Jolene Halligan
Fort Dodge,Iowa
Summary
Hard-working professional with 30.5+ years of experience and a proven knowledge of ambulatory care, pre- and post-op care, and clinical services. Aiming to leverage my skills to successfully fill the Nursing role at your company.
Overview
35
35
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification
Work History
RN/Medical/Surgical
Humboldt County Memorial Hospital
Humboldt, IA
03.2021 - Current
- Provided emotional support to patients and families during difficult medical situations, fostering trust and rapport.
- Improved patient outcomes by providing high-quality nursing care and closely monitoring vital signs.
- Contributed to quality improvement initiatives by identifying areas for improvement and implementing evidence-based solutions.
- Administered medications safely and accurately, adhering to strict protocols and guidelines.
- Mentored new nursing staff, sharing best practices and clinical expertise to enhance overall team performance.
- Performed accurate assessments of patients'' conditions and communicated updates to physicians promptly.
- Skillfully operated various medical equipment such as IV pumps, monitors, and feeding tubes to optimize patient care delivery.
- Enhanced patient satisfaction by delivering compassionate, individualized care in a timely manner.
- Streamlined communication between team members during shift changes, ensuring continuity of care for patients.
- Started intravenous fluids, administered medications, and documented patient charts by recording food and fluid output and intake.
- Managed patients' pain by implementing pharmacological and non-pharmacological pain management interventions.
- Participated in evidence-based practice project implementation, nursing competency development and nursing simulation activities.
RN/ENDOSCOPY-SURGICAL SERVICES
Unity Point-Trinity Regional Medical Center
Fort Dodge, Iowa
02.2013 - 11.2020
- Monitor, record, and report symptoms or changes in patients' conditions.
- Maintain accurate, detailed reports and records.
- Record patients' medical information and vital signs.
- Modify patient treatment plans as indicated by patients' responses and conditions.
- Monitor all aspects of patient care, including diet and physical activity.
- Consult and coordinate with healthcare team members to assess, plan, implement, or evaluate patient care plans.
- Prepare patients for and assist with examinations or treatments.
- Prepare rooms, sterile instruments, equipment, or supplies and ensure that stock of supplies is maintained.
- Inform physician of patient's condition during anesthesia.
- Administer local, inhalation, intravenous, or other anesthetics.
- BLS
- ACLS
- Reprocessing Scopes
RN-CHARGE NURSE-MEDICAL/SURGICAL UNIT
Unity Point-Trinity Regional Medical Center
Fort Dodge, Iowa
02.2000 - 02.2013
- Monitor, record, and report symptoms or changes in patients' conditions.
- Maintain accurate, detailed reports and records.
- Record patients' medical information and vital signs.
- Order, interpret, and evaluate diagnostic tests to identify and assess patient's condition.
- Modify patient treatment plans as indicated by patients' responses and conditions.
- Direct or supervise less-skilled nursing or healthcare personnel or supervise a particular unit.
- Consult and coordinate with healthcare team members to assess, plan, implement, or evaluate patient care plans.
- Monitor all aspects of patient care, including diet and physical activity.
- Observe nurses and visit patients to ensure proper nursing care.
- Conduct specified laboratory tests.
- Direct or coordinate infection control programs, advising or consulting with specified personnel about necessary precautions.
- Work with Kronos for employee assignments and payroll
- Work doing peer evaluation
- BLS
RN
Friendship Haven
Fort Dodge, Iowa
06.1995 - 02.2000
- Monitor, record, and report symptoms or changes in patients' conditions.
- Maintain accurate, detailed reports and records.
- Record patients' medical information and vital signs.
- Modify patient treatment plans as indicated by patients' responses and conditions.
- Direct or supervise less-skilled nursing or healthcare personnel or supervise a particular unit.
- Consult and coordinate with healthcare team members to assess, plan, implement, or evaluate patient care plans.
- Monitor all aspects of patient care, including diet and physical activity.
- Conduct specified laboratory tests.
- Direct or coordinate infection control programs, advising or consulting with specified personnel about necessary precautions.
- Provide or arrange for training or instruction of auxiliary personnel or students.
- BLS
TELLER
Boatmans Bank
Fort Dodge, Iowa
05.1990 - 06.1995
- Cash checks and pay out money after verifying that signatures are correct, that written and numerical amounts agree, and that accounts have sufficient funds.
- Receive checks and cash for deposit, verify amounts, and check accuracy of deposit slips.
- Enter customers' transactions into computers to record transactions and issue computer-generated receipts.
- Balance currency, coin, and checks in cash drawers at ends of shifts, and calculate daily transactions using computers, calculators, or adding machines.
- Examine checks for endorsements and to verify other information such as dates, bank names, identification of the persons receiving payments and the legality of the documents.
- Count currency, coins, and checks received, by hand or using currency-counting machine, to prepare them for deposit or shipment to branch banks or the Federal Reserve Bank.
- Receive and count daily inventories of cash, drafts, and travelers' checks.
- Prepare and verify cashier's checks.
- Identify transaction mistakes when debits and credits do not balance.
Education
Associate in Science (A.S.) - Nursing
Iowa Central Community College
Fort Dodge, IA06.1995
High School Diploma - undefined
Fort Dodge Senior High School
Fort Dodge, IA06.1985
Skills
- Have worked with Epic software
- Have worked with Kronos
Certification
Iowa Board of Nursing-097687
BLS
ACLS
PALS
Timeline
RN/Medical/Surgical
Humboldt County Memorial Hospital
03.2021 - Current
RN/ENDOSCOPY-SURGICAL SERVICES
Unity Point-Trinity Regional Medical Center
02.2013 - 11.2020
RN-CHARGE NURSE-MEDICAL/SURGICAL UNIT
Unity Point-Trinity Regional Medical Center
02.2000 - 02.2013
RN
Friendship Haven
06.1995 - 02.2000
TELLER
Boatmans Bank
05.1990 - 06.1995
Associate in Science (A.S.) - Nursing
Iowa Central Community College
High School Diploma - undefined
Fort Dodge Senior High School