Dianne L. Sagehorn RN, BC, BS, MS, MSN
68 Kings Highway
Shelton, CT 06484
203-513-8021
203-906-0278
diansageh@hotmail.com
Goal: Challenging RN Management or Education
Position
Professional Skills
Include managing RN, LPN, CNA, HHA staff, providing staff
education to RN, LPN, CAN, HHA Staff, managing patient
flow, addressing patient family and staff complaints,
addressing staffing issues, auditing charts, managing Medicare
utilization, providing mentoring and precepting to new nurses in
training, providing high quality nursing assessments on a
routine basis to triage health needs, provide staff meetings
as needed, participate in quality control issues, involved in
infection control and wound treatments.
Masters prepared in Nursing with a specialization in Clinical
Systems Management, with a preceptorship in Clinical Nurse
Administration at a 350 bed hospital.
Current Nursing Employment History:
2013-Present Travel RN, CICU Montefiore -Einstein Weiler, Bronx,NY
CICU 21 week travel assignment. 26 bed cardiac surgical and medical icu.
2013-13 week Travel RN , ICU Bronx Lebanon Hospital, Bronx, NY
White Glove Nursing Agency. ICU staff medical and surgical ICU , 26
beds 36h/week
2013-8 week Travel Nurse, RN , CICU, Montefiore-Eistien Weiler
Campus, Fastaff Nursing Agency. 48h /week
2012-present, Interim, FT/days Healthbridge Management Interim
Nurse Manager/Supervisor
Full Time , Temporary, Day Shift Nurse Manager for Sub acute Rehab and
Long term care setting. Position involved assisting with implementation of
long range plan of corrections for a facility with 28 state tags. Full time
daily management of staff, maintaining health records and care plans, audits
and high health standards for residents. Supervision and discipline of staff
at all levels.
2012-present: Medical Staffing Network, Per Diem, ICU staff Relief,
Westchester Medical Center, Valhalla, NY. ICU staff relief pool, night
shift 12-36h weeks. All aspects of ICU and acute care RN staff relief. Float
among all ICU units. Participating in TICU, CCU, CTICU, SICU, BURN ICU,
MICU, ER, Neuro ICU, Float to all stepdown unit
2011-2012: Vitas Hospice Home Health Aide Supervisor/Team Manager,
Stratford, CT. Management position in home hospice setting requiring
scheduling of HHA, employee reviews for HHA and LPN, hiring /firing,
and mandatory and company education for HHA, nurses.
Involved in company goals for improvement of agency nursing standards.
Involved in developing HHA department to meet state standards and
requirements and to correspond with extensive growth of home hospice
agency. Census has grown in approx. 30% over the last 6 months.
2011-2012: RN Nurse Case Manager, Patient Care, Hamden CT
FT position:
Providing leadership and training to new nurses in home care setting,
providing management of complex healthcare in the home preventing disease
exacerbation of Medicare eligible patients and preventing in hospitalizations
or transitioning dying patients in palliative care setting. Appropriate
utilization of Medicare and health care dollars in disease prevention and
rehabilitation at home. Assisting with clinical training of supervisory staff
as well.
2009- Present:
Per Diem & PT Nursing Supervisor, Apple Rehabilitation Center at Shelton
Lakes
Providing essential leadership to staff nurses both RN, LPN, HHA at multiple
levels for education in rehabilitation nursing, infection control, individualized
patient care involving disease complexities, managing patient flow in long
term care and short term sub acute rehab settings. Providing management of
staffing issues and needs independently on off shifts, during major storms,
and complex situations involving short staffing with emphasis on budgetary
reductions of staff utilization.
2009-2012, Per Diem, CVU, ICU, Telemetry staff, Waterbury Hospital,
Waterbury, CT
Provide, high level staff relief nursing care in highly acute settings of ICU
with direct care and management of patients who are in severe health crisis.
Also, supporting new nursing staff in complex acute settings, training and
mentoring during the off shift. Providing support to charge duties as an
experienced float RN. Having a strong ability to adapt skills in complex
situations in Medical ICU, Surgical ICU and CVU settings as well as Step
down and Telemetry settings. Multiple skill sets utilized routinely such as
ACLS skills and respiratory /ventilation, disease prevention. Involved in
reduction of ICU infections in VAP, Central Lines and hospital safety
reporting and issues related to hospital safety initiatives.
Recent Past Positions
2010-present: Case Manager, Utopia Home Care
Per Diem Case management T19 patients, monitoring and advising complex
T19 patients to maintain adequate health in home and provide effective
nursing care and utilization of health care dollars in home setting.
2008- 7/10, FT United Health Care, Utilization Review Case Manager
Part of team who were instrumental in the development of new State
Managed Medicaid Product known as Americhoice. Provided utilization
review to improve hospital stays of managed Medicaid clients in the system
to improve quality of care and maintain high standards of care while reducing
budgetary excess through denial of insurance claims for un-necessary health
care to these clients, with a goal of reducing un-necessary health care costs
by 3%.
