ANGELA ECCLESTON
Jacksonville,NC
Summary
Focused and dedicated Registered Nurse with 16+ years of healthcare experience. Aiming to expand my clinical knowledge and experience to successfully fill the Registered Nurse role at your company. Frequently praised as detail-oriented by my peers, I can be relied upon to help your company achieve its goals.
Overview
18
18
years of professional experience
Work History
LPN
Premier Nursing And Rehabilitation Center
225 White Street Jacksonville, NC
06.2006 - 06.2020
- Cared for wounds, provided treatments, and assisted with procedures.
- Assisted with admissions, appointments, transfers, and discharges.
- Documented accurate and complete patient information to address patient problems and expected outcomes.
- Obtained patient vital signs and input/output measurements from inpatients.
- Managed patient care through closely monitoring respiration, blood pressure, and blood glucose levels.
- Performed routine evaluations of each patient's status, needs, and preferences.
- Administered controlled narcotics, inserted IVs, and performed catheterizations.
- Monitored, tracked, and conveyed important patient information to healthcare staff to help optimize treatment planning and care delivery.
- Collaborated with interdisciplinary team of healthcare and social service providers to address patients' needs through effective intervention and care planning.
- Gathered lab specimens, ordered testing, and interpreted results to diagnose patients.
- Offered immediate assistance in emergency and routine paging situations to evaluate needs and deliver care.
- Administered medications and injections to patients.
- Developed and implemented individualized patient care plans.
RN, Case Manager
Cardinal Hospice Care
3884 Henderson Dr. Jacksonville, NC 28546
09.2021 - Current
- Monitor, record, and report symptoms or changes in patients' conditions
- Maintain accurate, detailed reports and records.
- Record patients' medical information and vital signs.
- Direct or supervise less-skilled nursing or healthcare personnel or supervise a particular unit
- Modify patient treatment plans as indicated by patients' responses and conditions
- Consult and coordinate with healthcare team members to assess, plan, implement, or evaluate patient care plans
- Assess the needs of individuals, families, or communities, including assessment of individuals' home or work environments, to identify potential health or safety problems
- Manage a caseload of hospice patients.
- Supervisory Visits
- Routine Skilled Nurse Visits
- Recertification assessments and documentation.
- Admissions
- Present admissions and recertifications during interdisciplinary meetings
- Educate families on symptom management and the death and dying process.
- Partnered with physicians, social workers, activity therapists, nutritionists and case managers to develop and implement individualized care plans and documented patient interactions and interventions in electronic charting systems.
- Evaluated healthcare needs, goals for treatment and available resources of each patient and connected to optimal providers and care.
- Monitored patient reactions to drugs and carefully documented findings.
- Led successful team comprised of RNs, LPNs and ancillary staff.
- Maintained quality care and comfort for patients with heart failure, pulmonary hypertension and other conditions.
- Collaborated with physicians to quickly assess patients and deliver appropriate treatment while managing rapidly changing conditions.
- Increased referral rates by providing excellent service and building meaningful relationships with patients and caregivers.
- Provided direct patient care, stabilized patients and determined next course of action.
- Managed care from admission to discharge.
- Trained new nurses in proper techniques, care standards, operational procedures and safety protocols.
- Trained new nurses in proper techniques, care standards, operational procedures, and safety protocols.
- Updated patient charts with data such as medications to keep records current and support accurate treatments.
- Advocated for patients by communicating care preferences to practitioners, verifying interventions met treatment goals and identifying insurance coverage limitations.
- Collected blood, tissue, and other laboratory specimens and prepared for lab testing.
- Maintained quality care and comfort for patients with heart failure, pulmonary hypertension, and other conditions.
- Audited charts and reviewed clinical documents to verify accuracy.
- Liaised with social worker to expedite financial assistance not covered by insurance.
RN
CarolinaEast Medical Center
2000 Neuse Blvd New Bern, NC
06.2020 - 09.2021
- Collaborated with physicians to quickly assess patients and deliver appropriate treatment while managing rapidly changing conditions.
- Administered medications via oral, IV, and intramuscular injections and monitored responses.
- Administered medications and treatment to patients and monitored responses while working with healthcare teams to adjust care plans.
- Educated patients, families and caregivers on diagnosis and prognosis, treatment options, disease process, and management and lifestyle options.
- Provided direct patient care, stabilized patients, and determined next course of action.
- Managed care from admission to discharge.
- Trained new nurses in proper techniques, care standards, operational procedures, and safety protocols.
- Updated patient charts with data such as medications to keep records current and support accurate treatments.
- Organized and managed care of patients undergoing various therapies and procedures.
- Advocated for patients by communicating care preferences to practitioners, verifying interventions met treatment goals and identifying insurance coverage limitations.
- Conferred with physicians to discuss diagnoses and devise well-coordinated treatment approaches.
- Collected blood, tissue, and other laboratory specimens and prepared for lab testing.
LPN
Coastal Carolina Neuropsychiatric Center
200 Tarpon Trail Jacksonville, NC
02.2014 - 12.2016
- Measure and record patients' vital signs, such as height, weight, and temperature, blood pressure, pulse, and respirations
- Answer patients' phone calls and determine how to assist them.
- Administer prescribed medications or start intravenous fluids, noting times and amounts on patients' charts
- Scan documents into patients' charts.
- Room patients based on appointment type and provider.
- Obtained patient vital signs and input/output measurements from inpatients.
- Monitored, tracked, and conveyed important patient information to healthcare staff to help optimize treatment planning and care delivery.
- Assessed patients' temperature, pulse, and blood pressure and recorded in electronic medical records.
- Administered medications and injections to patients.
Education
Bachelor Of Science In Nursing - Nursing
University of North Carolina At Wilmington
Wilmington, NC10.2024
Associate Degree - Nursing
Coastal Carolina Community College
Jacksonville, NC05.2020
Skills
- EMAR using PointClickCare
- Documentation using Cerner
- Documentation using Medilinks
- Documentation using MatrixCare
- Computer/typing skills
- Communication skills
- Additional Skills
- Registered Nurse
Timeline
RN, Case Manager
Cardinal Hospice Care
09.2021 - Current
RN
CarolinaEast Medical Center
06.2020 - 09.2021
LPN
Coastal Carolina Neuropsychiatric Center
02.2014 - 12.2016
LPN
Premier Nursing And Rehabilitation Center
06.2006 - 06.2020
Bachelor Of Science In Nursing - Nursing
University of North Carolina At Wilmington
Associate Degree - Nursing
Coastal Carolina Community College