KRYSTALYNN MERRELLS
Baton Rouge,LA
Overview
7
7
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification
Work History
Pre-op/Post-op Nurse (Same Day Surgery)
Our Lady of the Lake RMC
08.2020 - Current
- Provides preoperative and postoperative care for ambulatory, AM admits, and inpatients
- Responsible for completing admission assessments and caring for patients of all ages (neonates to geriatrics) needing operative and diagnostic procedures requiring sedation general, regional, or local anesthesia
- Head-to-toe assessment, starting IVs, monitoring patients before and after surgery, and providing discharge education for after-procedure home care
- Provide post-anesthesia care to patients following operative and invasive procedures
- Safely discharges patients from the facility, using criteria defined by the anesthesia department.
Geaux Care Staffing (Agency Nurse)
Lane Memorial Medical Center (Emergency Dept. PRN.)
08.2019 - 08.2023
- Review, interpret, and evaluate diagnostic tests to assess and treat patient's condition
- Treat and care for patients with a range of issues including MVA, sepsis, cardiac, falls, lacerations
- Perform head-to-toe and focused body assessments
- Administer medication and treatment for medical and psychiatric emergencies
- Assist MD with conscious sedation.
Agency Nurse
West Feliciana Hospital (Emergency Department)
08.2020 - 08.2022
- Rapid assessment and treatment to patients in the initial phase of illness or trauma in the ER
- Communicate, delegate, and manage nursing team resources
- Maintains quality patient care by assuring that the nursing care plan is developed, implemented, and followed
- Initial and ongoing systematic patient assessment
- Admit and Discharge patients.
Emergency Room Nurse
East Jefferson General Hospital
01.2018 - 02.2019
- Review, interpret, and evaluate diagnostic tests to assess and treat patient's condition
- Treat and care for patients with a range of issues including MVA, sepsis, cardiac, falls, lacerations
- Perform head-to-toe and focused body assessments
- Administer medication and treatment for medical and psychiatric emergencies
- Multitasking and prioritizing responsibilities based on the patient's condition in a timely manner, maintaining confidence in critical situations
- Assisted in caring for multiple traumas, cardiac arrests, stroke codes, and conscious sedation
- Independently maintained safe and effective care for patients with different acuity levels in a demanding environment
- Administered medication, cleaned lacerations, foley catheter insertions, inserted peripheral IVs, accessed implanted ports, blood draws, obtained cultures, and assisted with procedures
- Handle medical emergencies resulting from events including but not limited to stroke, respiratory distress, cardiac, car accidents, GI problems, DKA, sepsis, and poison ingestion/overdose
- Completed nurse residency program and placed 3rd in completed EBP research project.
Education
Doctor of Nursing Practice: Family Nurse Practitioner -
Louisiana State University Health Science Center
New Orleans, LA05.2025
Bachelor of Science: Nursing -
Louisiana State University Health Science Center
New Orleans, LA12.2017
Certification
- Registered Nurse- RN159438
- Basic Life Support (BLS), 04/2024-04/2026
- Advanced Cardiovascular Life Support (ACLS), 04/2024-04/2026
- Pediatric Advanced Life Support (PALS), 04/2024-04/2026
- Rural Health Scholar, Fall 2023
Affiliations
Louisiana Association of Nurse Practitioners, 2021, Present
Clinical Precepted Experiences
Family Nurse Practitioner Student, 06/2024 to 07/2024
Lallie Kemp Hospital- Independence, Louisiana,
Completed 60 hours of clinical work in primary care and infectious disease under the preceptorship of Lashun Robinson, FNP
Family Nurse Practitioner Student, 04/2024 to 05/2024
Our Lady of Angels Pediatric Clinic- Bogalusa, LA
Completed 150 hours of clinical work in pediatrics under the preceptorship of Raghubir Mangat, MD
Family Nurse Practitioner Student, 02/2024 to 04/2024
Southeast Women’s Healthcare- Baton Rouge, LA
Completed 150 hours of clinical work in women’s health under the preceptorship of Radhiya Lewis, DNP
Family Nurse Practitioner Student, 09/2023 to 11/2023
Reddy Family Medical- Plaquemine, Louisiana
Completed 240 hours of clinical work in primary care under the preceptorship of Crystal Rivet, FNP
Family Nurse Practitioner Student, 06/2023- 08/2023
Lallie Kemp Hospital- Independence, Louisiana,
Completed 180 hours of clinical work in primary care and infectious disease under the preceptorship of Lashun Robinson, FNP
Timeline
Agency Nurse
West Feliciana Hospital (Emergency Department)
08.2020 - 08.2022
Pre-op/Post-op Nurse (Same Day Surgery)
Our Lady of the Lake RMC
08.2020 - Current
Geaux Care Staffing (Agency Nurse)
Lane Memorial Medical Center (Emergency Dept. PRN.)
08.2019 - 08.2023
Emergency Room Nurse
East Jefferson General Hospital
01.2018 - 02.2019
Doctor of Nursing Practice: Family Nurse Practitioner -
Louisiana State University Health Science Center
Bachelor of Science: Nursing -
Louisiana State University Health Science Center
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