Lexy Updike
Salt Lake City,Utah
Summary
Dedicated and compassionate oncology nurse with focus on providing individualized patient care. Proven to skillfully handle difficult patients and high-stress situations. Consistently fostering trusting relationships with patients and families through empathetic communication, respectful attitude, and excellent customer service.
Overview
4
4
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification
Work History
Bone Marrow Transplant Nurse
Intermountain LDS Hospital
04.2021 - Current
- Educate patients on treatment plans, unit expectations, and chemotherapy side effects while providing emotional and psychological support
- Coordinate care with physicians, other clinical teams, and patient/ family to ensure individualized and comprehensive care while advocating for patient decisions
- Administer hundreds of high dose chemotherapy and hazardous medications following strict safety protocols
- Assessment of high acuity individuals to safely stabilize and support recovery during chemotherapy
- Anticipate and identify complications such as GVH, transfusion reactions, mucositis, abnormal labs, differentiation syndrome, etc. to timely intervene and provide best outcomes
- Maintain composure and efficiency during rapid response and emergency codes
- Performed frequent neurological assessments and treat CAR-T patients during neurotoxicity and CRS complications
- Access and safely care for central lines during patient hospitalization including dressing changes, port access, drawing labs, and cleaning lumens
- Documenting all nursing interventions in electronic medial record per hospital guidelines including assessment, planning implementation and evaluation as well as follow up actions when applicable
- Precept and mentor new nurses and students to oncology using evidence based practice, floor policies, and ONS standards
Custom Orders & Customer Service Manager
Gemstudio
06.2019 - 01.2020
- Created organizational system for completion and tracking of hundreds of custom designed jewelry orders weekly under strict deadlines of completion
- Assembled and manage team of 5 silversmiths overseeing all quality checks and shipments of handmade custom orders along with payment of employees
- Consistently answer customer concerns and questions through multiple email and social media platforms
Silversmith instructor
Gemstudio
04.2019 - 01.2020
- Instruct groups of customers in daily workshops designing and creating quality jewelry pieces while providing high levels of customer service and interaction while ensuring safe working environment
- Accommodated last-minute schedule changes, manage customer concerns, and adhered to silversmith safety
- Became a lead instructor running workshops within 3 months of employment
- Design and creation of art pieces using precise attention to detail and consistent quality with usage of intense tools such as torches, lapidary machines, stretchers, and dremel tools
Education
Nursing, B.S -
Brigham Young University
Provo, UT12.2020
Skills
- Critical Thinking
- Emotional Support
- Teamwork and Collaboration
- Active Listening
- Time management
- Problem-Solving
- Patient and Family Education
- Dependable and Responsible
Certification
ONS/ONSCC Chemotherapy Biotherapy certification, CART trained and certified (Breyonzi, Tecartus, Kymriah, Yescarta, Abecma, and Tecvayli), American Heart Association BLS/CPR/AED Certified, Educated in TeamSTEPPS (Healthcare communication), QRS suicide prevention certified
Hobbies & Interests
wakesurfing, canyoneering, traveling, museums
Timeline
Bone Marrow Transplant Nurse
Intermountain LDS Hospital
04.2021 - Current
Custom Orders & Customer Service Manager
Gemstudio
06.2019 - 01.2020
Silversmith instructor
Gemstudio
04.2019 - 01.2020
Nursing, B.S -
Brigham Young University
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