Kristina Jones

• Administer medications via oral and intramuscular injection and monitor for responses.
• Update patient charts with data such as medications to keep records current and support accurate treatments.
• Draw and process blood specimens and prepare for transport to testing lab.
• Administer vaccines per age and give education to patients and parents.
• Triage phone messages and portal messages and send messages to the provider if needed for more information.
• Process patient refill requests
• Complete prior authorizations for medications and or needed medical treatments when needed for insurance purposes.
• Complete patient referrals such as for speech, counseling or other medical referrals needed for insurance purposes.
• Process patients by taking their vitals and updating current patient history and family history
• Currently I help with counting the vaccines weekly for ordering purposes. Once a month I run borrow and return reports for vaccine accuracy of charting. My VFC storage and handling is current for the 2023 year.

My job duties were split between being the coordinator of the Women's Way Program for Cass, Steele and Trail counties and working with the providers in the Family Planning clinic at Fargo Cass public Health. For the Women's Way Program, I helped women with paying for breast and cervical cancer screenings. If needed, I helped with the coordination of appointments and transportation. I also did outreach to the mobile mammogram unit at Family Health Care Clinic in Fargo ND four times a year. When I was scheduled to work in the family planning clinic, I did the intake of the patients in our EMR system. Depending on what the patient has an appointment for, we can order standing labs for STI testing or if the patient has urinary symptoms, we can order a urine to be tested for a possible infection. I have assisted the providers with IUD insertions and Nexplanon insertions and removals. The RN does a lot of the education with the patient on birth control, medication and being safe if they choose to have a sexual encounter. Sexual corrosion education is done with all patients.

• Duties consisted of supervising RN's and LPNs
• Weekly and six-week schedule making
• I was still in charge of helping with vaccine coordination as well. In April of 2019, I received an award from the CDC recognizing my accomplishment of raising vaccination rates for the state of North Dakota.
• Successfully managed challenging situations involving patients or families, employing conflict resolution skills to address concerns professionally and effectively
• Participated in performance improvement projects aimed at enhancing overall quality of care provided within the organization
• Mentored new hires during orientation programs, providing guidance on policies, procedures, and best practices within the nursing profession
• Improved staff performance through consistent coaching, mentoring, and identification of professional development opportunities
• Hired and trained all staff, providing direct supervision, ongoing staff development and continuing education to employees

I was the clinical RN lead and vaccine coordinator for the children's clinic. I ordered state and private vaccine for the clinic, entered new vaccine information into the NDIIS system. I was the "vaccine champ" for the clinic, I helped orientate new employees on vaccine administration and how to educate the parents of the child/teenager on the importance of vaccines.

I worked with providers, rooming patients and putting the vitals into the EMR. We assisted the providers with clinical procedures, circumcisions, stitches or staple insertion and removal of stitches or staples. We assisted in making splints for arms, legs and fingers.

My job duties consisted of bringing patients to the weigh station to take their vitals, weight and height checks before bringing the patient to the room for the provider. All information was entered into the EMR. I administered vaccines and or medications that the provider ordered. Working with the providers we did well child checks, sports physicals, medication checks and ill visits.