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Bernadette Stelzle

Rapid City,SD

Summary

Licensed Practical Nurse (LPN) with several years of healthcare experience, passionate about delivering high quality direct and indirect patient care. Skilled in performing thorough patient assessments, administering medication, providing wound care, as well as implementing individualized care plans and interventions. Committed to maintaining patient dignity and privacy in compliance with HIPAA protocols, while fostering a compassionate and supportive environment for patients and their families.

Overview

6
6
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification

Work History

Licensed Practical Nurse

Monument Health Rapid City Hospital
01.2024 - Current
  • Providing both direct and indirect patient care, including assessing patient conditions, monitoring vital signs, laboratory results, and documenting observations.
  • Communicating with physicians, other nurses, therapists, and other healthcare professionals to ensure continuity of care.
  • Implementing care and treatment plans, including setting measurable goals, interventions, and initiating discharge planning to ensure a smooth transition and continuity of care.
  • Administering medication and treatments as prescribed by the provider, ensuring accurate dosage, proper timing, and monitoring for therapeutic effects and potential side effects.
  • Performing wound care, including thorough cleaning of wounds and dressing changes as ordered, ensuring proper infection control, monitoring for signs of complications, and documenting observations to support optimal healing outcomes.
  • Maintaining patient dignity and privacy by following HIPAA protocols, ensuring that all personal health information is securely handled, shared only with authorized individuals, and protected from unauthorized access or disclosure.
  • Following isolation precautions and infection control guidelines, including the use of personal protective equipment (PPE), proper hand hygiene, and adherence to transmission-based precautions, to prevent the spread of infectious agents in the healthcare setting.

Cardiac Monitor Technician/Certified Nursing Assistant

Monument Health Rapid City Hospital
09.2019 - 01.2024
  • Providing both direct and indirect patient care, including attaching electrodes to patients to record the heart's electrical impulses and provide continuous cardiac monitoring during hospital stay.
  • Observing and interpreting cardiac rhythms to identify abnormalities such as irregular heartbeats, arrhythmias, and cardiac arrest, and promptly reporting any changes to the nurse in charge.
  • Obtaining patients' vital signs, assisting with personal hygiene, addressing daily needs such as feeding and toileting, supporting mobility through safe transfers, ambulation, and promptly responding to call lights to ensure patient comfort and safety.
  • Maintaining patient dignity and privacy by following HIPAA protocols, ensuring that all personal health information is securely handled, shared only with authorized individuals and protected from unauthorized access or disclosure.
  • Following isolation precautions and infection control guidelines, including the use of personal protective equipment (PPE), proper hand hygiene, and adherence to transmission-based precautions, to prevent the spread of infectious agents in the healthcare setting.

Certified Medication Aide/Certified Nursing Assistant

Good Samaritan Society, St. Martin's Village
04.2019 - 04.2022
  • Providing both direct and indirect patient care, including hands-on assistance with daily activities, administering medications, monitoring vital signs, and ensuring detailed documentation to support patient well-being.
  • Obtaining residents' vital signs, assisting with personal hygiene, addressing daily needs such as feeding and toileting, supporting mobility through safe transfers, ambulation, and promptly responding to call lights to ensure patient comfort and safety.
  • Maintaining patient dignity and privacy by following HIPAA protocols, ensuring that all personal health information is securely handled, shared only with authorized individuals and protected from unauthorized access or disclosure.
  • Following isolation precautions and infection control guidelines, including the use of personal protective equipment (PPE), proper hand hygiene, and adherence to transmission-based precautions, to prevent the spread of infectious agents in the healthcare setting.

Education

Licensed Practical Nursing -

Western Dakota Technical College
Rapid City, SD
12.2023

Associate of Applied Science -

Western Dakota Technical College
Rapid City, SD
12-2023

General Courses -

Southeast Technical College
Sioux Falls, SD

General Courses -

University Center of Rapid City
Rapid City, SD

Skills

  • Communication
  • Dependable
  • Detail Oriented
  • Organization
  • Problem Solving
  • Teamwork

Certification

  • Basic Life Support (BLS)
  • Advanced Cardiovascular Life Support (ACLS)
  • Geriatric Education for EMS (GEMS)
  • American Heart Association: National Institute of Health Stroke Scale (NIHSS)
  • Culturally Competent Nursing Care: A Cornerstone of Caring
  • Licensed Practical Nurse (LPN) Diploma

Awards

  • Employee of the Quarter (2022): Monument Health, Heart & Vascular Unit (HVU)
  • Dean's List (2023): Western Dakota Technical College (WDTC)

Timeline

Licensed Practical Nurse

Monument Health Rapid City Hospital
01.2024 - Current

Cardiac Monitor Technician/Certified Nursing Assistant

Monument Health Rapid City Hospital
09.2019 - 01.2024

Certified Medication Aide/Certified Nursing Assistant

Good Samaritan Society, St. Martin's Village
04.2019 - 04.2022

Licensed Practical Nursing -

Western Dakota Technical College

Associate of Applied Science -

Western Dakota Technical College

General Courses -

Southeast Technical College

General Courses -

University Center of Rapid City

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