Lauren Jones, RN, BSN
Summary
Compassionate Registered Nurse with experience offering comprehensive patient care in both inpatient and outpatient environments. Works well with diverse patient populations and fosters trusting relationships to improve outcomes. Efficiently coordinates with healthcare professionals to optimize patient care.
Overview
4
4
years of professional experience
Work History
Registered Nurse
UPMC Western Behavioral Health At Safe Harbor
Erie, PA
12.2019 - Current
- Educates patients and families on diagnosis, treatment options and management and lifestyle options in the outpatient behavioral health setting.
- Administers medications via oral and intramuscular routes. Monitors responses while working with healthcare teams to adjust care plans. Specifically running the injection clinic weekly with mood stabilizing medications.
- Obtains vital signs, sometimes requiring the need for monitoring, follow-up, and withholding of injection.
- Charge RN in the Crisis Residential Unit. Overseeing an eight bed unit. Frequent correspondence with members of Crisis Services. providers, and outside agencies to coordinate treatment.
- Updates and verifies patient charts with data, such as medications, to keep records current.
- Advocates for patients by communicating care preferences to practitioners, verifying interventions met treatment goals and identifying insurance coverage limitations.
- Secures controlled narcotics and distributed medication on schedule to meet patient needs and minimize misuse opportunities.
- Frequent correspondence between patients, providers, and outside agencies. This includes calling patients, sending notes to providers, sending lab orders, referrals for both internal and external resources, and responding to questions or concerns in a timely manner.
Registered Nurse
UPMC Hamot Women's Hospital
Erie, PA
02.2018 - 12.2019
- Provided direct patient care, stabilized patients and determined next course of action for infants in the Neonatal Intensive Care Unit.
- Collaborated with physicians to quickly assess patients and deliver appropriate treatment while managing rapidly changing conditions.
- Educated patients and families on diagnosis and prognosis, treatment options, disease process and caring for the infant.
- Administered medications via oral, IV and intramuscular injections and monitored responses.
- Implemented medication and IV administration, catheter insertion and airway management.
- Collected blood, tissue and other laboratory specimens and prepared for lab testing.
- Conferred with physicians to discuss diagnoses and devise well-coordinated treatment approaches.
- Participated in nursing simulation activities, evidence-based practice project implementation and competency development to further nursing education.
- Managed care from admission to discharge.
Education
Bachelor of Science - Nursing
Mercyhurst University
Erie, PA05.2022
Associate of Science - Nursing
Mercyhurst University
Erie, PA12.2017
Skills
- Patient Care Assessment
- Psychiatric Assessment
- Intramuscular Injections
- Withdrawal Symptoms
- Crisis Resolution
- Medication Side Effect Knowledge
- Diet and Nutrition
- Blood Draw and Sample Collection
- Therapeutic Measures
- Student Precepting
Accomplishments
Recipient of a "Good Catch" Award in December 2021 for diverting a situation in the Crisis Residential Unit that could have become unsafe and traumatic for patients on the unit.
Additional Information
Started the Annual Team Hope 5K for Huntington's Disease, which has now raised over $120,000 since 2012 for research and treatment.
Timeline
Registered Nurse
UPMC Western Behavioral Health At Safe Harbor
12.2019 - Current
Registered Nurse
UPMC Hamot Women's Hospital
02.2018 - 12.2019
Bachelor of Science - Nursing
Mercyhurst University
Associate of Science - Nursing
Mercyhurst University
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