Jenna Abrams

Experience

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  American Red Cross, Southeastern Pennsylvania Chapter

  Jan 2004 - Oct 2004

  Special Events Assistant

  Solicit and manage in-kind donations for both special events and direct disaster relief, work with lay leadership to promote events, manage budgets and coordinate all aspects of events.

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  BBYO

  Oct 2004 - Feb 2010

  Regional Director

  Regional Director: Manage all daily operations of the Region including but not limited to recruitment, training and supervision of both volunteer and paid staff, communication to stakeholders (teens, parents, donors, alumni) and press, create and maintain annual and individual program budgets, mentor teen leaders and teach leadership to younger members• Delegation Leader and Educational Guide, March of the Living 2008, 2009Lead a group of 45 teens on a 16-day educational/emotional journey through Poland and Israel. Responsibilities included all aspects of the teen participants experience, serving as an educational/cultural guide and emotional support. Educational pre/post trip also. • Leadership Director, Chapter Leadership Training Conference 2007, 08Prior to the conference develop the leadership curriculum for the program. During the conference supervise a team of 6 leadership staff. After the conference provide feedback on performance to staff and run follow up programming with participants.• Leadership Staff, Chapter Leadership Training Conference 2005, 06Educate teen participants in various areas of leadership. • Presenter and Participant, Professional Leadership Training Institute 2006Presented on techniques for developing trusting and meaningful connections with people of varied generations. Participated in various programs to enhance my individual leadership skills. Show less

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  Thomas Jefferson University Hospitals

  Jul 2011 - now

  • Represent 5 units, comprised of nearly 300 nurses• Communicate directly with Unit Council Leaders of all 5 units in order to promote system wide nursing initiatives• Collaborate with other practice cluster representatives in identifying practice issues, creating solutions and ultimately pushing those solutions out to the individual units. • Work with members of Administration and other key personnel to review nurse sensitive indicators and identify areas of improvement. • Attend monthly NGB Meetings• Serve as point person for Methodist Hospital in TJUH scrub drive• Member of the Communications Task Force Show less • Member of team creating the brand new ACE unit. The ACE unit is focused on caring for patients over 65 years old who are experiencing either a functional or cognitive decline. All nursing care is intended to preserve and improve patients independence, ultimately resulting in shorter hospital stays and safe return to home• Completed Nurses Improving Care for Healthsystem Elders (NICHE) training program • Collaborate daily with Case Management, Social Work, Nutrition, Pharmacy, Physicians, Physical/Occupational Therapists, patient, patients family and other caretakers to create a plan of care as well as lead patient centered, interdisciplinary rounding on all patients in my care• Regularly manage a 5 patient assignment focused on preserving functional and cognitive independence. Providing primary care, medication administration, assessment and intervention when necessary• Regularly serve as Charge Nurse managing patient flow, staff assignments and any/all issues that arise on the unit.Committees:• ACE Unit Council Representative• RN-NA Liaison and Leader of the ACE Nursing Assistant Council Additional Accomplishments• TJUH Change Agent, Certified since Summer 2014 Show less

  • Nurse Governing Board: Medical Surgical Practice Cluster Representative

    Sept 2014 - now

  • Geriatric Resource Nurse, Acute Care of the Elderly Unit (ACE) - Telemetry

    Jul 2014 - now

  • Staff Nurse, B3 Medical Surgical, Telemetry

    Jul 2011 - Jul 2014