Ensured accurate and comprehensive patient information documentation
Conducted timely administration of medications, maintaining 100% adherence to schedules; closely monitored patient responses
Performed comprehensive head-to-toe assessments on assigned patients each shift, promptly recognizing abnormalities necessitating escalation to healthcare providers
Communicated abnormal findings or deviations in patients’ physical, mental, and emotional states to the Registered Nurse preceptor / Adjunct
Demonstrated general knowledge and competence with regards to nursing theories, concepts and practices; medical terminology, anatomy; physiology; microbiology; pharmacology; and pathophysiology
Solicited feedback from nursing staff and seamlessly integrated constructive criticism into personal practice, fostering continuous improvement and professional growth
Possess written and verbal communication skills to explain sensitive information clearly and professionally to diverse audiences, including medical staff, the patient and family or friend members while adhering to the strict guideline of maintaining HIPAA
Time management and organizational skills, including the ability to prioritize patient care, and assignments while working within standardized policies, procedures and practices to achieve objectives as well as meeting time sensitive activities
Excellent patient assessment skills
Demonstrated ability to prioritize multiple concurrent tasks effectively
Maintaining a sterile field while performing sterile procedures such as inserting a foley catheter and inserting IV’s
Collaborating with several departments to achieve efficient patient care such as RT, PT, OT, Lab, Intensivists, Hospitalists, Case Management and other care team members
Performing leadership skills
Prioritizing care
Certified Nursing Assistant (CNA)
Great Falls Clinic Outpatient/Inpatient/PACU
Great Falls, MT
10.2015 - Current
Ability to adapt and float from various departments such as in outpatient facilities Dermatology, Urology, Orthopedics, ENT, Neurology, Pain Management, Physical Therapy, Pediatrics, Family Practice, Endocrinology, Psychiatry, Oncology, Radiation/Oncology, Cardiology, Pulmonology, Podiatry, Walk-in, and Immediate Care Center
Ability to float to the Inpatient Med/Surg/PACU units of the Hospital
Maintaining HIPAA throughout all departments Inpatient, PACU, and Outpatient services
Ability to assess and record manual blood pressures, pulse rate, oxygen, temperature, and respiration rate with every patient
Effectively recognize and respond to medical emergencies
Ability to assist provider in ultrasound guided injections
Ability to assist provider in Cystoscopy procedures
Prepare medical equipment and patients for Cystoscopy procedures
Sterilizing cystoscopes proficiently and maintaining a sterile field when setting up cystoscopy trays
Performing BVI and Urine collections
Performing Blood Glucose Monitoring correctly and safely
Performing care to patients postoperatively and in critical care under guidance of a registered nurse
Performing EKG’s as ordered by the provider
Following all policies and protocols within state guidelines scope of practice under providers or nursing guidance
C.N.A/C.D.T. Medical Assistant
Dermatology Department
Great Falls, MT
10.2015 - 10.2018
Maintaining infection control throughout patient examinations, preparing for procedures, and post op procedures
Scribing for the provider while provider performs full assessment in the EMR
Sterilize instruments and dispose of contaminated supplies in the proper container
Collect tissue, or other laboratory specimens, label specimens, log specimens, and prepare them to be sent for testing
Performing wound dressing changes
Assist patients in light treatments and Effudex light treatments
Assisting a nurse with applying Unaboots and prescribed medications to patients as ordered
MOHS Histotech
Great Falls, MT
10.2015 - 10.2016
Relaxing specimen to ensure all epidermis is lying flat before embedding
Cut sections of body tissues for microscopic examination using microtomes
Mount tissue specimens on glass slides
Stain tissue specimens with dyes or other chemicals to make cell details visible under microscopes
Embed tissue specimens into media blocks
Examine slides under microscopes to ensure tissue preparation meets laboratory requirements
Freeze tissue specimens
Maintaining a clean lab and meet requirements of CLIA