Jana Etten
Registered Nurse
Elkhorn,WI
Summary
Seasoned nursing professional offering proven clinical knowledge, natural interpersonal strengths and technical abilities. Experience across multiple levels of patient care. Knowledgeable about EMR charting, medication administration and interdisciplinary collaboration focused on optimizing patient care and support. Quality-focused and efficiency-driven. Dedicated to restoring health and improving quality of life. Over two years of travel nursing experience. American Red Cross BLS and ACLS certified, AHA BLS certified.
Overview
31
31
years of professional experience
Work History
RN-Clinical Research Nurse II
Fortrea
07.2023 - 09.2023
- Evaluated patient histories, complaints, and current symptoms.
- Communicated with healthcare team members to plan, implement and enhance treatment strategies.
- Educated family members and caregivers on patient care instructions.
- Documented treatments delivered, medications and IVs administered, discharge instructions, and follow-up care.
- Explained course of care and medication side effects to patients and caregivers in easy-to-understand terms.
- Monitored patient reactions after administering oral, subcutaneous, and intramuscular medications and IV therapies.
- Conducted ongoing monitoring and evaluations of behaviors and conditions, and updated clinical supervisors with current information.
- Recorded details regarding therapies to keep patient charts updated.
- Sustained quality standards by performing routine medication audits and upholding internal and industry best practices.
- Followed all personal and health data procedures to effectively comply with HIPAA and other federal laws and prevent information breaches.
Travel Staff RN-Telephone Triage
UW Health Hospital And Clinics
10.2022 - 01.2023
- Employed by Pacer Staffing
- Obtained case history and gathered triage information to determine appropriate avenues for care while minimizing impact on healthcare system.
- Communicated with healthcare team members to plan, implement and enhance treatment strategies.
- Conveyed treatment options, diagnosis information, and home care techniques to patients and caregivers to continue care consistency.
- Explained course of care and medication side effects to patients and caregivers in easy-to-understand terms.
- Scheduled appointments for patients not requiring emergency services but needing examination from provider and consulting directly with provider.
- Documented patient care with electronic medical records and distributed relevant information to other medical providers to update diagnostic and treatment plans.
- Counseled patients via telephone according to established guidelines and protocols, advising on provider-established plans of care.
- Managed over 50 phone triage and EMR messages per day.
RN, Senior Quality Information Specialist
Q-Centrix
09.2019 - 09.2022
- Audited charts and reviewed clinical documents to verify accuracy.
- Managed quality care for patients with heart failure, end-stage renal disease and coronary artery disease.
- Extracted, analyzed, and organized data from patient EMR according to HIPPA guidelines into company and national datasets.
- Submitted QA data to regulatory agencies, professional societies, and other third party organizations such as CMS, NCDR, etc.
- Achieved company performance pre-set metrix.
Travel Staff RN-Infusion
Aspirus Wausau Hospital
10.2021 - 05.2022
- Travel/critical temporary position.
- Administered medications via oral, IV, and intramuscular injections and monitored responses.
- Covid-19 Antibody infusion clinic and Outpatient Infusion Center.
- Organized and managed care of patients undergoing various IV therapies and infusions.
- Managed quality care for patients with acute and chronic illnesses.
- Provided direct patient care, stabilized patients, and determined next course of action per department, healthcare system, and governmental guidelines.
- Educated patients, families, and caregivers on diagnosis and prognosis, treatment options, disease process, and management and lifestyle options.
- Updated patient charts with data such as medications to keep records current and support accurate treatments.
Travel Staff RN
Advocate Aurora Health
05.2021 - 05.2021
- Covid-19 vaccine, outpatient clinic
- Administered medications via intramuscular injections and monitored responses.
- Provided direct patient care, stabilized patients, and determined next course of action.
- Updated patient charts with data such as medications to keep records current and support accurate treatments.
- Trained student nurses in proper techniques, care standards, operational procedures, and safety protocols.
- Educated patients, families, and caregivers on diagnosis and prognosis, treatment options, disease process, and management and lifestyle options in disease process of Covid-19 virus.
Travel Staff RN
State Of Wisconsin-Department Of Workforce Development
10.2020 - 12.2020
- Worked as staff nurse and night shift supervisor at Covid-19 Overflow Acute Care Facility.
- Effectively prioritized assignments, executing care based on each patient's relative condition and delegating tasks to available personnel deliver safe and efficient care.
- Administered medications via oral, IV, and intramuscular injections and monitored responses.
- Educated patients, families and caregivers on diagnosis and prognosis, treatment options, disease process, and management and lifestyle options.
- Monitored patients' conditions and reported changes in physical presentation, appearance, and behavior to discuss treatment with physicians.
- Verified patients had information necessary for ongoing care, providing guidance on diagnoses, management of medications, and prevention methods.
- Updated patient charts with data such as medications to keep records current and support accurate treatments.
- Coordinated patient discharge planning to provide post-discharge patient care, promoting healing and recovery.
- Managed elements of patient care from admission to discharge or transfer to other units.
- Directed patient care by initiating and following through with plan of care, continuing care, and discharge instructions.
- Collaborated with physicians, pharmacists and therapists to deliver quality, evidence-based care.
Travel Staff RN
Maxim Staffing Solutions
05.2020 - 10.2020
- Educated patients, families, and caregivers on diagnosis and prognosis, treatment options, disease process, and management and lifestyle options.
- Worked as travel RN in various locations throughout Madison, WI area assisting with Covid-19 pop-up testing sites.
- Worked as travel RN in Stevens Point, WI for Canadian National Railway to assess employees for signs and symptoms of Covid-19 before and during shift work while Wisconsin was on national lockdown.
