Lesli Slone
420 Seneca Drive Charleston,WV
Summary
Experienced with patient care, critical thinking, and effective communication. Utilizes medical knowledge to support patient recovery and manage complex conditions. Strong understanding of healthcare protocols and compassionate care delivery.
Overview
13
13
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification
Work History
Registered Nurse- Open Heart Progressive Care
Charleston Area Medical Center- Memorial Division
09.2023 - Current
- Prevented complications by closely monitoring vital signs and promptly responding to changes in patient status.
- Actively participated in continuing education opportunities to stay current on best practices in progressive care nursing techniques and technologies.
- Collaborated with interdisciplinary teams to develop optimal treatment plans tailored to individual needs.
- Implemented physician orders and tracked progress against care plan to assess results.
- Increased efficiency in the Progressive Care Unit by effectively prioritizing tasks and managing time.
- Facilitated smooth transitions of care by thoroughly documenting patient information and providing detailed handoffs during shift changes.
- Served as a reliable resource for patients'' families by providing education on their loved ones'' conditions, treatment plans, and progress updates.
- Helped team manage patient flow by promoting timely placements for admissions, discharges and transfers.
- Minimized readmissions by delivering thorough discharge instructions, ensuring proper follow-up appointments were scheduled, and coordinating services with community resources when needed.
- Developed strong rapport with patients through active listening skills, cultural sensitivity, and compassionate care approach.
- Enhanced patient satisfaction through effective communication, education, and empathetic care delivery.
- Contributed to quality improvement initiatives by identifying areas for improvement and implementing evidence-based solutions.
- Promoted a healing environment through maintaining clean and organized patient rooms, addressing concerns, and offering emotional support.
- Provided clinical supervision for student nurses during their practicum rotations within the Progressive Care Unit setting.
- Helped physicians complete bedside procedures to address patient concerns.
- Assessed and coordinated patient discharge planning needs with multidisciplinary healthcare team.
- Maintained compliance with hospital policies and regulatory standards through adherence to established protocols and ongoing professional development.
- Completed daily assessments and documented information in electronic medical records.
- Conducted continuous cardiac monitoring on patients stepping down from ICU care.
- Supported timely diagnostic and ongoing testing by collecting samples.
- Delivered well-rounded care by incorporating behavior modeling and culturally specific approaches.
Weekend RN Clinical Instructor
West Virginia Junior College
07.2021 - 11.2023
- Educate students in a clinical setting according to their current study guides
- Grade paperwork from clinical assignments that week
- Grade virtual EHR when virtual clinicals must occur due to weather circumstances
- Give appropriate feedback to students regarding clinical performance and paperwork
- Educate students with real life scenarios from clinical setting scenarios learned
- Assist students with assessments of assigned patients at clinical
- Assist students with performing signed off tasks in clinical setting
- Answering any questions students may have regarding medical information obtained per EHR on their patient
- Educating students on where to find appropriate information regarding their assigned clinical patients
- Vital signs, medications, drug allergies, procedures, H&P, medical history, etc
Registered Nurse/Assistant to Physician
Office of Dr. Steven Southern, Dr Jessica Matheny, & Dr. Lauren Becker
04.2020 - 09.2023
- Assist physician with seeing patients for annual gynecological care, routine obstetrical care, problems pertaining for women’s health system, etc
- Perform venipuncture for lab work and send off orders per physician order
- Communicate with patients via telephone to perform triage evaluation
- Order supplies for office
- Check insurance for eligibility and benefits for patient prior to upcoming procedures
- Assist physician in office procedures such as LEEP, colposcopy, hysteroscopy, etc
- Educate patients regarding pregnancy complications such as gestational diabetes
- Schedule patients for outpatient procedures such as robotic hysterectomy, D&C, and tubal ligation
- Evaluate patients at their new obstetrical patient appointment and obtain family history, personal history, and social history
- Refer patients out to other specialty practices such as Gastroenterology, Dermatology, etc
- Chart patient test results on patient ACOG form for obstetrical care
- Call and educate patient regarding abnormal lab values or imaging
- Call in prescription for patients to their appropriate pharmacy
- Fax and order IUD devices for patients according to physician order
- Answer telephones, reschedule patients for appointments, and other secretarial duties required in the office setting
Clinical III Registered Nurse: Labor & Delivery – Women & Childrens Hospital
Charleston Area Medical Center
09.2014 - 04.2020
- As Needed Scrub Nurse in Operating Room Suites
- Temporary Charge Nurse position
- Monitor, record, and report symptoms or changes in patients' conditions
- Maintain accurate, detailed reports and records
- Record patients' medical information and vital signs
- Interpret and evaluate diagnostic tests to identify and assess patient's condition
- Modify patient treatment plans as indicated by patients' responses and conditions
- Consult and coordinate with healthcare team members to assess, plan, implement, or evaluate patient care plans
- Monitor all aspects of patient care, including diet and physical activity
- Prepare patients for and assist with examinations or treatments
- Assess the needs of individuals, families, or communities, including assessment of individuals' home or work environments, to identify potential health or safety problems
- Engage in research activities related to nursing
- Monitor antepartum patients for bleeding and leakage of fluid, perform Non-Stress Tests when ordered
- Monitor Antepartum patients for signs of pre-term labor
- Prepare patients for Post Partum Sterilization
