Jennifer O'Neill

Worked as an office nurse at a rural health center for four months. Duties included assisting physicians with medical procedures, patient teaching, immunizations, and appointment scheduling. Also, worked as an office assistant to the director of nursing, Duties included keeping employee records up to date such as nursing licenses, physicals, and immunization records.

Provided staff relief to nursing facilities. Hospice and home care cases. Also, worked as a medication nurse at the Charleston County jail.

• Cared for wounds, provided treatments, and assisted with procedures.
• Assisted with admissions, appointments, transfers, and discharges.
• Documented accurate and complete patient information to address patient problems and expected outcomes.
• Obtained patient vital signs and input/output measurements from inpatients.
• Administered controlled narcotics, inserted IVs, and performed catheterizations.
• Evaluated patients to identify and address wounds, behavioral concerns, and medically relevant symptoms.
• Comforted and counseled patients and families throughout care process.
• Administered medications and injections to patients.
• Monitored patient health conditions to report changes to assigned physician.
• Assessed patients' temperature, pulse, and blood pressure and recorded in electronic medical records.
• Reviewed patient history to verify conditions and current medications.
• Evaluated patient histories, complaints, and current symptoms.
• Delivered emotional support to patients and families during challenging times.
• Provided patient education on health care issues and prescribed medications.
• Helped long-term care residents with bathing, dressing, feeding, and other daily living activities.
• Clearly and thoroughly explained diagnoses, treatment options and procedures to patients and loved ones, checking in to verify understanding.

Provided staff relief to nursing facilities; Hospice and home care cases. Worked on a pediatric case involving a child with cerebral palsy/G-tube feeding for over a year.

Provided staff relief on a sub-acute rehabilitation unit.

I worked as a CNA float to various med/surge units. I went to nursing school and became an LPN and took a job full time on the Oncology unit.

Long-term care. Trained and received my CNA certification in 1988.