Jennifer Zajacek
Newport,TN
Summary
Dedicated Registered Nurse with over 10 years of experience in geriatric long-term care and medical-surgical telemetry nursing. Expertise in delivering prompt assessments and collaborating with interdisciplinary teams to enhance patient outcomes. Proven ability to communicate effectively with physicians, ensuring high-quality healthcare practices while maintaining meticulous charting and medication management. Committed to advancing nursing knowledge and mentoring new nurses, fostering excellence in patient care.
Overview
19
19
years of professional experience
Work History
RN Floor/Charge Nurse Med/surg Tele
Tennova Medical Center
Newport, TN
05.2018 - Current
- Administered medications and treatments, monitoring patients for reactions and side effects.
- Training of new hires, as well as precepting RN students.
- Excellent review during staff evaluations.
- Prioritized nursing tasks and assignments, and accurately reported patient status.
- Efficiently managed delivery of patient-centered services for a group of seven on a daily basis.
- Facilitated patient flow during emergency situations, directing evacuations, admissions, and transfers.
- Coordinated and performed patient admissions, transfers, and discharges.
- Managed patient care for those with complex medical and surgical needs.
- Recognized as the go-to nurse for questions and knowledge.
RN Orthopedics Travel Nurse
Mission Hospital Regional Medical Center
Asheville, NC
05.2024 - 09.2024
- Monitored patients after surgery, answered questions, and provided home care strategies.
- Participated in quality improvement initiatives to enhance patient care outcomes.
- Assisted doctors during medical procedures.
- Prepared medical equipment and tools to aid physician during examination and treatment of patients.
- Administered medications and treatments, monitoring patients for reactions and side effects.
RN Orthopedics Travel Nurse
Mission Hospital Regional Medical Center
Asheville, NC
05.2022 - 12.2023
- Provided direct nursing care to patients, including administering medications, wound care, and IV therapy.
- Provided patient education on preoperative and postoperative care instructions.
- Monitored vital signs of patients pre-operatively, intra-operatively and post-operatively.
- Assisted with patient surgery preparation
RN Travel Nurse Neurology
Blount Memorial Hospital
Maryville, TN
01.2022 - 04.2022
- Administered medications and treatments, monitoring patients for reactions and side effects.
- Responded to emergency situations with speed, expertise and level-headed approaches to provide optimal care, support and life-saving interventions.
- Informed treating team of subtle changes r/t cerebral hemodynamics, intervening appropriately.
- Completed day-to-day duties accurately and efficiently.
Weekend Nursing Supervisor
Tennova Medical Center Nursing home
Newport, TN
04.2012 - 05.2018
- Monitored patients' conditions, documented findings, and communicated with the MD.
- Prepared and initialized plans of care, skin assessments, and monthly summaries.
- Completed daily rounds to verify the care of the geriatric population.
- Enforced disease prevention protocols among staff, patients, and visitors.
- Analyzed and documented all incidents thoroughly to ensure prevention of future accidents.
- Facilitated orientation, competencies, and skills validation processes for RN, LPN, and CNA.
- Managed a team of 2 licensed practical nurses and 6 certified nursing assistants on weekends.
- Facilitated mentorship programs to foster growth and enhance the professional skills of nursing staff.
- Ensured elderly patients felt welcomed in compassionate care setting.
- Coordinated communication among shifts regarding patient status updates and treatments.
- Collaborated with multi-disciplinary staff to improve overall patient care and response times.
Charge Nurse, Surgical Floor
Baptist Medical Center
Newport , TN
09.2008 - 04.2012
- Monitored patient status and treatment progress, reporting observations to physicians.
- Built and maintained strong working relationships between nursing department and other disciplines.
- Coordinated and performed patient admissions, transfers and discharges.
- Oversaw medication administration, monitored distribution and documented responses.
- Educated patients, caregivers, and families on diagnoses, treatment and disease prevention.
- Precepted new staff nurses
- Distributed assignments to nursing staff based on acuity
- Delegated and prioritized tasks, streamlining steps in rapid response situations.
- Conducted telemetry monitoring on patients, recording cardiac rhythm data.
- Skilled at deescalating irrational patients and families
Staff LPN
Convalescent Center
Newport, TN
09.2006 - 09.2008
- Collected and documented vital signs to track current patient conditions.
- Monitored patient's respiration activity, blood pressure and blood glucose levels in response to medical administration.
- Responded to patient alarms and needs-assessment requests to identify course of treatment.
- Collected biological specimens, packaged and transported diagnostic tests.
- Charted changes in patient conditions and discussed concerns with healthcare provider.
- Cared for patients' acute and chronic wounds by changing dressings and applying medicated compounds and notifying MD of changes
- Assisted with patients' nutritional needs by setting up self-feeding assistance or directly feeding individuals when staff was unavailable
- Managed patients' hygiene with comprehensive care for toileting, bathing and grooming needs.
- Delivered care to behaviorally challenging geriatric patients due to dementia
Education
Associate of Applied Science - Nursing
Walters State
Morristown, TN05.2008
LPN - Nursing
Tennessee Technology
Morristown Tn10.2005
Skills
- Patient management
- Nursing plan development
- Direct and indirect patient care
- Nursing staff leadership
- IV drug therapy management
- Long-Term Care
- Patient education
- Mentorship and Guidance
- ACLS, BLS, PALS, NIH certified
- Family and patient support
- Deescalating irrational customers and patients
- Increasing morality
- Performance Optimization in High-Stress Situations
- Prioritizing care
- Problem Solving
Accomplishments
- Physician Support - Consistently praised by physicians for efficient assistance in minor surgical procedures and patient handling.
- Nursing Supervision - Supervised ancillary staff of 4 on-call nurses.
- Consistently maintained high customer satisfaction ratings.
- Daisy award Winner
- Recognized as Employee of the month for outstanding performance and team contributions.
- Recognized by patients monthly for providing excellent care
Affiliations
Nurse excellence award May 11 2015
Silver lamp Award 2010
Timeline
RN Orthopedics Travel Nurse
Mission Hospital Regional Medical Center
05.2024 - 09.2024
RN Orthopedics Travel Nurse
Mission Hospital Regional Medical Center
05.2022 - 12.2023
RN Travel Nurse Neurology
Blount Memorial Hospital
01.2022 - 04.2022
RN Floor/Charge Nurse Med/surg Tele
Tennova Medical Center
05.2018 - Current
Weekend Nursing Supervisor
Tennova Medical Center Nursing home
04.2012 - 05.2018
Charge Nurse, Surgical Floor
Baptist Medical Center
09.2008 - 04.2012
Staff LPN
Convalescent Center
09.2006 - 09.2008
Associate of Applied Science - Nursing
Walters State
LPN - Nursing
Tennessee Technology
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