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Lisa Balkwill

Smyrna,Georgia

Summary

Dedicated Registered Nurse with over a decade of experience. Known for warm and friendly personality, establishing rapport with patients and families. Compassionate and empathetic approach to care. Devoted wife and mother of four, balancing professional and personal responsibilities with grace and efficiency.

Overview

17
17
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification

Work History

Weekend On-Call RN

Capstone Hospice
08.2024 - Current
  • Respond promptly to after-hours and weekend patient needs via phone and in-person visits
  • Provide triage and symptom management support over the phone, assessing urgency and determining appropriate interventions
  • Conduct urgent in-home visits to assess, treat, and stabilize patients experiencing acute changes
  • Collaborate with hospice physicians to obtain and implement appropriate medical orders in real-time
  • Deliver compassionate emotional support and guidance to families during crisis situations and end-of-life care moments
  • Facilitate medication adjustments and ensure availability of comfort kits or prescriptions as needed
  • Document all interactions and care provided accurately in the electronic medical record (EMR) system
  • Coordinate care transitions and communicate updates to primary case managers to ensure continuity of care
  • Pronounce death when appropriate and complete postmortem care with professionalism and sensitivity

RN Case Manager and Weekend On-Call RN

Gentiva Hospice
01.2022 - 03.2024
  • Conducted initial and continuous evaluations of patients' suitability for hospice care.
  • Updated care plans and goals through collaboration with IDG, client, and family.
  • Fostered meaningful connections with patients and their families.
  • Collaborated with physician to discuss assessment findings.
  • Ensure medications are available and families understand end-of-life comfort measures.
  • Provide emotional support to patients and families
  • Manage workflow in electronic medical records system (HCHB)
  • Upheld standards of clinical and professional competence.
  • Support nursing on-call rotation to guarantee uninterrupted nursing service.
  • Pronounce deaths and perform postmortem care
  • Delivered comprehensive wound care.

RN (Intermediate Nursery)

Piedmont Hospital Atlanta, NICU
01.2012 - 01.2019
  • Provide direct patient care to critically ill neonates
  • Place and maintain IV access
  • Closely monitor infant oxygenation, administration and titration of supplemental oxygen via nasal cannula and high flow
  • Reconstitute and administer medications
  • Maintain UVCs, PICC lines and Peripheral IV lines
  • Place and maintain NG/ OG tubes for gavage feeding, assess PO feeding readiness
  • Provide support, comfort and education to families, building trusting relationships
  • Accurately document in EPIC all elements of nursing care

RN

Kennestone Hospital, PEDIATRIC ER
01.2011 - 01.2012
  • Staff RN in busy Tier 2 Trauma Center
  • Swift triage and assessment of pediatric patients
  • Provide care for emergent respiratory issues, allergic reactions, broken limbs, burns, lacerations, fluid volume deficit, diabetic crisis, etc
  • Provide and monitor conscious sedations (ENCP and PALS certified, expired 2015)
  • IV insertion and maintenance on all aged pediatric patients

RN

Kennestone Hospital, MOTHER/ BABY
01.2009 - 01.2011
  • Staff RN responsible for coordinating care in busy postpartum unit for four couplettes
  • Perform admissions, ongoing assessments for both mother and neonate
  • Perform IV insertion and medication reconstitution/ administration, venous lab draws, circumcision care
  • Provide assistance and education on breastfeeding
  • Provide care for high-risk postpartum patients

Education

Associate Degree - Nursing

Georgia Highlands College
01.2009

Bachelor of Arts - Theatre (Cum Laude)

Florida State University
01.1995

Skills

  • Basic life support
  • Vital signs monitoring
  • Catheter care
  • IV insertion
  • End-of-life care
  • Diabetes management
  • Pressure ulcer prevention
  • Seizure management
  • Oxygen therapy
  • Medication and IV administration
  • Compassion and empathy
  • Strong clinical judgment
  • Direct patient care
  • Infection control measures
  • Clinical judgment
  • Patient and family advocacy
  • Relationship building
  • Patient monitoring
  • Team coordination
  • Patient education and counseling
  • Wound care
  • Patient assessments
  • Licensed RN
  • Medication administration
  • EMR systems
  • Care planning
  • ADL assistance
  • Care plan development
  • Patient management
  • Emergency care
  • Medication distribution
  • Professional bedside manner
  • Proper catheter insertion/removal
  • Patient relations
  • Emergency procedures
  • Emotional intelligence
  • Insulin medication assistance
  • Family education
  • Geriatric treatment
  • Palliative care awareness

Certification

  • Basic Life Support
  • Neonatal Resuscitation Program (Expired 2019)
  • Pediatric Advanced Life Support (Expired)
  • Class Speaker- Pinning Ceremony, GA Highlands College 2009
  • WELLSTAR Scholarship Recipient, GA Highlands College

Timeline

Weekend On-Call RN

Capstone Hospice
08.2024 - Current

RN Case Manager and Weekend On-Call RN

Gentiva Hospice
01.2022 - 03.2024

RN (Intermediate Nursery)

Piedmont Hospital Atlanta, NICU
01.2012 - 01.2019

RN

Kennestone Hospital, PEDIATRIC ER
01.2011 - 01.2012

RN

Kennestone Hospital, MOTHER/ BABY
01.2009 - 01.2011

Associate Degree - Nursing

Georgia Highlands College

Bachelor of Arts - Theatre (Cum Laude)

Florida State University

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