Elizabeth Mangold
Lansdale,PA
Summary
Compassionate Oncology Nurse Navigator known for high productivity and efficient task completion. Skilled in patient advocacy, care coordination, and symptom management to provide comprehensive support to cancer patients. Excels using empathy, communication, and problem-solving abilities to navigate complex healthcare systems and ensure optimal patient care outcomes.
Overview
8
8
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification
Work History
Urology Nurse Navigation, As Needed
Fox Chase Cancer Center, FCCC
Philadelphia, PA
10.2024 - Current
- Approach customers and engage in conversation through the use of effective interpersonal and people skills.
- Promote high customer satisfaction by resolving problems with knowledgeable, and friendly service.
- Skilled in retrieving imaging from external facilities and reviewing in Sectra Imprivata.
- Knowledgeable about accessing the work queue list and assigning patients from pre-visit planning.
- Engage effectively with urology physicians through encrypted messaging.
- Efficient in locating the referral reason for the consult and utilizing the decision tree to gather information pertaining to the patient.
- Familiar with requesting tasks for slides, imaging, lab results, and communicating with medical records to obtain them.
- Knowledgeable on completing tasks, as the requested imaging, reports, notes, and labs are completed.
- Access to LabCorp and Quest to obtain patient labs with FCCC account.
- Accurately record assessment data and obtain the necessary consents.
- Ensure timely follow-up on pending records for patient charts.
- Communicate professionally with peers.
Radiation Oncology Registered Nurse, As Needed
Fox Chase Cancer Center, FCCC
Buckingham, PA
06.2023 - Current
- Educate patients regarding their treatment plans and the side effects of therapy.
- Assess patient conditions on the scheduled on treatment visit day, and update physicians with observations and concerns.
- Provide patient education about cancer prevention strategies such as diet, exercise, smoking cessation.
- Collaborate with physicians to develop individualized care plans for each patient.
- Monitor diet, physical activity, and other patient factors to assess conditions, and adjust treatment plans.
- Provide emotional support to patients and families throughout the radiation oncology process.
- Referred patients to specialized health resources or community agencies, such as KIN and YMCA.
- Maintain updated knowledge through continuing education and advanced training.
- Provide support and guidance to colleagues to maintain a collaborative work environment.
- Maintain a safe environment by adhering to all safety policies and procedures.
- Evaluate the effectiveness of interventions used for symptom management.
- Knowledgeable in utilizing Mosaic Documentation.
Clinic Registered Nurse, As Needed
Fox Chase Cancer Center, FCCC
Buckingham, PA
05.2023 - Current
- Provide patient education regarding medications, treatments and lifestyle modifications.
- Collect blood samples using phlebotomy best practices and labeled specimens for genetic testing.
- Refer patients to specialized health resources or community agencies such as Hope Lodge for patients who travel far and need a place to stay.
- Communicate effectively with all levels of staff, patients and families about healthcare needs and treatment options.
- Observe, record and report patients' conditions and reactions to drugs and treatments.
- Educate patients on disease prevention and health promotion topics.
- Perform nursing assessments and obtain patient histories.
- Help patients and families feel comfortable during challenging and stressful situations, promoting support and encouragement.
- Ensure compliance with infection control standards throughout the clinic environment.
- Coordinate with other departments to ensure optimal patient care such as social work, scheduling CT/MRI and wound care consultation.
Oncology Infusion Registered Nurse
Fox Chase Cancer Center, FCCC
Philadelphia, PA
05.2017 - Current
- Administer and monitor chemotherapy regimens, biotherapy agents, supportive care medications, hydration therapy, and blood products.
- Abide by strict safety measures, including dual RN check verifications before the administration of all infusions to patients.
- Maintain a safe environment for patients receiving chemotherapy by following established safety protocols and FCCC policies on infusion administration.
- Evaluate laboratory results before administering treatment.
- Perform patient assessments, including vital signs, prior to chemotherapy infusions.
- I attend educational seminars regularly to stay current on new advances in oncology nursing practice, including being an active member of the ONS.
- Collaborate with multidisciplinary team members to ensure quality patient care.
- Advocate for patient needs with the interdisciplinary team, and implement the outlined treatment plans.
- Achieved departmental goals and objectives by instituting new processes and standards of care, including being part of the titration carboplatin protocol project currently being implemented at FCCC with the gynecological practice.
