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Melinda Cernocky

Mustang

Summary

Operate effectively in fast-paced emergency settings to address concerns with acute and chronic conditions. Good communication, decision-making and prioritization skills useful for assessing and triaging patients to optimize department resource utilization. .

Overview

14
14
years of professional experience

Work History

Registered Nurse, Emergency Department

SSM Midwest City
Midwest, ok
07.2022 - Current
  • Provided direct patient care in high-pressure emergency situations.
  • Administered medications and treatments per physician orders.
  • Collaborated with interdisciplinary teams for patient assessments.

Charge nurse, managing the shift and collaborating with the other nurses on tasks and duties during emergency situations. Helping and educating nurses on their roles and responsibilities during a shift.

Working with other coworkers as a team during cardiac arrests, respiratory arrests, and other emergent situations that may arise.

Efficient in starting IVs, ortho glass splints, postmortem care, and offering condolences to grieving families who have lost loved ones or families that have very sick loved ones.

LPN

Citizen Potawatomi Nation
06.2014 - 08.2021
  • Company Overview: Clinic atmosphere, calling patients back to rooms, taking vital signs, reviewing medications, having education packets for patients, giving vaccines, prenatal care, placing referrals for specialists, calling pharmacies for patient's medications, speaking with other doctor's offices, calling patients with lab results and changes in medications, working with all ages of patients from conception to death. Returning phone calls from patients, co-workers or other medical facilities. Working medical emergencies efficiently. Working as a team. Working the COVID-19 tent, swabbing patients and giving COVID-19 vaccines.
  • Clinic atmosphere, calling patients back to rooms, taking vital signs, reviewing medications, having education packets for patients, giving vaccines, prenatal care, placing referrals for specialists, calling pharmacies for patient's medications, speaking with other doctor's offices, calling patients with lab results and changes in medications, working with all ages of patients from conception to death.
  • Returning phone calls from patients, co-workers or other medical facilities.
  • Working medical emergencies efficiently.
  • Working as a team.
  • Working the COVID-19 tent, swabbing patients and giving COVID-19 vaccines.
  • Clinic atmosphere, calling patients back to rooms, taking vital signs, reviewing medications, having education packets for patients, giving vaccines, prenatal care, placing referrals for specialists, calling pharmacies for patient's medications, speaking with other doctor's offices, calling patients with lab results and changes in medications, working with all ages of patients from conception to death. Returning phone calls from patients, co-workers or other medical facilities. Working medical emergencies efficiently. Working as a team. Working the COVID-19 tent, swabbing patients and giving COVID-19 vaccines.

LPN

Aspire Home Health
01.2017 - 04.2019
  • Company Overview: Traveling to patients’ homes for wound care, fingerstick blood sugars and insulin administration. Drawing labs and delivering to DLO facilities. Administering IV fluids or antibiotics. Charting on patients and time management skills.
  • Traveling to patients’ homes for wound care, fingerstick blood sugars and insulin administration.
  • Drawing labs and delivering to DLO facilities.
  • Administering IV fluids or antibiotics.
  • Charting on patients and time management skills.
  • Traveling to patients’ homes for wound care, fingerstick blood sugars and insulin administration. Drawing labs and delivering to DLO facilities. Administering IV fluids or antibiotics. Charting on patients and time management skills.

LPN

St. Anthony Hospital
08.2011 - 06.2014
  • Company Overview: Assisting patients with ADLS, distribution of medication, finger stick blood sugars, measuring insulin and administering to patients per sliding scale, taking vital signs, flushing ports and subclavian triple lumen lines, also picc lines. Starting IVs. Assisting with emergency situations, End of life care.
  • Assisting patients with ADLS, distribution of medication, finger stick blood sugars, measuring insulin and administering to patients per sliding scale, taking vital signs, flushing ports and subclavian triple lumen lines, also picc lines.
  • Starting IVs.
  • Assisting with emergency situations, End of life care.
  • I have taken care of all different ages of patients, from birth to death.
  • Taking orders from doctors and implementing them.
  • Assisting patients with ADLS, distribution of medication, finger stick blood sugars, measuring insulin and administering to patients per sliding scale, taking vital signs, flushing ports and subclavian triple lumen lines, also picc lines. Starting IVs. Assisting with emergency situations, End of life care.

Education

RN school -

Seminole State College
05-2022

Associate of Science -

Seminole State College
05.2022

Prerequisite - Nursing

Oklahoma City Community College
12.2019

LPN - Nursing

Gordon Cooper Technology Center
07.2011

Prerequisite - Nursing

Rose State College
05.2005

High School Diploma -

Prague High school
05.2003

Skills

  • Emergency response
  • Medication management
  • Clinical documentation
  • Health assessment
  • Team collaboration
  • Time management
  • Patient education
  • Effective communication
  • Emotional intelligence
  • Stress management
  • IV management
  • Emergency care
  • Patient assessment

References

  • Michelle Smith, LPN for Norman Regional clinic heart and vascular association, 3300 Healthplex Pkwy, Norman, OK, 73072, (405) 388-6091
  • Holly Dugan, RN for Oklahoma Palliative & Hospice Care, 8241 S Walker Ave, Oklahoma City, OK, (405) 765-2685
  • Amber Curtis, RN St. Anthony Shawnee Hospital, 1102 W MacArthur St, Shawnee, OK, 74804, (405) 202-8646
  • Joan Walters, Retired Director of nursing at Prague Hospital, Prague, OK, 74864, (405) 567-7021

Timeline

Registered Nurse, Emergency Department

SSM Midwest City
07.2022 - Current

LPN

Aspire Home Health
01.2017 - 04.2019

LPN

Citizen Potawatomi Nation
06.2014 - 08.2021

LPN

St. Anthony Hospital
08.2011 - 06.2014

RN school -

Seminole State College

Associate of Science -

Seminole State College

Prerequisite - Nursing

Oklahoma City Community College

LPN - Nursing

Gordon Cooper Technology Center

Prerequisite - Nursing

Rose State College

High School Diploma -

Prague High school
Melinda Cernocky