JIll Patrone Drew

As a Professor at Horry George Town Technical College, I work with Associate Degree Nurse ( ADN), Licensed Practical Nurse (LPN). Certified Nursing Assistants (CNA), and Certified Medical Assistant (CMA) students help them to achieve their goals. I have taught in all three programs at different levels in the classroom and clinical experiences. I have recently restructured the CMA program as the curriculum and book selection were outdated and needed revision.

I also work with the Workforce Development program in assisting to provide education to individuals who are looking to achieve entry-level jobs in health care, but can not attend a traditional college.

In this position, I provide dialysis treatments for individuals in an outpatient setting. I regularly access ports, fistulas, and grafts of my patients to provide them the dialysis. I also provided education to my patients about diet, exercise, and fluid intake to help them achieve a healthy lifestyle.

As a Case Manager, for Corum Infusion treatments, I would do patient intakes, and establish long-term and short-term care plans for infusion therapy as well as manage direct patient care. Direct care included accessing PICC lines and or Midlines for long-term IV antibiotic treatments and blood draws, as well as establishing PIV for at-home IVIG treatments.

In this position, I also submitted the paperwork needed for patients to receive appropriate Insurance coverage.

While at Baystate Medical Center I worked in both Pediatric and Adult Emergency care. As a Level One trauma center in Springfield, Massachusetts the facility takes in patients from all over New England.

While working at Baystate I became trauma, triage, and Ultrasound-guided IV insertions certified in both Pediatric and Adult care as well as promoted to be in charge in the Pediatric Emergency Department.

I also was certified as a preceptor for new-hire nurses as well as paramedics and EMTs going through training.

In my last year at Baystate, I took a position at a smaller sister hospital in Palmer Massachusetts. This facility was being renovated and updated and needed staff to help with the patient load during that time. I enjoyed the transition to a smaller community hospital.

While working at UCONN I was able to seek opportunities in many departments to increase my nursing skills. My first position was that of a general nurse on a Medical - Surgical floor, where worked for six months before transferring to the NICU/ NBN

I worked in the NICU and NBN for many years, and over the years I acquired multiple certifications and trainings that allowed me to work with infants at all levels from micro-preemies to multiples and newborns.

After being in the NICU for many years I was approached to join the Maternal /Fetal Float Pool that was being developed. This position allowed me to be cross-trained in Labor and Delivery and obstetrics as well as continuing to work in the NICU/NBN.

My last position at UCONN was in outpatient Internal Medicine/Pediatrics in which I was the lead nurse in a five provider outpatient office. This position taught me the finer skills of outpatient care, insurance qualifications, long term / short term care goals and the importance of patent education and participation in care.

As a Pediatric office nurse, I was assigned with the task of evaluating any questionable patient that came through the door and may need more immediate or complex care. I would also carry a light patient schedule to advise on new infant questions and breastfeeding issues

In the phone triage position, I was trusted to determine the needs of the patients and determine if they needed to be seen in the office or sent to secondary care, such as out for x-rays or to the Emergency Room.

In this position, I worked with an OB/GYN medical provider assisting in perinatal care as well as general gynecological care. I assisted with helping to manage inventory and overall office needs.

The provider relocated to another state and the office was closed