Cheryl Page
Register Nurse
Hagerstown,MD
Summary
Diligent Caregiver focused on providing optimal support to clients through personalized assistance and care required to manage diverse medical conditions. Organized and dependable, and successful at managing multiple priorities with a positive attitude. Seeking a full-time position that offers professional challenges utilizing interpersonal skills, excellent time management and problem-solving skills.
Overview
23
23
years of professional experience
Work History
Patient Care Manager
Hospice Of Washington County
Hagerstown, United States
06.2016 - Current
- Educated and evaluated clinical and support staff regarding care quality management regulations and standards of care.
- Assisted clients with daily living needs to maintain self-esteem and general wellness.
- Provided safe mobility support to help patients move around personal and public spaces.
- Consulted with supervisors to assess cases and plan strategies for enhancing care.
- Communicated with patients, ensuring that medical information was kept private.
- Fostered excellence by example by "setting pace" and being hands on mentor to clinical staff.
School Health Supervisor - RN
Meritus Medical Center
Hagerstown, MD
08.2012 - 06.2016
- Led successful team comprised of RNs, LPNs and ancillary staff.
- Trained new nurses in proper techniques, care standards, operational procedures and safety protocols.
- Administered medications and treatment to students and monitored responses while working with healthcare teams to adjust care plans.
Registered Nurse
Meritus Medical Center
Hagerstown, United States
02.1997 - 07.2010
- 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.
- Trained new nurses in proper techniques, care standards, operational procedures and safety protocols.
- Provided direct patient care, stabilized patients and determined next course of action.
- Administered medications via oral, IV and intramuscular injections and monitored responses.
- Managed care from admission to discharge.
- Administered medications and treatment to patients and monitored responses while working with healthcare teams to adjust care plans.
- Monitored patient condition by interpreting and tracking EKG readings, identifying irregular telemetry readings and updating team members on changes in stability or acuity.
- Advised patients and caregivers of proper wound management, discharge plan objectives, safe medication use and disease management.
- Reviewed post-operative orders and continuously monitored patients' post-operative vitals, set up PCA and fluids and oriented patients to unit.
- Oversaw delivery of care for patients on medical-surgical unit, providing direct care, delegating nursing assignments, and supervising team comprised of nurses, LPNs, technicians and unit clerks.
Education
Bachelor of Science - Nursing
College of Notre Dame of Maryland
Baltimore, MD05.2009
Associate of Science - Nursing
Shenandoah University
Winchester, VA05.1994
Skills
- Employee Hiring
- Employee Performance Evaluations
- Employee Training for new EMR
- Staffing Assignments
- Interdisciplinary Care
- Case Management
- Assessments
- Good Communication/Rapport with Physicians in the Community
- Discharge Planning
- Review Clinical Documentation for Quality Assurance
Timeline
Patient Care Manager
Hospice Of Washington County
06.2016 - Current
School Health Supervisor - RN
Meritus Medical Center
08.2012 - 06.2016
Registered Nurse
Meritus Medical Center
02.1997 - 07.2010
Bachelor of Science - Nursing
College of Notre Dame of Maryland
Associate of Science - Nursing
Shenandoah University
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