Lori Paschal
Browns Summit,NC
Summary
Hardworking Registered Nurse with success providing individualized patient care. Committed to delivering best-in-class patient care through effective education and counseling. Proven leadership focused on increasing and enhancing patient care and satisfaction. Streamline safety protocols for comprehensive patient care.
Overview
26
26
years of professional experience
Work History
Clinical RN Instructor - Paramedic Preceptor
Guilford County
Greensboro, NC
10.2013 - Current
- Supported student educational goals to help each optimize learning strategies and reap long-term career benefits.
- Contributed educational and clinical expertise to help optimize training courses and boost student learning.
- Oversaw clinical environments to help students advance knowledge and abilities.
- Assessed student knowledge levels and abilities with detailed assessments.
- Developed and created clinical assignments to assess student skills.
Clinic Team Leader RN - Maternal-Fetal Care
Cone Health System
Greenboro, NC
10.2016 - 01.2021
- Provided direct patient care, assessed patient needs, and provided care pathways specific to their individual needs.
- Navigated care in cooperation with other healthcare specialties to ensure best possible outcomes.
- Managed care holistically by using patient's history, past and current trends, and predicting future needs.
- Led successful team comprised of RNs, Nursing Assistants, sonographers, and ancillary staff.
- Conducts fetal monitoring, genetic testing, carrier screening, diabetes evaluation, pre-eclampsia evaluation, and amniocentesis.
- Ensured patient's had basic life needs met, provided resources to address deficiencies thereby dramatically improving outcomes.
- Educated patients, families and caregivers on diagnosis and prognosis, treatment options, disease process and management and lifestyle options.
RN - Maternity Assessment Unit
Cone Health System
Greensboro, NC
07.2013 - 04.2018
- In the arena of women's health, provided direct patient care, stabilized patients and determined next course of action.
- Managed women's care from admission to discharge.
- Provided peri, intra, and post operative care for a variety of obstetrical and gynecological conditions.
- Administered medications via oral, SQ, IV, and intramuscular injections and monitored responses.
- Monitored patient and fetal condition by interpreting fetal monitoring results, identifying irregularities in readings and updating team members on changes in stability or acuity.
- Contributed substantially to successful department JCAHO accreditation by consistently operating to highest standards of care.
- Taught patients how to improve lifestyle choices and provided available resources to meet their physical, social, and psychological needs.
- Administered medications and treatment to patients and monitored responses while working with healthcare teams to adjust care plans.
- Delivered proper care to victims of domestic violence.
- Provided oversight of a successful team comprised of RNs, nurse assistants, and ancillary staff.
- Collaborated with physicians and other advanced practitioners to quickly assess patients and deliver appropriate treatment while managing rapidly changing conditions.
- Orchestrated quality-driven, cost-effective care in a high-volume women's care setting.
- Provided didactic and clinical instructions to orient new nurses and physicians to achieve training outcomes.
- Trained new nurses in proper techniques, care standards, operational procedures and safety protocols.
- Participated in nursing simulation activities and competency development to further nursing education.
- Oversaw delivery of care for patients on medical-surgical unit, providing direct care, delegating nursing assignments, and supervising team comprised of nurses, LPNs, technicians and unit clerks.
- Conferred with physicians to discuss diagnoses and devise well-coordinated treatment approaches.
RN - Fetal Monitoring Nurse Specialist
Guilford County Health Department
Greensboro, NC
10.2011 - 07.2013
- Devised innovative solutions or suggested appropriate referrals for patients who cannot afford to access treatment.
- Navigated patients to proper portals of care based on individual needs.
- Assessment of basic needs of living, obstacles to care, and provided resources as necessary.
- Developing individualized treatment plans that account for physical, financial, and other constraints.
- Meeting with members of healthcare teams to discuss patients' progress, and to deliberate on appropriate care.
- Evaluated healthcare needs, goals for treatment and available resources of each patient and connected to optimal providers and care.
- Educated patients, families and caregivers on diagnosis and prognosis, treatment options.
RN - Neonatal Intensive Care Unit
Cone Health System
Greensboro, NC
07.2006 - 10.2011
- Assessed, evaluated and cared for neonate and pediatric patients.
