up, nursing leadership team building skillsAmerican Heart Association, post-fundraiser office volunteerAlgoma Little League parent volunteerCedar Springs Junior Ball League, parent volunteerCedar Springs Youth Football League, parent volunteerCedar Springs Public Schools, parent volunteerLowell School systems parent volunteerNursing Computer Skills:Cerner EPIC ambulatoryEPIC in-patientPerfect-ServeWebmail/Outlook Calendar coordination and InboxesPhone and computer triageLicenses and Certificates:State of Michigan RN BLS expired 04/18/2019 (previously obtained through Spectrum Health)ACLS expired 09/2019 (previously obtained through Spectrum Health)PCCN-Alumni statusVAD certification for 7HC in 2017Transplant certification for 7HC in 2017 ................
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