Kacey Quimby
Warsaw,Illinois
Summary
Registered Nurse of 17 years; who has over 10 years of clinical experience. Leader/ambassador amongst peers and advocate for patients. Possess strong multi-tasking skills with the ability to simultaneously manage several physician clinics and their schedules. Tech savvy, goal orientated, and efficiency focused. Diverse experience in direct patient care, staff supervision and department operations. Offering expertise with multiple specialties.
Overview
18
18
years of professional experience
Work History
Registered Nurse
Carthage Memorial Hospital
2024.02 - Current
- Provided direct patient care, stabilized patients, and determined next course of action.
- Conferred with physicians to discuss diagnoses and devise well-coordinated treatment approaches.
- Educated family members and caregivers on patient care instructions.
- Collaborated with interdisciplinary teams to develop comprehensive treatment plans for complex patients with multiple comorbidities.
- Evaluated patient histories, complaints, and current symptoms.
- Enhanced patient satisfaction by providing compassionate, holistic nursing care that addressed physical, emotional, and spiritual needs.
- Educated patients, families and caregivers on diagnosis and prognosis, treatment options, disease process, and management and lifestyle options.
Director of Memorial MedSpa and OB/GYN Clinic
Carthage Memorial Hospital
2023.03 - 2024.02
- Scheduled employees for shifts, taking into account customer traffic and employee strengths.
- Oversaw operations and provided corrective feedback to achieve daily and long-term goals.
- Reported issues to higher management with great detail.
- Established a culture of continuous improvement by fostering open communication channels and empowering employees to voice their ideas.
- Developed high-performing teams by providing mentorship, guidance, and opportunities for professional growth.
- Assisted with sales and marketing strategies to foster achievement of revenue goals.
- Monitored office workflow and administrative processes to keep operations running smoothly.
- Established departmental performance goals and provided feedback for underperforming areas.
- Assisted in recruiting, hiring and training of team members.
Registered Nurse
Quincy Medical Group - Keokuk Affiliate
2017.01 - Current
- Specialty Nurse: Urology (Dr. Schneider), Orthopedics (Dr. Navasartian), Cardiology (Dr. Efstratiadis), General Surgery (Dr. Oza, Dr. Peters, and Dr. Perll), Oncology (Dr. Pastorin), Family Medicine (Dr. Raj), Sports Medicine (Dr. Raj)
- Responsibilities as a specialty nurse include a startup of multiple outreach clinics at our rural site
- Continuing education to provide services and skill sets needed for each clinic, including job shadowing, and a Sports Med casting seminar.
- Outreach Nurse: Travel to offsite locations with my general surgeons and orthopedic surgeon
- Locations include Carthage Memorial Hospital and Culbertson Memorial Hospital
- Responsibilities as the outreach nurse include the startup of each of these clinics, management of all scheduling, communication and education of patient surgeries, surgery scheduling, and postoperative care
- Collaboration with Quincy Medical Group and Carthage Memorial to ensure that the clinics ran smoothly and effectively.
- Nursing Home Coordinator: Responsible for excellent communication with the nursing home staff, scheduling of the physician rounding schedules, rounding with the physician, management of all labs, faxes, and communication of each of the residents.
Registered Nurse
AESTHETIC SOLUTIONS
2013.01 - 2017.01
- Specialty Nurse: Urology (Dr. Storm), Orthopedic Surgery (Dr. Dupuis), and General Surgery (Dr. Helmsworth)
- Responsibilities included patient communication and education of surgeries, surgery scheduling, and postoperative care
- Collaboration with Keokuk Area Hospital to ensure a smooth and effective surgery scheduling process and patient experience
- Development of EMR templates for both physician use and surgery scheduling.
- This clinic merged with Quincy Medical Group in January 2017.
Registered Nurse
Keokuk Area Hospital
2006.01 - 2013.01
- Surgical Nurse: Circulator in the Surgical Department
- Responsibilities included ensuring all necessary equipment and supplies are in the surgical room and that sterile technique is maintained throughout the case, strong organizational skills and multitasking
- Excellent communication skills with the patients to establish trust in a short amount of time along with the Doctors, and other surgical team members.
- Med/Surg unit: Acquired the basic skills required as a Registered Nurse
- I received the Above and Beyond award for going above and beyond my duties as a Registered Nurse due to my communication, compassion, and holistic healing of those I serve
- I took opportunities to cross train in various departments such as Rehab, ER, CCU, and OB (post-partum and neonatal).
Education
Associate Degree in Nursing - Nursing
Southeastern Community College
Keokuk, IA01.2006
High School Diploma -
Keokuk High School
Keokuk, IA01.2001
Skills
- Strong interpersonal and communication skills
- Ability to collaborate and work use effective teamwork
- Problem Solving
- Leader amongst peers
- Meticulous attention to detail
- Excellent Organizational skills
- Poised under pressure
- Holistic approach in nursing
- Proficient in EPIC EMR
- Attention to Detail
Awards
- Above and Beyond Award
- Experience the Difference
- Ambassador Program Participant
References
- Hans James Raj MD, Family & Nonoperative Sports Medicine Physician, Quincy Medical Group - Keokuk, (214) 636-0386
- Glenda Hackemack Wedding, Director of Human Resources, Farm & Home Supply, (217) 209-5901 / (217) 242-2805
- Micheal Merrick FNP-BC, Occupational Health Nurse Practitioner, Blessing - Keokuk, (602) 478-0140
Timeline
Registered Nurse
Carthage Memorial Hospital
2024.02 - Current
Director of Memorial MedSpa and OB/GYN Clinic
Carthage Memorial Hospital
2023.03 - 2024.02
Registered Nurse
Quincy Medical Group - Keokuk Affiliate
2017.01 - Current
Registered Nurse
AESTHETIC SOLUTIONS
2013.01 - 2017.01
Registered Nurse
Keokuk Area Hospital
2006.01 - 2013.01
Associate Degree in Nursing - Nursing
Southeastern Community College
High School Diploma -
Keokuk High School
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