Kayla Keeler
Killeen,TX
Summary
Experienced nursing professional bringing demonstrated clinical expertise, leadership skills and technical knowledge. Proficient in updating charts, monitoring medications and working with multidisciplinary teams to optimize patient care. Quality-driven and efficient with strong interpersonal abilities.
Overview
4
4
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification
Work History
Relief House Supervisor
Seton Medical Center Harker Heights
Harker Heights, Texas
02.2024 - Current
- Supervise a 40-bed medical-surgical unit, a 10-bed intensive care unit, and a 17-bed emergency department unit.
- Overnight, supervision of staff members and patient movement throughout the hospital.
- Collaborate in the coordination of emergent surgical services overnight through communicating with physicians, consulting providers, and on-call staff members.
- Perform census reconciliation paperwork throughout the shift.
- After-hour access to the pharmacy for medications needed in a timely manner.
Charge Nurse
Seton Medical Center Harker Heights
Harker Heights, Texas
10.2021 - Current
- Make appropriate assignments based on patient needs, with consideration of patient acuity, and staff skills and competence. Monitor and reassess staffing needs throughout the shift.
- Direct admissions, discharges, and the general flow of patients.
- Direct safe, effective, age-appropriate care in a manner that meets standards of care, and hospital policies and procedures.
- Oversee and monitor the plan of care for patients to facilitate effective and efficient care delivery, and the achievement of desired patient outcomes.
- Promote and collaborate communication effectively with associates, physicians, consulting services, administrators, patients, and guests to facilitate effective and efficient interdisciplinary care.
- Responsible for TJC compliance, including but not limited to quality control checks such as temperature logs, defibrillator checks, crash cart checks, etc.
- Manage staff and patient complaints while communicating the resolution to leadership.
- Delegate appropriate responsibilities to staff, and follow up with staff on assigned tasks.
- Mentor and coach nursing staff by providing clear expectations for staff, and support to carry out those expectations.
- Participate in the hiring process and utilize evidence-based interview questions.
- Supervise new hires and less-experienced staff while assessing staff competencies.
- Perform associate performance evaluations and monthly chart audits on assigned staff.
- Stay current with changes in policies and procedures on the unit.
Staff Nurse
Seton Medical Center Harker Heights
Harker Heights, TX
02.2021 - 10.2021
- Provide planning and delivery of direct and indirect patient care through the nursing process of assessment, planning, intervention, and evaluation.
- Develop a nursing care plan in coordination with the patient, family, and interdisciplinary staff.
- Participates in the discharge planning process.
- Communicate changes in the patient’s clinical condition with the physician, nursing supervisor/manager, and peers as appropriate.
- Ensure safe and effective clinical practices on the unit.
- Ability to maintain confidentiality regarding sensitive information.
- Support organizational and unit goals.
Education
Bachelor of Science - Nursing
University of Mary Hardin-Baylor
Belton, TX12-2020
Skills
- Intravenous insertion, maintenance, and removal
- Ultrasound-guided intravenous insertion
- Nasogastric tube insertion, maintenance, and removal
- Insertion and removal of Foley catheters (male and female)
- Medication and vaccine administration
- Tube feed administration and G-tube care
- Assessing post-surgical wounds
- Patient monitoring on a telemetry unit
- Hospice and palliative care
- EMR through the use of EPIC
- Lab result interpretation
- Discharge coordination
- Infectious disease control
- Culturally sensitive care
- Strong clinical judgment
- Patient satisfaction and process improvement
Certification
- Registered Nurse (RN) through the Texas Board of Nursing, Exp. 05/31/2025
- BLS through American Heart Association, Exp. 05/31/2025
- ACLS through American Heart Association, Exp. 05/31/2025
- PALS through American Heart Association, Exp. 05/31/2025
- FEMA Emergency Management Institute Certificate of Achievement, Iss Nov. 2018
References
References available upon request.
Timeline
Relief House Supervisor
Seton Medical Center Harker Heights
02.2024 - Current
Charge Nurse
Seton Medical Center Harker Heights
10.2021 - Current
Staff Nurse
Seton Medical Center Harker Heights
02.2021 - 10.2021
- Registered Nurse (RN) through the Texas Board of Nursing, Exp. 05/31/2025
- BLS through American Heart Association, Exp. 05/31/2025
- ACLS through American Heart Association, Exp. 05/31/2025
- PALS through American Heart Association, Exp. 05/31/2025
- FEMA Emergency Management Institute Certificate of Achievement, Iss Nov. 2018
Bachelor of Science - Nursing
University of Mary Hardin-Baylor
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