- Assess, Monitor, and Manage patients with Post Partum Hemorrhage
- Monitor patients for signs of pre-eclampsia or eclampsia, report as needed
- Prepare patients for Cesarean Section, D&C, or hysterectomy
- Circulate or Assist in the Operating Room Nurse role, assisting scrub nurse and circulating nurse as needed
- Monitor post-partum cesarean section patients in the PACU for one hour or greater, to monitor post anesthesia reactions
- Admit patient for induction of labor with cervidil, cytotec, or Pitocin as ordered
- Perform cervical exams for assessment of labor
- Admit transfer patients from outlying facilities for pre-term labor or pre-eclampsia, monitor, assess, and report as needed
- Educate patients and family about induction and labor process
- Perform continuous fetal monitoring while laboring or overnight monitoring patients
- Perform, collect, and interpret 24-hour urine samples as ordered
- Monitor and report HELLP labs when ordered
- Assist physician in epidural placement
- Monitor patient after epidural placement
New Graduate Registered Nurse/ Mother & Baby Unit- Womens & Childrens Hospital
Charleston Area Medical Center
08.2013 - 08.2014
- Monitor, record, and report symptoms or changes in patients' conditions
- Maintain accurate, detailed reports and records
- Record patients' medical information and vital signs
- Interpret and evaluate diagnostic tests to identify and assess patient's condition
- Modify patient treatment plans as indicated by patients' responses and conditions
- Consult and coordinate with healthcare team members to assess, plan, implement, or evaluate patient care plans
- Monitor all aspects of patient care, including diet and physical activity
- Prepare patients for and assist with examinations or treatments
- Assess the needs of individuals, families, or communities, including assessment of individuals' home or work environments, to identify potential health or safety problems
- Engage in research activities related to nursing
- Monitor antepartum patients for bleeding and leakage of fluid, perform Non-Stress Tests when ordered
- Monitor Antepartum patients for signs of pre-term labor
- Monitor newborns for signs of respiratory distress, hypoglycemia, or bilirubinemia, and consult neonatal ICU physician when necessary
- Prepare patients for Post Partum Sterilization
- Assess, Monitor, and Manage patients with Post Partum Hemorrhage
- Monitor patients for signs of pre-eclampsia or eclampsia, report as needed
- Consult Social Services and Child Protective Services as indicated per protocol
- Assist and educate new mothers with breastfeeding
- Reason for Leaving: Wanted position as new graduate, but no available openings
Nurse Extern II/ Memorial Division: 3 West Cardiac Telemetry
Charleston Area Medical Center
05.2012 - 08.2013
- Answer patient call signals, signal lights, bells, or intercom systems to determine patients' needs
- Apply clean dressings, slings, stockings, or support bandages, under direction of nurse or physician
- Assist nurses or physicians in the operation of medical equipment or provision of patient care
- Change bed linens or make beds
- Collect specimens, such as urine, feces, or sputum
- Communicate with patients to ascertain feelings or need for assistance or social and emotional support
- Document or otherwise report observations of patient behavior, complaints, or physical symptoms to nurses
- Feed patients or assist patients to eat or drink
- Measure and record food and liquid intake or urinary and fecal output, reporting changes to medical or nursing staff
- Observe or examine patients to detect symptoms that may require medical attention, such as bruises, open wounds, or blood in urine
- Provide physical support to assist patients to perform daily living activities, such as getting out of bed, bathing, dressing, using the toilet, and standing, walking, or exercising
- Record height or weight of patients
- Record vital signs, such as temperature, blood pressure, pulse, or respiration rate, as directed by medical or nursing staff
- Remind patients to take medications or nutritional supplements
- Restock patient rooms with personal hygiene items, such as towels, washcloths, soap, or toilet paper
- Stock or issue medical supplies, such as dressing packs or treatment trays
- Supply, collect, or empty bedpans
- Transport patients to treatment units, testing units, operating rooms, or other areas, using wheelchairs, stretchers, or moveable beds
- Turn or reposition bedridden patients
- Undress, wash, and dress patients who are unable to do so for themselves
- Exercise patients who are comatose, paralyzed, or have restricted mobility
- Lift or assist others to lift patients to move them on or off beds, examination tables, surgical tables, or stretchers
- Provide information such as directions, visiting hours, or patient status information to visitors or callers
- Transport specimens, laboratory items, or pharmacy items, ensuring proper documentation and delivery to authorized personnel
- Reason for Leaving: Career Advancement
Education
High School Diploma - General Education
Scott High School
Madison, WV05.2010
Bachelor of Science - Nursing
MARSHALL UNIVERSITY
Huntington, WV12.2014
Associate in Applied Science - Nursing
Southern WV community and Technical College
Mount Gay, WV05.2013
Health Occupations Program -
Boone Career and Technical Center
Foster, WV05.2010
Certification
- Advanced Cardiac Life Support Certification (ACLS)
- Basic Life Support Certification (BLS)
Timeline
Registered Nurse- Open Heart Progressive Care
Charleston Area Medical Center- Memorial Division
09.2023 - Current
Weekend RN Clinical Instructor
West Virginia Junior College
07.2021 - 11.2023
Registered Nurse/Assistant to Physician
Office of Dr. Steven Southern, Dr Jessica Matheny, & Dr. Lauren Becker
04.2020 - 09.2023
Clinical III Registered Nurse: Labor & Delivery – Women & Childrens Hospital
Charleston Area Medical Center
09.2014 - 04.2020
New Graduate Registered Nurse/ Mother & Baby Unit- Womens & Childrens Hospital
Charleston Area Medical Center
08.2013 - 08.2014
Nurse Extern II/ Memorial Division: 3 West Cardiac Telemetry
Charleston Area Medical Center
05.2012 - 08.2013
Bachelor of Science - Nursing
MARSHALL UNIVERSITY
Associate in Applied Science - Nursing
Southern WV community and Technical College
Health Occupations Program -
Boone Career and Technical Center
High School Diploma - General Education
Scott High School
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