Registered Nurse with years of professional experience
Linda Kolacny
Abilene,Kansas
Summary
Seasoned Registered Nurse with more than 27 years of experience in fast-paced hospital environment. Excellent team player and displays multi tasking skills. Track record of achieving exceptional results in patient care and organizational and prioritization abilities. Handles tasks with accuracy and efficiency.
Overview
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Work History
RN Ambulatory Surgical Services Post Anesthesia Care Unit
Salina Regional Hospital Center /Abilene Memorial Hospital (SRHC associate)
Salina, Kansas
07.2018 - 09.2024
- OR/PACUCirculator in surgical setting, a patient advocate for the surgical patient
- Admit the surgical patient into the out patient setting
- Provide patient safety and assist the Surgeons of multiple disciplines maintaining a sterile environment and counts instruments, needles and sponges
- Ability to work with many different departments, radiology,cardiopulmonary, medical surgical, intensive care unit, and Physicians offices
- Order, interpret, and evaluate diagnostic tests to identify and assess patient's condition
- Maintain accurate, detailed reports and records
- Consult and coordinate with healthcare team members to assess, plan, implement, or evaluate patient care plans
- Prepare patients for surgery, place Foley catheters or treatments
- Prepare rooms, sterile instruments, equipment, or supplies and ensure that stock of supplies is maintained, check expiration dates
- Post anesthesia care of post surgical patients.
RN OR/PACU and Practice Management
Geary Community Hospital
Junction City, Kansas
03.2016 - 01.2017
- PRACTICE MANAGEMENT 2017-2018 currently working in Doctors Offices including Alphacare Occupational Health Nurse
- Pre-employment drug screen with certification in MEDTOX EZ-CUP, pre-employment physicals, adult vaccination updates immunization review
RN Emergency Room
Memorial Health System
Abilene, Kansas
05.2015 - 03.2016
- Emergency Room Night Charge Nurse
- Monitors, record, and report symptoms or changes in patients' conditions
- Maintain accurate, detailed reports and records
- Record patients' medical information and vital signs
- Order, interpret, and evaluate diagnostic tests to identify and assess patient's condition
- Inform provider of patient's condition
- Perform physical examinations, triage patients, manual blood pressures, do laboratory quick strep test, urinalysis dips, accu checks, administer vaccines, injections, draw blood, IV starts with IV medications perform EKG, deliver medications and provide medication education, make and answer phone calls as needed in a stressful busy environment
- Night supervisor to LPN, CNA
- Coordinates transfer of patients to higher level of care facilities.
OR CIRCULATOR/PACU
Geary Community Hospital
Junction City, Kansas
01.2010 - 05.2015
- SEE ABOVE Prepare rooms, sterile instruments, equipment, or supplies and ensure that stock of supplies is maintained
- Prepare patients for and assist with positioning, prepping and treatments
- Hand items with sterile technique to surgeons or scrub technicians during operations.Observe surgical sterile field and maintain instrument and sponge and needle counts
- Post anesthesia care.
Circulator OR/PACU
01.2010 - 05.2015
- See Above
- Prepare rooms, sterile instruments, equipment, or supplies and ensure that stock of supplies is maintained
- Prepare patients for and assist with positioning, prepping and treatments
- Hand items with sterile technique to surgeons or scrub technicians during operations.Observe surgical sterile field and maintain instrument and sponge and needle counts
- Post anesthesia care.
Circulator
OR/PACU
01.2010 - 05.2015
- See Above.Prepare rooms, sterile instruments, equipment, or supplies and ensure that stock of supplies is maintained.Prepare patients for and assist with positioning, prepping and treatments.Hand items with sterile technique to surgeons or scrub technicians during operations.Observe surgical sterile field and maintain instrument and sponge and needle counts.Post anesthesia care.
RADIOLOGY RN
Geary Community Hospital
04.2009 - 01.2010
RADIOLOGY RN
Geary Community Hospital
04.2009 - 01.2010
EMERGENCY ROOM RN
Geary Community Hospital
Junction City, Kansas
06.2002 - 04.2009
- Perform emergency diagnostic and treatment procedures, such as airway management, or heart monitoring
- Observe, record, and report to physician the patient's condition or injury, the treatment provided, and reactions to drugs or treatment
- Record patients' medical information and vital signs
- Prepare rooms, emergency equipment, or supplies and ensure that stock of supplies is maintained
- Monitor all aspects of patient care, including diet and physical activity
- Start IV's and place patients on cardiac monitor and interpreted and communicated to the ER physician
- Learned to follow basic trauma protocol, stroke and acute MI, head injuries.
Emergency Room
06.2002 - 04.2009
- Perform emergency diagnostic and treatment procedures, such as airway management, or heart monitoring
- Observe, record, and report to physician the patient's condition or injury, the treatment provided, and reactions to drugs or treatment
- Record patients' medical information and vital signs
- Prepare rooms, emergency equipment, or supplies and ensure that stock of supplies is maintained
- Monitor all aspects of patient care, including diet and physical activity.
Senior Health RN
Geary Community Hospital
Junction City, Kansas
01.1999 - 06.2002
- Cared for geriatric patients with depression, Alzheimer's and dementia
- Followed the nursing process and demonstrated physical assessment and delivered medications, and activities of daily living.
Education
ADN -
Kansas Wesleyan University
Salina, Kansas05.1997
Skills
- RN: Expert, PATIENT CARE: Expert, STERILE: Expert, OPERATIONS: Advanced, RADIOLOGY: Intermediate, HEALTHCARE: Advanced
Certification
Expert PATIENT CARE: Expert STERILE: Expert OPERATIONS: Advanced RADIOLOGY: Intermediate HEALTHCARE: Advanced
References
References Christopher Young MBBS Surgeon Supervisor 511 NE Tenth St Abilene, Kansas 67410 (785) 643-0249 Marc Felts, MD Family Medicine ER DIRECTOR in past (785) 717-8345 Geary Community Hospital 1110 St Mays' Rd STE 400 Junction City, Kansas 664401 Sally Sewell CRNA past co-worker Anesthesia (785) 223-3938 Geary Anesthesia 1102 St Marys' Rd Junction City, Kansas 66441
Interests
- Hobbies & Interests
- Riding my bicycle, Kayaking, Gardening, Crochet, Reading and watching Movies, Listening to Live bands
Languages
Languages
English: Conversational
Timeline
RN Ambulatory Surgical Services Post Anesthesia Care Unit
Salina Regional Hospital Center /Abilene Memorial Hospital (SRHC associate)
07.2018 - 09.2024
RN OR/PACU and Practice Management
Geary Community Hospital
03.2016 - 01.2017
RN Emergency Room
Memorial Health System
05.2015 - 03.2016
OR CIRCULATOR/PACU
Geary Community Hospital
01.2010 - 05.2015
Circulator OR/PACU
01.2010 - 05.2015
Circulator
OR/PACU
01.2010 - 05.2015
RADIOLOGY RN
Geary Community Hospital
04.2009 - 01.2010
RADIOLOGY RN
Geary Community Hospital
04.2009 - 01.2010
EMERGENCY ROOM RN
Geary Community Hospital
06.2002 - 04.2009
Emergency Room
06.2002 - 04.2009
Senior Health RN
Geary Community Hospital
01.1999 - 06.2002
Expert PATIENT CARE: Expert STERILE: Expert OPERATIONS: Advanced RADIOLOGY: Intermediate HEALTHCARE: Advanced
ADN -
Kansas Wesleyan University
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