Kimberly Blackburn
Salem,Oregon
Summary
Compassionate Registered Nurse with experience offering comprehensive patient care in outpatient environments. Works well with diverse patient populations and fosters trusting relationships to improve outcomes. Efficiently coordinate with healthcare professionals to advance patient care. Patient-oriented Nurse with over 15 years of diverse experience in direct patient care, staff supervision and department operations. Skilled at multitasking and prioritizing patient needs and daily assignments. Offering expertise with OB GYN specialty.
Overview
16
16
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification
Work History
OB GYN RN
Kaiser Permanente
01.2022 - Current
- Currently working as an RN in an outpatient OB GYN department
- Provide direct patient care performing various nurse visits that includes non-stress test, limited first and third trimester ultrasounds, IV hydration, medication administration, gestational diabetes education, insulin starts, pre and post operative education, incision checks, blood pressure monitoring during the antepartum and postpartum periods, and telephone triage
- Work within a multidisciplinary team environment with OB GYN physicians, medical assistants and LPNs
- Provide educational and mentoring to the medical assistances and LPNs within the department
- Serve as the Unit Based Team Co-lead where projects are developed that focus on quality improvement, safety, affordability for the organization, and best place to work.
Pediatric RN
Kaiser Permanente
01.2019 - 01.2022
- Worked as a pediatric RN
- Duties include phone triage and advice
- Performed direct patient care that includes newborn nurse visits, IVs and catheters, triage for walk in patients, acute nurse visits, basic wound care, patient education and medication administration
- Provided mentoring and coaching of MAs LPNs, and RNs.
RN
Kaiser Permanente
01.2018 - 01.2019
- Worked as an RN in pediatrics and primary care at North Lancaster medical office
- In the pediatrics department, perform newborn nurse visits and other nurse visits that includes skills in rapid strep testing, immunizations, phone triage, assessments, patient education, injections, weight checks, transcutaneous bilirubin measurements in newborns, catheters, IVs and IV medication administration
- In the primary care setting, perform advanced nurse visits for patients with diabetes, high blood pressure, basic wound care, dermatology photos, etc
- I also perform a variety of skills that include IVs and administering IV medications, injections, catheters, bladder scanning, ABIs, phone triage, and assessments on a variety acute issue.
RN Team Lead
Kaiser Permanente
01.2016 - 01.2018
- Worked as an RN Team Lead at Skyline Kaiser Permanente in the OBGYN department
- Duties included providing nursing services such as non-stress test, advice, IV hydration, nurse visits (gestational diabetes teaching, wound care, prenatal education, ultrasounds, biophysical profile, triage, blood pressure checks, and injections)
- Promote leadership by collaborating with manager, MD lead, clinicians, Mas, nursing staff to ensure a smooth-running department
- Review weekly schedules and work with staffing to ensure adequate coverage for the department
- Address member concerns and seek opportunities for improvement within the department.
RN in Primary Care and Pediatrics
Kaiser Permanente
01.2015 - 01.2016
- Worked as an RN in primary care and pediatrics in the out-patient setting
- Duties include phone triage and complex care management
- Also perform direct patient care that includes IVs and catheters, triage for walk-in patients, acute nurse visits, basic wound care, and medication administration
- Temporally fill in as RN team lead as needed.
RN Team Lead
The Doctor’s Clinic
01.2014 - 01.2015
- Worked as an RN team lead in a family practice/internal medicine clinic
- Duties consist of direct patient care (IV's, catheters, wound care, pain management, patient education), assisting the providers and medical assistants, phone triage and the management of Coumadin therapy patients.
Labor and Delivery RN
Silverton Health
08.2014 - 10.2014
- Worked as an RN at the Family Birth Center
- Cared for labor, antepartum, post-partum, and newborn patients
- Assisted families in the care of their newborn by providing patient education, breastfeeding support and nursing care
- Also prepared, circulated, and recovered cesarean section patients.
Labor and Delivery RN
Cross Country TRAVCORPS
05.2014 - 08.2014
- Completed a travel assignment at Providence Portland Medical Center on a labor and delivery unit as a contracted travel nurse
- Performed direct patient care for labor, antepartum, postpartum and newborn patients
- Also prepared, circulated, and recovered cesarean section patients
- Assisted and provided education to the postpartum mother with breast feeding, newborn care, and discharge needs.
