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, FL06-2025
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