Hi, I’m
Lori OConnell
Registered Nurse
Crescent City,FL
Summary
Seasoned nursing professional offering proven clinical knowledge, natural interpersonal strengths and technical abilities. Knowledgeable about EMR charting, medication administration and interdisciplinary collaboration focused on optimizing patient care and support. Quality-focused and efficiency-driven leader with over 20 years nursing and 12 years dialysis experience.
Overview
22
years of professional experience
4
years of post-secondary education
Work History
DavitaDaytona Beach & Orange City, FL
Charge Nurse
12.2022 - Current
Job overview
- Supervised and managed daily scheduling, tasking, and administration.
- Collaborated with other healthcare professionals to provide quality patient care.
- Implemented quality patient care techniques to align with safety, health, and organizational regulations.
- Administered medications and treatment to patients and monitored responses while working with healthcare teams to adjust care plans.
American Renal AssociatesTitusville, FL
Charge Nurse
10.2022 - Current
Job overview
- Supervised and managed daily scheduling, tasking, and administration.
- Monitored nursing care, patient assessment processes, and treatment implementations.
- Collaborated with other healthcare professionals to provide quality patient care.
- Implemented quality patient care techniques to align with safety, health, and organizational regulations.
- Administered medications and treatment to patients and monitored responses while working with healthcare teams to adjust care plans.
Ahs RenalstatEdmond, OK
Travel Charge RN
01.2022 - 12.2022
Job overview
- Administered medications via oral, IV, and intramuscular injections and monitored responses.
- Taught patients how to improve lifestyle choices, dramatically reducing chance of symptom reoccurrence.
- Delivered outstanding care to patients with various diagnoses and managed care from treatment initiation through to completion.
- Administered medications and treatment to patients and monitored responses while working with healthcare teams to adjust care plans.
- Assessed patient conditions by taking vital signs and evaluating symptoms to determine appropriate treatment.
- Collaborated with interdisciplinary teams to develop impactful treatment plans.
Fresenius Kidney Care DialysisMerritt Island, FL
Charge RN
05.2012 - 08.2022
Job overview
- Supervised and managed daily scheduling, tasking, and administration.
- Coordinated nursing care on unit through staff assignments, assisting and rounding with physicians, monitoring patient orders, and communicating with ancillary departments.
- Trained new nurses in proper techniques, care standards, operational procedures, and safety protocols.
- Documented information in patients' electronic medical record, relaying information to clinicians and care providers to facilitate continuity of care.
- Collaborated with physicians to quickly assess patients and deliver appropriate treatment while managing rapidly changing conditions.
- Performed patient assessments and adjusted care plans accordingly.
- Administered medications and treatment to patients and monitored responses while working with healthcare teams to adjust care plans.
Mobil DialysisSanford, FL
Travel RN
09.2019 - 12.2021
Job overview
- Administered medications via oral, IV, and intramuscular injections and monitored responses.
- Administered medications and treatment to patients and monitored responses while working with healthcare teams to adjust care plans.
- Taught patients how to improve lifestyle choices, dramatically reducing chance of symptom reoccurrence.
- Delivered outstanding care to patients with various diagnoses and managed care from treatment initiation through to completion.
- Documented patient interactions and interventions in EPIC EMR.
- Documented all elements of care and updated patient charts and confidential files to reflect changes in care plans, interventions applied, and observations.
- Educated patients and families about medications, treatments and lifestyle changes to better understand and manage condition.
Brevard RenalTitusville, FL
Charge Dialysis RN
03.2016 - 06.2018
Job overview
- Administered medications and treatment to patients and monitored responses while working with healthcare teams to adjust care plans.
- Trained new nurses in proper techniques, care standards, operational procedures, and safety protocols.
- Educated patients, families and caregivers on diagnosis and prognosis, treatment options, disease process, and management and lifestyle options.
- Administered medications via oral, IV, and intramuscular injections and monitored responses.
- Documented all elements of care and updated patient charts and confidential files to reflect changes in care plans, interventions applied, and observations.
- Implemented care plans for patient treatment after assessing physician medical regimens.
Parrish Medical CenterTitusville, FL
Charge RN Acute Dialysis
07.2015 - 07.2017
Job overview
- Recognized changes in each patient's condition and adjusted dialysis treatments on daily basis.
- Educated patients and families on dialysis side effects.
- Gained high level of understanding regarding renal function, kidney diseases and conditions and dialytic treatments.
- Provided each chronic and acute renal patient with compassionate and dedicated plan of care for treatment.
- Assisted in care of chronically-ill patients, with focus on patients with kidney disease, high blood pressure and asthma.
- Communicated with physicians and hospital staff regarding significant information to notify staff of issues and changes.
CFG Health Atlantic County Justice FacilityMays Landing, NJ
Corrections Charge RN
10.2008 - 03.2015
Job overview
- 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.
- Performed patient assessments and adjusted care plans accordingly.
- Monitored nursing care, patient assessment processes, and treatment implementations.
- Administered medications and treatments to patients as ordered by physician, maintaining accountability for accurate narcotic count at end of each shift.
- Administered medications and treatment to patients and monitored responses while working with healthcare teams to adjust care plans.
Vision QuestNew Lisbon, NJ
Charge RN
02.2011 - 04.2013
Job overview
- Supervised and managed daily scheduling, tasking, and administration.
- Performed patient assessments and adjusted care plans accordingly.
- Cared for patients' wounds and changed dressings.
- Administered medications and treatments to patients as ordered by physician, maintaining accountability for accurate narcotic count at end of each shift.
- Administered medications and treatment to patients and monitored responses while working with healthcare teams to adjust care plans.
Community Medical CenterToms River, NJ
Float RN
01.2001 - 12.2008
Job overview
- Promoted patient and family teaching to enhance patient understanding of needs and potentially accelerate recovery.
- Conducted rounds with medical staff to promote improved understanding between patients, nursing staff and medical staff to support continued quality of communication and care.
- Evaluated patient during admission, hospital stay and through discharge.
- Administered and maintained comfort, treatment, medication, intravenous infusion and health care to support patient needs.
- Collaborated with other departments and medical staff to support provision of highest standard for total patient care.
- Submitted accurate documentation, reporting and in-depth nursing observation to support continuity of total patient care.
- Provided skilled, timely and level-headed emergency response to critically-ill patients.
- Participated in evidence-based practice project implementation, nursing competency development and nursing simulation activities.
Education
Ocean County CollegeToms River, NJ
Associate of Applied Science from Nursing Science
09.1999 - 05.2003
Skills
Patient care planning
Chronic disease management
Patient Assessments
Patient Management
Staff education and training
Direct Patient Care
Timeline
Charge Nurse
Davita
12.2022 - Current
Charge Nurse
American Renal Associates
10.2022 - Current
Travel Charge RN
Ahs Renalstat
01.2022 - 12.2022
Travel RN
Mobil Dialysis
09.2019 - 12.2021
Charge Dialysis RN
Brevard Renal
03.2016 - 06.2018
Charge RN Acute Dialysis
Parrish Medical Center
07.2015 - 07.2017
Charge RN
Fresenius Kidney Care Dialysis
05.2012 - 08.2022
Charge RN
Vision Quest
02.2011 - 04.2013
Corrections Charge RN
CFG Health Atlantic County Justice Facility
10.2008 - 03.2015
Float RN
Community Medical Center
01.2001 - 12.2008
Ocean County College
Associate of Applied Science from Nursing Science
09.1999 - 05.2003