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Elizabeth Pavenko

Vancouver,WA

Summary

Dedicated to providing safe and compassionate patient care with a background working in multi-disciplinary care management and primary care. Passion for delivering quality nursing care and serving the community. Skilled in nursing management, internal medicine, and geriatric care, patient triage, and education. Value integrity and quickly building rapport and trust with patients through compassionate demeanor. Experienced in obtaining state certification for organizations to add healthcare services within the community. Efficiently managing workflows, obtaining high productivity, working autonomously, excellent verbal and written communication skills. Proficient in updating charts, monitoring Patient outcomes and working with multidisciplinary teams to optimize patient care. Maintain strong worth ethic, adaptability, efficient, and effective at working unsupervised.

Overview

8
8
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification

Work History

MSS Intake RN

Biolife Plasma Services
Vancouver, WA
10.2023 - Current
  • Nursing assessments to donors, collected patient medical history
  • Patient Education and advice
  • Responded to emergent donor reactions during Plasma Donations and communicated with proper EMS personnel/Multidisciplinary healthcare professional to provide timely and critical Pt care.
  • Assisted with answering questions and concerns presented by donors

Clinic Nurse Manager

Plano ISD
Plano, TX
09.2021 - 08.2023
  • Implemented the Texas Vaccines For Children (TVFC) Program into Plano Independent School District
  • Organized Immunization clinics for hundreds of Plano ISD and local families
  • Worked closely with local organizations to promote access and adherence to much needed healthcare needs of Plano ISD student's and families
  • Student triage and education of disease management
  • Managed nurses and clinic aids to maintain clinic work flow and assistance with immunization of students
  • Participated in organizations with the City of Plano to promote advocacy and access to healthcare resources for Plano ISD families
  • Ordering vaccines, clinic supplies, clinic management
  • Implementing additions to clinics services; Telehealth Services, Vision clinic's, community partnership's
  • Responded to emergency situations with speed, expertise and level-headed approaches to provide optimal care, support and life-saving interventions.

Registered Nurse

Pulmonary and Critical Care Clinic, PeaceHealth SW
Vancouver, WA
10.2018 - 08.2021
  • Assessment, diagnosis, Planning, implementation, and evaluation of Pt’s with complex Respiratory/Cardiac Dx
  • Patient teaching of pathophysiology of disease and management of COPD/CHF, medication training, Asthma/COPD action plan
  • Collaboration with physicians, Directors, and other members of the healthcare team to develop and implement procedures for decreasing hospital readmissions and increasing Pt compliance with therapy plan.
  • Supporting Pt’s with staying compliant with disease management and decreasing hospital readmissions
  • Communication with Physicians regarding changes in Pt’s health/disease processes, developing and implementing care plans.
  • Communication with Pharmaceutical Representatives and staying current on up to date research of Pulmonary and PAH studies and new indications for prescribed medications. Assisting Physicians with tracheostomy changes, performing / interpreting EKG’s
  • Specialty medication prior Authorizations, Appeals, Peer Reviews

Registered Nurse

The Vancouver Clinic-Internal Medicine, TCC
Vancouver, WA
01.2018 - 10.2018

• Transitional Care Clinic- Care management of Pt’s with complex disease process (CHF/COPD ) and assisting with implementing care plan to prevent Hospital readmissions
• Gathering pertinent data that would assist with evaluating progress of disease management and allow for timely and pertinent implementation of Pt care.
Patient Education of HF, COPD, Diabetes

  • Coordinated with healthcare team to establish, enact and evaluate patient care plans.

TVC Internal Medicine Triage RN-

• Assessment, Diagnosis, planning, implementation, evaluation of patients
• Triaging and assessing Patient health concerns and assisting them in obtaining quality, pertinent, and timely health care.
• Medication administration-IM/Subcutaneous

(Testosterone, Iron, Steroid injections)
• Communicating with Physicians and other providers and patients, relaying critical results and informing Pt of updated plan of care
• Ordering labs and medications for Patients
• Medication reconciliations
• Patient and family Education of disease processes, labs, imaging, medications, diet, medical equipment (nebulizers, inhalers, insulin administration) and preventative measures.
• Wound Care

Nurse Manager

Comfort Keepers Private Duty Nursing, In home Care
Milwaukee, OR
02.2017 - 10.2018

• Care management of clients with multiple disease processes/comorbidities
• Communication/collaboration with Physicians and other medical personnel to provide quality Patient care to promote continuity of care
• Evaluation, Diagnosis, Planning, and implementation of Pt care plans. Evaluated patient needs and preferences to build and update tailored treatment plans.
• Client and family teaching, assisting Patient and family with compliance ad adherence to care plan
• Caregiver education/evaluation
• Delegation of RN tasks
• Oversaw and assisted with writing policies and procedures to obtain PDN licensure in Oregon and Washington.

Charge Nurse

Glenwood Senior Assisted Living
Vancouver, WA
10.2017 - 12.2017
  • Educated patients on disease prevention and health maintenance.
  • Collaborated with interdisciplinary healthcare team plan and implement effective treatment plans.
  • Coordinated staff to meet patient care needs.
  • Utilized Situation-Background-Assessment-Recommendation (SBAR) and electronic health records to document treatments and patient status observations.
  • Assessed and assisted patients with diverse range and comorbid chronic diagnoses, including chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD), asthma, congestive heart failure (CHF), cerebrovascular accidents (CVA), diabetes, and sepsis.
  • • Communication with Physicians and other Medical personnel and relaying changes in Pt’s health status
    • Communication with residents’ families
    • Resident assessment, Teaching, Triage, Implementing plan of care
    • Nursing tasks; Catheterizations, Tube feeds, Insulin administration, Wound care, medication administration
  • Responded to emergency situations with speed, expertise and level-headed approaches to provide optimal care, support and life-saving interventions.

Education

Associate of Applied Science - Nursing

Clark College
Vancouver, WA
12.2014

Skills

  • Patient assessment education
  • Compassionate Patient care
  • Patient Coordination and Care Management
  • Teamwork
  • Interprofessional collaboration
  • Direct Patient Care
  • Delegation and Motivation
  • Group and Individual Instruction
  • Treatment Recommendations
  • Nurse Precepting
  • Immunizations and Vaccinations
  • Critical Thinking/creative problem solving

Certification

  • Basic Life Support (BLS) Certification 2015- present
  • Washington State RN License- RN60560848
  • OR RN License- 201701597 RN (Currently in process of reinstating)
  • Texas RN License- 1038891

Timeline

MSS Intake RN

Biolife Plasma Services
10.2023 - Current

Clinic Nurse Manager

Plano ISD
09.2021 - 08.2023

Registered Nurse

Pulmonary and Critical Care Clinic, PeaceHealth SW
10.2018 - 08.2021

Registered Nurse

The Vancouver Clinic-Internal Medicine, TCC
01.2018 - 10.2018

Charge Nurse

Glenwood Senior Assisted Living
10.2017 - 12.2017

Nurse Manager

Comfort Keepers Private Duty Nursing, In home Care
02.2017 - 10.2018

Associate of Applied Science - Nursing

Clark College