Christina Mahaffey
Anderson,IN
Summary
To seek and maintain 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
Registered Nurse
Ascension St Vincent Hospital
08.2014 - Current
- Collaborated with physicians to quickly assess patients and deliver appropriate treatment while managing rapidly changing conditions.
- Administered medications via oral, IV, and intramuscular injections and monitored responses.
- Administered medications and treatment to patients and monitored responses while working with healthcare teams to adjust care plans.
- 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.
- Managed care from admission to discharge.
- Trained new nurses in proper techniques, care standards, operational procedures, and safety protocols.
- Implemented medication and IV administration, catheter insertion, and airway management.
- Updated patient charts with data such as medications to keep records current and support accurate treatments.
- Evaluated healthcare needs, goals for treatment, and available resources of each patient and connected to optimal providers and care.
- Advocated for patients by communicating care preferences to practitioners, verifying interventions met treatment goals and identifying insurance coverage limitations.
- Conferred with physicians to discuss diagnoses and devise well-coordinated treatment approaches.
- Advised patients and caregivers of proper wound management, discharge plan objectives, safe medication use, and disease management.
- Collected blood, tissue, and other laboratory specimens and prepared for lab testing.
- Monitored patient condition by interpreting and tracking EKG readings, identifying irregular telemetry readings and updating team members on changes in stability or acuity.
- Organized and managed care of patients undergoing various therapies and procedures.
- Contributed substantially to successful department JCAHO accreditation by consistently operating to highest standards of care.
Assistant Director of Health Services
Trilogy Health Services
12.2008 - 06.2014
- Oversaw nursing assessments and evaluations of management and supervisory personnel.
- Prioritized high-volume workload, maintaining concentration under time pressures and with minimal supervision.
- Reviewed assessments submitted by nurse managers and provided administrative feedback.
- Gathered, reviewed and adjudicated complaints and grievances of employees and patients to prevent and resolve workplace inadequacies.
- Made daily rounds throughout health services department to assess care quality.
- Screening, hiring, training of all nursing personnel.
- Care planning for all residents in conjunction with nursing & therapy teams as well as families of residents.
- Scheduling of all nursing personnel.
- Monitoring of all wounds within facility.
Registered Nurse
St. Vincent Anderson Regional Hospital
06.2006 - 03.2012
- Collaborated with physicians to quickly assess patients and deliver appropriate treatment while managing rapidly changing conditions.
- Administered medications via oral, IV, and intramuscular injections and monitored responses.
- Administered medications and treatment to patients and monitored responses while working with healthcare teams to adjust care plans.
- Educated patients, families and caregivers on diagnosis and prognosis, treatment options, disease process, and management and lifestyle options.
- Outpatient Chemotherapy nurse administering chemo agents as well as biologic agents for the treatment of cancer.
- Infusion of many different types of IV infusions including blood products, chemotherapy, monoclonal antibodies, electrolytes, fluids, steroids, etc.
- Expert in IV starts, PAC access, & central line care
Registered Nurse, Float Pool
Clarian Health
01.2000 - 06.2006
- Collaborated with physicians to quickly assess patients and deliver appropriate treatment while managing rapidly changing conditions.
- Administered medications via oral, IV, and intramuscular injections and monitored responses.
- Administered medications and treatment to patients and monitored responses while working with healthcare teams to adjust care plans.
- Educated patients, families and caregivers on diagnosis and prognosis, treatment options, disease process, and management and lifestyle options.
- Floated to all med/surg units at University & Methodist hospitals.
- Obtained ONS certification in order to administer chemotherapy & biotherapy.
- TB certified, dialysis certified
Education
Associate of Science - Nursing
Indiana University
Bloomington, IN12.1999
Skills
- Time Management
- Strong Clinical Judgment
- Clear Patient Communication
- Tracheostomy Care
- Foley Catheter Insertion and Removal
- Inpatient and Outpatient Care
- Oncology
- Blood Draw and Sample Collection
- Physical Assessment
- IV Drug Therapy Management
- Gastrostomy Tube Care
- Delegation and Motivation
Timeline
Registered Nurse
Ascension St Vincent Hospital
08.2014 - Current
Assistant Director of Health Services
Trilogy Health Services
12.2008 - 06.2014
Registered Nurse
St. Vincent Anderson Regional Hospital
06.2006 - 03.2012
Registered Nurse, Float Pool
Clarian Health
01.2000 - 06.2006
Associate of Science - Nursing
Indiana University
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