Kaitlynn Brown
Lansing
Summary
Healthcare professional committed to nursing leadership with track record of improving patient outcomes and staff performance. Known for enhancing operational efficiencies and implementing best practices. Reliable team collaborator focused on achieving results and adapting to evolving healthcare needs.
Overview
7
7
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification
Work History
Director of Nursing
Bickford Senior Living
06.2025 - Current
- Collaborated with interdisciplinary teams to optimize treatment plans and streamline patient services.
- Monitored compliance with healthcare regulations and standards, advocating for best practices in nursing care.
- Participated in management team meetings to discuss resident status, census changes, and resident complaints or concerns.
- Oversaw and approved recruitment, hiring and orientation of new nursing staff.
- Built and maintained positive working relationships with physicians and staff to support seamless healthcare operations.
- Performed rounds to observe care and interview staff, residents, and families.
- Collaborated with staff, management, and external groups to coordinate patient care.
- Ordered all pharmacy supplies and kept check on inventory levels.
- Created customized care plans, working with staff and families to assess and meet individual needs.
- Discussed medical histories with patients in effort to provide most effective medical advice.
Health and Wellness Coordinator
Bickford Senior Living
04.2025 - 06.2025
- Provide leadership and guidance to caregiver staff, fostering a positive and collaborative work environment.
- Collaborate with the Health & Wellness Director to develop and implement nursing care plans, policies, and procedures.
- Monitor and evaluate the quality of nursing care provided to residents.
- Address and resolve clinical issues, concerns, and emergencies
- Work closely with physicians, therapists, and other healthcare professionals to coordinate resident care.
- Participate in resident assessment and care planning meetings.
- Effectively communicate with resident/family regarding all aspects of resident care.
- Provide education on new policies, procedures, and best practices.
- Appropriately communicate with BFMs regarding residents’ needs/expectations.
Licensed Practical Nurse
Ingham County Justice Complex
06.2023 - 04.2025
- Followed all state and federal guidelines for medication administration
- Administer IV fluids and perform venipuncture.
- Assist in emergency care and backup calls.
- Monitor blood sugars and withdrawals.
- Documents actions and medical records.
- Monitors vital signs and reports changes to Charge RN or Provider.
- Provides for the care of multiple patients.
- Administers medications/injections.
- Cares for wounds with appropriate cleaning and dressing/bandaging.
- Assists in the development and implementation of teaching plans based on the individual needs of the patient.
Behavioral Health Technician
Brightwell Behavioral Health
10.2022 - 01.2023
- Provides routine patient care services.
- Call light response.
- Ambulating, transferring, and positioning.
- Personal hygiene assistance.
- Collects, records, and reports various patient data.
- Obtains vital signs, urine cultures, and reports changes in patient data to RN.
- Assist in code situations.
- Answer phone calls.
- Hold in person or telemed visits.
Emergency Room Technician
McLaren Greater Lansing Hospital
03.2022 - 10.2022
- Provides routine patient care services.
- Call light response.
- Ambulating, transferring, and positioning.
- Personal hygiene assistance.
- Collects, records, and reports various patient data
Medical Assistant
Mid-Michigan Headache and Neurology Center
11.2021 - 01.2022
- Fax in lab results.
- Room patients for Practitioners and Physicians.
- Check vitals.
- Work up patients via in-person or telemed.
- Hold in person or telemed visits.
- Chart any changes in medications, migraines, family history, etc.
- Answer phone calls.
- Check patients in and out of appointments.
- Schedule patients next visit.
- Chart current/past lab results.
Patient Care Technician
Fresenius Medical Care
06.2021 - 09.2021
- Set up machines with sterile dialyzers, lines, and saline.
- Aseptic technique cleaning accesses or catheters.
- Listening for bruit and thrill in fistula, graft, or catheters.
- Working under the doctors and nurses licenses.
- Drawing labs and pulling up heparin or lidocaine injections per patient order.
- Documenting vitals on the computer.
- Assist in delivery of sterile supplies if needed.
- Perform cannulation with needle size assigned.
- Experience with crash cart use.
Certified Phlebotomist
Memorial Healthcare
08.2020 - 10.2020
- Print off patient labels
- Check-in patients.
- Communicate with Surgeons, Radiologists, and Physicians.
- Receive labs that have been drawn.
- Release and mailout information per request.
- Handle fax machines, label printers, telephones.
- Watch waiting for new and old patients.
- Perform blood draws, COVID-19 swabs, Strep swabs, urine collection, drug testing, and flu swabs.
Radiology Imaging Assistant
Sparrow Hospital
03.2020 - 06.2020
- Print off patient wristbands.
- Check-in patients.
- Communicate with Surgeons, Radiologists, and Physicians.
- Record results from MRI, CT, Xray, Ultrasounds, etc.
- Schedule inpatient MRI and other radiology scans.
- Create CD’s and DVD’s for patients and doctors per request.
- Release and mailout information per request.
- Handle fax machines, wristband printers, CD and DVD Printers, etc.
- Watch and wait for new and old patients.
Patient Care Technician
DaVita Kidney Care
07.2019 - 03.2020
- Set up machines with sterile dialyzers, lines, and saline.
- Aseptic technique cleaning accesses or catheters.
- Listening for bruit and thrill in fistula, graft, or catheters.
- Working under the doctors and nurses licenses.
- Drawing labs and pulling up heparin or lidocaine injections per patient order.
- Documenting vitals on the computer.
- Assist in delivery of sterile supplies if needed.
- Perform cannulation with needle size assigned.
- Experience with crash cart use.
Patient Care Technician
Fresenius Medical Care
07.2018 - 04.2019
- Set up machines with sterile dialyzers, lines, and saline.
- Aseptic technique cleaning accesses or catheters.
- Listening for bruit and thrill in fistula, graft, or catheters.
- Working under the doctors and nurses licenses.
- Drawing labs and pulling up heparin or lidocaine injections per patient order.
- Documenting vitals on the computer.
- Assist in delivery of sterile supplies if needed.
- Perform cannulation with needle size assigned.
- Experience with crash cart use.
Education
Associate of Science - Nursing
Lansing Community College
05.2023
Skills
- Time management, Communication skills, Leadership, Teamwork, Charting, Patient Care
- Leadership and guidance
- Strong work ethic
- Critical thinking
- Documentation and reporting
- Nursing staff supervision
- Behavioral health
- Direct patient care
- Patient education
Certification
CCHT, Certified Phlebotomy Technician, LPN, CPR Certification
Timeline
Director of Nursing
Bickford Senior Living
06.2025 - Current
Health and Wellness Coordinator
Bickford Senior Living
04.2025 - 06.2025
Licensed Practical Nurse
Ingham County Justice Complex
06.2023 - 04.2025
Behavioral Health Technician
Brightwell Behavioral Health
10.2022 - 01.2023
Emergency Room Technician
McLaren Greater Lansing Hospital
03.2022 - 10.2022
Medical Assistant
Mid-Michigan Headache and Neurology Center
11.2021 - 01.2022
Patient Care Technician
Fresenius Medical Care
06.2021 - 09.2021
Certified Phlebotomist
Memorial Healthcare
08.2020 - 10.2020
Radiology Imaging Assistant
Sparrow Hospital
03.2020 - 06.2020
Patient Care Technician
DaVita Kidney Care
07.2019 - 03.2020
Patient Care Technician
Fresenius Medical Care
07.2018 - 04.2019
Associate of Science - Nursing
Lansing Community College
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