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1825 SW Mission Ave Topeka, KS 66604 785-383-8262 kathleen.wright@washburn.edu

SKILLS 8+ years experience in a fast-paced environment Nursing Experience Certified Care Transitions Coach Certified Nurse Aide Certified Medication Aide CPR/First Aid Certified Experienced in Medicare surveying and billing Leads in community outreach Superior with team work or working independently Excels in customer relations Energetic and organized Experienced in filing and data archiving Excellent communication skills

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

Capital Care Transitions Coalition Topeka, KS July 2013-Present Care Transitions Coach Responsibilities include empowering Medicare patients to take their control back into their own hands. This includes counseling patients, service referrals, and patient-coach role playing to prepare patients to make phone calls to care providers.

Brewster Place Topeka, KS November 2012-Present Certified Medication Aide Responsibilities include medication administration and management, assisting with activities of daily living, preparing and serving meals, engaging residents in activities, and accompanying residents on outings.

Aldersgate Village Topeka, KS May 2012-December 2012 Certified Nurses Aide/Certified Medication Aide Responsibilities included medication administration, assisting and overseeing dressing and bathing of residents, providing round-the-clock supervision, perineal care, toileting, feeding, bathing, charting, and other activities of daily living.

Macys, Inc. Topeka, Kansas July 2011-September 2011 Sales Associate Responsibilities included greeting and making a connection with customers, offering advice on purchases, opening new credit accounts, organizing merchandise, assisting customers at the register, excelling at Point of Sales program, and processing returns and exchanges. The Groove Shack Topeka, Kansas May 2010-June 2011 Sales Associate Responsibilities included assisting customers while shopping, address questions or concerns a customer may have, process and unload incoming orders, designed merchandise displays, price new items, organize merchandise, sell store merchandise, and maintain the store in clean and working order. Stillpoint Massage and Bodywork Studio Topeka, Kansas January 2010-March 2010 Temporary Receptionist Responsibilities included scheduling appointments for new and returning clients, filing paperwork and entering data into a spreadsheet-style database for new clients, sending out birthday and special event postcards to former and current clients, making reminder phone calls for upcoming client appointments, and running errands. (This position was temporary because I was filling in for the companys usual receptionist, who was on a leave of absence.) Topeka Civic Theatre & Academy Summer Camp Topeka, Kansas June 2008-Present Teacher/Intern Responsibilities included providing drama classes for children of all ages, helping students to develop dramatic techniques, learn lines, cues, staging, and theatre etiquette, occupying the students with theatre relevant activities throughout the day, developing and casting a 60 minute play or musical to present to the camper's parents at the end of the three-week camp, and ensuring that performances went smoothly.

Topeka Civic Theatre & Academy Topeka, Kansas November 2006-October 2010 Table Bus Responsibilities include setting up a 200 seat theatre prior to shows, filling and refilling water carafes, serving snacks delivering soups and salads to patrons, plating desserts, cleaning tables, and assisting with other dinner theatre activities that must be accomplished in a very constricted time period. Camp Polycarp Topeka, Kansas June 2006-July 2008 Camp Counselor Responsibilities included assisting teachers for three summers to provide summer recreational classes for children, grades Kindergarten through eighth grade, enrolled in parish summer camp, including assisting with daily classes and activities, ensuring that the children stayed focused and on-task, teaching children more about the camp's fundamentals, and providing campers a positive environment to create and play and in.
EDUCATION Graduated from Topeka High School in May of 2010 Honor Roll Student Graduated in the top third of high school class Awarded an Excellence in Broadcast Journalism at the JEA/NSPA High School Journalism conference in November 2008 Accepted to the William Allen White School of Journalism at the University of Kansas for the fall semester of 2010 Certified Nurses Aide through Allen Community College as of March 2012 Certified Medication Aide through Allen Community College as of October 2012 Current student at Washburn University since 2010

-Majoring in Mass Media, with an emphasis in Contemporary Journalism -Achieved a minor in Psychology

REFERENCES
Jennifer Van Bruggen Education Director for Topeka Civic Theatre & Academy 3028 SW 8th Avenue Topeka, KS 66606

(785) 357-5213 Eileen McGivern Brewster Place 1205 SW 29th Street Topeka, KS 66611 (785) 274-3350
Nancy Scott, Program Manager Kansas Health Policy Authority 900 SW Jackson Topeka, KS 66612 (785) 291-3461