Kimberly Kellogg
Registered Nurse
Centerton,AR
Summary
Dedicated healthcare professional with extensive experience in delivering exceptional patient care, critical thinking, and effective communication. A strong advocate for team collaboration, consistently striving to achieve optimal patient outcomes through a compassionate and reliable approach. Adaptable in dynamic environments, ensuring efficient care delivery while maintaining high standards of empathy and professionalism. Proficient in medical procedures, patient assessments, and care coordination, bringing a comprehensive skill set to enhance the quality of healthcare services.
Overview
25
25
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification
Work History
Registered Nurse/ Patient Care Associate
Mercy OB and Family Medicine
Rogers, AR
09.2024 - Current
- Registered Nurse - My responsibilities included rooming, vital signs and updating of charting of infants to adult patient in clinic setting. This includes taking vitals, updating medications, drawing labwork if needed, administering fluids if needed, administering medications and vaccinations, as well as assisting provider with procedures. Responsibilities included making appointments for follow up, and giving results from provider as appropriate.
Registered Nurse
Willow Creek Women's Hospital
Johnson, AR
01.2023 - 09.2024
- Registered Nurse - My responsibilities included care of neonatal infants from birth to discharge. This includes vital signs, feedings, parent education and coordination with other caregivers such as pediatricians, other hospitals for follow up care, social workers for home health and/or Easter Seals/Early Intervention set up after discharge. I also completed discharge planning in making sure hearing screens, car seat test, vaccinations and follow up appointments were made, making sure these are transferred to the physicians' orders to expedite discharge.
- Charge Nurse - My responsibilities included making assignments for oncoming staff, and assisting staff or students in our unit. I took care of any satisfaction issues and completed service recovery if needed. Attended all NICU required deliveries, coordinate with physicians, nurse practitioners, social worker and therapists for any needed follow up care prior to discharge.
- Neonatal Transport Nurse - attended deliveries at transferring hospital if needed before delivery, stabilized neonates with respiratory therapist, completed standing orders from Neonatologist or Nurse Practitioner for stabilizing neonate and ground transfer to Willow Creek. Reporting to staff accepting transfer and assistance if needing additional stabilizing at time of acceptance. Educating parents on transfer, answering any additional questions or needs prior to transfer.
RN Case Manager
Arkansas Blue Cross Blue Shield
07.2014 - 01.2023
- As an RN Case Manager with the Life with Baby program under Blue Cross Blue Shield/Wal Mart National Accounts I assist pregnant women with any questions or help managing their high-risk pregnancies. I also case manage high risk pregnant women not enrolled in the program and talk with parents who have infants in the hospital or with special needs at home. I use my experience as a NICU nurse and my experience with teaching childbirth classes to assist our members. With this position we talk to members all over the United States, so I have current RN licensures in Arkansas, Illinois and Hawaii.
Registered Nurse - Home Health
Care 4 Home Health
10.2017 - 09.2019
- As the primary nurse in home health setting, I cared for patients from infant up to adult in age. The patients ranged in care from needing some care from the nurse to total care. I performed vital signs, assessments, baths, skin care, ventilator changes and suctioning as needed, CPT, gave medications (oral, IM, and IV medications), did feedings via TPT/G-tube/buttons, and changed/cared for ostomies. I also called physicians as needed and completed ER transport as needed.
Registered Nurse 3
Baptist Health
Little Rock, AR
12.2003 - 07.2014
- Registered Nurse 3 - My responsibilities included care of neonatal infants from birth till discharge. This includes vital signs, feedings, parent education and coordination with other caregivers such as pediatricians, other hospitals for follow up care, social workers for home health and/or Easter Seals/Early Intervention set up after discharge. I also completed discharge planning in making sure hearing screens, car seat test, circumcision, vaccinations and follow up appointments were made, making sure these are transferred to the physicians' orders to expedite discharge.
- Charge Nurse - My responsibilities included making assignments for oncoming staff, coordinating with other units for moving patient census from one unit to another, and assisting staff or students in our unit. I took care of any satisfaction issues and completed service recovery if needed and do any call back/ follow up calls on our neonates that have been discharged. I coordinated with the formula reps when visiting our unit and the MedImmune (Synagis) rep when they come to our unit for follow up on our neonates that have had risk factors for Synagis injection prior to discharge during the season or for follow up with the pediatrician after discharge. Coordinate with social worker and physical therapist for any needed follow up care prior to discharge.
- Administrative Registered Nurse 3 from May 2013 till March 2014 - taking on a more managerial role in my unit, doing more charge nurse/ discharge planning role and less in patient care.
- Clinical Registered Nurse 3 from March 2014 until July 2014 - taking on a more patient care and teaching role in my unit that includes staff, student, and more parent education.
Registered Nurse 2
Jefferson Regional Medical Center
Pine Bluff, AR
11.2000 - 10.2012
- Registered Nurse 2 - My responsibilities included care of neonatal and term infants from birth until discharge. This included feedings, vital signs, parent education and coordination with other caregivers such as pediatricians' social workers for home health and or easter seals follow up after discharge. I also do discharge planning like making sure hearing screens, car seat tests, circumcisions, vaccinations and follow up appointments get made and make sure these are transferred to the physician discharge orders to expedite discharge.
- Charge Nurse - from February 2001 until October 2012 - My responsibilities include making assignments for oncoming staff, and assisting staff, and students in the unit. I take care of any patient satisfaction issues and provide service recovery if needed.
Education
Diploma RN -
Jefferson School of Nursing
Pine Bluff, Arkansas12.2000
Bachelor of Nursing - undefined
Western Governors University
Salt Lake City, Utah03.2018
Skills
- Medication and IV administration
- Documentation and charting
- Patient education and counseling
- EMR / EHR
- Case management
- Complex Problem-solving
- Nursing staff leadership
- Staff supervision
- Direct patient care
- Patient assessments
Accomplishments
- Training - Trained team of staff nurses in medical office procedures to ensure consistent quality of care.
- Perinatal Care - Assisted physicians in focus studies in prenatal care. Performed physical assessments of newborns and infants.
Certification
- Certified Case Manager, 2016-09-01, present
- Certified Neonatal Registered Nurse, 2024-01-01, present
- Car seat certification, 2008-01-01, present
- Special Needs car seat certification, 2024-01-01, present
- BLS certification, current
Timeline
Registered Nurse/ Patient Care Associate
Mercy OB and Family Medicine
09.2024 - Current
Registered Nurse
Willow Creek Women's Hospital
01.2023 - 09.2024
Registered Nurse - Home Health
Care 4 Home Health
10.2017 - 09.2019
RN Case Manager
Arkansas Blue Cross Blue Shield
07.2014 - 01.2023
Registered Nurse 3
Baptist Health
12.2003 - 07.2014
Registered Nurse 2
Jefferson Regional Medical Center
11.2000 - 10.2012
Bachelor of Nursing - undefined
Western Governors University
Diploma RN -
Jefferson School of Nursing
Training
- Previously certified in Neonatal Resuscitation, STABLE
- Previously taught consumer Childbirth and Newborn Classes at Baptist Health in Little Rock, Arkansas.
- Certified as a Car Seat Technician with Special Needs Training
- Certified as a RN Case Manager
- Certified as a Neonatal Intensive Care Nurse
- Assisted in Centering in Pregnancy Education Program through UAMS at Mercy Ob and Family Practice in Rogers Arkansas