Jennifer McCandless
West Jordan,UT
Summary
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
19
19
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification
Work History
Registered Nurse
Holy Cross Hospital Davis
01.2023 - Current
- Collaborated with physicians to quickly assess patients and deliver appropriate treatment while managing rapidly changing conditions.
- Administered medications via oral, IV, and intramuscular injections and monitored responses.
- Administered medications and treatment to patients and monitored responses while working with healthcare teams to adjust care plans.
- Educated patients, families and caregivers on diagnosis and prognosis, treatment options, disease process, and management and lifestyle options.
- Precept new nurses and capstone student nurses in proper techniques, care standards, operational procedures, and safety protocols.
- Advocated for patients by communicating care preferences to practitioners, verifying interventions met treatment goals and identifying insurance coverage limitations.
- Provided didactic and clinical instructions to orient new nurses and potential student nurses to achieve training outcomes.
- Managed care from admission to discharge.
Quality Assurance
Innophos Nutrition
10.2004 - 01.2021
- Developed highly empathetic client relationships and earned reputation for exceeding service standard goals.
- Assisted with quality control audits, customer audits, federal and state audits, kosher and halal certifying audits
- Collaboration with research and development, production management and quality control management on product investigation, corrective action plans and root cause analysis
- Drafted reports on quality verification activity outcomes, presenting findings to decision-makers and recommending response efforts
- Investigated recurring customer complaints, determining source of non-conformance incidences and recommending solutions
- Drafted and reviewed quality assurance policies and procedures, improving customer feedback and satisfaction
- Recorded findings of inspection process, collaborating with quality team to implement corrective actions.
- Collaborated with audit clients and action owners to apply root cause analysis guidance and establish effective corrective action plans.
- Developed quality planning for multiple new product launches by verifying customer requirements and implementing in design and production.
Education
Associate Degree in Nursing -
Fortis College
Salt Lake City, UT10.2022
Skills
- Patient Discharging
- Direct Patient Care
- Patient and Family Advocacy
- Hospice and Palliative Care
- Patient Monitoring
- Patient Assessments
- Strong Clinical Judgment
- Personal Care Needs
Certification
- Licensed Registered Nurse - License # 13082473-3102
- ALS -Advanced Life Support
- PALS - Pediatric Advanced Life Support
- BLS- Basic Life Support
- NIHSS Stroke Certification
Timeline
Registered Nurse
Holy Cross Hospital Davis
01.2023 - Current
Quality Assurance
Innophos Nutrition
10.2004 - 01.2021
Associate Degree in Nursing -
Fortis College
- Licensed Registered Nurse - License # 13082473-3102
- ALS -Advanced Life Support
- PALS - Pediatric Advanced Life Support
- BLS- Basic Life Support
- NIHSS Stroke Certification
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