Katherine (Katie) Roepke-Brenner
Visalia
Summary
Certified Wound Care Nurse with over 16 years of healthcare industry experience, 11 of which has been with the adult, pediatric, and premature patient population. Proficient in educating patients, family and nursing staff about preventive measures and techniques to optimize wound healing. Hardworking with flexible schedule and reliable transportation to accommodate service needs. Eager to parlay wound care expertise to rewarding new position.
Overview
17
17
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification
Work History
School Registered Nurse
The Academies Charters Management Organization
08.2023 - Current
- Maintained accurate documentation of student medical records in accordance with local, state, and federal regulations.
- Organized professional development opportunities for teachers regarding student-specific medical conditions like diabetes and asthma management.
- Enhanced student health by implementing comprehensive care plans and coordinating with interdisciplinary teams.
- Delivered compassionate care to students experiencing illness or injury while maintaining confidentiality of their medical information.
- Established strong relationships with parents; communicating about their children''s health needs regularly to ensure optimal outcomes.
- Served as a resource for faculty and staff on health-related issues, providing training sessions on topics such as first aid and allergy management.
- Collaborated effectively with multidisciplinary team members to address complex health conditions requiring specialized care coordination.
Acute Wound Care RN
Kaweah Health Medical Center
03.2012 - Current
- Collaborated with healthcare team to implement comprehensive treatment plans including interventions for wound healing and skin breakdown prevention.
- Instructed patients and caregivers on how to clean and dress wounds and how to prevent infections.
- Maintained comprehensive understanding of all body systems including integumentary systems and provided treatment for wounds impacting them.
- Implemented plans to prevent pressure injuries and other wound developments.
- Assist with wound care policy development and implementation
- Perform pressure injury data collection and review and collaborate with bedside nursing and management teams on sustainable pressure ulcer prevention improvement processes.
- Review hospital acquired pressure injuries with the California Department of Public Health and assist with planning and implementing plans of correct when needed.
- Perform stoma marking for elective ostomy surgery patients as well as provide post-op education with patients and their families on the care of an ostomy. Education includes written, video, and hands on.
- Co-chair of our Hospital Acquired Pressure Injury Prevention committee
- Co-chair of our CSI (Clinical Skin Institute) committee
- Assist with content development and teaching wound classes to our RN and LVN staff.
- Aide in collecting internal pressure injury data collection and assist with reporting findings and implemented process improvements to our quality committees at the manager, director and board level.
- Organize wound product trials and work closely with vendor and clinical education on successful use of new products throughout the district.
Registered Nurse, Medical-Surgical Unit/Orthopedics Registered Nurse
Kaweah Health Medical Center
10.2007 - 03.2012
- Reviewed post-operative orders and continuously monitored patients' post-operative vitals, set up PCA fluids, feeding tubs, orthopedic devices such as traction, splints, and oriented patients to unit.
- Conferred with physicians, patients, families, and case management staff to discuss diagnoses and devise well-coordinated treatment approaches.
- Educated patients, families and caregivers on diagnosis and prognosis, treatment options, disease process and management and lifestyle options.
- Provided didactic and clinical instructions by being a nurse mentor to orient new nurses and potential student nurses to achieve training outcomes.
- As a Shift Team Leader, led successful team comprised of RNs, LPNs and ancillary staff.
- Oversaw delivery of care for patients on medical-surgical unit, providing direct care, delegating nursing assignments, and supervising team comprised of nurses, LPNs, technicians and unit clerks.
- Advocated for patients by communicating care preferences to practitioners, verifying interventions met treatment goals and identifying insurance coverage limitations.
- Updated patient charts with data such as medications to keep records current and support accurate treatments.
- Provided exceptional care to high-acute patients needing complex care such as insulin drips, feeding tubs, tracheostomy care and, extensive wound care and rehabilitation.
- Audited charts and reviewed clinical documents to verify accuracy.
- Collaborated with physicians to quickly assess patients and deliver appropriate treatment while managing rapidly changing conditions.
- Provided direct patient care, stabilized patients and determined next course of action.
Education
Bachelor of Science - Nursing
Fresno State University
Fresno05.2012
Associate of Science - Nursing
College of The Sequoias
Visalia, CA05.2007
Associate of Arts - Liberal Arts
College of The Sequoias
Visalia, CA12-2004
Skills
- Operational Standards
- Standards Administration
- Medication Side Effect Knowledge
- Wound Prevention
- Nursing Process
- Patient Education
- Information Intake
- Supporting Daily Living Needs
- Healthcare Management
- Interpersonal Communication Skills
- Complex Wound Care
- Patient Health Information Access
- Wound Surgical Procedures
- Pain Management
- Risk Identification
- Training Junior Team Members
- Intervention Planning
- Infection Control Procedures
- Treatment Recommendations
- Staff Training
- Wound Treatment
- Data Collection
- Immunization record review
- Health screening
- Individualized healthcare plans
- Acute illness recognition
Certification
- Registered Nurse, California Board of Registered Nursing (BRN)- License #714490 expires 10/31/23
- Certified Wound Care Nurse (CWCN), Wound Ostomy Continence Nursing Certification Board (WOCNCB) - Expires 3/31/2028
- Public Health Nurse (certificate # 87251), State of California Board of Registered Nursing- Issued 8/30/2013
- Basic Life Support- Expires 6/2025
- School Nurse Services Credential. Valid 06/01/2023 to 07/01/2028
Accomplishments
- Assisted in the development of the Clinical Skin Institute that included a root cause analysis for each identified hospital acquired pressure injury case. Meetings were held with management and bedside nursing staff and learning opportunities were identified and implemented on the units. Data was collected by this nurse and tracked in excel via spreadsheets and creating a contributing factors analysis graph.
- Identified that our surgery area was having an increase in hospital acquired pressure injuries due to increased table times. Collaborated with surgery management, educator and our vendor to develop a new process that included a specialized cushion under patient as well as a specialized preventative dressing to the buttocks area for pressure ulcer prevention. Our interventions were successful so much so that surgery has not had a pressure injury since. See attached poster presentation for full details. Poster is also on our vendor website at : https://www.ehob.com/media/kaweah-delta-or-waffle-poster-1.pdf
- In 2016, received the nursing week award: Advancing New Knowledge and Innovation.
- Collaborated with school health office team including school leadership in the hosting our first ever mental health fair for our students and family in spring of 2024.
- Collaborated with school health office team including leadership in the development and implementation of our schools first every health program policy.
Timeline
School Registered Nurse
The Academies Charters Management Organization
08.2023 - Current
Acute Wound Care RN
Kaweah Health Medical Center
03.2012 - Current
Registered Nurse, Medical-Surgical Unit/Orthopedics Registered Nurse
Kaweah Health Medical Center
10.2007 - 03.2012
Bachelor of Science - Nursing
Fresno State University
Associate of Science - Nursing
College of The Sequoias
Associate of Arts - Liberal Arts
College of The Sequoias
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