Ashley Cheek
England,AR
Summary
Dedicated and compassionate Registered Nurse (RN) with thirty years of experience in direct patient care, triage and care coordination in fast-paced environments. Consistently developing strong relationships with patients and families through empathetic communication, respectful attitude and excellent customer service. To seek and maintain full-time position that offers professional challenges utilizing interpersonal skills, excellent time management and problem-solving skills in a remote setting.
Overview
31
31
years of professional experience
Work History
Registered Nurse
England School District
12.2008 - Current
- Registered Nurse in a school setting
- Assessment of students/ staff, performing health screenings
- Establishing plan of care for medically fragile students in collaboration with physicians and parents/guardians
- Responsible for CPR staff trained personnel and coordinating immunization clinics for students.
- Daily use of computer and entering all data via computer based school program
- Collaborated with physicians to quickly assess patients and deliver appropriate treatment while managing rapidly changing conditions
- Administered medications and treatment to patients and monitored responses while working with healthcare teams to adjust care plans
- Responsible for ordering all supplies and medications for nursing department of school district
Circulating Nurse, Operating Room
North River Surgery Center
12.1998 - 12.2008
- Monitored surgical patients and delivered quality level of care before, during and after operations to promote positive outcomes
- Prepped operating rooms to comply with environmental asepsis standards
- Collected, labeled and transported specimens and delivered to lab for testing
- Performed pre-op and post op calls
- Performed preoperative assessments on patients and evaluated overall health
- Provided direct support to surgical team during procedures
- Trained new nurses in proper techniques, care standards, operational procedures, and safety protocols
- Cross trained in pre-op, OR, PACU, and the GI Lab as a Registered Nurse and scrubbed in on cases when needed assisting physicians with instruments etc.
- Responsible for charting and noting all charges from preop through PACU
- Performed monthly audits for billing and quality assurance
Registered Nurse Case Manager
First American Homecare
10.1994 - 12.1998
- Evaluated healthcare needs on intake/ evaluations for admission, establish goals and treatment plan for individual needs and available resources of each patient and connected to optimal providers and care
- Advocated for patients by communicating care preferences to practitioners, verifying interventions met treatment goals and identifying insurance coverage limitations
- Effectively communicated with physicians regarding patient needs, performance, medications and changes, providing clinical notes and updates for review
- Participated in patient and family planning process, as well as provided instructions and addressed question and concerns
- Performed evaluations on consistent basis to address changes in patient needs, conditions and medications, altering care plans when required.
- Examined patients and documented history of current and previous conditions, illnesses, injuries and current medications.
- Created individualized care plans based on nursing diagnosis and incorporated appropriate nursing methods to achieve positive outcomes.
- Worked with suppliers and vendors on provision of medical equipment, items and services.
- Performed monthly audits for re-certification and insurance billing, primarily Medicare.
- Coordinated with interdisciplinary professionals to develop plans of care and monitor status.
- Educated and supported home healthcare providers with training, guidance, mentoring and resources required to achieve objectives during last year of employment as a clinical nurse supervisor
Circulating Nurse, Operating Room
St.Vincent Infirmary Medical Center
06.1992 - 10.1994
- Circulated mainly Neurology OR cases, but floated to relieve other areas.
- Monitored surgical patients and delivered quality level of care before, during and after operations to promote positive outcomes.
- Performed pre-op assessment, prepared room for OR cases, circulated OR rooms, transported patients to PACU giving report.
- Performed all charting and charges for surgical procedure
- Performed Quality Assurance Audits to check charting, charges in the Operating Rooms
Education
Nursing
University of Arkansas At Little Rock
Little Rock, ARBachelor of Science - Nursing
University of Arkansas For Medical Sciences
Little Rock, AR05.1993
Skills
- Self motivated
- Work independently
- Excellent Time Management
- Organized
- Microsoft Office Applications
- Charting/ Charges
- Audits/ Quality Assurance
- Billing
- Assessment/Evaluations/Referrals
- Medical Supply Management
- Family and Patient Education
Enjoying the outdoors and spending time with my family
Enjoy going to the lake, boating, and spending time with my husband. Jim, of thirty years and my three children- Trent, Emma Catherine, and Chandler.
Timeline
Registered Nurse
England School District
12.2008 - Current
Circulating Nurse, Operating Room
North River Surgery Center
12.1998 - 12.2008
Registered Nurse Case Manager
First American Homecare
10.1994 - 12.1998
Circulating Nurse, Operating Room
St.Vincent Infirmary Medical Center
06.1992 - 10.1994
Nursing
University of Arkansas At Little Rock
Bachelor of Science - Nursing
University of Arkansas For Medical Sciences
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