Kathryn Donovan
Portland,OR
Summary
Seasoned nursing professional offering proven clinical knowledge, natural interpersonal strengths and technical abilities. Knowledgeable about EMR charting, medication administration and interdisciplinary collaboration focused on optimizing patient care and support. Quality-focused and efficiency-driven leader.
Overview
21
21
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification
Work History
Medical Surgical Registered Nurse
Legacy Health
07.2024 - Current
- Educated patients and families on medical-surgical procedures, therapeutic regimens, and pain management techniques
- Managed patients' pain by implementing pharmacological and non-pharmacological pain management interventions
- Started intravenous fluids, administered medications, and documented patient charts by recording food and fluid output and intake
- Managed caseload of four patients simultaneously by providing bedside care, treatments, IV therapy, and wound care
- Provided patient-centered discharge planning and education to reduce complications and readmissions
- Performed nursing assessments and developed patient-specific treatment plans to deliver comprehensive care
- Provided inpatient care to diverse population of adult medical and surgical patients
- Collaborated with interdisciplinary team members to facilitate comprehensive patient-centered care
- Advocated for and strived to protect health, safety, and rights of patient
RN Staff Nurse Ambulatory Clinic
Legacy Genetics Clinic
03.2023 - 07.2024
- Assess, analyze, plan, implement and evaluate patient care under the direction of a clinical supervisor in the ambulatory genetics clinic setting for patients ages newborn to adult
- Prepare patients for genetics clinic appointments, obtain vital signs, participate in assessments and provide information to the genetic counselors and genetic MDs prior to their clinic appointments
- Gather clinical data and collaborate with genetics team to initiate medication therapy
- Coordinate medication outpatient infusion appointments and physician orders
- Obtain prior authorizations for clinical testing and treatments
- Triage telephone calls and MyHealth messages and provide assistance to patients in the ambulatory clinic setting
- Monitored patient reactions to drugs and carefully documented findings
- Collaborated with physicians to quickly assess patients and deliver appropriate treatment while managing rapidly changing conditions
- Educated patients, families and caregivers on diagnosis and prognosis, treatment options, disease process, and management and lifestyle options
Registered Nurse Case Manager
Legacy Good Samaritan Hospital
06.2015 - 03.2023
- Discharge planning, coordination, and evaluation acute care med/surg, oncology, and Emergency Department
- Work collaboratively with members of the acute care healthcare team to ensure patients are admitted and transitioned to the appropriate level of care
- Diligently review patients' plans of care and analyze treatment plans with the healthcare team to assist with best possible outcomes in the hospital setting
- Advocate for patients and caregivers while assisting in creating a plan for services needed during and after a patient's hospital stay
- Responsible for educating patients, caregivers, and healthcare team members on discharge planning
- Help and provide support to patients and caregivers with the transition to the next level of care after hospital discharge
- Work telephonically with various insurance companies regarding prior authorizations for medications and different levels of rehabilitation facility stays after the acute care phase
- Coordinate care with multiple vendors for patients' needs after the hospital including: home oxygen, IV medications, durable medical equipment, private caregivers or home health set-up
- Partner with social workers to assess, plan, and implement strategies for care of people who are homeless, substance abusers, and/or have serious mental illness
Home Health Nurse
Gentiva Health Services
02.2015 - 06.2015
- Compassionate hands-on patient care, case management, creating and evaluation of care plan, patient education
- Successfully administered foley catheter management, blood draws, and complex wound care
- Collaborated with clinicians, physical therapists, occupational therapists, speech therapists, and medical social workers to deliver multidisciplinary care
- Expert level experience with OASIS-C documentation
Operating Room Nurse, Circulator
Providence Health and Services
06.2014 - 02.2015
- Member of the perioperative team, manages overall nursing care in the operating room
- Completed AORN Perioperative 101 course
- Ensure operating room is sterile and safe for the patient
- Work side by side with surgeons, scrub technicians and other OR healthcare staff to complete safe procedures
- Preoperative, intraoperative, and postoperative patient assessments
- Assess needs of the patient during surgery
- Manage medications used in procedures
Medical Surgical Nurse
Providence Health and Services
12.2013 - 06.2014
- Provide nursing care to the adult population with various illnesses and recovering from different surgeries
