Laura King-Babcock
Sacramento ,CA
Summary
REGISTERED NURSE Leadership / Compassion / Positive Attitude / Collaboration / Professional Ethics
Compassionate Registered Nurse offers both private duty and staff nursing services to medically dependent clients within home settings. Dedicated to offering highest level of nursing care specializing in chronically ill underserved patient population, to support client to restore quality of life. Dependable Home Health, Hospice and Palliative Care Nurse maintains current RN license in state of California with license transfer in process in State of Nevada and South Carolina.
Overview
7
7
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification
Work History
Private Duty Registered Nurse
Wells Estate Construction
03.2020 - 10.2022
- Demonstrated clinical competence in administering care to support physician orders, nursing care plan and policies.
- Fostered strong relationships with clients and families to support comprehensive social, mental and physical care.
- Participated in service education programs, patient care conferences and staff meetings to advance knowledge and foster multidisciplinary communication.
- Secured controlled narcotics and distributed medication on schedule to meet patient needs and minimize misuse opportunities.
- Managed patients recovering from medical or surgical procedures.
- Facilitated therapeutic communication, conflict resolution and crisis intervention by redirecting negative behaviors and helping patients regain or improve coping abilities.
Case Manager, Hospice Palliative
ProHealth Homecare & Hospice
04.2018 - 06.2020
- Provided physical assessments, medication and chronic disease management to home health patients.
- Worked with multidisciplinary team to carry out successful treatment plans for diverse acute and chronic conditions.
- Delivered after-hours care to patients based on strict role-call rotations.
- Collaborated with care team and company staff to maintain a positive energetic and professional team of home health care providers.
- Met weekly for care team collaboration and review of patients profiles, to ensure compliance with state policies and Medicare requirements.
- Performed at exceptional level in leading department through 3 state audits, 2 of which were drop in audits. Personally wrote up plans of corrections for entire hospice & Palliative care departments in all 3 city locations.
RN Supervisor NOC
Westview Healthcare
10.2017 - 04.2018
- Managed infection control and critical incidents and made procedural changes and improvements.
- Audited charts and reviewed clinical documents to verify accuracy.
- Trained new nurses in proper techniques, care standards, operational procedures and safety protocols.
- Facilitated prompt team response to all codes and death incidents in facility during NOC shift.
- Collaborated with physicians to quickly assess patients and deliver appropriate treatment while managing rapidly changing conditions.
Program Student Nurse
Sierra College Registered Nursing
08.2015 - 05.2017
- Clinical Rotations
- Provided patient care for patients in a professional, safe and compassionate manner
- Collaborated with staff in all departments, alongside patient and family to develop plans of care
- Maintained patient safety while staying organized, accurately documenting and prioritizing patient care
- Maintained a high level of safety, productivity, compassion and a positive attitude to work effectively alongside assigned staff and cohorts
- Performed patient care on oncology and telemetry units efficiently, to maintain a high-level of performance, clinical skills, flexibility and therapeutic communication.
Education
Palliative Care Certification - Registered Nurse
California State University - San Marcos
San Marcos, CA08.2022
Associates Degree - Registered Nursing
Sierra College
05.2017
Skills
- Palliative Care Certification, CSUSM (PCC)
- Collaboration with PCP, Specialists, and Insurance for compliance utilization review
- IV Certified
- Hospice Care proficient
- Leadership and team management
- Operational Procedures
- Compassionate and Caring
- Home Health Case Management
- Accurate and Timely
- Specialized Healthcare Referrals
- Crisis Prevention Intervention
- Infection Control Procedure
- Quality Improvement Activities
- Patient Admission
- Delegation and Motivation
- Treatment Plan Modification
- Office Support
- Nursing Performance Assessment
- Compliance Issues
- Complex Problem-Solving
- Healthcare Personnel Supervision
- Knowledge of State Auditing Procedures
- EMR Systems
Certification
- Palliative Care Certified - 1/1/2019
- Wound Care Training Home Health 4/1/2019
- Pain management in Hospice and EOL Homecare 4/1/2019
- Leadership and License audits with State Reviews experience 4/2019, 11/2019, 4/2020
Work Availability
monday
tuesday
wednesday
thursday
friday
saturday
sunday
morning
afternoon
evening
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Quote
The price of anything is the amount of life you exchange for it.
Henry David Thoreau
Timeline
Private Duty Registered Nurse
Wells Estate Construction
03.2020 - 10.2022
Case Manager, Hospice Palliative
ProHealth Homecare & Hospice
04.2018 - 06.2020
RN Supervisor NOC
Westview Healthcare
10.2017 - 04.2018
Program Student Nurse
Sierra College Registered Nursing
08.2015 - 05.2017
Palliative Care Certification - Registered Nurse
California State University - San Marcos
Associates Degree - Registered Nursing
Sierra College
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