KELLY CLOUGH
West Springfield,MA
Summary
Proficient and caring nursing team member offering outstanding patient-facing experience. Adept at addressing patient needs with compassionate care and attention to detail. Diligent about maximizing satisfaction, safety and wellness while serving patients of all backgrounds. Twenty eight years of nursing experience from long term care, dementia long term care, rehab short term care unit, unit manager, substance abuse nurse, to school nurse.
Overview
28
28
years of professional experience
Work History
LPN School Nurse
Springfield Public Schools
02.2017 - Current
- Enhanced the efficiency of school health services by streamlining documentation and record-keeping processes.
- Successfully managed complex cases requiring multi-disciplinary intervention, ensuring optimal outcomes for students.
- Collaborated with teachers and staff to accommodate students'' special needs and promote a healthy learning environment.
- Coordinated with community resources to enhance the quality of healthcare services available to students in need.
LPN Dispensary Nurse (drug Addiction, Methadone)
HCRC
08.2018 - 09.2021
- Utilized time management skills to prioritize tasks effectively, allowing for efficient completion of daily responsibilities.
- Maintained accurate documentation of all relevant clinical data, ensuring compliance with regulatory standards.
- Documented accurate and complete patient information to address patient problems and expected outcomes.
- Participated in ongoing professional development opportunities to enhance knowledge base and skillset as an LPN.
- Demonstrated adaptability in working with diverse patient populations across various healthcare settings.
- Enhanced patient satisfaction levels through effective communication and empathetic listening skills.
- Monitored, tracked, and conveyed important patient information to healthcare staff to help optimize treatment planning and care delivery.
- Gathered lab specimens, ordered testing, and interpreted results to diagnose patients.
LPN Dispensary Nurse (drug Addiction, Methadone)
Habit OPCO
03.2011 - 03.2018
- Utilized time management skills to prioritize tasks effectively, allowing for efficient completion of daily responsibilities.
- Maintained accurate documentation of all relevant clinical data, ensuring compliance with regulatory standards.
- Implemented infection control measures, ensuring a clean and safe environment for patients and staff.
- Administered controlled narcotics, assessment's, drug screens, pregnancy test, breathalyzers.
- Improved patient outcomes by providing high-quality nursing care and closely monitoring vital signs.
- Participated in ongoing professional development opportunities to enhance knowledge base and skillset as an LPN.
- Demonstrated adaptability in working with diverse patient populations across various healthcare settings.
LPN Charge Nurse, LPN Unit Manager
Genesis, Governors Center
01.1997 - 10.2011
- Assessed patients' temperature, pulse, and blood pressure and recorded in electronic medical records.
- Delegated tasks effectively, optimizing staff productivity and maintaining a well-organized nursing unit.
- Assembled and used equipment such as catheters, tracheotomy tubes, or oxygen suppliers to effectively manage patient care.
- Utilized critical thinking skills to make sound clinical decisions in high-pressure situations, minimizing risks and ensuring patient safety.
- Analyzed patient assessments and laboratory data to bring any issues to attention of physicians.
- Served as charge nurse, caring for patients with serious illnesses.
- Documented vitals and medical histories in patient charts when assessing patients and communicated patient information to physicians and other nurses for care continuity.
- Provided compassionate end-of-life care, supporting patients and their families through difficult times.
- Promoted patient independence by teaching self-care skills and explaining conditions and medications.
- Managed complex wound care cases, applying advanced knowledge of wound healing principles to achieve optimal results.
- Promoted continuity of care by thoroughly documenting shift-to-shift communication in nursing reports.
Education
LPN Nursing LIC: Post Grad LPN Course -
Dean Tech High School
Holyoke, MA06.1996
Pre nursing - photography
Holyoke Community College
Holyoke, MA09.1993
High School Diploma -
Agawam High School
Agawam, MA06.1993
Skills
- Patient Management
- Collecting laboratory specimens
- Infection Control
- Direct Patient Care
- HIPAA compliance
- Patient Assessments
- Transcribing orders
- First Aid and CPR Certified
- Narcan trained
- Previous IV certification
- Head of IV team
- Nurse manager experience
- Care plans
- Health Care Plans
- IEP meeting
- Wound care
- Physical examination
- Healthcare coordination
- Chronic disease management
- Developmental screening
- Immunization management
- Infection control measures
- Privacy and confidentiality
- Epipen administration
- Specimen collection
Timeline
LPN Dispensary Nurse (drug Addiction, Methadone)
HCRC
08.2018 - 09.2021
LPN School Nurse
Springfield Public Schools
02.2017 - Current
LPN Dispensary Nurse (drug Addiction, Methadone)
Habit OPCO
03.2011 - 03.2018
LPN Charge Nurse, LPN Unit Manager
Genesis, Governors Center
01.1997 - 10.2011
LPN Nursing LIC: Post Grad LPN Course -
Dean Tech High School
Pre nursing - photography
Holyoke Community College
High School Diploma -
Agawam High School
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