April McCallister
Westerville,Ohio
Summary
Accomplished Registered Nurse with a proven track record at The Ohio State Wexner Medical Center, excelling in lab result interpretation and emotional intelligence. Demonstrated leadership in nursing staff, significantly enhancing patient satisfaction and care outcomes. Skilled in Epic EHR management and culturally-sensitive care, adept at driving improvements in healthcare environments.
Overview
15
15
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification
Work History
Registered Nurse
The Ohio State Wexner Medical Center
03.2013 - Current
- Advised patients and caregivers of proper wound management, discharge plan objectives, safe medication use, and disease management.
- Conducted ongoing monitoring and evaluations of behaviors and conditions, and updated clinical supervisors with current information.
- Followed all personal and health data procedures to effectively comply with HIPAA laws and prevent information breaches.
- Leveraged feedback and process improvement opportunities to create safer and healthier environment and increase patient satisfaction.
- Advocated for and strived to protect health, safety, and rights of patient.
- Collaborated with members of patients' healthcare team to deliver appropriate level of care.
- Provided effective bedside care to patients before and after procedures to deliver comfort.
- Collected, labeled and transported specimens and delivered to lab for testing.
- Prepped operating rooms to comply with environmental asepsis standards.
- Led teams in driving successful patient outcomes by prioritizing standard of care and best practices.
- Used first-hand knowledge and clinical expertise to advocate for patients under care and enacted prescribed treatment strategies.
- Investigated and resolved issues affecting hospital operations and patient care.
- Promoted patient and family comfort during challenging recoveries to enhance healing and eliminate non-compliance problems.
- Provided skilled, timely and level-headed emergency response to critically-ill patients.
- Facilitated therapeutic communication, conflict resolution and crisis intervention by redirecting negative behaviors and helping patients regain or improve coping abilities.
- Performed triage on incoming patients and determined severity of injuries and illnesses.
- Delivered high level of quality care to diverse populations while overseeing patient admission and triaging based on acuity and appropriate department admission.
- Collaborated with leadership to devise initiatives for improving nursing satisfaction, retention and morale.
Registered Nurse
Mount Carmel East Hospital
12.2009 - Current
- Educated patients and answered questions about health condition, prognosis, and treatment.
- Administered medications via oral, IV, and intramuscular injections and monitored responses.
- Communicated openly and collaboratively with all healthcare staff to organize successful patient care.
- Collaborated with physicians to quickly assess patients and deliver appropriate treatment while managing rapidly changing conditions.
- Administered medications and treatments as prescribed by physicians.
- Educated family members and caregivers on patient care instructions.
- Delivered important IV and venous medications to control symptoms and provide effective treatments.
- Answered codes quickly and orchestrated efficient, skilled medical care.
- Followed all personal and health data procedures to effectively comply with HIPAA laws and prevent information breaches.
- Recorded details regarding therapies to keep patient charts updated.
- Delivered high level of quality care to diverse populations while overseeing patient admission and triaging based on acuity and appropriate department admission.
- Evaluated patient histories, complaints, and current symptoms.
- Facilitated therapeutic communication, conflict resolution and crisis intervention by redirecting negative behaviors and helping patients regain or improve coping abilities.
- Quickly responded to situations impacting safety and security to unit, actualizing crisis prevention interventions to control and de-escalate situations.
- Led teams in driving successful patient outcomes by prioritizing standard of care and best practices.
- Leveraged feedback and process improvement opportunities to create safer and healthier environment and increase patient satisfaction.
- Used first-hand knowledge and clinical expertise to advocate for patients under care and enacted prescribed treatment strategies.
- Performed triage on incoming patients and determined severity of injuries and illnesses.
Education
Bachelor of Science - Nursing
The Ohio State University
Columbus, OH06-2008
Skills
- Lab result interpretation
- Chart updating
- IV management
- Nursing staff leadership
- Precepting
- Culturally-sensitive care
- Emotional intelligence
- Epic EHR management
- OR and ER experience
- HIPAA education
Certification
- Registered Nurse License (RN) - State Board of Nursing.
- ACLS- Advance Care Life Support
- BLS- Basic Life Support
- NRP- Neonatal resuscitation program
- NCC- Electronic Fetal Monitoring (RN-Cefm)
Timeline
Registered Nurse
The Ohio State Wexner Medical Center
03.2013 - Current
Registered Nurse
Mount Carmel East Hospital
12.2009 - Current
Bachelor of Science - Nursing
The Ohio State University