KIMBERLY KEHRER
Lake Angelus,MI
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.
Overview
3
3
years of professional experience
Work History
Nurse Technician
MPCU, Corewell Health
03.2023 - Current
- Provided activities of daily living by assisting with serving meals, ambulating, turning and positioning patients.
- Aided patients with personal hygiene by giving baths, dressing and assisting in feeding.
- Monitored, tracked, and conveyed important patient information to healthcare staff to help optimize treatment planning and care delivery.
- Performed wound care on patients. Assessing and dressing a variety of wounds at different stages of healing.
- Obtained biological specimens for ordered tests and prepared for laboratory transport.
- Provided prompt and accurate services such as CPR and first aid during emergencies.
- Prepared and maintained records of patient progress and services performed to report changes in patient condition.
- Corresponded with appropriate doctors to report any changes occurring in patients' health.
- Interviewed patients to current symptoms and medical histories.
- Assisted nursing staff with completing daily rounds, documenting vital signs and answering calls.
- Reduced risks of patient infection and cross-contamination by cleaning and sterilizing equipment.
- Observed patients under care conditions to help identify symptoms, responses to treatments and progress with goals.
- Starting IV's on patients
- Placing and removing foley catheters.
Nurse Assistant
MBC Unit, Beaumont Hospital
01.2022 - 03.2023
- Completed daily documentation and charts regarding patient care and input reports into practice databases.
- Assist patients to the bathroom during recovery
- Assist them with cleansing perineum area and applying pads.
- Ambulating cesarean patients post surgery.
- Discharging IV's and foley catheters.
- Check blood sugars on the mothers and babies that require blood sugar checks.
- Preform ALGO hearing screens on newborns.
- Bath newborns and educating new parents how to bath their newborn.
- Assist mothers with breastfeeding (techniques, how to use the breast pump, and frequency of feedings).
- Measured patient vital signs, recording body temperature, blood pressure and heart rate.
- Followed HIPAA regulations to maintain confidentiality of sensitive medical and personal information.
- Stocked patient rooms and supply areas to meet patient care needs.
- Observed changes in patient status and response and immediately communicated concerns to nursing staff.
Nursing Assistant
CPCU, Beaumont Hospital
09.2020 - 12.2021
- Answer patient call signals, signal lights, bells, or intercom systems to determine patients' needs.
- Apply clean dressings, slings, stockings, or support bandages, under direction of nurse or physician.
- Assist nurses or physicians in the operation of medical equipment or provision of patient care.
- Change bed linens or make beds.
- Clean and sanitize patient rooms, bathrooms, examination rooms, or other patient areas.
- Collect specimens, such as urine, feces, or sputum.
- Communicate with patients to ascertain feelings or need for assistance or social and emotional support.
- Document or otherwise report observations of patient behavior, complaints, or physical symptoms to nurses.
- Feed patients or assist patients to eat or drink.
- Gather information from caregivers, nurses, or physicians about patient condition, treatment plans, or appropriate activities
- Measure and record food and liquid intake or urinary and fecal output, reporting changes to medical or nursing staff
- Observe or examine patients to detect symptoms that may require medical attention, such as bruises, open wounds, or blood in urine
- Provide physical support to assist patients to perform daily living activities, such as getting out of bed, bathing, dressing, using the toilet, standing, walking, or exercising
- Record height or weight of patients.
- Record vital signs, such as temperature, blood pressure, pulse, or respiration rate, as directed by medical or nursing staff
- Restock patient rooms with personal hygiene items, such as towels, washcloths, soap, or toilet paper.
- Supply, collect, or empty bedpans.
- Transport patients to treatment units, testing units, operating rooms, or other areas, using wheelchairs, stretchers, or moveable beds
- Turn or reposition bedridden patients.
- Undress, wash, and dress patients who are unable to do so for themselves.
- Lift or assist others to lift patients to move them on or off beds, examination tables, surgical tables, or stretchers
- Transport specimens, laboratory items, or pharmacy items, ensuring proper documentation and delivery to authorized personnel
- Provide information such as directions, visiting hours, or patient status information to visitors or callers.
Education
Associate - Nursing
Oakland Community College
Waterford, MI12.2023
Skills
- Mobility Support/Bedsore Prevention
- Wound Assessing and Dressing Changes
- Active Listening
- Knowledge to Perform and Evaluate Diagnostic Tests
- Vital Signs Collection
- Fluid Measurement and Assessment
- Privacy and Confidentiality (HIPPA)
- Patient Transportation and Transfer Patient Needs Assessment
- Basic Life Support (BLS)
- Blood Sugar Monitoring
- Patient Safety Management
- Calm Under Stress
- Post-Mortem Care
- Foley Catheter Insertion and Removal Catheter Care
- Administering Medication
- Aiding Providers with Various Procedures
Timeline
Nurse Technician
MPCU, Corewell Health
03.2023 - Current
Nurse Assistant
MBC Unit, Beaumont Hospital
01.2022 - 03.2023
Nursing Assistant
CPCU, Beaumont Hospital
09.2020 - 12.2021
Associate - Nursing
Oakland Community College
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