ellen reeder's resume 2009

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LYDIA ELLEN [email protected]

WORK EXPERIENCE

Association of periOperative Nurses (AORN) Denver, CO

Project Coordinator, Center for Perioperative Education 2006 Present Instructional designer for Confidence-Based Learning online

program. Developed CBL Unit for Safe Environment of Care RP(Perioperative Standards and Recommended Practices). Attendedtraining with Knowledge Factor. Will continue developing RP CBLUsin the future.

Developed application and review process for Recognition Program.

Serves as liaison with IT department. Coordinated committeemembers as reviewers.

Serves as primary contact for the continuing education approvalprocess and recognition program. Manages the day-to-dayoperations of the Continuing Education Approval Unit usingplanning, monitoring and controlling processes, plus excellentmultitasking skills. Responsible for coordination and completion ofthe project, including setting deadlines, assigning responsibilities tothe Continuing Education Approval Committee (CEAC), andmonitoring and summarizing progress. Collaborates with theEducation Program Professional in answering questions related

to the content of programs. Answers questions relating to thereview process.

Developed/edited department newsletter Demonstrates understanding of American Nurses Credentialing

Center (ANCC) criteria, methodologies, processes and standardsand ensures that all CEAC committee members and Approval Unitclients understand and follow criteria. Responsible for adaptingANCC criteria changes into contact hour applications and otherdocuments so that criteria are always being met. Maintains qualitystandards. Provides yearly reports to ANCC.

Develops, monitors, and tests web-based contact hour application

for member and client ease of use. Identifies issues with theApproval Unit processes and serves as the liaison with ITin resolving these issues.

Performs Help Desk/Consultant role for members and clients byanswering technical questions regarding completion of web-basedapplications and writing of objectives to meet ANCC criteria.

Performed program manager duties for Leadership Conference.


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Administrative Assistant, Center for Perioperative Education 2004 2006 Assumed one half of the program manager duties: setting up

events, managing planning committee meetings, speaker contracts,handouts.

Coordinated and researched responses to internal and externalinquiries related to educational activities. Listed as EducationContact on AORN website. Routed questions not related toeducation to their properdepartment.

Provided administrative support for committees, task forces,planning committees and project teams, as assigned. Coordinatedneeds assessment process.

Performed administrative/support duties for the Director,Perioperative Education & Nursing Research.

Provided content and monitored education pages on AORN web sitefor accuracy and functionality for AORN Conferences, Congress,

World, Infectious Diseases, Pan Am conferences, and on-lineprograms. Developed, maintained and updated the speakersbureau, monthly.

Self-Employed Writer/Author

Author ofGirls Rules, a novel about the true story of a womenschampionship basketball team in the 1930s. Spent two years researchingand writing the story. Currently working with New York agent who will sellthe manuscript. Gained valuable experience in copyediting and line

editing.

Wrote, edited and proofed newsletters, brochures, magazine articles,flyers, PSAs, financial and corporate reports, website copy, and productcatalogs.

Coordinated newsletters and specials flyers, established productionschedules, and put together specialty advertising catalogs. Myproofreading and signature was the final release before beingpublished. Clients: J. S. Harper Financial Services; New HopeCommunications; State of the Arts; National Guard Educational

Association; Lilys World Website

Editing/Copywriting

Primary Editor/Copywriter for Wild Oats, Inc. corporate offices in allmarketing-related projects. Responsible for writing and editing all


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corporate ad, press release, and collateral copy. Established companywriting standards.

Associate Editor, Whole Life Times and Delicious! Magazine

EMPLOYMENT HISTORY

2004 PresentAssociation of Perioperative Registered Nurses (AORN)

2001 2004Self Employed

1999 2001Farmers Union Insurance

Aurora, COHuman Resources Assistant

1995-1998Background Information Services, Boulder, COAdministrator, Employment Screening

1992 1994Wild Oats Community Market, Corporate Home Office MarketingDepartmentBoulder, CO

Writer/Editor

Prior to 1992Associate EditorDelicious Magazine, Boulder COWhole Life Times, Santa Barbara, CA

Graduate Teaching Assistant, Oklahoma State UniversityTeacher: Freshman English; Introduction to Speech

SOFTWARE

Microsoft Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Publisher, Outlook, AdobeAcrobat, IMIS,

Lectora

EDUCATION


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M. A. Speech Communication, Oklahoma State University,Stillwater, OK

B. A. English, minor in journalism, University of Oklahoma,Norman, OK

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