Carly Krohn
Hutto,TX
Summary
Patient-oriented Nurse with 6 years of diverse experience in direct patient care, staff supervision and department operations. Skilled at multitasking and prioritizing patient needs and daily assignments. Offering expertise with electrophysiology, heart failure, general cardiology, and structural heart specialties. Skilled in utilizing Epic, Leading Reach, pMD, and Meditech, ensuring high-quality care and operational efficiency.
Overview
15
15
years of professional experience
Work History
Valve Program Coordinator
St. David's Round Rock Medical Center
06.2023 - Current
- Create and implement all new processes for a new clinic from the ground up.
- Lead training sessions for staff, fostering a knowledgeable and cohesive team environment.
- Organize and manage care of patients undergoing various therapies and procedures.
- Enhance patient care by implementing evidence-based nursing practices and protocols.
- Improve patient satisfaction ratings by delivering compassionate and personalized care.
- Collaborate with interdisciplinary teams for optimized patient treatment plans and outcomes.
- Streamline communication between patients, families, and healthcare providers to ensure comprehensive understanding of care plans.
- Confer with physicians to discuss diagnoses and devise well-coordinated treatment approaches.
- Establish strong relationships with referring physicians, enhancing communication and coordination of care for shared patients.
Clinical Nurse Manager
Texas Cardiac Arrhythmia
10.2022 - 06.2023
- Managed over 20 employees.
- Sought opportunities to improve patient care, outcomes and staff performance.
- Evaluated nursing staff's performance and developed education programs and professional development opportunities to improve individual and team competencies, clinical knowledge and delivery of care.
- Interacted effectively with department managers to promptly correct problems and improve services.
- Collaborated with physicians and interdisciplinary teams to devise and manage individualized plans of care.
- Oversaw training, staffing and education of all nurses and non-clinical staff.
- Supervised professional and paraprofessional nursing staff and delegated tasks to maintain continuum of care.
- Fostered improvement in staff development, personnel training and standards of patient care.
- Administered performance evaluations and probationary reviews to assess personnel.
- Documented all aspects of care following facility and Medicare standards, creating accurate patient records of all interactions and interventions to sustain continuity of care.
Electrophysiology Registered Nurse
Texas Cardiac Arrhythmia
04.2019 - 06.2023
- Provided full range of nursing care to patients with complex care needs.
- Used team approach to identify, analyze and resolve patient care problems resulting in improved patient outcomes.
- Revised interdisciplinary plan of care based upon ongoing patient assessment and evaluation.
- Educated family members and caregivers on patient care instructions.
- Evaluated patient histories, complaints and current symptoms.
- Communicated with healthcare team members to plan, implement and enhance treatment strategies.
- Explained course of care and medication side effects to patients and caregivers in easy-to-understand terms.
- Offered exceptional care and support to individuals recovering from acute incidents and dealing with chronic conditions.
- Used first-hand knowledge and clinical expertise to advocate for patients under care and enacted prescribed treatment strategies.
- Promoted patient and family comfort during challenging recoveries to enhance healing and eliminate non-compliance problems.
- Conveyed treatment options, diagnosis information and home care techniques to patients and caregivers to continue care consistency.
- Educated patients and families on treatment, expected outcomes and discharge instructions, serving as advisory resource to patients and families to facilitate recovery.
Advanced Heart Failure RN
Austin Heart - Round Rock
10.2018 - 04.2019
- Collaborated with physicians to quickly assess patients and deliver appropriate treatment while managing rapidly changing conditions.
- Educated patients, families and caregivers on diagnosis and prognosis, treatment options, disease process and management and lifestyle options.
- Provided direct patient care, stabilized patients and determined next course of action.
- Updated patient charts with data such as medications to keep records current and support accurate treatments.
- Taught patients how to improve lifestyle choices, dramatically reducing chance of symptom and hospital admission reoccurrence.
- Maintained quality care and comfort for patients with heart failure.
Registered Nurse
St. David's Round Rock Medical Center
Jun 2018 - 10.2018
- Manage patients with chronic and acute health problems such as MI, arrhythmias, asthma, COPD and pneumonia.
- Chronic patient care in Telemetry unit, adeptly handling all aspects of treatment from medication to wound care to monitoring for 5 patients per shift.
- Instruct patients and family members on proper discharge care.
- Establish and maintain effective communication with physicians, patients, family members, hospital staff, administration, and management.
- Work closely with doctors to triage and facilitate patient care.
- Educated patients, families and caregivers on diagnosis and prognosis, treatment options, disease process and management and lifestyle options.
Procedure Scheduler
Texas Cardiac Arrhythmia
5 2010 - Jun 2018
- Scheduled inpatient and outpatient procedures at over 36 hospitals.
- Maintained inpatient hospital list of all patients in the hospital for provider rounding.
- Contacted patients to schedule procedure in a timely manner based on urgency.
- Educated patients on procedure instructions.
- Liaison between hospitals, physicians, and patients.
- Problem solved for patients and physicians.
- Maintained nine physicians schedules.
- Obtained insurance authorizations for procedures.
Central Scheduler
St. David's North Austin Medical Center
03.2009 - 06.2010
- Scheduled all outpatient hospital procedures for radiology, special procedures, cath lab, cardio pulmonary, pulmonary, physical therapy, and dietary using Meditech.
- Received orders from physician office and performed quality control on those orders.
- Educated patients on procedure instructions.
- Liaison between patients, doctor offices, and hospital departments.
- Problem solved for hospital departments and patients.
Education
Associate of Science - Nursing
Austin Community College: Continuing Education Center
Austin, TX05.2018
Skills
- Epic
- Meditech
- ACLS
- BLS
- Patient Health Education
- Chronic disease management
Timeline
Valve Program Coordinator
St. David's Round Rock Medical Center
06.2023 - Current
Clinical Nurse Manager
Texas Cardiac Arrhythmia
10.2022 - 06.2023
Electrophysiology Registered Nurse
Texas Cardiac Arrhythmia
04.2019 - 06.2023
Advanced Heart Failure RN
Austin Heart - Round Rock
10.2018 - 04.2019
Central Scheduler
St. David's North Austin Medical Center
03.2009 - 06.2010
Registered Nurse
St. David's Round Rock Medical Center
Jun 2018 - 10.2018
Procedure Scheduler
Texas Cardiac Arrhythmia
5 2010 - Jun 2018
Associate of Science - Nursing
Austin Community College: Continuing Education Center
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