Mary Kathleen
Summary
Experienced and dedicated registered nurse seeking a position in a facility that values teamwork, patient and family care. Committed to fostering an environment that promotes continuous learning, growth, leadership, mentoring, and teaching. Demonstrated expertise in direct patient care, critical thinking, and effective communication. Utilizing extensive medical knowledge to facilitate patient recovery and manage complex conditions. Possesses a strong understanding of healthcare protocols and consistently delivers compassionate care.
Overview
20
20
years of professional experience
Work History
Registered Nurse
Hazelden Betty Ford Foundation
02.2019 - Current
- Company Overview: Adult treatment facility for substance abuse/addiction- Newberg, Oregon: Current employer
- Hazelden Betty Ford Foundation- Adolescent and young adult treatment facility for substance abuse
- RN provides medical support and assessment for individuals admitting to treatment for chemical dependency
- The RN acts as the admitting nurse, taking in a full verbal history assessment, performing vital signs, urine drug screen, COVID 19 testing
- The nurse provides medication administration to all residential patients and day treatment/lodging patients at HBFF
- Health care conference and treatment plans are included as the RN's responsibility
- The RN works collaboratively with the Psychiatrist and medical practitioners to provide the best possible care to the patient in withdrawal and in recovery
- RN's perform suicide screenings- Columbia screening upon admission and when asked by counseling staff to follow up with the patient
- The facility is comprised of an 11 bed medical unit for initial admission, detoxing and withdrawal
- When our patients leave the medical unit they are assigned one of two male units each unit has a 32 bed capacity for males and we have a female unit with a 32 bed capacity
- The RN is assigned either RN for both male units, RN for medical unit and RN for the female unit, assignments rotate
- Adult treatment facility for substance abuse/addiction- Newberg, Oregon: Current employer
- Hazelden Betty Ford Foundation- Adolescent and young adult treatment facility for substance abuse
RN Admission Clinician
Fairview Home care and Hospice
04.2018 - 11.2018
- Responsibilities for RN admission clinician include: Admission visits in patient home for home care services, creating care plans, completing orders and communicating with physicians involved with patient care
- RN admission clinician assists in determining the needs of all disciplines for a complete and rounded patient centered care plan
- PT, OT, HHA and Social work
RN Case Manager
Methodist Home care
02.2016 - 04.2018
- Responsibilities for RN Case Manager include: Admission visits in patient home for home care services, creating care plans, completing orders and communicating with physicians involved with patient care, communicating with the disciplines involved in care: PT, OT, HHA and Social work
- RN case manager follows patient closely via EPIC- enters transfers to other facilities, Resumption of Care, discharges from home care
- The home visits warrant a multitude of cares and skills- full body assessments, skin assessment, vitals, wound cares that may or not involve a wound vac., PICC lines- site care weekly, port-a catheters to involved site care- access and deaccess of port, IV fluids, blood draws when labs are ordered- venipuncture or taken from an indwelling- PICC or central catheter/Port
- RN must chart all orders, cares and communications to disciplines after each visit
- RN has knowledge of insurance policy as well as training with Oasis- the initial charting and creating of patient admission is lengthy and it is the RN who opens the patient to home care to complete the admission process to include paperwork for consent - if the RN is not , keeping patient for his or her own caseload, report is given to RN taking patient
- My territory for home care includes all of the west metro suburbs
- RN keeps track of mileage and her weekly schedule
Registered Nurse-Gastroenterology Clinic
Park Nicollet
02.2015 - 01.2016
- Responsibilities at the GI clinic are support for the clinic with rooming patients, administering Capsule Endoscopy, teaching and answering phones when needed
- The primary roles for this position were phone triage, messaging the GI physicians with patient needs
- Assessing patient charts prior to procedures performed in endoscopy and sending out prescriptions needed for procedures
- Education and teaching for the patients regarding symptoms, prescriptions, orders for new tests and answering or relaying any concerns that a patient may have
- The RN also filled paperwork for prior authorizations to insurance companies for prescriptions/tests and procedures
Registered Nurse S6-Progressive Care Unit
Regions Hospital
10.2013 - 01.2015
- Progressive care on 6500 at Regions Hospital treats and cares for a variety of chronic illnesses and acute illness
- We are a 12 bed unit treating patients on ventilators with tracheostomy, COPD, GI bleeds, Drug and alcohol overdose/withdrawal, Sepsis due to Pneumonia, UTI, and possible other infections
- It is a unit that provides cares that will prevent our patients getting progressively worse
- Many patients have been in MICU prior to our unit
- We also provide comfort care as well
- My role as the RN worked closely with the physicians assessing the patients every 4 hours or more often as needed
- My maximum assignment was three patients on a shift
Nursing Station Technician
University of Minnesota Medical Center
09.2012 - 08.2013
- Assist RN's on a 25 bed unit obtaining vitals and attending to cares delegated to me from the assigned nurse
- Welcome new patients and visitors, answer patient call lights, stock/order unit supplies as needed, assist with patient transfers to other units, update/strip hard charts, organize and keep desk area orderly, quality check glucometer and crash cart
Realtor-Independent Contractor
Great Minneapolis Realty, RE/MAX Results and Edina Realty
01.2005 - 06.2013
- Responsibilities: legal documents such as Purchase Agreements, Listing Contracts as well as showing and listing homes for buyers and sellers
- Worked closely with clients and maintaining a trusting and confidential relationship
- Voted Super Real Estate Agent in Minneapolis/St
- Paul 2005 - 2009
Nursing Assistant Registered
Minnesota Masonic Homes Inc.
06.2011 - 11.2011
- Assist 8- 10 TCU patients with ADL's- bathing, dressing, eating, transfers, PT/OT exercises
- Report and record important information to RN/LPN as well as document in patient chart
Education
Associate of Science - Nursing
St. Catherine University
01.2013
Skills
- Medication administration
- Direct patient care
- Patient assessments
- Patient care planning
- EMR / EHR
- Care coordination
Hobbies and Interests
- Family: Stayed home with two daughters for 13 years.
- Church of the Annunciation Parish Council member from 06/01/02 to 06/01/05.
- Youth Minister volunteer from 1990 to 2005.
- Student Advisory Board for St. Catherine University Associate of Science in Nursing Program from 2011 to 2013.
Licenses Certificates
- Registered Nurse, Oregon State Board of Nursing, 202113901RN
- Registered Nurse, Minnesota State Board of Nursing, 214166-6
- BLS, American Heart Association
- Registered Nursing Assistant, State of Minnesota Nursing Registry
Timeline
Registered Nurse
Hazelden Betty Ford Foundation
02.2019 - Current
RN Admission Clinician
Fairview Home care and Hospice
04.2018 - 11.2018
RN Case Manager
Methodist Home care
02.2016 - 04.2018
Registered Nurse-Gastroenterology Clinic
Park Nicollet
02.2015 - 01.2016
Registered Nurse S6-Progressive Care Unit
Regions Hospital
10.2013 - 01.2015
Nursing Station Technician
University of Minnesota Medical Center
09.2012 - 08.2013
Nursing Assistant Registered
Minnesota Masonic Homes Inc.
06.2011 - 11.2011
Realtor-Independent Contractor
Great Minneapolis Realty, RE/MAX Results and Edina Realty
01.2005 - 06.2013
Associate of Science - Nursing
St. Catherine University
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