Summary
Overview
Work History
Education
Skills
Accomplishments
Certification
Timeline
ASSESSMENTS
ADDITIONAL INFORMATION
AWARDS
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LESLIE DAWSON

Dover,NH

Summary

Dedicated nursing professional with over 40 years of experience providing exceptional care to diverse patient populations. Expertise in navigating state regulations while prioritizing patient comfort and safety within stringent cost control parameters. Strong organizational skills and a proactive approach to managing patient needs ensure optimal outcomes and satisfaction. Committed to continuous improvement and excellence in healthcare delivery.

Overview

25
25
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification

Work History

RN Staff Nurse

Watson Assisted Living/Watson Fields
02.2021 - Current
  • Administered medications and monitored patient vital signs to ensure optimal recovery outcomes.
  • Collaborated with interdisciplinary teams to develop and implement comprehensive care plans.
  • Educated patients and families on health management, promoting adherence to treatment protocols.
  • Conducted thorough assessments and documented patient conditions accurately in electronic health records.
  • Streamlined workflow processes, enhancing efficiency in patient care delivery within the unit.

Assistant Director of Nursing

Champion Home Health Care
01.2020 - 03.2020
  • Responsible for all admission assessment, supervisory and customer satisfaction visits. Data entry all patient care using Wizard computer input system. Office patient administration according to ACHC standards. Contact and follow up home health leads/inquiries, to name a few tasks completed day to day.

RN Unit Manager

Consulate Health Care
10.2019 - 01.2020
  • Management of large long term care and locked Alzheimer's units in a very busy and chaotic work environment, ensuring adequately staffed and safe patient care. Units were 38 and 30 bed respectively. Attended all administrative meetings and involved in many quality improvement projects.

RN weekend triage, on call

WentworthAmedisys
04.2019 - 06.2019
  • On call weekend triage RN providing hospice care to patients and families facing end of life in their homes. Admissions, routine, GIP and PRN hospice visits during weekends/after hours on call per needs of Hospice team. Providing teaching and implementing nonpharmaceutical and pharmaceutical means of controlling the uncomfortable symptoms of imminent death.

Charge Nurse/Skilled Rehabilitation Unit

Dover Center For Health and Rehabilitation
01.2018 - 03.2019
  • Full time Night Charge Nurse responsible for 25 bed skilled nursing unit. Intermittent duty for long term care unit. Caring for patients directly from hospital requiring ongoing medical care with various diagnoses ranging from: Septicemia, Orthopedics, Respiratory issues and diseases, Diabetes, Cancer, post Surgeries, just to name a few. Periodically responsible for 45 bed long term residents.

RN

Maxim Healthcare Services
01.2013 - 01.2018
  • Cared for infant twins with tracheotomies requiring ventilators in the home. Also maintained feeding tubes for feedings and medications. Gave support to single mother at home. Tracheotomy care included tracheotomy and tie changes, O2, humidification, suctioning, O2 sats, vital signs, assessments, emergency equipment use and maintenance, attending mother to appointments and infant ADL's. Also cared for gentleman with ALS, tracheotomy/vented and young boy with Moya-moya, suffering with severe seizure disorder.
  • Accomplishments Infant care included tracheotomies, ventilators, feeding tubes, O2, medications, suctioning, etc. for twins in the home. Assisted infants in weaning off ventilators and utilizing HME.
  • Skills Used All aspects of twin infant care with tracheotomies and feeding tubes. Skilled nursing interventions, assessments, emergent care and emotional support.
  • Utilized the nursing process to assess, plan, intervene, and evaluate patient care

RN IV specialist

Unicare Health Services
09.2009 - 11.2012
  • IV and PICC line maintenance and instructor for multiple facilities in NH.
  • Accomplishments IV and PICC line expertise.
  • Skills Used IV insertion and maintenance. PICC line maintenance. Instructor for both.

RN Charge Nurse

Exeter Healthcare
05.2003 - 08.2009
  • Clinical Resource and college preceptor nurse for skilled and long term care nursing facility specializing in ventilator, post operative and medical care.
  • Accomplishments College preceptor and new employee training.
  • Skills Used leadership, ventilator maintenance, teaching.

RN

Portsmouth Hospital
10.2000 - 05.2003
  • Staff RN for large post operative and medical care unit.
  • Accomplishments Expertise in post operative orthopedics and general medical care, plastics, ob/gyn, wounds and colostomies, etc.
  • Skills Used Critical care thinking, wound care, orthopedics and post operative interventions.

