Krystal Blanton
Fincastle,Va
Summary
Dynamic RN with extensive experience at Carilion Clinic, excelling in crisis management and effective communication. Proven ability to lead teams and train new staff while delivering exceptional patient care, particularly in mental health. Skilled in cardiac monitoring and dedicated to holistic treatment approaches, ensuring optimal patient outcomes in high-pressure environments.
Overview
11
11
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification
Work History
RN
Carilion Clinic
03.2024 - Current
- Company Overview: Emergency Room
- Coordinate with multiple disciplines of the healthcare team
- Therapeutic communication
- Crisis intervention and de-escalation
- Train and educate new employees and nursing students
- Act in leadership roles as needed
- Significant experience in helping care for Mental Health population
- Emergency Room
LPN
Carilion Clinic
09.2021 - 03.2024
- Company Overview: Emergency Room
- Triage of all ages
- Coordination of healthcare team
- Trauma Documentation
- Critical Clinical reasoning
- Preceptor of new employees
- Medication administration
- Patient Mental Health experience
- Emergency Room
Medcom Specialist
Carilion Clinic
08.2020 - 09.2021
- Company Overview: Emergency Room
- Intake of EMS calls
- Calling alerts based on appropriate criteria.
- Communication with CTL regarding critical patients
- Emergency Room
Clinical Associate
Carilion Clinic
09.2014 - 08.2020
- Company Overview: Emergency Room
- Verbalize change in patient conditions
- Patient transport
- Vital signs
- Timely documentation
- Emergency Room
Education
AAS Registered Nurse -
ECPI University
Roanoke01.2024
Licensed Practical Nurse -
ECPI
Roanoke01.2021
Skills
- Effective communication skills
- Crisis management
- Patient assessment and observation
- Desire to assist others
- Tube feeding techniques
- Specimen collection
- Attentive listening
- Mental health evaluations
- Documentation accuracy
- Eagerness to learn
- Gastric medication administration
- Tracheostomy care expertise
- Time management
- Cardiac monitoring
- Clear physician communication
- Holistic treatment approach
- Multitasking in healthcare settings
- Mental health management strategies
- Staff training and mentoring
Certification
- Wilderness Medicine, 04/18
- Emergency Medical Technician, 03/20 - 03/27
- Firefighter, 07/13
- ACLS, 03/25 - 06/25
- PALS, 03/25 - 06/25
- BLS, 03/25 - 06/25
- TNCC, 04/25 - 04/29
- RN, 0001327727
Accomplishments Awards
- Stroke Education accomplishments
- Stork award
Knowledge Skills And Abilities
- Ability to use positive language
- Monitor/recognize changes in patient status
- Desire to help others
- Administer a tube feeding
- Obtain specimens
- Attentive listener
- Perform Mental Status exam
- Accurate documentation
- Curiosity to learn
- Administer gastric tube medications
- Administer tracheostomy care
- Efficient with time
- Initiate and/or assess cardiac monitoring
- Accurately inform physicians
- Assess and treat all ages
- Multitask
- Management of Mental Health patients
- Preceptor to new employees
- Medication Administration
- Psychiatric experience
Timeline
RN
Carilion Clinic
03.2024 - Current
LPN
Carilion Clinic
09.2021 - 03.2024
Medcom Specialist
Carilion Clinic
08.2020 - 09.2021
Clinical Associate
Carilion Clinic
09.2014 - 08.2020
AAS Registered Nurse -
ECPI University
Licensed Practical Nurse -
ECPI
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