Courtney Kelsch
Idaho Falls,ID
Summary
Dedicated Registered Nurse with 18 years experience working in Burn and Wound Nurse Navigation, Oncology Nurse Navigation, a high-demand Emergency Room, PACU, and Med-Surg Floor. Enthusiastic and able to achieve rapport and build trust with physicians, staff, patients, and families. Looking to advance my career at EIRMC and build upon and apply my knowledge as a Burn and Wound Care Clinic Nurse Manager.
Overview
18
18
years of professional experience
Work History
Burn and Wound Care Nurse Navigator
Eastern Idaho Regional Medical Center
Idaho Falls, Idaho
01.2022 - Current
- Coordinate care and communication between different providers. Bridges communication between the entire care team, patients and families.
- Coordinated appropriate and efficient delivery of healthcare services to promote optimal outcomes by assessing and matching unmet needs with referrals and support services
- Collaborated with leadership to devise initiatives for improving nursing satisfaction, retention and morale.
- Organized discharge and designed comprehensive discharge schedules for doctors, patients, family members and support staff.
- Synchronized care with multidisciplinary team to promote timely follow-up of treatment and supportive care recommendations.
- Promoted patient and family comfort during challenging recoveries to enhance healing and eliminate non-compliance problems.
- Instructed patients and caregivers on how to clean and dress wounds and how to prevent infections.
- Disseminated instructions for primary home caregivers and patients in preparation for discharge from hospital
- Organized and ran multidisciplinary burn rounds on a weekly basis.
Oncology Nurse Navigator
Eastern Idaho Regional Medical Center
Idaho Falls, ID
12.2020 - Current
- Schedules and supports appointments with oncologists, surgeons, and other care team members.
- Meets with patients prior to surgery or treatment to answer questions.
- Worked as an advocate to ensure that patient's wishes are conveyed to all care team members.
- Coordinate referrals to outside facilities, including setting up appointments, sending medical records and arranging follow up care.
- Educate patients and family members on surgery, radiation therapy, chemotherapy, or a combination.
- Explained course of care and medication side effects to patients and caregivers in easy to understand terms.
- Filled in for Medical and Radiation Oncology nursing staff when needed.
- Investigated and resolved issues affecting hospital operations and patient care.
Emergency Department Registered Nurse
Eastern Idaho Regional Medical Center
Idaho Falls, ID
04.2014 - 12.2020
- Communicated with doctors, nurses, and other staff about critical patients, triaging and organization systems.
- Utilizing strong assessment skills provided care for 30 bed unit while distributing medication, EKGs, IVs, and defibrillators
- Coordinating care of critically injured trauma patients as a Primary Trauma Nurse
- Build relationships and rapport with patients and families, keeping them updated on their emergency room stay
- Promoted quality patient care by providing guidance and training on organizational practices and policies for new nurses.
- Coordinated with other internal departments to keep operations running smoothly and solve both routine and complex problems.
- Responds appropriately to patient emergencies and resuscitates according to ACLS and PALS protocols.
- Recipient of Life Saving Award from Idaho Falls Fire Department
Post Anesthesia Care Registered Nurse
Eastern Idaho Regional Medical Center
Idaho Falls, ID
06.2006 - 04.2014
- Charge Nurse in PACU
- Monitored and assessed each patient after surgical procedures regarding patient's level of consciousness, respiratory status, tolerance to the procedure and medications used during the procedure.
- Notified anesthesia and physician of any significant changes to patient status
- Department Charge Nurse, overseeing daily department functions, daily scheduling of staff, and doing department schedule
- Comforted and reassured patients and family members and patiently answered questions and conveyed important care information.
Registered Nurse Surgical Unit
Eastern Idaho Regional Medical Center
Idaho Falls, ID
12.2004 - 06.2006
- Patient care on med-surg unit, adept at handling all aspects for treatment from medication to wound care to monitoring for the number of patients per shift.
- Clinical Team Leader-Oversaw care of patients, interpreted lab values, directed liaison to physicians, and preformed nursing assessments
- Worked closely with patient families answering questions and helping with education.
Education
Bachelor of Science - Nursing
Idaho State University
Pocatello, ID12.2004
Skills
- CEN, ACLS, ABLS, PALS, ATCN, ENPC, TNCC certified
- ENPC Instructor
- Stop the Bleed Instructor
- New graduate and new nurse preceptor
- Organization
- Strong Clinical Judgement
References
Available Upon Request
Timeline
Burn and Wound Care Nurse Navigator
Eastern Idaho Regional Medical Center
01.2022 - Current
Oncology Nurse Navigator
Eastern Idaho Regional Medical Center
12.2020 - Current
Emergency Department Registered Nurse
Eastern Idaho Regional Medical Center
04.2014 - 12.2020
Post Anesthesia Care Registered Nurse
Eastern Idaho Regional Medical Center
06.2006 - 04.2014
Registered Nurse Surgical Unit
Eastern Idaho Regional Medical Center
12.2004 - 06.2006
Bachelor of Science - Nursing
Idaho State University
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