Education

Credit courses toward BSN - Nursing

Kaplan University
Boca Raton, FL
06.2009

Credit courses toward BSN - Nursing

UNH
Durham, NH
06.1992

Associate of Science - Nursing

NH Technical Institute
Concord, NH
06-1987

Skills

  • Registered nurse
  • Experienced in electronic medical records systems
  • Over a decade in pediatrics
  • Pediatric care expertise
  • Extensive experience with medical terminology
  • Oncology experience
  • Plastics expertise
  • Classroom instruction experience
  • Quality assurance expertise
  • Extensive healthcare experience
  • Proficient in budget oversight
  • Documentation (10 years)
  • Medical records (10 years)
  • Emr (10 years)
  • Acute Care
  • End-of-life care expertise
  • Clinical care in med-surg
  • Hospital
  • Staff Nurse
  • Home health care
  • Clinical hospital experience
  • Medical Surgical
  • Critical Care
  • Geriatric patient management
  • Clinical judgment
  • Diabetes management
  • Geriatric nursing

Accomplishments

  • Supervised team of 50+ staff members.
  • Attendance in multidisciplinary meetings for quality patient improvement and positive outcomes, safety and staffing

Certification

B.E.S.T Prenatal Instructor April 1990 to Present Earned Certification to be a Prenatal Instructor while working in Obstetrics/Pediatrics at Exeter Hospital.

Timeline

RN Staff Nurse

Watson Assisted Living/Watson Fields
02.2021 - Current

Assistant Director of Nursing

Champion Home Health Care
01.2020 - 03.2020

RN Unit Manager

Consulate Health Care
10.2019 - 01.2020

RN weekend triage, on call

WentworthAmedisys
04.2019 - 06.2019

Charge Nurse/Skilled Rehabilitation Unit

Dover Center For Health and Rehabilitation
01.2018 - 03.2019

RN

Maxim Healthcare Services
01.2013 - 01.2018

RN IV specialist

Unicare Health Services
09.2009 - 11.2012

RN Charge Nurse

Exeter Healthcare
05.2003 - 08.2009

RN

Portsmouth Hospital
10.2000 - 05.2003

Credit courses toward BSN - Nursing

UNH

Credit courses toward BSN - Nursing

Kaplan University

Associate of Science - Nursing

NH Technical Institute

ASSESSMENTS

  • Electronic Medical Records Knowledge — Expert October 2019 Knowledge of EMR data, associated privacy regulations, and best practices for EMR use. Full results: https://share.indeedassessments.com/share_assignment/dges24bfdnziylyk
  • Electronic Medical Records Knowledge — Highly Proficient March 2019 Measures a candidate’s knowledge of EMR data and associated privacy regulations, as well as best practices for EMR use. Full results: https://share.indeedassessments.com/share_assignment/ttk7ckvlv5epglp2
  • Medical Terminology — Highly Proficient March 2019 Measures a candidate’s ability to understand and appropriately use medical terminology. Full results: https://share.indeedassessments.com/share_assignment/iexmf8mtltcsfym
  • Nursing Skills: Clinical Judgment — Highly Proficient November 2019 Assessing a patient’s condition and implementing the appropriate medical intervention. Full results: https://share.indeedassessments.com/share_to_profile/5f445005b5c857f46ed041fbeec6b44eed53dc074545cb7
  • Indeed Assessments provides skills tests that are not indicative of a license or certification, or continued development in any professional field.

ADDITIONAL INFORMATION

  • Skills RN, Critical and rapid thinking, leader and mentorship, patient advocacy, superior documentation skills, ability to accurately assess patients and develop an appropriate nursing care plan, excellent report with other healthcare providers and effective communication and interpersonal skills, knowledge of insurances and budget planning, etc. (10+ years), Staff Nurse, Hospital experiences included: Leadership roles, medical/surgical; post operative orthopedics, general surgery, plastics, New colostomy with associated self care teaching, wounds, diabetes with associated self care teaching, oncology, etc. Also had 3 years in LDRP and pediatrics. 1-2 years VNA/hospice care. Involved with multiple committees and quality improvement projects. 5 years homecare (pediatric and adult) specializing in trach/vent care and severe seizure disorder. 1+ years as IV/pics line management and instruction., Pediatrics
  • Nursing Skills: Clinical Judgment - Proficient February 2019 Measures a candidate’s ability to assess a patient’s condition and implement the appropriate medical intervention. Full results: https://share.indeedassessments.com/share_assignment/5lxqermmq2bb4qew
  • Medical Terminology - Highly Proficient March 2019 Measures a candidate’s ability to understand and appropriately use medical terminology. Full results: https://share.indeedassessments.com/share_assignment/iexmf8mtltcsfym
  • Electronic Medical Records Knowledge - Highly Proficient March 2019 Measures a candidate’s knowledge of EMR data and associated privacy regulations, as well as best practices for EMR use. Full results: https://share.indeedassessments.com/share_assignment/ttk7ckvlv5epglp2
  • Indeed Assessments provides skills tests that are not indicative of a license or certification, or continued development in any professional field.
  • Groups Oncology handbook, infection and quality control, new patient acuity system.

AWARDS

Employee of the Month May 1979 Received Employee of the Month award while employed as CNA for long term facility formally called Goodwin's of Exeter., Employee of the Month July 2013 Received Employee of the Month award while working at Maxim Healthcare Services., Congeniality/Excellence in Geriatric Care May 1979 Received special award for "going above and beyond", stayed after hours to care for dying residents as well as spending time with residents who were lonely.