Jessica West
Ferndale,Washington
Summary
Driven Registered Nurse with 16 years of experience caring for patients within Intensive Care setting. Smoothly deliver comprehensive patient care and delegate tasks according to patient needs and personnel skillsets. Dedicated to providing top quality care within multidisciplinary team environment.
Overview
16
16
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification
Work History
Registered Nurse Team Leader
PeaceHealth St. Joseph Medical Center
Bellingham, WA
10.2010 - Current
- Acted as patient advocate and implemented total patient care through team nursing process.
- Collaborated with other departments within the hospital setting to coordinate services for patients.
- Observed strict safety measures, including checking medication dosages before administration to patients.
- Maintained personal and team compliance with medication administration standards and patient care best practices.
- Assisted physicians with treatments and examinations as needed.
- Encouraged a positive working environment by providing support for nurses in difficult situations.
- Trained and mentored new RNs on best practices, hospital policies and standards of care.
- Responded to emergency situations with speed, expertise and level-headed approaches to provide optimal care, support and life-saving interventions.
- Achieved departmental goals and objectives by instituting new processes and standards for in-patient care.
- Utilized computerized Resource and Patient Management System (RPMS) and Electronic Health Record (EHR) system.
- Created, implemented and evaluated patient care plans with medical team.
- Monitored quality assurance programs to ensure compliance with standards of care.
- Advocated for patient needs with interdisciplinary team and implemented outlined treatment plans.
- Evaluated patients, recognized and addressed complications and coordinated treatment with other members of critical care team.
- Prioritized and organized tasks to efficiently accomplish service goals.
- Displayed strong telephone etiquette, effectively handling difficult calls.
Registered Nurse Surgical
Central Washington Hospital
Central Washington, WA
06.2009 - 09.2010
Registered Nurses Nuero Surgery
Harborview Medical Center, Level I Trauma Center
Seattle, WA
07.2008 - 06.2009
Education
Skagit Valley College
Mount Vernon, WA06-2008
Skills
- Quality Improvement
- Progress Monitoring
- Policy Enforcement
- Utilization Review
- Medical Documentation
- Care Planning
- Staff Development
- Patient Management
- Nursing Staff Leadership
- Chronic Disease Management
- ADL Assistance
- Critical Care
- Culturally-Sensitive Care
- Infectious Disease Control
- Relationship Building
- Team Coordination
- Family and Patient Support
- Family Education
- Advanced Cardiac Life Support (ACLS) Certification
- Coordinating Referrals
- Patient Relations
- IV Setup
- Complex Problem-Solving
- Cardiac Care
- SBAR Communication
- Medication and IV Administration
- Patient Discharging
Certification
- ACLC Certified
- BLS Certified
- NIH Certified
- Post Open Heart Surgery Recovery trained
- Mechanical Circulating Device management and operator.
Timeline
Registered Nurse Team Leader
PeaceHealth St. Joseph Medical Center
10.2010 - Current
Registered Nurse Surgical
Central Washington Hospital
06.2009 - 09.2010
Registered Nurses Nuero Surgery
Harborview Medical Center, Level I Trauma Center
07.2008 - 06.2009
Skagit Valley College