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Overview
Work History
Education
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Leah Stewart

Owensboro,KY

Summary

Experienced, quality-focused medical professional seeking to contribute medical and patient service skills to a dynamic healthcare organization.

Overview

25
25
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification

Work History

Caregiver for Parents

Joel Stewart
02.2014 - 09.2016
  • Monitored client vital signs, administered medications, and tracked behaviors to keep healthcare supervisor well-informed.
  • Turned and positioned bedbound patients to prevent bedsores and maintain comfort levels.
  • Recognized and reported abnormalities or changes in patients' health status to case manager.
  • Assisted patients with self-administered medications.
  • Engaged patients in meaningful conversation, socialization, and activity while providing personal care assistance.
  • Provided safe mobility support to help patients move around personal and public spaces.
  • Assisted with feeding and monitored intake to help patients achieve nutritional objectives.
  • Cleaned house, ran errands, managed laundry, and completed weekly grocery shopping.
  • Assisted clients with daily living needs to maintain self-esteem and general wellness.
  • Supported clients with mental support and physical activities to accomplish quality of life and sustain needs.
  • Maintained clean personal areas and prepared healthy meals to support client nutritional needs.
  • Assisted with dressing guidance, grooming, meal preparation, and medication reminders.
  • Supported daily hygiene needs of patients by assisting with bathing, dressing, dental care and personal grooming.
  • Replaced bandages, dressings, and binders to care for wounds and encourage healing.
  • Assisted with daily living activities, running errands, and household chores.
  • Entrusted to handle confidential and sensitive situations in professional matter.
  • Guided patients to restroom to support bladder and bowel relief requirements.
  • Assisted patients with bathing, grooming, dressing, and oral hygiene care both in private residences and facilities.
  • Recorded patients' pulse, blood pressure and respirations (TPRs) to assess and document important health information.

RN

Owensboro Medical Health System
04.1993 - 04.2004
  • Labor and delivery skills
  • Postpartum skills
  • Nursery skills
  • IVs
  • Injections
  • Assessments
  • Medications
  • Educated patients, families and caregivers on diagnosis and prognosis, treatment options, disease process, and management and lifestyle options.
  • Managed care from admission to discharge.
  • Trained new nurses in proper techniques, care standards, operational procedures, and safety protocols.
  • Collaborated with physicians to quickly assess patients and deliver appropriate treatment while managing rapidly changing conditions.
  • Provided direct patient care, stabilized patients, and determined next course of action.
  • Monitored patient reactions to drugs and carefully documented findings.
  • Administered medications via oral, IV, and intramuscular injections and monitored responses.
  • Administered medications and treatments as prescribed by physicians.
  • Advised patients and caregivers of proper wound management, discharge plan objectives, safe medication use, and disease management.
  • Conducted ongoing monitoring and evaluations of behaviors and conditions, and updated clinical supervisors with current information.
  • Followed all personal and health data procedures to effectively comply with HIPAA laws and prevent information breaches.
  • Communicated with healthcare team members to plan, implement and enhance treatment strategies.
  • Used first-hand knowledge and clinical expertise to advocate for patients under care and enacted prescribed treatment strategies.

RN

Ohio County Hospital
10.1992 - 04.1997
  • Labor and delivery skills
  • Postpartum skills
  • Nursery skills
  • IVs
  • Injections
  • Assessments
  • Medications

RN and CNA

Ohio County Healthcare
10.1991 - 04.1997
  • Monitored patient reactions to drugs and carefully documented findings.
  • Trained new nurses in proper techniques, care standards, operational procedures, and safety protocols.
  • Managed care from admission to discharge.
  • Provided direct patient care, stabilized patients, and determined next course of action.
  • Collaborated with physicians to quickly assess patients and deliver appropriate treatment while managing rapidly changing conditions.
  • Educated patients, families and caregivers on diagnosis and prognosis, treatment options, disease process, and management and lifestyle options.
  • Administered medications and treatments as prescribed by physicians.
  • Administered medications via oral, IV, and intramuscular injections and monitored responses.
  • Observed patients under care conditions to help identify symptoms, responses to treatments and progress with goals.
  • Monitored patient specimen samples and test results to effectively alert supervisors of potentially unhealthy changes.
  • Followed directions of licensed nurses to administer medications and treatments.
  • Upheld infection control and prevention policies across different patient-facing areas.

Education

Associate of Science Degree - Healthcare Management

Ultimate Medical Academy
Tampa, FL
06-2025

Associates degree - Nursing

Madisonville Community College
01.1992

Skills

  • Written and verbal communication
  • Decision-making skills
  • Problem solving skills
  • Critical thinking skills
  • Time management skills
  • Documentation
  • Medication coordination
  • Compassionate client care
  • Strong ethics
  • Incapacitation care
  • Medical records management

Certification

RN, Kentucky Board of Nursing, Louisville, KY

Key Qualifications

  • Healthcare Ethics
  • HIPAA Compliance
  • Accounting
  • Payroll
  • Appointment Scheduling
  • Insurance Verification
  • CMS 1500
  • Processing Co-Payments
  • UB-04
  • Insurance Billing Procedures
  • Insurance Claim Cycle
  • Medical Terminology
  • Electronic Health Records (EHR)
  • Electronic Medical Records (EMR)
  • Health Records Management
  • Medical Records Management
  • Human Resource Management
  • Organizational Improvements
  • Interpersonal Professional Communications
  • Business Operations
  • Practice Structure
  • Leadership & Management
  • Medical Administrative Procedures

Timeline

Caregiver for Parents

Joel Stewart
02.2014 - 09.2016

RN

Owensboro Medical Health System
04.1993 - 04.2004

RN

Ohio County Hospital
10.1992 - 04.1997

RN and CNA

Ohio County Healthcare
10.1991 - 04.1997

Associates degree - Nursing

Madisonville Community College

Associate of Science Degree - Healthcare Management

Ultimate Medical Academy

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