Blaire Nixon
Barnhart,MO
Summary
Hardworking employee with customer service, multitasking and time management abilities. Devoted to giving every patient a positive and memorable experience.
Overview
8
8
years of professional experience
Work History
Clinical Education Specialist
Mercy Jefferson Hospital
Festus, MO
07.2020 - Current
- Provided clinical education to healthcare professionals on the use of medical devices and products.
- Developed and implemented educational programs for new product launches.
- Designed effective training materials including presentations, job aids, and reference documents.
- Tracked participant attendance at training events and maintained accurate records of trainings conducted.
- Facilitated onboarding activities for newly hired employees related to clinical education topics.
- Maintained up-to-date knowledge of industry trends and best practices in order to provide relevant advice when needed.
- Partnered with other instructors to share best practices for optimized student learning.
- Provided students with hands-on demonstrations and managed clinical logs, medication administration, dressing changes and meal preparation.
- Used individualized instruction techniques to educate students on patient observation, assessment, decision-making and health teaching.
- Frequently provided educational lectures to students.
- Initiated new learning methods to ensure total student comprehension while maximizing learning time.
- Taught students how to intervene in medical emergencies and how to perform head to toe assessments.
- Devised educational presentations to creatively communicate coursework objectives.
- Kept instruction up-to-date by improving instructional materials, ordering equipment and supplies and using learning modalities such as instructional technology.
Registered Nurse-Surgical Unit
Mercy Jefferson Hospital
Festus, MO
05.2016 - 07.2020
- Provided direct nursing care to medical-surgical patients including assessments, treatments, medications and documentation of care.
- Collaborated with interdisciplinary team members to develop individualized patient plans of care.
- Evaluated effectiveness of nursing interventions and revised plan of care accordingly.
- Developed positive relationships with patients to ensure quality holistic care was provided throughout the hospital stay.
- Utilized evidence based practice guidelines when making decisions regarding patient care needs.
- Adhered to hospital policies and procedures while providing quality patient centered care.
- Responded quickly and effectively to life threatening situations utilizing advanced cardiac life support protocols.
- Managed multiple tasks simultaneously while maintaining high standards of professional conduct.
- Prioritized workloads according to urgency levels ensuring timely completion of assignments.
- Demonstrated excellent interpersonal communication skills when interacting with patients, family members, physicians or other healthcare professionals.
Education
Bachelor of Science - Nursing
Goldfarb School of Nursing At Barnes-Jewish College
St Louis, MO05-2016
Skills
- Clinical Research
- Teaching Strategies
- Patient Safety
- Quality Improvement
- Learning Management Systems
- Evaluating Student Performance
- Completed Basic Life Support Provider and Instructor Course
- Completed Advanced LIfe Support Provider and Instructor Course
- Completed Pediatric Advanced Life Support/ Pediatric Emergency Assessment,Recognition, and Stabilization Provider and Instructor Course
- Training Site Coordinator for Life Support for Mercy Jefferson
- Advanced Mandt (Workplace Violence) Trained
Timeline
Clinical Education Specialist
Mercy Jefferson Hospital
07.2020 - Current
Registered Nurse-Surgical Unit
Mercy Jefferson Hospital
05.2016 - 07.2020
Bachelor of Science - Nursing
Goldfarb School of Nursing At Barnes-Jewish College
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