LAURA WEST
Wylie,TX
Summary
Hardworking Registered Nurse with success providing individualized patient/family centered care. Committed to delivering best-in-class patient care through effective communication and advanced clinical expertise. Proven leadership focused on increasing and enhancing patient/family care and satisfaction.
Overview
14
14
years of professional experience
1
1
Certificate
Work History
RN
Medical City Children's Hospital
Dallas, TX
01.2022 - Current
- Over 14 years of experience in providing care and treatment of infants suffering from illness, prematurity, and/or congenital birth defect
- Constant monitoring and assessing patients while anticipating possible outcomes
- Caring for infant’s basic needs, providing education to parents and families, performing IV insertions, obtaining labs, and administering medications
- Communicating with and working as a team alongside physicians, and other members of healthcare team
- Provided direct patient care, stabilized patients and determined next course of action
RN Staff Nurse
RN, Baylor University Medical Center
Dallas, TX
08.2014 - 11.2021
- Effectively prioritized assignments, executing care based on each patient's relative condition and delegating tasks to available personnel to deliver safe and efficient care.
- Worked within interdisciplinary healthcare team to develop, implement and make adjustments to patient care plans, individualizing strategies and methods to improve health and meet recovery goals.
- Administered medications via oral, IV and intramuscular injections and monitored responses.
- Conferred with physicians to discuss diagnoses and devise well-coordinated treatment approaches.
- Informed patients' families of effective treatment options and at-home care strategies to enhance long-term outcomes.
RN Case Manager
United Health Group
Richardson, TX
10.2012 - 07.2014
- Acted as liaison for injured workers coordinating treatment, services and providing education
- Assisted with access to required services via referral to social worker, primary care provider, and other medical personnel as needed
- Educated client on disease process and pharmacological changes
- Encouraged self-care and empowerment of client as related to condition
- Ensured that appropriate care and follow-up was provided by caregiver and providers, while attempting to reduce costs.
- Main source of contact for 100% of managed account
RN Staff Nurse
RN, Baylor University Medical Center
Dallas, TX
05.2008 - 10.2012
- Began nursing career in Neonatal ICU o
- Performed all duties of bedside RN in Level IV NICU as well as, served on Neonatal transport team performed intubations, umbilical line placement, and attended high risk deliveries
- Helped refine unit policies/procedures in discharge planning and documentation while serving on unit committees.
- Directed patient care by initiating and following through with plan of care, continuing care and discharge instructions
Education
Bachelor of Science - Nursing
West Texas A & M
Canyon, TX05.2018
Associate of Applied Science - Nursing
Trinity Valley Community College
2008
Skills
- Strong clinical judgment
- High level of autonomy
- Developmental positioning competency
- Patient/family advocacy
- Palliative care awareness
- Professional bedside manner
- Thorough physical assessments
- Qualified critical care nurse
- Medical Recordkeeping/EHR
Accomplishments
Successful completion of academic coding course through U.S. Career Institute. - 01/2022 Current with AHA Official Coding and Reporting Guidelines, CMS and other agency directives for ICD-10-CM and CPT coding.
Certification
Registered Nurse in TX, License number 754058, 2008 National Certified Corporation - certified in neonatal nursing - 2011 to current, National Certified Corporation - certified in care of the extremely low birth weight neonate 2020 - to current, Neonatal Resuscitation Program - NRP – current, AHA - Basic Life Support - current
Timeline
RN
Medical City Children's Hospital
01.2022 - Current
RN Staff Nurse
RN, Baylor University Medical Center
08.2014 - 11.2021
RN Case Manager
United Health Group
10.2012 - 07.2014
RN Staff Nurse
RN, Baylor University Medical Center
05.2008 - 10.2012
Bachelor of Science - Nursing
West Texas A & M
Associate of Applied Science - Nursing
Trinity Valley Community College
Registered Nurse in TX, License number 754058, 2008 National Certified Corporation - certified in neonatal nursing - 2011 to current, National Certified Corporation - certified in care of the extremely low birth weight neonate 2020 - to current, Neonatal Resuscitation Program - NRP – current, AHA - Basic Life Support - current
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