HEATHER LEAR

• Strike Nurse
• Collaborated with physicians to quickly assess patients and deliver appropriate treatment while managing rapidly changing conditions.
• Educated patients, families and caregivers on diagnosis and prognosis, treatment options, disease process and management and lifestyle options.
• Administered medications via oral, IV and intramuscular injections and monitored responses.
• Managed care from admission to discharge.
• Administered medications and treatment to patients and monitored responses while working with healthcare teams to adjust care plans.

• Administered and maintained comfort, treatment, medication, intravenous infusion and health care to support patient needs.
• Submitted accurate documentation, reporting and in-depth nursing observation to support continuity of total patient care.
• Administered different therapies and medications in line with physician orders and treatment plan.
• Managed patients recovering from medical or surgical procedures.
• COVID patient management

Crisis Response: Responded to acute care staffing needs in the COVID-19 pandemic

Mission Trail Baptist Hospital San Antonio, TX 8/2021-10/2021

Ascension Providence Hospital Waco, TX 11/2020-1/2021

University Medical Center El Paso, TX 10/2020-11/2020

Christus Good Shepard Longview, TX 9/2020-10/2020

St Davids Medical Center Austin, TX 08/2020-10/2020

• EMR: EPIC, Cerner, and Meditech experience
• Provided education as indicated to patients and families
• Medication administration, phlebotomy skills, IV starting and management.
• Provided direct patient care, stabilized patients and determined next course of action.

• Provided patient education about specific medications, clinical product, and diagnosis information.
• Evaluated patient histories, complaints and current symptoms.

• Performed vaccinations, maintained vaccination documentation/records.
• Monitored patient reactions to drugs and carefully documented findings.

• Provided prior authorization for advanced imaging procedures
• Ensuring the best client outcome based on utilization review guidelines
• Reviewed medical records/documentation against standard guidelines
• URAC accreditation maintenance
• Adhered to scheduled meetings, while exceeding established metrics
• Provided excellent customer service skills while speaking on the phone with facilities, doctor's offices, or clients.

• Provided direct patient care to acutely ill patients starting at birth
• Assisted the physician and other health care team members to create a plan of care for patients
• Carried out any physician ordered medications or treatments and completed assessments on patient's each shift
• Cared for patients on a post-operative floor, which included an increased need for frequent monitoring and documentation
• Charge nurse duties included creating the nurse and CNA assignments for the oncoming shift, completing daily patient rounds with the care team, including the nurses I oversaw
• I was responsible for responding to any emergencies on my floor for the shift, and managing any patient complaints/requests, and intervening when necessary for any coworker complaints/requests/issues
• Maintaining time management skills when related to any duties
• Serving as a new hire trainer multiple times over my tenure
• Assisting any nurses/CNA's in caring for their patients while typically maintaining a full patient load myself

• Recruited, hired and trained all staff, providing direct supervision, ongoing staff development and continuing education to employees.
• Supervised 30 plus LPNs and RNs in delivering quality patient care to chronically ill pediatric and young adult patients.