Marah R Kiesel
Willis,Texas
Summary
Experienced healthcare provider with expertise in patient care, medical procedures, and clinical documentation. Collaborative team player focused on achieving positive outcomes. Demonstrated reliability, adaptability, and critical thinking skills for effective time management and high-quality care.
Overview
16
16
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification
Work History
RN
HCA Conroe Regional Medical Center
Conroe, TX
06.2023 - Current
- Administered medications accurately and safely, reducing medication errors and adverse reactions.
- Enhanced patient satisfaction through effective communication, empathy, and timely response to their needs.
- Collaborated with interdisciplinary teams for comprehensive patient care plans, resulting in better health outcomes.
- Administered medications via oral, IV, and intramuscular injections and monitored responses.
- Collaborated with physicians to quickly assess patients and deliver appropriate treatment while managing rapidly changing conditions.
- Educated patients, families and caregivers on diagnosis and prognosis, treatment options, disease process, and management and lifestyle options.
- Served as a resource for other nurses on the Float Pool, offering guidance on policies, procedures, and best practices.
- Mentored new nursing staff, sharing best practices for patient care and fostering a supportive team atmosphere.
- Facilitated smooth transitions between shifts by providing thorough handoff reports to incoming nurses, ensuring continuity of care.
- Strengthened relationships between nursing teams across various units through regular collaboration on shared float pool initiatives and projects.
- Promoted patient advocacy by actively participating in interdisciplinary meetings and voicing concerns on behalf of patients.
- Ensured patient safety by strictly adhering to infection control protocols and maintaining a clean work environment.
- Increased efficiency in the Float Pool by effectively prioritizing tasks and managing time across multiple units.
- Championed a culture of patient-centered care, consistently demonstrating empathy, respect, and professionalism in all interactions with patients and their families.
Nurse
Del Sol Medical Center
El Paso, TX
06.2021 - 06.2023
- Provide patient care, performed assessments, and interventions at a 24-bed ICU unit for trauma and post-surgical patients
- Assess patients’ condition, notify physicians of clinical changes as well as prepare and implement patient care plans
- Monitor vital signs, adequacy of ventilation, and levels of consciousness and pain
- Administer medications as determined by the patient’s condition (IV, Sub-Q, etc.)
- Communicate the patient’s condition to family members in a compassionate and non-technical manner
- Develop critical thinking and analytical skills applicable across the entire nursing field
- Expedited patient recovery by working closely with interdisciplinary team members to develop and execute aggressive treatment plans.
- Maintained high standards of infection control practices to prevent hospital-acquired infections in the ICU setting.
- Provided teaching opportunities for nursing students during clinical rotations in the ICU setting.
Nursing Assistant
Hospitals of Providence
El Paso, TX
09.2020 - 05.2021
- Worked in the Telemetry Unit at the Hospitals of Providence
- I helped maintain the patients rooms sanitized and clean, assisted patients’ with everyday needs, monitored vital signs, collected fluid samples and gave them for testing
- Assisted nursing staff, performed basic nursing procedures, provided emotional support to patients and their families and performed all other job-related duties as assigned
Attendance/Registrar Clerk
Ysleta Independent School District
El Paso, TX
08.2014 - 07.2019
- Promoted through a series of increasingly progressive leadership positions based on a demonstrated capacity to lead and train personnel
- Started as a substitute food service worker, and quickly through hard work promoted to cashier
- Two months later I was again promoted to Front Office Clerk working daily with parents, students, and personal
- I answered phones, ran errands, submitted data, supervised students with bus schedules
- Six months later I was promoted again to Attendance/Registrar Clerk
- My duties included: Accommodate the needs of students, parents, teachers, staff, general public as appropriate to assist administration in providing information and services
- Delegate work assignments and provide guidance to other clerical staff: assume the responsibilities of the secretary in the event of absence
- Research reports and requests for information, extract information and supporting data to assist administrator
- Communicate transactions and facilitate transitions to appropriate personnel
- Accountable for functional responsibility for an assigned section of work in the department, plan and arrange own work
- Review, refer and answer routine correspondence, telephone, and electronic messages, greet public and route requests for information
- Perform required office routines according to standard practices while maintaining a high level of confidentiality
- Process and enter data into computer or report format, operate basic office machines to include computers, fax machines, copy machine, etc
- A year later I was promoted to a Teachers Aide: I provide assistance to the teacher in selecting, planning, organizing, and evaluating classroom materials, assist students with disabilities, Reinforce skills and behavioral strategies, personal care, and social skills
Music Instructor
SKIES Unlimited
El Paso, TX
05.2009 - 07.2019
- I teach students music, reading notes, theory, and performing in front of an audience
- I schedule my own time, working one on one with parents, and being an independent supervisor
- I hold a strong belief that music can change lives, I equip students with performance, composition, and theoretical skills that will see them excel in whatever path they choose
- Organized successful concerts and recitals, showcasing students'' talents and hard work.
- Familiarized students with basic concepts of music such as notes, tempo, symphony, beats, compositions, and chords.
- Incorporated creative activities into lessons to engage students and spark interest in music.
- Enhanced students'' understanding of music theory through engaging activities and exercises.
- Mentored students in various ensembles, boosting their confidence and performance skills.
- Fostered creativity by encouraging improvisation, composition, and arrangement within the classroom setting.
Education
Bachelor of Science - Business with Business Administration Certificate
University of Phoenix
Bachelor of Science - Nursing
New Mexico State University
New Mexico State University
Las Crusas, NM05.2021
El Paso Community College
El Paso, Texas05.2018
Skills
- Leadership Skills
- Critical Thinking
- Social Responsibility
- Creativity
- Communication Skills: Reading
- Communication Skills: Speaking
- Communication Skills: Writing
- Follow Through/Detail
- Human Relation Skills/Helping Others
- Workflow Planning
- Observational/Learning Skills
- Basic life support
- Clinical judgment
- Compassion and empathy
- Discharge planning
- Quality improvement
- Geriatric care
- Health promotion
- Cultural history
- Advanced cardiac life support
- Medication and IV administration
- Direct patient care
Certification
- Business Administration & Management Certificate
- Paraprofessional State Board for Educator Certification
- Non-Violent Crisis Intervention Certified
- Registered Nurse—License #1045828
- ACLS
- BLS
- NIH
Timeline
RN
HCA Conroe Regional Medical Center
06.2023 - Current
Nurse
Del Sol Medical Center
06.2021 - 06.2023
Nursing Assistant
Hospitals of Providence
09.2020 - 05.2021
Attendance/Registrar Clerk
Ysleta Independent School District
08.2014 - 07.2019
Music Instructor
SKIES Unlimited
05.2009 - 07.2019
Bachelor of Science - Business with Business Administration Certificate
University of Phoenix
Bachelor of Science - Nursing
New Mexico State University
New Mexico State University
El Paso Community College