Joanne Bunnell

I worked 5 years in Family Practice on the floor and also helping in Triage.

• Accurately recorded interactions in medical charts, documenting accidents and interventions applied.
• Room patients, Obtained patient vital signs from patients.
• Cared for wounds, provided treatments, and assisted with procedures such as sutures, cysts removals, colposcopies, IUD insertions, pelvic exams, cautery.
• Performed laboratory procedures such as strep tests, wound cultures. Also administered vaccines, collected lab specimens, and phlebotomy.
• I scheduled appointments, put in orders, worked with specialty to get appointments scheduled.
• Triage- answered calls, prepped for RN or Physician, helped with Physicians In boxes, refilled prescriptions.

• Performed routine evaluations of each patient's status, needs, and preferences.
• Comforted and counseled patients and families throughout care process.
• Managed patient care through closely monitoring respiration, blood pressure, and blood glucose levels.
• Offered immediate assistance in emergency and routine paging situations to evaluate needs and deliver care.
• Gathered lab specimens, ordered testing, and interpreted results to diagnose patients.
• Adhered to treatment plan instructions when administering medications and treatments to patients.
• Established positive relationships with customers and other staff members.

I provide a wide range of health services to students, including basic first aid, medication administration, health screenings and health education. I help manage chronic health conditions, coordinate with health care providers and families, and ensure a safe and healthy school environment.

I collaborate with school staff, working with teachers, counselors, and other school personnel to support students' health and well-being.

I also help with the health education programs and mental health support.

• Monitored, tracked, and conveyed important patient information to healthcare staff to help optimize treatment planning and care delivery.
• Obtained patient vital signs and input/output measurements from inpatients.
• Educated patients and caregivers on medical diagnoses, treatment options, chronic disease self-management and wound management.
• Cared for wounds, provided treatments, and assisted with procedures.
• Administered controlled narcotics, inserted IVs, and performed catheterizations.
• Assisted with admissions, appointments, transfers, and discharges.
• Delivered updates in patient status to charge nurse, recording changes in medical records.