- Administered medications and fluids and checked vital signs on critically ill newborns.
- Provided high level of quality care for each and every patient in 44-bed neonatal ICU unit.
- Crafted tailored nursing care plan for each patient and evaluated it daily for effectiveness.
- Communicated with family members and loved ones to provide information about patient care, treatments and medical options.
- Assessed and managed various patient treatments for numerous patient diagnoses from sepsis to acute respiratory distress syndrome.
- Provided targeted care and treatment to preemie and newborn patients.
- Coordinated with healthcare staff from various disciplines to devise, carry out and manage personalized care plans to benefit patient health and recovery.
- Conducted patient assessments, recorded vitals and analyzed records and charts to define care requirements.
- Guided patients, caregivers and family members on plans of treatment and helpful resources available locally to support care.
RN - Labor, Delivery, Recovery, and Postpartum
Cone Health At Annie Penn Hospital
Reidsville, NC
03.2002 - 07.2008
- Educated new parents on how to properly care for infants by instructing parents on bottle feeding, bathing, circumcision care and breastfeeding.
- Monitored and assessed mother and newborn after delivery to ascertain proper healing and recovery.
- Assisted mothers in establishing breastfeeding relationships with infants through education and assistance.
- Conducted examinations to determine fetal station, cervical dilation and effacement.
- Coordinated and consulted with other health care team members to plan, implement and assess both mother and infant care plans.
- Supported pregnant women in healthy labor processes.
- Provided direct patient care, stabilized patients and determined next course of action.
Paramedic - Nationally Registered
First Health Of The Carolinas
Pittsboro, NC
08.1998 - 03.2003
- Responded to, and cared for, patients in a variety of austere and inherently dangerous environments.
- Developed and implemented initial and ongoing care plans based on individual patient needs.
- Evaluated patient vital signs and status to determine care needs using several types of assessment tools.
- Executed advanced airway management and heart monitoring to treat patients.
- Restocked ambulance with proper equipment maintain optimum inventory.
- Triaged injuries by communicating with patients, bystanders and family members, and identified appropriate medical facility for transport.
- Developed and maintained rapport with coworkers and local hospital staff to facilitate efficient patient care.
- Trained EMTs in basic life support skills, oxygen therapy, and wound care.
- Administered fluid replacement via IV, IO and IM to replace fluid volumes and correct electrolyte imbalances.
- Identified appropriate medications based on potential interactions with other medicines, accurately calculating correct dosages according to drugs on hand and patient's weight.
- Administered continuous 12-lead electrocardiogram monitoring to record heart rhythms in patients with acute coronary syndrome.
Education
Associate of Applied Science - Nursing
Winston Salem State University
Winston-Salem, NC12.2001
Bachelor of Science - Emergency Medical Care
Western Carolina University
Cullowhee, NC05.1998
Skills
- Maternity Case Management
- Treatment planning
- Patient Care Assessment
- Direct and Indirect patient care experience
- Nursing Consultation
- Decision Making
- Compassionate and Caring
- Diet and Nutrition Planning
- Specialized Healthcare Referrals
- Preventive Healthcare
- Treatment Recommendations
- Community Program Referrals
- Healthcare Personnel Supervision
Timeline
Clinic Team Leader RN - Maternal-Fetal Care
Cone Health System
10.2016 - 01.2021
Clinical RN Instructor - Paramedic Preceptor
Guilford County
10.2013 - Current
RN - Maternity Assessment Unit
Cone Health System
07.2013 - 04.2018
RN - Fetal Monitoring Nurse Specialist
Guilford County Health Department
10.2011 - 07.2013
RN - Neonatal Intensive Care Unit
Cone Health System
07.2006 - 10.2011
RN - Labor, Delivery, Recovery, and Postpartum
Cone Health At Annie Penn Hospital
03.2002 - 07.2008
Paramedic - Nationally Registered
First Health Of The Carolinas
08.1998 - 03.2003
Associate of Applied Science - Nursing
Winston Salem State University
Bachelor of Science - Emergency Medical Care
Western Carolina University