2008 FT & Per Diem Family Care VNS, Admissions (previously FT)
2008-, FT & per diem, Vitas Hospice Fairfield, Case manager (Previously FT)
2007- 2009: Danbury Hospital Per Diem, hospital floats pool
Other Past Experience:
2005-2008: Gaylord Hospital, Wallingford, CT, neuro and medical rehab Weekends Sat-Mon
32h (Previously FT)
2006-07: Outcomes Inc. risk adjustment (Previously per diem)
2003-2007: Bridgeport Hospital, PICU, Gen Med/Surge Pedi, NICU (Previously FT&PD)
2005: Nurse Manager, Children’s Residential Services, St Vincent’s
Special Needs Center, (Previously, FT, Temporary Fill-in)
2004-2005: Gentiva Home Health, Trumbull, CT, Adult and Pediatric Home Care, Home IV
therapy (Previously FT)
2004 & 2008 Family Care VNS, Stratford, CT, Adult and Pediatric Home Visits (Previously
FT)
2003- 2004: United VNA, Trumbull, CT. Adult and Pediatric Home visits. 24h weekend
benefited position. (Previously PT)
2003-2005: Life Plans Benefits Administration Assessor for Life Plans
INC. Act as an independent contractor for Long Term Insurance
Assessments. (Previously, Per Diem.)
2002: TLC Staff Builders Home Care. Adult Home visits, (Previously: FT 3months, temp.)
2000- 2003: Norwalk Hospital, Norwalk, CT: Pediatrics General Acute,
Sub acute care, nights, charge duties and teaching. 18 bed unit, 300
Bed hospital (Previously FT)
2002- MetLife Long Term Care Insurance Division, Westport, CT,
Clinical Specialist, Long term care interviewer, underwriting dept.
1997-2001: The Hospital of ST Raphael, New Haven, CT, Pediatrics, CTICU,
renal/cardiac, med/surge, float to all units,(Previously FT 40h, nights, Charge x3 years, PD
ICU FLOAT 1 year per Diem.)
1996-97: Connecticut Hospice, Branford, CT: Homecare, PSO, Shelton, 24h
Weekend only shift supervisor. Routine and emergency homecare visits. (Previously Part
time)
1996-97, Family and Children’s Agency, Home care, Adult home visits,
Norwalk, CT. (Previously PT days)
1994-98: Various nursing agencies and nursing homecare agencies: Staff
Relief, private duty. Full time total hours, pt per each agency. List available
Upon request. (Previously FT temp hours)
1995-96 Home care, adult home visits, Action Nursing, Bridgeport. (Previously FT Temp
hours)
1993-94: University of North Carolina Children’s Hospital, Chapel Hill, NC:
Pediatric oncology, pulmonary, cardiac acute care nursing, (Previously FT 40h, nights,
Charge duties.
1991-92: Yale New Haven Hospital: Adult research/medicine, (Previously 40h FT nights.
Education/Certifications:
2006-2008 Excelsior College; MSN (1/16/09 completion) Clinical
Systems Management Specialization
1980-84 BS Microbiology, Quinnipiac University, CT
1985-86 Graduate courses in Medical Laboratory Sciences, Quinnipiac
University, CT
1987-88 Teacher Certification, Central CT State University, New Britain,
CT
1989-91 RN Bridgeport Hospital School of Nursing, Bridgeport, CT
1995 MS Human Nutrition, University of Bridgeport, Bridgeport, CT
1997- Present PALS, ACLS, BCLS (since 1988),
1995- 2006 present ANCC pediatric certification, IBCLC certification
2002 CT SAFE/SANE
2002-03 State University of New York, Stony Brook NY, PEDIATRIC
NURSE PRACTITIONER PROGRAM. (Course work only)
2004-present: University of South Alabama College of Nursing DL
PEDIATRIC
NURSE PRACITIONER PROGRAM.
Educational Honors: Deans List, Biological Honor Society, Deans List,
Schweitzer Nursing Scholarship, Traineeship Scholarship, And Nursing
National Honor Society: Sigma Theta Tau,
Research and Writing Experience:
1995: Graduate thesis: The role of micronutrients in the maternal fetal
and pediatric populations.
2005: Author A Guide to Getting the Best Health Care, Understanding the
System and Communicating Your Needs, Book surge Publishing, and
Amazon.com.
2008-Capstone Project: SBAR Communication for the Nurse Managers to
Off Shift Nurse Administrators. (Potential publication for peer review)
Professional Organizations: CAN, ANA, APN, IBCLC, ANCC, Excelsior Sigma
Theta Tau Chapter
Areas of Special Interest: Acute care best practice standards of
achievement, magnet achievement, patient advocacy, staff education,
infection control.