Kayla Jackson

• Prepare monthly schedules for the nursing department.
• Maintain the attendance record of the nursing staff.
• Resolve any staffing challenges that may arise.
• Conduct interviews for open positions in the nursing department.
• Maintain a record of open positions and applications for the nursing department.
• Screen applicants, and check references.
• Conduct staffing education according to the education calendar.
• Attend resident council meetings to ensure a healthy caregiver-patient relationship.
• Receive all staffing-related calls.
• Ensure that CPR certifications, PPDs, and in-services are up to date.
• Communicated concerns regarding patients' status, care and environment to nursing supervisors, clinical care supervisors and case managers.
• Assessed patient complaints accurately and provided appropriate interventions.
• Assisted in the development and implementation of nursing policies and procedures.
• Administered medications and treatments according to established protocols.
• Took temperatures or blood pressures, dressed wounds and provided other basic patient care or treatments.

Company Overview: Vermont Veterans Home in Bennington, VT.

• Accompanying patients to appointments.
• Collected blood, urine or sputum from patients to perform routine laboratory tests.
• Administered medications and treatments according to established protocols.
• Reporting any change in the patient's condition.
• Completing proper documentation using EMR (PCC).
• Completing necessary incident reports, assessments, and risk management.
• Ensuring patient safety.
• Coordinated with doctors and registered nurses to develop care plans for patients.
• Assisted patients with personal hygiene activities such as bathing, dressing, eating, grooming, and toileting needs.
• Collected and documented vital signs to track current patient conditions.
• Maintained detailed records of all wound care activities and treatments provided.
• Cared for wounds.

• Company Overview: Albany, NY
• Medication administration
• Documentation using EMR (Point Click Care,Epic)
• Wound Care
• Vital Signs
• Identifying and reporting any changes in patient's condition
• Supervising staff on unit
• Feeding and assisting with ADL's
• Administration of immunizations and COVID testing.
• Albany, NY

• Company Overview: Rutland Nursing Home
• Assigned to the Trach and Vent unit.
• Trach care and suctioning.
• Vent monitoring.
• Wound care
• Accompanied patients to the hospital for surgical procedures.
• Assembled and used catheters, tracheotomy tubes or oxygen suppliers.
• Assisted patients with personal hygiene activities such as bathing, dressing, eating, grooming, and toileting needs.
• Administered prescribed medications or started intravenous fluids, noting times and amounts on patient charts.
• Provided pre- and post-operative nursing care.
• Monitored vital signs, fluid intake and output levels, glucose levels, and other medical tests results.

• Company Overview: Santa Clara County
• Covid-19 Testing Site and Santa Clara County Fairgrounds
• Santa Clara County

• Covid-19 crisis response assignment in rehab and long term care facility.

• Company Overview: Albany, NY
• Administering ordered medications.
• Logging orders given by the MD into the computer, use of EMR.
• Wound care, indwelling catheter care, tube feedings, and ostomy care.
• Medicare charting.
• Assuring that scripts and narcotic counts are accurate.
• Monitoring and recording vital signs.

• Company Overview: Town of Schodack, NY
• Administer ordered immunizations and medications.
• Use of EMR.
• Triage phone calls, schedule appointments, follow up on phone calls, and renew medications.
• Assist the provider with procedures and treatments such as ear flushes, wound dressings, incision, and drainage.
• Referred patients to specialists or other healthcare professionals as needed for further evaluation or treatment.
• Performed routine immunizations in accordance with guidelines.
• Participated in interdisciplinary teams to develop comprehensive plans of care for each patient's needs.
• Attended continuing education courses related to primary care nursing practices.
• Conducted specified laboratory tests to help detect conditions and determine diagnosis.
• Set up trays, supplies and sterile fields for office procedures.
• Demonstrated sensitivity when working with diverse populations from various cultural backgrounds.
• Stocked clinical workstations and procedure rooms with necessary supplies.
• Monitored patient progress and provided appropriate follow-up care.
• Assisted physicians during exams and procedures.
• Maintained strict patient data procedures to comply with HIPAA laws and prevent information breaches.
• Educated patients about health maintenance, disease prevention, and lifestyle changes.
• Assessed patient health by interviewing patients, performing physical examinations, and ordering lab tests.
• Performed physical exams including vital signs and EKGs as required.
• Maintained accurate records of patient visits including assessments, treatments provided, test results received from labs and other departments, discharge instructions given.
• Analyzed clinical data submitted by physician offices in order to approve or deny prior authorization requests.