JENNIFER A. SIMON
San Diego,CA
Summary
Healthcare professional with deep commitment to patient care and clinical excellence. Extensive background in urgent care settings with focus on delivering timely and compassionate care. Known for strong team collaboration and adaptability to changing situations, consistently ensuring optimal patient outcomes.
Overview
23
23
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification
Work History
Urgent Care Nurse
UCSD Health
La Jolla, CA
11.2021 - Current
- Administered medications and treatments as prescribed by healthcare providers.
- Monitored patient vital signs and reported changes to nursing staff promptly.
- Assisted in the development and implementation of individualized care plans.
- Educated patients and families on health management and post-discharge care.
Urgent Care LVN
Sharp Grossmont Care Clinic
10.2018 - 04.2023
- Patient intake, utilizing Cerner/Centricity
- Medication administration: oral, IM, inhalant, IV fluids
- Assist minor procedures: wound care, patient treatment
- Patient education and discharge instructions
- Flu test, strep test and Covid testing
Electrophysiologist LVN
Sharp Rees Stealy Cardiology Department
03.2016 - 10.2018
- Explain Stress test and Stress Echocardiogram to patient, help prep skin for the test, take blood pressure, go over medications and have patient sign consent
- Responsible for rooming patients, take vitals, obtain EKG, reconcile medications
- Consult worklists, Transtelephonic monitor worklists, Holter worklists
- Managing doctor's tasks and nurse's task
- Answer phone calls
- Make appointments for patients
- Medication and procedure authorizations
- Referral to Cardiac Rehab, Anticoagulation Clinic, etc
- Assist in Code Blue
- Responsible for crash cart monthly (checking expired medications and ordering them)
Skilled Nursing LVN
Magnolia Post Acute
El Cajon, CA, USA
09.2015 - 03.2016
- Narcotics count before and after shift
- Medication administration to 25 residents
- Vitals for patient on HTN medications before giving medications
- Blood glucose check AM and noon and Insulin administrations
- PT/INR check and faxing results to pharmacy for dosing
- NG tube feeding
- G tube feeding
- Distributing food trays in resident's room/dining room and checking to make sure appropriate food is on the tray
- Assisting residents with feeding
- Wound care (wound vac, pressure ulcer, etc)
- Calling pharmacy for medication refill or discrepancies
- Calling MD (change of condition in patients, questions on medication, etc.)
- Daily charting
- Weekly charting
- Change of shift report to the next nurse on duty
- El Cajon, CA
Medical Assistant
Dr. Albert J. Sharf
National City, CA, USA
10.2002 - 09.2015
- Responsible for taking phone messages for refills, nurse and Doctor
- Responsible for taking vital signs, writing their medications down and interviewing patients to obtain medical histories for the doctor.
- Translate for the doctor.
- Refill medications of patients through fax or by calling pharmacies, also writing prescriptions for the doctor.
- Performing cardiac procedures such as EKG, 24 hour Holter Monitor, BioZ, INR check, Event Monitor, PFT and preparing patients for Stress Test.
- Perform External Counterpulsation (ECP) procedure.
- Wide knowledge of medical terminology and pharmacology.
- Responsible for calling patients regarding abnormal labs, change of medications, and follow ups.
- Prior authorizations for uncovered medications
- Perform blood drawing for aspirin, protime, glucose and cholesterol check.
- Patient education regarding medications and health.
- Responsible for discarding expired medicines from medicine cabinets.
- Stocking sample medicines and making sure expirations are written on them.
- Daily logs: fridge, cholestech machine, verify ASA.
- National City, CA
Education
Vocational Nursing -
Kaplan College
01-2013
EKG Telemetry - undefined
Grossmont Community College
01-2010
Medical Assistant - undefined
Pima Medical Institute
01-2002
Upper Division Courses - undefined
Cal State University, San Jose
01-2000
Associate of Art Degree - undefined
Southwestern Community College
01-1998
Skills
- Critical thinking
- Compassionate care
- Patient assessment
- Phlebotomy sample collection
- IV insertion
Certification
- CPR CERTIFIED
- EKG CERTIFIED
- IV CERTIFIED
Languages
Bilingual English/Tagalog
Timeline
Urgent Care Nurse
UCSD Health
11.2021 - Current
Urgent Care LVN
Sharp Grossmont Care Clinic
10.2018 - 04.2023
Electrophysiologist LVN
Sharp Rees Stealy Cardiology Department
03.2016 - 10.2018
Skilled Nursing LVN
Magnolia Post Acute
09.2015 - 03.2016
Medical Assistant
Dr. Albert J. Sharf
10.2002 - 09.2015
EKG Telemetry - undefined
Grossmont Community College
Medical Assistant - undefined
Pima Medical Institute
Upper Division Courses - undefined
Cal State University, San Jose
Associate of Art Degree - undefined
Southwestern Community College
Vocational Nursing -
Kaplan College