LAUREN BUSSARD
WILLIAMSPORT,MD
Summary
Organized and dependable candidate successful at managing multiple priorities with a positive attitude. Willingness to take on added responsibilities to meet team goals. Ambitious Certified Nursing Assistant possessing extensive experience with patient care in medical settings. Strong observational skills combined with excellent patient evaluation abilities. Proven history of cultivating strong patient rapport to provide quality care and patient education.
Overview
20
20
years of professional experience
Work History
Certified Medication Technician
Meritus Health
03.2022 - Current
- Explained treatment procedures, medications, and diets to inform patient and patient's family of care and progress.
- Offered immediate assistance in emergency and routine paging situations to evaluate needs and deliver care.
- Monitored, tracked, and conveyed important patient information to healthcare staff to help optimize treatment planning and care delivery.
- Reviewed patient progress to document effects of any prescribed medication.
SCHOOL NURSE/CMT
Meritus Health
12.2021 - Current
- Provide excellent patient care to students
- Provide excellent customer service to students, parents and staff
- Collect vital signs
- Perform blood sugar testing (finger sticks)
- Administer oral medications to students
- Administer liquid medication to students
- Administer formula to tube feed students
- Medication Audits weekly
- Monthly stats worksheets daily
- Provide first aid to students in need
- Administer insulin
- Dose insulin amount based off blood sugar as well as carb intake
- Answer medical questions from staff or parents
- Answer incoming telephone calls
- Provide COVID testing
- Sanitize rooms as well as resting cots within the health office
- Change clothing attire if a student is incontinent or clothing is soiled
- Check student for Lice
- Put in Immunizations into the computer system
- Send Immunization Non -Compliancy letters to parents
- Communicate with parents regarding their child's care/status
- Administer Inhalers
- Check AED every month
- Fax health information to outside sources such as Schools/Doctor's Offices
- Follow all COVID protocols/policies
- Collaborate with teachers regarding student's health
- Fill out medication orders for new medications.
MEDICAL RECEPTIONIST/SECRETARY/STRESS TECHNICIAN/STRESS COORDINATOR
HAGERSTOWN HEART
01.2014 - 01.2021
- Excellent customer service
- Greet patient's
- Scan Insurance Cards
- Collect Co Pays and Bill Payments
- Scan Medical Records
- Go over paperwork regarding insurance, referrals and testing
- Obituaries
- Organize paperwork for next days appointments
- Schedule Appointments
- Address patients concerns regarding medications, etc
- With providers
- Take orders from cardiologist on call at Meritus Medical Center needing further testing
- Call patients to confirm upcoming appointments
- Call and verify current medications with patients prior to their testing advising whether to hold or resume current medications prior to testing
- Fax labs over to Hagerstown Medical Laboratory
- Obtain orders from other specialists, or Primary Care Physician's offices for any type of nuclear or standard testing being requested
- Coordinate with the Billing Department to ensure no pre authorization or pre certification is required for testing
- Obtain consults, demographics, office notes, testing, insurance information, etc from Meditech
- Review preparation for upcoming testing with patients
- Schedule appointments for nuclear and/or standard stress testing
- Set up nuclear stress testing at Meritus Medical Center
- Collecting vital signs
- Preparing the stress Lab for patient
- Prep patient's for their EKG monitor to wear during testing
- Have patient's sign consent forms for standard and nuclear testing
- Discuss with patient's their parameters of their specific type of testing
- Connect patient's to EKG monitor
- Monitor patient's during Cardiac Pet Scan, Myoview, Lexiscan and Standard Stress Tests
- Communicating closely to the cardiologist during testing for any type of arrhythmias or changes
- Removal of IV's
- Preparing Nuclear Schedule for the following day
- Obtain Totals for each cardiologist ordering in/and or out of office for nuclear testing
- Print out gated sheet with all Spect Tests as well as Pet Scans daily.
CERTIFIED NURSING ASSISTANT-TRAUMA/ORTHO NEURO FLOOR
MERITUS MEDICAL CENTER
06.2008 - 07.2013
- Remove IV's
- Assist Patients with Morning Care
- Take Vital Signs
- Prepare Patients for Procedures
- Obtain Specimens from Patients
- Assist with Patients Rehabilitation
- Assist RN's with Sterile and Non Sterile Dressing Changes
- Perform Catherizations
- Transfer Patients
- Post Mortem Care
- Empty Specialty Drains
- Perform Bladder Scans on Patients
- Collect Blood Sugars
- Collect Specimen Cultures
- Provide Pallative Care
- Patient Documentation.
DEPARTMENT ASSISTANT
HAGERSTOWN HEART
01.2005 - 01.2007
- Schedule Appointments for Patients
- Greet Patients
- Update Patients Charts
- Complete Lab and/or Prescription Refills
- Take Patients Vital Signs
- Take Messages for Physicians
- Check Patients In & Out for Appointments
- File Patient Charts.
Education
Certified Medication Tech (Maryland) -
01.2022
Currently taking classes for the RN Program at Hagerstown Community College -
01.2021
CERTIFIED NURSING ASSISTANT -
HAGERSTOWN COMMUNITY COLLEGE
Hagerstown, MD01.2007
Skills
- Electronic Charting
- Care plan implementation
- Patient Relations
- Medical terminology knowledge
- Documenting behaviors
- Patient Lifting
- Conducting intakes
- Observing responses
- Patient-focused care
- Direct Patient Care
- Condition Monitoring
- Transporting patients
- Vital signs monitoring
- Light Housekeeping
- HIPAA Compliance
- Compassionate
- Patient Management
- Companionship and emotional support
- Patient Care
- Activity Coordination
- Healthcare ethics
- Valid [State] driver's license
- Inpatient Care
- Dressing assistance
- Bedside manner
- Feeding Assistance
- Specimen Collection
- Adaptable
- Compassionate caregiver
- Reliable transportation
- Preparing meals
- Maintaining privacy
- EMR / EHR
- Pediatric Care
- Supporting personal needs
- Recording vital signs
- Patient Assessments
- Ambulation Assistance
- Feeding assistance expert
- Collecting vital signs
- Outpatient Care
- Basic Life Support
- End of life care
- Reliable team player
- Trustworthy companion
- Quality Assurance Controls
- Responding to emergencies
- Patient relationship building
- Safety Precautions
References
References are available on request.
Timeline
Certified Medication Technician
Meritus Health
03.2022 - Current
SCHOOL NURSE/CMT
Meritus Health
12.2021 - Current
MEDICAL RECEPTIONIST/SECRETARY/STRESS TECHNICIAN/STRESS COORDINATOR
HAGERSTOWN HEART
01.2014 - 01.2021
CERTIFIED NURSING ASSISTANT-TRAUMA/ORTHO NEURO FLOOR
MERITUS MEDICAL CENTER
06.2008 - 07.2013
DEPARTMENT ASSISTANT
HAGERSTOWN HEART
01.2005 - 01.2007
Certified Medication Tech (Maryland) -
Currently taking classes for the RN Program at Hagerstown Community College -
CERTIFIED NURSING ASSISTANT -
HAGERSTOWN COMMUNITY COLLEGE
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