Ashlee DeMott
Whittier,CA
Summary
Patient-oriented nursing professional with 5 years of hands-on experience in delivering quality direct and indirect patient care to individuals in multiple settings. Skillfully completes tasks and fosters relationships with patients, caregivers and coworkers to drive patient care goals and advance nursing philosophies.
Overview
5
5
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification
Work History
Licensed Vocational Nurse
Cedars-Sinai
Beverly Hills, CA
03.2021 - 12.2021
- Nurse to Cedars-Sinai Medical Director's Dysplasia clinic
- Responsible for overseeing clinic in its entirety
- Maintaining Dr's schedule and In basket
- Assisting Dr in procedure room with biopsies, hyfercation, tray set up and handling during procedures, and scope programming
- Patient education regarding pre and post procedure guidelines/information
- Knowledgeable in Epic
- Training ACET team members
- Recognition from multiple patient's and Provider for strong work ethic.
Licensed Vocational Nurse
Cedars-Sinai
Beverly Hills, CA
10.2020 - 03.2021
- Nurse at Internal Medicine building providing care to patient's during their visits with their PCP and Nurse visits
- Drawing blood for ordered labs while maintaining safety
- Maintaining centrifuge
- Working as quarterback to assist all Providers and maintain constant flow of patients to keep schedules on track.
Licensed Vocational Nurse
Cedars-Sinai
Beverly Hills, CA
01.2021 - 02.2021
- Volunteered and deployed to Urgent Care to assist in helping COVID-19 surge
- Received recognition from RN Supervisor
- Adapted to the flow of a new department in a short time span and received recognition from Superiors
- Maintained calm in high stress situations as expressed by peers
- Assisted in both respiratory and non respiratory suites
- Roomed adult and pediatric patient's with use of Epic software
- Administered oral medication
- Administered controlled substances via IM
- Swabbed patient's for COVID-19
- Collected throat cultures
- Performed EKG's
- Assisted in pap smear procedures
- Performed rapid strep and flu procedures
- Performed Hemocue test
- Performed venipunctures within safety protocol guidelines
- Communicated with Providers and had a very active role in patient care
- Assessed and assisted in emergent 911 situations.
LVN
Innovative Health Diagnostic
09.2020 - 10.2020
- Providing COVID-19 testing services for entertainment industry clients
- Implementing all health and safety guidelines under the direction of CDC, Department of Health, and Health & Safety Managers
- Maintaining HIPAA compliance.
Charge Nurse
Santa Fe Lodge
05.2019 - 09.2020
- Charge Nurse for 46 bed locked Psychiatric Unit
- Carried out MD orders
- Admissions process for new and returning patients
- Administration of oral, topical and injectable medication
- Monitoring and maintenance of intravenous catheters
- Worked alongside Psychiatric MD providing patient information regarding behavior to determine best overall outcome for each individual patient
- Maintaining a safe work environment for staff and patients
- Delegating tasks to nursing assistants within their scope of practice
- Training and orienting new nurses
- Continuing to educate staff on new policies and procedures
- Volunteered to work COVID-19 unit while maintaining all correlating policies and procedures under the direction of CDC and Department of Health.
Charge Nurse
Live Oak Rehabilitation Center
02.2017 - 05.2018
- Charge Nurse for a 99 bed skilled nursing facility and rehabilitation center
- As charge nurse my duties included dispensing medications
- Often acted as treatment nurse who worked closely with wound MD & PA to monitor wound progress and implement additional wound care treatment
- Monitored vital signs and patient conditions
- Obtained and carried out orders from MD
- Acted as patient advocate for all residents
- Additional duties included supervision of nurse assistants, working with family members to provide the best possible overall environment for the patient, creating and updating care plans, and responding to emergency situations
- Worked with Interdisciplinary team including dietary, physical therapy, and social services.
Education
ADN - Nursing Science
Marsha Fuerst School of Nursing
LVN - Nursing Science
Hacienda La Puente Adult Education
La Puente, CA12.2015
CNA
Hacienda La Puente Adult Education
La Puente, CA05-2013
Skills
- Treatment Plan Implementation
- Patient Assessment
- HIPAA Compliance
- Care Plan Development
- Compassionate Care
- Patient Education
Certification
- IV Certified
- LVN
- BLS/CPR
- Fire Safety
- CPI Certification
Awards
- Patient Experience Award, 05/01/21, In recognition of being mentioned by a grateful patient for outstanding patient experience efforts. Awarded by John Jennette, Executive Vice President, Cedars-Sinai Medical Network
- Stick To It Star, 06/01/23, Awarded recognition from MFSON for excellence in RN program.
References
References available upon request.
Timeline
Licensed Vocational Nurse
Cedars-Sinai
03.2021 - 12.2021
Licensed Vocational Nurse
Cedars-Sinai
01.2021 - 02.2021
Licensed Vocational Nurse
Cedars-Sinai
10.2020 - 03.2021
LVN
Innovative Health Diagnostic
09.2020 - 10.2020
Charge Nurse
Santa Fe Lodge
05.2019 - 09.2020
Charge Nurse
Live Oak Rehabilitation Center
02.2017 - 05.2018
ADN - Nursing Science
Marsha Fuerst School of Nursing
LVN - Nursing Science
Hacienda La Puente Adult Education
CNA
Hacienda La Puente Adult Education
- IV Certified
- LVN
- BLS/CPR
- Fire Safety
- CPI Certification
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