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Jessica Fogelstrom
Bennington
Summary
Department manager with extensive experience in nursing unit management and a strong commitment to quality assurance. Proven track record of exceeding patient care benchmarks and satisfaction ratings. Skilled in resolving interpersonal conflicts and fostering professional development among staff. Clinical expertise and judgment refined over an 18-year career in healthcare.
Overview
4
4
Certification
18
18
years of professional experience
Work History
Manager Private Duty Nursing
Childrens's Hospital and Medical Center
Omaha, NE
01.2020 - Current
- Managed 65-person nursing staff, reviewing task completion and prioritization for quality assurance.
- Conducted personnel interviews, hiring, disciplinary actions, and dismissals effectively.
- Monitored staff performance, providing coaching and formal counseling for development.
- Improved patient outcomes through peer groups and continuing education facilitation.
- Resolved conflicts between physicians, nurses, and administrative staff for optimal workflows.
- Directed daily operations at facility caring for over 30 patients with 24/7 coverage.
- Defined, implemented, and revised operational policies and guidelines.
- Monitored budget and utilized operational resources.
- Extensive experience with MCO/waiver payor source authorizations and denial procedures
- Established and monitored quality assurance standards to achieve operational excellence (zero finding TJC visit 2025)
- Established and monitored infection control programs to provide safe, sanitary environment to prevent transmission of disease and infection.
- Established new policies and updated existing policies to improve standard of care for patients.
Forensic Nurse Examiner
Nebraska Methodist Health System
Bennington
05.2019 - 12.2021
- Perform a complete medical forensic evaluation for victims of sexual violence or domestic assault.
- Head-to-toe medical assessment for trauma for adult and pediatric population, detailed genital/anal examination.
- Forensic specimen collection and chain of custody with supportive documentation.
- Photo documentation of bodily injury.
- Assess for mandatory reporting status and report to law enforcement and local agencies.
- Maintain chain of custody and adhere to evidence guidelines.
- Screen, educate and administer HIV medications, STI treatments and emergency contraception.
- Coordinate referrals for appropriate follow-up care.
- Testify in court as fact witness for evidence collection.
- Conveyed treatment options, diagnosis information and home care techniques to patients and caregivers to continue care consistency.
Clinical Nurse Educator
Children's Hospital And Medical Center
Omaha
08.2012 - 05.2015
- Designed, developed and implemented Homecare Academy curriculum as first educator of CHHC.
- Coordinated Homecare Academy launch, recruitment, interviews, hiring and webpage content development.
- Restructured annual competencies for PDN staff and completed in home supervisory visits for 20 clinical staff members.
- Lead of social media recruitment project of 2015 working with HR staff to recruit and retain RN’s for Children’s Hospital.
- Program presenter for new hire general orientation.
- Planned and organized staff development and orientation programs for nursing services.
- CVL supervisory line visits for HH staff, parent education and CLABSI team member.
- CLABSI project 2015 presenter.
- Epic Instructional Designer and builder for CHHC EMR, designed curriculum for PDN, HH, and RT and built EMR with members of the home health workgroup.
- Prepared for HIPAA and Joint Commission reviews, managing proof of competency for equipment and nursing care.
- Contributed educational and clinical expertise to help optimize training courses and boost student learning.
Nursing Faculty
Nebraska Methodist College
Omaha
04.2010 - 08.2013
- Provided students with clinical and classroom instruction
- Served as a role model for students during professional interaction with patients and other health workers.
- Promoted positive and productive relationships with area hospitals in regards to clinical rotations.
- Collect, recorded, maintained, and submitted accurate class records and student grades.
- Provide individual and specific performance evaluations of student care via care plans, and professional papers
- Contributed subject matter expertise toward improving overall training program and skills displayed by student nurses.
- Continuously improved course curricula, content and materials to maintain currency with changing demands and technological advancements.
Charge RN Obstetrics and NICU
Alegent Creighton Health
Omaha
08.2008 - 12.2012
- Recruited, trained and supervised 65 new staff members
- Built and maintained strong working relationships between nursing department and other disciplines.
- Triage of labor patients, rule out labor, rupture of membranes, pre-term labor, active labor, induction of term and pre-term primagravida and multiparous mothers, pre-term monitoring and treatment.
- Treatment and care of fetal demise.
- OBGYN surgical procedure nurse.
- Bedside NICU nurse with specialized training in breastfeeding the preterm infant.
- Refined unit policies and procedures during planning and development of new birthing suites.
- Responded to obstetric emergency situations as a team lead of OB Code/Hemorrhage team.
- Completed specialty RN training in care and management of high risk OB patients, shoulder dystocia, and neonatal complications.
Nurse Informaticist
Alegent Creighton Health
Omaha
01.2010 - 05.2012
- Lead customer acceptance testing of new software/product for functionality and impact to staff, nursing process, and workflow.
- Epic Credentialed Trainer in three applications (Stork, Clindoc, and ASAP).
- Lead nurse for Safe Medication Administration for hospital system.
- Participated as an active member of numerous Nursing Practice Councils, Joint Commission Readiness groups, Safe Medication Administration meetings, and system committees.
- Served nursing, and physician staff at bedside rounds.
- Monitored multiple EMR databases for workflow inconsistencies and made changes as needed.
- Implemented 2011 vaccine workflow flow for bedside staff.
Education
Master of Science - Nursing Education
2012
- GPA 4.0 Summa Cum Laude honors
Bachelor of Science - Nursing
2008
- Graduated Magna Cum Laude honors GPA 3.89
- Member of NMC Writers Honor Society
- International Association of Student Nurses Scholarship Recipient
Skills
- Leadership and mentoring abilities
- Clinical supervision
- Schedule management
- Facility oversight
- Personnel management
- Health information systems implementation (Epic, Siemens)
- Employee retention strategies, recruitment and training
- Healthcare delivery/Patient safety
- Team growth strategies
- Operating simulation equipment
- Nursing management
- Performance metrics
- Regulatory requirements
- Mentoring and coaching
Publications
Pediatric Nursing (2012) Evidence Based Project: The Use of Music Therapy in Pediatric Pain Management of Venipuncture.
Certification
- Nebraska RN License 68036
BLS Provider 4/27
PEARS 1/28
Timeline
Manager Private Duty Nursing - Childrens's Hospital and Medical Center
01.2020 - Current
Forensic Nurse Examiner - Nebraska Methodist Health System
05.2019 - 12.2021
Clinical Nurse Educator - Children's Hospital And Medical Center
08.2012 - 05.2015
Nursing Faculty - Nebraska Methodist College
04.2010 - 08.2013
Nurse Informaticist - Alegent Creighton Health
01.2010 - 05.2012
Charge RN Obstetrics and NICU - Alegent Creighton Health
08.2008 - 12.2012
Nebraska Methodist College of Nursing and Allied Health - Bachelor of Science, Nursing
Nebraska Methodist College of Nursing and Allied Health - Master of Science, Nursing Education