- Applied skills of assessment, technical, organizational, and prioritization to the care of hospitalized patients
- Educate patients, families, and other healthcare members
- Collaborated with members of the healthcare team to deliver quality, safe patient care during the acute phase and initiated the post-hospital stage of their healthcare
- Master-trainer of the Team STEPPS program to educate entire hospital staff on strategies and tools for better communication and team work to decrease medical errors and improve work satisfaction
- Member of the Palliative Care Team to education patients, families, and staff on palliative care options and treatment for chronic diagnoses
Manager of Clinical Practice
Gentiva Health Services
10.2012 - 02.2014
- Provide oversight of clinical staff and supervise patient care
- Manage clinical activities, including: patient assessments, service level determination, on-site field visits, and develop care plans
- Recruit, interview, select, and orient team members; evaluate job performance
- Coach staff and develop in-service education; such as, wound care and OASIS documentation
- Ensure adherence to internal policies and standards; communicate to staff new and changed regulations
- Professionally managed the patient assignments of clinical associates
- Oversee quality of care provided by clinicians, schedule visits to patients, and assess patient acuity
- Coordinate communication between team members, physicians, and caregivers to ensure appropriateness of care and outcome planning
- Monitor compliance through review of documentation and care coordination activities
Home Health Nurse
Gentiva Health Services
08.2010 - 10.2012
- Compassionate hands-on patient care, case management, creating and evaluation of care plan, patient education
- Successfully administered foley catheter management, blood draws, and complex wound care
- Collaborated with clinicians, physical therapists, occupational therapists, speech therapists, and medical social workers to deliver multidisciplinary care
- Expert level experience with OASIS-C documentation
Acute Care Staff Nurse
Good Samaritan Hospital, Legacy Health
10.2008 - 01.2010
- Intermediate cardiac care unit nurse at a 249-bed general medical and surgical hospital
- Provided nursing care of acute and chronic cardiac patients: pre- and post-open heart surgeries, angiograms, stents, cardioversions, ablations
- Productively coordinated care with multiple disciplines in a team environment
- Telemetry monitoring and interpretation
- Educated patients and family on complex disease management and health promotion practices
Acute Care Staff Nurse
Scottsdale Healthcare
05.2004 - 05.2008
- Telemetry nurse at a 337-bed full service level 1 trauma hospital
- Provided nursing care to patients in the cardiac unit: assessment, counseling, education regarding medications and treatments, processing admissions and discharges, lab work, documentation with care plan for diagnosis, and administration of medications, IV starts and maintenance, and ventilators
- Assisted in cardiac procedures: cardioversions, TEEs, administering conscious sedation and supervised recovery
- Effectively prepared patients for cardiac surgeries and procedures
- Collaborated with multiple health disciplines to provide quality assessments, implementation, and evaluation of patient care in the hospital setting
Education
Bachelor of Science - Nursing
Grand Canyon University
Phoenix, AZ01.2010
Associates Degree - Nursing
Scottsdale Community College
Scottsdale, AZ01.2005
Skills
- Nursing workflow management
- Patient management
- HIPAA compliance
- EMR systems
- Wound care
- Nursing intervention adjustment
- Care planning
- Patient education
- Physical assessment
- Patient care coordination
- Discharge planning
- Clinical judgment
- Needs advocacy
Certification
- ACM Certified Nurse Case Manager, ACMA, 03/21/18
- Basic Life Support (CPR), American Heart Association, current
Community Service
- Habitat for Humanity, Portland, OR, 2010-Current, Volunteer on a quarterly basis helping construct homes for families in need.
- Northwest Senior and Disability Services, 2014, Assist with lunch preparation, service, and cleanup at the local community center.
Timeline
Medical Surgical Registered Nurse
Legacy Health
07.2024 - Current
RN Staff Nurse Ambulatory Clinic
Legacy Genetics Clinic
03.2023 - 07.2024
Registered Nurse Case Manager
Legacy Good Samaritan Hospital
06.2015 - 03.2023
Home Health Nurse
Gentiva Health Services
02.2015 - 06.2015
Operating Room Nurse, Circulator
Providence Health and Services
06.2014 - 02.2015
Medical Surgical Nurse
Providence Health and Services
12.2013 - 06.2014
Manager of Clinical Practice
Gentiva Health Services
10.2012 - 02.2014
Home Health Nurse
Gentiva Health Services
08.2010 - 10.2012
Acute Care Staff Nurse
Good Samaritan Hospital, Legacy Health
10.2008 - 01.2010
Acute Care Staff Nurse
Scottsdale Healthcare
05.2004 - 05.2008
Associates Degree - Nursing
Scottsdale Community College
- ACM Certified Nurse Case Manager, ACMA, 03/21/18
- Basic Life Support (CPR), American Heart Association, current
Bachelor of Science - Nursing
Grand Canyon University
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