Provides skilled home nursing care, including: sterile central line dressing changes, chemo/cytarabine administration, mediport access/deaccess. Provides instruction on home IV antibiotic and TPN administration, home oxygen use, and enteral feeding and pump use. Skilled in peripheral and central line lab draws, and general newborn and child head-to-toe assessments.
Provides skilled home care for children discharged from Akron Children's Hospital and referred by ACHP and community pediatric providers
Assesses and treats patients across all ages (newborn-18 y/o) and demographics with a wide variety of medical diagnoses
Delivers skilled home nursing care averaging 4-6 visits a day to children in Trumbull, Mahoning, and Columbiana counties
Staff Nurse - General Pediatric Unit
Northside Tod Children's Hospital, Youngstown OH
Youngstown, Ohio
1998 - 2000
Provided nursing care for children (infant-18), with a variety of medical diagnoses
Included oncology patients, chemotherapy administration, and central line care
On-site Home Infusion Coordinator - RB&C
University Hospital - Home Care Group
Cleveland, OH
1995 - 1997
Managed home infusion referrals
Instructed families on Broviac dressing changes and administering home TPN and IV antibiotics
Staff Nurse on Age-based Unit (Children 3mo-7yrs)
Rainbow Babies And Children's Hospital
1992 - 1995
Provided care on complex unit with a variety of high acuity patients, including liver and bone marrow transplants
Education
Bachelor of Science - Nursing
Kent State University
Kent, OH
05-1992
Certification
Certified Pediatric Chemotherapy & Biotherapy Provider through APHON