Chelsey Rueth
Boise,ID
Summary
Knowledgeable Registered Nurse with solid foundation in telemetry nursing and patient care. Successfully managed multiple patients with complex needs, ensuring accurate monitoring and timely interventions. Demonstrated expertise in critical thinking and patient advocacy.
Overview
9
9
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification
Work History
Telemetry Charge Nurse
Saint Alphonsus Regional Medical Center
10.2023 - Current
- Delegated tasks appropriately among nursing staff members based on expertise level or experience.
- Mentored new nurses, fostering a supportive learning environment and promoting professional growth.
- Promoted a culture of safety, resulting in reduced hospital-acquired infections and falls.
- Communicated with healthcare team members to plan, implement and enhance treatment strategies.
- Provided skilled, timely and level-headed emergency response to critically-ill patients.
- Quickly responded to situations impacting safety and security to unit, actualizing crisis prevention interventions to control and de-escalate situations.
Telemetry Registered Nurse
Saint Alphonsus Regional Medical Center
07.2022 - Current
- Decreased patient complications through diligent monitoring of vital signs, lab results, and other telemetry data.
- Enhanced patient care by accurately interpreting cardiac monitor readings and promptly reporting critical findings to healthcare team.
- Prevented life-threatening complications by quickly recognizing early warning signs of deterioration in critically ill patients under close observation.
- Administered prescribed medications safely and effectively while closely monitoring potential side effects or adverse reactions.
- Enhanced teamwork within the telemetry unit through active participation in daily huddles, shift handoffs, and collaborative problem-solving sessions.
- Provided patients with information on such subjects as side effects from medications and benefits of proper nutrition to help promote better outcomes.
- Ensured patient safety through vigilance in infection control practices, falls prevention strategies, and medication administration protocols.
- Optimized workflow efficiency within the unit by prioritizing tasks according to urgency and collaborating with fellow nurses during peak periods of activity.
- Advocated for patient needs, ensuring personalized and compassionate care.
- Streamlined communication between nursing staff and physicians, ensuring timely intervention for urgent issues.
TOU Certified Nurse Assistant/Unit Clerk
Saint Alphonsus Regional Medical Center
06.2021 - 07.2022
- Maintains safe and comfortable environment for each patient.
- Monitors patient status and reported update to senior medical staff.
- Operates under direction of licensed nursing professionals and pursued opportunities to learn new skills.
- Read and understood patient assignment list and reviewed charts to check for special conditions.
- Care directly for patients by assisting with daily living activities and mobility needs.
- Complete clinical work in different units to achieve degree standards and build nursing knowledge.
- Investigate diagnoses to learn more about mechanism, action, peak and onset of each.
- Document information about patient care, vitals and condition markers in computer system.
- Deliver culturally sensitive care to unit patients for optimal outcomes.
- Coordinate internal and external patient transportation.
- Answer telephone calls, responded to requests for information and routed callers to correct personnel or departments.
Certified Nurse Assistant
Comfort Keepers
01.2016 - 01.2017
- Provides high quality, safe, and comfortable client care
- Maintains excellent communication towards client and company, both verbally and written
- Observes and records client’s condition and needs thoroughly
- Assists clients with everyday tasks, such as preparing meals, daily hygiene, transportation, restroom needs (incontinence care), vitals when instructed, and other individual everyday necessities
- Uses empathy and compassion towards client and client’s family
Education
Bachelor of Science - Nursing
Northwest Nazarene University
Nampa, ID05-2022
No Degree - Biology Healthcare
College of Western Idaho
Nampa, ID05-2019
Skills
- ACLS and BLS certified
- NIH Stroke Scale certified
- ECG and Telemetry monitoring experience
- Charge nurse experience
- Critical thinking and problem-solving skills
- Teamwork and dependability
- Time management and stamina
- Excellent communication skills (active listening, observing, speaking, emphasizing)
- Patient and family advocacy
- Patient and family education
- Delegation and motivation
- Technology skills (experience documenting in Epic & PowerChart)
Certification
- Registered Nurse License (RN) (Idaho Board of Nursing) (2022).
- NIH Stroke Scale Assessment (Apex Innovations) (2024).
- ACLS and BLS (American Heart Association) (2024).
- Phlebotomy Certificate (Specimen Processing, CWI) (2018).
- CNA certification (2016).
Timeline
Telemetry Charge Nurse
Saint Alphonsus Regional Medical Center
10.2023 - Current
Telemetry Registered Nurse
Saint Alphonsus Regional Medical Center
07.2022 - Current
TOU Certified Nurse Assistant/Unit Clerk
Saint Alphonsus Regional Medical Center
06.2021 - 07.2022
Certified Nurse Assistant
Comfort Keepers
01.2016 - 01.2017
Bachelor of Science - Nursing
Northwest Nazarene University
No Degree - Biology Healthcare
College of Western Idaho
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