Rhonda J.

Urazoff
Profile
NURSING PROFESSION with 19 years combined experience as a Nurse Educator, Home
Care Nurse, Charge Nurse, Clinical Nurse Specialist, Case Manager, Pre-Admission
s Nurse and Staff Nurse. Extensive experience in case management of clients and
students obtained. MSN degree obtained with specialty in Orthopedics.
Strong decision makerworking independently in office setting, home health, educ
ational, and large teaching hospital environments; managing multiple patients an
d treatment; coordinating patient-centered care
Team contributorparticipating in administrative and leadership capabilities; co
operating and communicating with other professionals to provide most appropriate
level of care to patients
Effective communicator and committed educatorworking closely and effectively wi
th physicians and other health care providers, administrators, patients, and the
ir families
Education
POST-MASTERS CERTIFICATE IN NURSING EDUCATION - 2010 - OSF College of N
ursing - Peoria, IL
MASTERS OF SCIENCE-NURSING- 1992 - University of Virginia Charlottesville, Vir
ginia
BACHELOR OF SCIENCE NURSING 1986 Bradley University Peoria, Illinois
Professional Experience
ADJUNCT NURSING FACULTY Illinois Central College Peoria, Illinois1/2010
5/2010
Educate associate degree nursing students from diverse cultural and educational
backgrounds. Duties include skills lab for freshmen and LPN to RN students and
clinical for LPN to RN transition students. Work effectively with students, fa
culty, patients and other health care professionals.
OFFICE NURSE Prairie Spine and Pain Institute Peoria, Illinois..1/2009
7/2009
Effectively and independently set-up and managed a new surgical practice. Duti
es included setting up EMR and office, triaging patients, scheduling, managing w
ork flow, pre-certification, referrals, pharmacy dispensing, professionally work
ing with the doctor, hospitals, insurances, workmans compensation attorneys and
other needed things as the sole employee of the practice.
NURSE EDUCATOR Methodist College of Nursing Peoria, Illinois....2006 -2008
Educated diverse baccalaureate nursing student focusing on fundamentals, health
assessment, home health and medical surgical nursing. Work effectively with ph
ysicians, faculty, students and patients
STAFF NURSE Proctor Hospital Peoria, Illinois..2005 2006
Manage and care for a caseload of patients on a unit specializing in orthopedic
and neurologic conditions. Work effectively with physicians, licensed, non-lice
nsed personal, patients and families.
CASE-MANAGER Corvel Corporation Springfield, Illinois...2000
Manage and evaluate the effectiveness and appropriateness of care received by a
caseload of workmans compensation clients. Collaborate with workers, insurance
adjusters and health care providers.
 PRE-ADMISSION NURSE Doctors Hospital Springfield, Illinois..1999 2000
Develop and implement pre-admissions program. Obtain nursing history and compi
le required elements before surgery. Evaluate information and notify the approp
riate person as necessary.

NURSE EDUCATOR Spoon River Community College Canton, Illinois..1998

Second year instructor in ADN program. Areas taught included oncology, endocri
ne, burns, psychology, cardiac, respiratory, musculoskeletal, neurological syste
ms and clinical.
HOME CARE NURSE Vanderbilt Home Care Services Nashville, Tennessee.1993-1997
Manage at-home care of adult medical-surgical patients in a variety of home set
tings. Provided at-home nursing care and family/patient counseling and support.

CLINICAL NURSE SPECIALIST- Nashville Memorial Hospital Nashville, Tennes

see1992
Flexible duties on Orthopedic and Neurology Unit, including clinical care educa
tion of staff and patients, and patient care delivery
STAFF NURSE.1986-1992
Six years in various hospital settings, including large teaching and small comm
unity hospitals. Acquired significant experience with charge nurse duties, staf
f supervision and patient care.