- Provide education and counseling for patients on their treatment plan, and the side effects of medications, with the Institute of cycle one pre-visit phone call.
- Assess patient conditions with post-treatment callbacks, and update physicians with any concerns.
- Actively participated in quality improvement projects aimed at improving patient satisfaction scores, including being selected for a submitted nomination to Friends of Fox Chase for phone chargers for our patients in the infusion room.
- Provide emotional support to patients and their families during difficult times.
- Referred patients to specialized health resources or community support groups, including Look Good Feel Better and United for Her.
- Develop individualized plans of care based on the assessment of physical, psychological, social, and spiritual needs of the patient.
- Manage acute infusion reactions, such as fever, chills, nausea, vomiting, anaphylaxis, and hypersensitivity reactions, following the hypersensitivity protocol.
- I precepted new hires and students.
- Responsible for assigning a minimum of 100 patients scheduled for infusion, while in the triage role, to 22 working nurses.
- Responsible for 40 nurses schedule in infusion room.
- ONS abstract submitted, accepted, and presented at the ONS conference 2024: “Revising an Education Program at an Ambulatory Network: A New Approach in Clinical Care to Enhance Patient Education and Improve Outcomes.”
- ONS abstract submitted, accepted, and due to be presented at the ONS conference 2025: “Planning for Success: A New Approach in Clinical Care to Enhance Patient Education.”
- Collaborated with the second RN and the nurse manager to establish the cryotherapy policy for FCCC.
- Created EPIC safety alert for carboplatin restart drug administration in collaboration with IT and pharmacy.
- Weekly rotated triage nurse for the infusion room.
- Proficient in inserting peripheral IVs, removing PICC lines, and accessing and de-accessing ports.
- Engaged with doctors and pharmacies on orders and lab results.
- Well-versed in using the in-basket feature in EPIC.
Education
BSN -
Pennsylvania State University
Abington, PA05-2016
Nursing Diploma - Nursing
Northeastern Hospital School Of Nursing
Philadelphia, PA05-2011
Skills
- Precepting
- Patient assessments
- Symptom management
- Chemotherapy administration
- Oncology nursing care
- Side effect monitoring
- IV insertion
- Port-a-cath care
- Immunotherapy administration
- Clinical documentation
- Nursing care planning
- Collaboration with physicians
- Emotional support
- Blood transfusion
- Compassionate care
- Biotherapy administration
Affiliations
- Clinical Ladder Level 4
- Charge Nurse Program
- Scheduling Committee
- Organized coat drive for vets
- Collaborated with KIN community resource : organized food drive and gift card collection for patients in need receiving treatments
- Member of ONS
- Preceptor for new hires and students
- Carboplatin titration project implemented at FCCC with gynecological patients
- Developed with another RN and management to create FCCC cryotherapy policy
- Current project: Assessing patients after second treatment what way of educating was most beneficial : pre visit call or during the infusion
Certification
- BLS
- OCN
- Preceptor Certification
- Bio/chemotherapy Certification
Accomplishments
- ONS abstract submitted, accepted, and presented at the ONS conference 2024: “Revising an Education Program at an Ambulatory Network: A New Approach in Clinical Care to Enhance Patient Education and Improve Outcomes.”
- ONS abstract submitted, accepted, and due to be presented at the ONS conference 2025: “Planning for Success: A New Approach in Clinical Care to Enhance Patient Education.”
- Received caring moment award
- New Knowledge, Innovation and Improvement Award 2023 for developing EPIC BPA on carboplatin restarts and hypersensitivity
Timeline
Urology Nurse Navigation, As Needed
Fox Chase Cancer Center, FCCC
10.2024 - Current
Radiation Oncology Registered Nurse, As Needed
Fox Chase Cancer Center, FCCC
06.2023 - Current
Clinic Registered Nurse, As Needed
Fox Chase Cancer Center, FCCC
05.2023 - Current
Oncology Infusion Registered Nurse
Fox Chase Cancer Center, FCCC
05.2017 - Current
- BLS
- OCN
- Preceptor Certification
- Bio/chemotherapy Certification
BSN -
Pennsylvania State University
Nursing Diploma - Nursing
Northeastern Hospital School Of Nursing
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