- Worked as travel RN at UW-Platteville, Platteville, WI at beginning of fall semester of 2020 to assist UW health nurse and public health department with incoming and ongoing Covid-19 testing, assessment, and influenza vaccination clinic.
- Covid-19 symptom screening, nasal swab collection, direct lab analysis of samples, PSR testing of samples.
- Educated patients, families, and caregivers on diagnosis and prognosis, treatment options, disease process, and management and lifestyle options in disease process of Covid 19 virus.
RN Staff Nurse
Advocate Aurora Health Care
11.2017 - 04.2019
- Assisted EP physicians and APNPs with all aspects of outpatient care of specialized patients seeking treatment for their arrhythmia disorders.
- Triage patient calls and EMR patient questions.
- Interpret and alert practitioners of any abnormal lab or other test values, make changes within EMR, and update patients as necessary.
- Interpret and analyze Internal Loop Recorder and Basic Pacemaker tracings.
- Notify patients of any abnormalities within their remote tracings, check for any symptoms, interpret data to report finding to providers to deliver appropriate treatment as prescribed.
- Respond to clinic-wide rapid response or code blue situations.
- Managed quality care for patients with heart failure, end-stage renal disease and coronary artery disease.
RN Staff Nurse
Aurora Research Institute
04.2017 - 11.2017
- Gathered patient health data through interviews and observation, documenting data in electronic records.
- Assisted physicians and APNPs with in office patient appointments.
- Triage patient calls and EMR questions.
- Performed various nursing interventions such as wound dressing, vital sign monitoring, and specimen collection.
- Interpret and alert practitioners of abnormal lab and other test values.
- Educated patients, families and caregivers on diagnosis and prognosis, treatment options, disease process, and management and lifestyle options.
- Conferred with physicians to discuss diagnoses and devise well-coordinated treatment approaches.
- Managed quality care for patients with heart failure, coronary artery disease, vascular, neurological, pulmonary, and infectious disease processes.
Cardiac Cath Lab RN
Beloit Health System
09.1997 - 03.2017
- Operated ECG rhythm screens, computerized dysrhythmia detection system, and rhythm strip printers, as well as monitored patient vital signs to alert physician of any changes in patient's condition.
- Worked all areas of Interventional Cardiology/Radiology Lab; monitor, circulator, scrub, pre/post care.
- Monitored number of cases received and returned by employees on weekly, monthly and quarterly basis.
- Created safe operating environments for invasive and non-invasive procedures.
- Trained new nurses in proper techniques, care standards, operational procedures, and safety protocols.
- Coordinated with other departments to facilitate seamless operation and excellent patient care.
- Provided skilled, timely and level-headed emergency response to critically-ill patients.
- Documented treatments delivered, medications and IVs administered, discharge instructions, and follow-up care.
- Provided direct patient care, stabilized patients, and determined next course of action.
- Collaborated with physicians to quickly assess patients and deliver appropriate treatment while managing rapidly changing conditions.
- Contributed substantially to successful department JCAHO accreditation by consistently operating to highest standards of care.
- Administered nursing care to cardiac, vascular, arrythmia, and renal failure patients undergoing diagnostic, therapeutic or emergency services.
- Conveyed treatment options, diagnosis information and home care techniques to patients and caregivers to continue care consistency.
Staff RN-Step Down Unit
Beloit Health System
06.1992 - 09.1997
- Oversaw delivery of care for patients on telemetry step-down unit, providing direct care, delegating nursing assignments and supervising team comprised of nurses, LPNs, technicians, and unit clerks.
- Evaluated healthcare needs, goals for treatment, disease management, and available resources of each patient and connected to optimal providers and care.
- Implemented medication and IV administration, catheter insertion, and airway management.
- Trained new nurses in proper techniques, care standards, operational procedures, and safety protocols.
- Contributed substantially to successful department JCAHO accreditation by consistently operating to highest standards of care.
- Managed care from admission to discharge.
- Monitored patient condition by interpreting and tracking EKG readings, identifying irregular telemetry readings and updating team members on changes in stability or acuity.
Education
Bachelor of Science - RN To BSN
Viterbo University
La Crosse, WI05.1998
Diploma in Nursing - Nursing
Milwaukee School of Engineering
Milwaukee, WI05.1992
Skills
- Maintaining Patient Safety Standards
- Patient Care Assessment
- EMR Systems
- Compassionate and Caring
- Patient and Family Advocacy
- Critical Thinking
- Excellent Problem-Solving Skills
- Emergency Situations
- Judgment and Decision-Making
- Strong Clinical Judgment
- Instructing
Timeline
RN-Clinical Research Nurse II
Fortrea
07.2023 - 09.2023
Travel Staff RN-Telephone Triage
UW Health Hospital And Clinics
10.2022 - 01.2023
Travel Staff RN-Infusion
Aspirus Wausau Hospital
10.2021 - 05.2022
Travel Staff RN
Advocate Aurora Health
05.2021 - 05.2021
Travel Staff RN
State Of Wisconsin-Department Of Workforce Development
10.2020 - 12.2020
Travel Staff RN
Maxim Staffing Solutions
05.2020 - 10.2020
RN, Senior Quality Information Specialist
Q-Centrix
09.2019 - 09.2022
RN Staff Nurse
Advocate Aurora Health Care
11.2017 - 04.2019
RN Staff Nurse
Aurora Research Institute
04.2017 - 11.2017
Cardiac Cath Lab RN
Beloit Health System
09.1997 - 03.2017
Staff RN-Step Down Unit
Beloit Health System
06.1992 - 09.1997
Bachelor of Science - RN To BSN
Viterbo University
Diploma in Nursing - Nursing
Milwaukee School of Engineering
Quote
Don’t judge each day by the harvest you reap, but by the seeds you plant.
Robert Louis Stevenson
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