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ERNESTINA YEMOH

SILVER SPRING,MD

Summary

Hardworking Registered Nurse with success providing individualized patient care. Committed to delivering best-in-class patient care through effective education and counseling. Proven leadership focused on increasing and enhancing patient care and satisfaction. Streamline safety protocols for comprehensive patient care. Dedicated and compassionate Registered Nurse (RN) with progressive career history in direct patient care, triage and care coordination in fast-paced environment. Proven to remain calm under pressure and skillfully handle difficult patients and high-stress situations. Consistently developing strong relationships with patients and families through empathetic communication, respectful attitude and excellent customer service.

Overview

6
6
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification

Work History

Home Health Registered Nurse

Capital City Nurses
06.2023 - Current
  • Notify doctors of any changes in their patient's condition or any issues that arise during home visits.
  • Provided physical assessments, medication, and chronic disease management to home health patients.I traveled to patients' homes daily to assess health conditions and provide a superior level of nursing care.
  • Trained, guided, supported, and supervised home health aide care providers.
  • Coordinated with other healthcare team members to support patient needs.
  • Administer medications and treatments as prescribed by physicians.
  • Provided emotional support and kind companionship to patients and families to increase overall wellness.
  • Provided skilled, timely, and level-headed emergency response to critically ill patients.
  • Quickly responded to situations impacting safety and security within the unit, actualizing crisis prevention interventions to control and de-escalate situations.

Registered Nurse, Intermediate Care Unit

White Oak Medical Center. (Adventist HealthCare)
04.2023 - Current
  • Collaborate with physicians to quickly assess patients and deliver appropriate treatment while managing rapidly changing conditions.
  • Administer medications via oral, IV, and intramuscular injections and monitor responses.
  • Administer medications and treatment to patients and monitor responses while working with healthcare teams to adjust care plans.
  • Educate patients, families, and caregivers on diagnosis and prognosis, treatment options, disease processes, and management and lifestyle options.
  • Provide care to high-acute patients needing complex care such as ventilator and trach management, extensive wound care, and rehabilitation.
  • Monitored patients' respiratory status and ventilator operation and made adjustments to promote stabilization.
  • Maintain a respectful treatment environment that honors patients' and families' cultural and religious traditions and preferences.
  • Maintained quality care and comfort for patients with heart failure, pulmonary hypertension, and other conditions.
  • manage quality care for patients with heart failure, end-stage renal disease, and coronary artery disease.
  • Manage care from admission to discharge.
  • Organize and manage care of patients undergoing various therapies and procedures.

Delegating Nurse/RN Case Manager

Community Support Systems
09.2022 - Current
  • Collaborated with healthcare leaders and physicians to support and offer resources in performance of duties to maintain high-quality and efficient patient care.
  • Educated patients and caregivers on healthcare protocols and processes.
  • Developed and modified patient care plans and assisted an interdisciplinary team in identifying client needs and goals to determine priorities of care.
  • Analyzed patient responses to medications, therapies, and variances in plans of care.
  • Increased referral rates by providing excellent service and building meaningful relationships with patients and caregivers.
  • Gathered and recorded patient health information and data to assess, identify, and manage characteristics that affect care outcomes.
  • Communicated with healthcare team members to plan, implement, and enhance treatment strategies.
  • explained the course of care and medication side effects to patients and caregivers in easy-to-understand terms.
  • Followed all personal and health data procedures to effectively comply with HIPAA laws and prevent information breaches.
  • Used first-hand knowledge and clinical expertise to advocate for patients under care and enacted prescribed treatment strategies.
  • Evaluated patient histories, complaints, and current symptoms.
  • Documented treatments delivered, medications and IVs administered, discharge instructions, and follow-up care
  • Provided skilled, timely, and level-headed emergency response to critically ill patients.

Registered Nurse, Emergency Department

Holy Cross Hospital - Holy Cross Hospital
04.2022 - 05.2023
  • Manage quality care for patients with heart failure, end-stage renal disease and coronary artery disease.
  • Audits charts and reviewed clinical documents to verify accuracy.
  • Team on trauma and emergency interventions involving serious head injuries, and thoracic trauma.
  • Implement medication and IV administration, catheter insertion and airway management.
  • Monitors patient reactions to drugs and carefully documented findings.
  • Monitors patient condition by interpreting and tracking EKG readings, identifying irregular telemetry readings and updating team members on changes in stability or acuity.
  • Collaborates with physicians to quickly assess patients and deliver appropriate treatment while managing rapidly changing conditions.
  • Maintains quality care and comfort for patients with heart failure, pulmonary hypertension and other conditions.
  • Collects blood, tissue and other laboratory specimens and prepared for lab testing.
  • Delivers proper care to victims of domestic violence .
  • Administers medications via oral, IV and intramuscular injections and monitored responses.
  • Provides exceptional care to high-acute patients needing complex care such as ventilator management, medication titration, extensive wound care and rehabilitation.
  • Psychiatric and pediatric patient management

Direct Support Professional

Jubilee Association Of Md
03.2018 - 08.2022
  • Assisted disabled clients to support independence and well-being.
  • Maintained clean, safe and well-organized patient environment.
  • Monitored progress and documented patient health status changes to keep care team updated.
  • Administered medication as directed by physician.
  • Meal Preparation
  • Assisted with daily living activities, running errands and household chores.
  • Transported clients to and from medical appointments with safety and efficiency.
  • Monitored client vital signs, administered medications and tracked behaviors to keep healthcare supervisor well-informed.

Education

Bachelor of Science - Nursing

Frostburg State University
Frostburg, MD
05.2024

Associate of Science - Nursing

Montgomery College
Rockville, MD
05.2022

High School Diploma -

Mfantsiman Girls' High School
Saltpond, Ghana
05.2012

Skills

  • Patient Stabilization and Critical thinking
  • Emergency Patient Triage
  • Prioritizing Patients and Time management
  • Electronic Charting
  • Acute Illness management
  • Infection Control Procedures
  • Drainage Tubes
  • Crisis Prevention Intervention
  • Nurse Leadership
  • Chronic Disease Management

Certification

  • RN license Maryland Board of Nursing R255639
  • RN license number DC RN50005941
  • ACLS
  • CPI
  • BLS
  • First Aid


Timeline

Home Health Registered Nurse

Capital City Nurses
06.2023 - Current

Registered Nurse, Intermediate Care Unit

White Oak Medical Center. (Adventist HealthCare)
04.2023 - Current

Delegating Nurse/RN Case Manager

Community Support Systems
09.2022 - Current

Registered Nurse, Emergency Department

Holy Cross Hospital - Holy Cross Hospital
04.2022 - 05.2023

Direct Support Professional

Jubilee Association Of Md
03.2018 - 08.2022

Bachelor of Science - Nursing

Frostburg State University

Associate of Science - Nursing

Montgomery College

High School Diploma -

Mfantsiman Girls' High School
  • RN license Maryland Board of Nursing R255639
  • RN license number DC RN50005941
  • ACLS
  • CPI
  • BLS
  • First Aid


ERNESTINA YEMOH