Lori Thibault
Colorado Springs,CO
Summary
Compassionate and Hardworking Registered Nurse with experience offering comprehensive patient care in outpatient environments, providing individualized patient care. Works well with diverse patient populations and fosters trusting relationships to improve outcomes. Efficiently coordinate with healthcare professionals to advance patient care.
Overview
1
1
Certification
24
24
years of professional experience
Work History
RN-Pre-Op
Centura Health-St. Francis Medical Center
01.2021 - Current
- Promoted patient health, well-being, and safety through application of nursing process in alignment with care standards and State Nurse Practice Act.
- Assist the Anesthesiologist with nerve blocks and spinal blocks at the bedside. Monitor pt through the process and after with guidelines of conscious sedation.
- Accountable for implementing relationship-based care aligned with the organizational mission and core values.
- Assist the Anesthesiologist with nerve blocks and spinal blocks at the bedside. Monitor pt through the process and after with guidelines of conscious sedation.
- Administered medications and treatments as per physician orders, ensuring patient safety and compliance with protocols.
- Monitored vital signs and assessed patient conditions, providing timely interventions to enhance care outcomes.
- Educated patients and families on health management strategies, fostering informed decision-making post-discharge.
- Collaborated with interdisciplinary teams to develop comprehensive care plans tailored to individual patient needs.
RN-Transfer Center
Catholic Health Initiative-Franciscan System Services
02.2020 - 12.2020
- Acted as designated liaison for ERs, healthcare facilities, and community-based facilities to schedule hospital beds for incoming patients at all CHI Franciscan Health (CHI-FH) hospitals.
- Ensured timely and efficient utilization of bed resources across region.
- Experienced knowledge, judgment, understanding and interpreting the clinical acuity/diagnoses of patients with real time regional bed availability to match the patient with appropriate facility, level of care, and unit.
- Excellent customer service relationships with patient/families, physicians, nurses, and other transfer center.
- Acted as a resource to management and staff, collaborating and providing training and guidance to others.
- Cultivated positive relationships and ongoing communications across enterprise and health systems.
- Ensures that barriers to timely bed placement are readdressed and resolved to promote both customer and patient satisfaction.
- Develops, coordinates, and collaborates on the system/processes to implement bed practices and performance improvement for enhancing and standardizing bed management practices on a regional basis.
- Serves as a resource to management and staff; collaborated, provided training and guidance to others.
Virtual Intensive Care, Staff nurse
Catholic Health Initiative-Franciscan Systems Services
03.2015 - 02.2020
- Remotely monitored and collaborated care with bedside and providers for 35-85 intensively ill patients from seven regional ICUs with the use of sophisticated technology and algorithms proven to decrease mortality and length of stay.
- Maintained evidence-based practices and ensured regional compliance to enhance patient care standards.
- Effective decrease in morbidity and mortality via data collection and bundle implementation.
- Upheld evidence-based practices and regional compliance
- Implemented data collection and care bundles, contributing to significant reductions in morbidity and mortality.
- Served as charge RN and primary resource for other departments within Clinical Operations to support effective collaboration.
Critical Care Staff RN
Catholic Health Initiative-Franciscan Health , St Joseph Medical Center, Level II Trauma Center
12.2009 - 03.2015
- Care of patients on a 74 bed Critical Care (includes Med/Surg, Trauma, Cardiac, Neurological, and PCU units), 1-2 patients in the ICU and 3-4 patients in the PCU.
- Manage and coordinate care of assigned patients, utilizing the nursing process: assessment, planning, implementation and evaluation.
- Collaborates and communicates effectively with the interdisciplinary team.
- Provided continuous cardiac monitoring, arrhythmia recognition and intervention, initiated and titrated multiple complex infusions, manages intubated and mechanically ventilated patients, specialty equipment-Rotoprone bed and manually proning, and provided education to patients and their family members.
- Served as preceptor for new graduates and staff, guiding them through critical care protocols and procedures.
- Assisted in the implementation of electronic documentation and helped the staff when EPIC went live in 2013.
- Assisted management team in identifying, planning and implementing a mentorship program for new nurses.
- Conducted biannual competency training for staff through critical care skills days to enhance clinical proficiency.
Traveling Critical Care RN
Intelistaf/MSN
11.2007 - 12.2009
- Completed three assignments as traveling Critical Care nurse, providing expertise to hospitals in urgent need of experienced staff.
- Delivered patient care in Intensive Care Unit and Progressive Care Unit, ensuring continuity and quality of care across diverse settings.
- Ability to adapt to multiple hospital settings; flexible, self-starter, and quick learner
Critical Care Staff RN
Penrose Hospital
01.2003 - 07.2007
- Delivered comprehensive care to 36 bed critical care unit, managing diverse patient needs across med/surg, cardiac, open hearts, trauma, neurological, and renal disciplines.
- Collaborated with multidisciplinary teams to develop and implement patient care plans.
- Monitored vital signs and assessed patient conditions to ensure timely interventions.
- Administered medications and treatments as prescribed, adhering to safety protocols.
Education
Bachelors of Science - Nursing
Western Governors University
Salt Lake City, UT10.2017
Associates Degree - Nursing, Registered Nurse
Pikes Peak Community College
Colorado Springs, CO01.2001
Skills
- Medication and IV administration
- Medication management
- Direct patient care
- Patient assessments
- Strong clinical judgment
- Documentation and charting
- Patient education and counseling
- Infection control measures
- Effective time management and organizational skills
- Patient and family advocacy
Certification
Colorado State RN license RN.0129154
Basic Life Support (BLS)-American Heart Association 9/26
Advance Life Support (ALS)-American Heart Association 9/26
Pediatric Life Support (PALS)-American Heart Association 9/26
Timeline
RN-Pre-Op
Centura Health-St. Francis Medical Center
01.2021 - Current
RN-Transfer Center
Catholic Health Initiative-Franciscan System Services
02.2020 - 12.2020
Virtual Intensive Care, Staff nurse
Catholic Health Initiative-Franciscan Systems Services
03.2015 - 02.2020
Critical Care Staff RN
Catholic Health Initiative-Franciscan Health , St Joseph Medical Center, Level II Trauma Center
12.2009 - 03.2015
Traveling Critical Care RN
Intelistaf/MSN
11.2007 - 12.2009
Critical Care Staff RN
Penrose Hospital
01.2003 - 07.2007
Associates Degree - Nursing, Registered Nurse
Pikes Peak Community College
Bachelors of Science - Nursing
Western Governors University
Personal Information
Title: BSN, RN