RN Case Manager
Saint Alphonsus Home Health and Hospice
01.2013 - 01.2014
- Worked as a RN case manager with hospice patients
- Managed between 8-12 patients who are certified as terminally ill
- Worked within a multi-disciplinary team to manage the signs and symptoms of a patient's terminal illness.
Labor and Delivery RN
Saint Alphonsus Regional Medical Center
01.2010 - 01.2013
- Worked as an RNC at the Family Maternity Center for 3 years on labor and delivery, postpartum, antepartum, and NICU
- Obtained three specialty certifications that include electronic fetal monitoring, inpatient obstetric nursing, and maternal newborn nursing
- Performed direct patient care for the laboring patient, antepartum and postpartum patient, and newborn
- Recovered and cared for post-operative cesarean section patients
- Assisted and provided education to the postpartum mother with breast feeding, newborn care, and discharge needs.
RN
Saint Alphonsus Regional Medical Center
01.2008 - 01.2010
- Worked as an RN for 2 years on a medical/surgical/trauma floor with adult and geriatric patients
- I gained experience and knowledge in caring for postoperative patients and patients with various medical conditions and disease process.
Education
MSN in Nursing Education -
Capella University
Minneapolis, MN12.2023
Bachelors of Science in Nursing -
BOISE STATE UNIVERSITY
Boise, ID05.2015
Associate of Applied Science in Nursing -
CHEMEKETA COMMUNITY COLLEGE
Salem, OR06.2008
Bachelor of Music Therapy -
ANNA MARIA COLLEGE
Paxton, MA05.2001
Skills
Perform a variety of nurse visits that includes cervical cancer screening, gestational diabetes education,insulin teaching, non-stress test, first and third trimester ultrasounds which includes abdominal and transvaginal ultrasound, IV therapy, wound care assessments, blood pressure evaluations, voiding trials, bladders scanning, catheter insertion, vaccines and IM administration, telephone triage, mentoring of LPNs and MAs I also serve as the UBT co-lead with manager to drive quality improvement projects I assist in back office procedures, collaborate with a multi-disciplinary team, precepting of newly hired employees, and fill in as RN Team Lead
Accomplishments
Certified in
Certification
- Registered Nurse in the State of Oregon and Washington
- American Heart Association Basic Life Support for the health care provider
- Neonatal Resuscitation Provider Aug 2014Aug2016
- STABLE 2011
- Advanced Fetal Monitoring, AWHONN 2014-2016
- Inpatient Obstetric Nursing, The National Certification Corporation Jun 2013-Jun 2016
- Maternal Newborn Nursing, The National Certification Corporation Sept 2013-Sept 2015
- Electric Fetal Monitoring Nov 2011-Nov2014
Affiliations
- AWHONN, Promoting The Health of Women and Newborns
Timeline
OB GYN RN
Kaiser Permanente
01.2022 - Current
Pediatric RN
Kaiser Permanente
01.2019 - 01.2022
RN
Kaiser Permanente
01.2018 - 01.2019
RN Team Lead
Kaiser Permanente
01.2016 - 01.2018
RN in Primary Care and Pediatrics
Kaiser Permanente
01.2015 - 01.2016
Labor and Delivery RN
Silverton Health
08.2014 - 10.2014
Labor and Delivery RN
Cross Country TRAVCORPS
05.2014 - 08.2014
RN Team Lead
The Doctor’s Clinic
01.2014 - 01.2015
RN Case Manager
Saint Alphonsus Home Health and Hospice
01.2013 - 01.2014
Labor and Delivery RN
Saint Alphonsus Regional Medical Center
01.2010 - 01.2013
RN
Saint Alphonsus Regional Medical Center
01.2008 - 01.2010
MSN in Nursing Education -
Capella University
Bachelors of Science in Nursing -
BOISE STATE UNIVERSITY
Associate of Applied Science in Nursing -
CHEMEKETA COMMUNITY COLLEGE
Bachelor of Music Therapy -
ANNA MARIA COLLEGE
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