Jessica Dabbs
Daphne,AL
Summary
Experienced healthcare professional skilled in patient care, critical thinking, and communication. Strong focus on team collaboration and achieving optimal patient outcomes. Reliable and adaptable, ensuring efficient and compassionate care in dynamic environments. Equipped with expertise in medical procedures, patient assessments, and care coordination.
Overview
11
11
years of professional experience
Work History
Registered Nurse Hospice Case Manager
Saad Hospice
08.2020 - Current
- Establish trusting rapport with patients and caregivers in hospice community
- Educate caregivers and families on recognizing signs and symptoms of decline and end of life
- Provide end of life care for patients in home and ensure that patient has all appropriate comfort medications
- Address social and spiritual concerns of patients and caregivers and advocate for their needs
- Discuss end of life wishes/advanced directives with patients and caregivers
- Manage patient care by performing weekly head to toe assessments and addressing any acute needs or concerns that may arise
- Administer IM injections, insert catheters, perform wound care, perform lab draws, etc
- Collaborate with medical director/MD bimonthly to discuss patient changes and re-certify patients for hospice
- Collaborate with nurse practitioners when patients have acute changes such as pain crisis, UTIs, pneumonia, decline etc
- Collaborate with physical therapists, social workers, chaplains, and certified nursing assistants to ensure all patient needs are met
Registered Nurse
Grand Bay Convalescent Home
03.2020 - 08.2020
- Establish trusting rapport with residents
- Provide care and administer medications to residents based on physician orders
- Collaborate with physicians and practitioners to meet specific needs of residents based on clinical status
- Discuss resident needs with resident family members
- Perform procedures such as venipuncture, foley catheter insertion, IV insertion, IM injections and draining pleural and abdominal drainage systems
- Charting MDS reviews for long-term residents based on quarterly and yearly requirements
- Charting PPS skilled notes for new admissions or residents needing 21-day rehabilitation
- Documenting changes in resident clinical status and contacting MD/Hospice accordingly
- Advocating for resident and resident family needs
- Managing and leading other staff such as LPNs and CNAs
- Collaborating with DON, ADON, and other nurses and staff in the workplace
Registered Nurse
Providence Hospital
12.2018 - 12.2019
- Established trusting rapport with patients
- Collaborated with physicians and other nurses to form individualized plan of care for each patient
- Provided direct nursing care to critically ill patients, including those recovering from heart attacks and open-heart surgeries
- Continuously monitored patient status, vital signs, labs and electronic records to identify changes in patient status and proactively problem-solved before patient conditions deteriorated to an urgent situation
- Provided BLS and ACLS skills
- Managed invasive lines such as peripheral IVs, midline catheters, central lines, arterial lines, chest tubes, endotracheal tubes, tracheostomies and drains
- Managed airways through mechanical ventilation
- Administered medications based on physician orders and clinical judgment
- Document data related to patient care including assessments, interventions, medications, patient responses and treatment changes
- Advocate for patients and patient family members needs
Medical Scribe
Ocean Springs Hospital
05.2016 - 05.2017
- Accompany physician into patient examination room to transcribe history and physical exam and document physician's encounter with patient
- List all proper diagnoses and symptoms, as well as follow up instructions and prescriptions as dictated by physician
- Transcribe patient orders including laboratory tests, radiology tests, medications, etc
- Document any procedures performed by physician
Orthodontic Assistant
Island Orthodontics
05.2014 - 06.2017
- Established trusting rapport with patients and ensuring a positive orthodontic experience
- Maintained daily schedules to ensure workflow efficiency and patient flow
- Assisted in placing and removing orthodontic appliances
- Performed monthly adjustments along with charting and documenting visit information accordingly
- Took panoramic and 3D x-rays
- Instructed patients and families on good dental hygiene and proper care of orthodontic appliances
- Established and maintained a clean and safe working area per OSHA standards
- Performed office duties such as receive/post payments, maintain multiple phone lines, manage patient files, and schedule appointments
Education
Master of Science - Nursing
University of South Alabama
Mobile, AL12-2024
Skills
- Strong Clinical Judgment
- Patient education and counseling
- Patient and family advocacy
- Compassion and Empathy
- Lab result interpretation
- Complex Problem-Solving
- Chronic Disease Management
- Case Management
Timeline
Registered Nurse Hospice Case Manager
Saad Hospice
08.2020 - Current
Registered Nurse
Grand Bay Convalescent Home
03.2020 - 08.2020
Registered Nurse
Providence Hospital
12.2018 - 12.2019
Medical Scribe
Ocean Springs Hospital
05.2016 - 05.2017
Orthodontic Assistant
Island Orthodontics
05.2014 - 06.2017
Master of Science - Nursing
University of South Alabama
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