Melisa Eldridge
Hilmar,CA
Summary
Dedicated and compassionate Registered Nurse (RN) with 7 years direct and indirect patient care, triage and care coordination in fast-paced environment. Proven to remain calm under pressure and skillfully handle patients and high-stress situations. Consistently developing strong relationships with patients and families through empathetic communication, respectful attitude and excellent customer service.
Overview
8
8
years of professional experience
Work History
Clinic Oncology Nurse
Emanuel Medical Center-Medical Oncology Clinic
06.2021 - Current
- Helped to develop Clinical Oncology job description, standard workflows, new nurse onboarding criteria, policies and procedures.
- Daily monitoring of treatment, follow-ups, and new patients.
- Working within MD set parameters to review labs, imaging, and notes and to intervene as instructed.
- Supplying education to patients and families regarding treatment, side effects, medications, and home management.
- Supplying education and support to patients and families transition into palliative care and/or hospice.
- Working with multidisciplinary team to help manage patient care.
- Working with Tertiary centers to provide supportive care.
- Working with transplant centers to coordinate care and provide supportive care services.
- Mediate referral orders to home health and assist in overseeing continue patient care as directed by physicians.
- Specialty medication and specialty testing authorizations and tracking.
- Authorizations for procedures, imaging, medications, and other orders as needed.
- Facilitated and processed home health, DME, TPN, Enteral tube feeding, and other nutritional orders.
- Phone triage assessments and symptom management.
- Held lead chair of department's self governance counsel.
Registered Nurse
Emanuel Medical Center
02.2019 - 05.2021
- Managed care from admission to discharge, including patient assessments, care planning, health educations and discharging support to provide comprehensive care to multiple patients daily.
- Collaborated with physicians to quickly assess patients and deliver appropriate treatment while managing rapidly changing conditions.
- Trained new nurses in proper techniques, care standards, operational procedures, and safety protocols.
- Advised patients and caregivers of proper wound management, discharge plan objectives, safe medication use, and disease management.
- Maintained quality care and comfort for patients with heart failure, pulmonary hypertension, and other conditions.
- Implemented medication and IV administration, catheter insertion, and airway management.
Registered Nusre
Memorial Medical Center
01.2018 - 02.2020
- Worked closely with renal and diabetic patients along with other high acuity patients with multiple organ dysfunctions on a renal telemetry floor using previous skill sets while achieving a high standard quality of care and outcomes.
- Trained new nurses in proper techniques, care standards, operational procedures, and safety protocols.
- Maintained quality care and comfort for patients with heart failure, pulmonary hypertension, and other conditions.
- Educated patients, families and caregivers on diagnosis and prognosis, treatment options, disease process, and management and lifestyle options.
Registered Nurse
Emanuel Medical Center
10.2015 - 12.2017
- Implementing Nursing process and management of care plans.
- Caring for and treating wide range of disease processes and age groups including Dementia, Geriatrics, Diabetes, COPD, Cancer and post chemo, Dialysis/Renal, CHF, Pain Management, Pshychiatric disorders and Gastrointestinal diseases. ONC Certification in progress.
- Self-directed with proficient judgment skills. High level of personal accountability.
- Good time management, punctuality and delegated duties appropriately.
- Management and maintained medicinal drips and hospital protocols.
Education
Associate of Science - Registered Nurse
Merced College
Merced, CA2015
Skills
- Strong clinical judgment
- High level of autonomy
- Patient evaluation/intervention
- Adept at prioritizing/managing deadlines
- Excellent personal relations
- Strong attention to detail and problem solving
- Disease Management Programs
- Patient and Family Advocacy
- Hospice and Palliative Care
- Wound Care
- Call Triaging
- Care Plan Development
- Active Listening
- Chronic Disease Management
- Pain Management
references
- Robin Forrest, Registered Nurse/Oncology (209) 410-8571
- Candy Cole, Registered Nurse/Charge (209) 752-0332
Timeline
Clinic Oncology Nurse
Emanuel Medical Center-Medical Oncology Clinic
06.2021 - Current
Registered Nurse
Emanuel Medical Center
02.2019 - 05.2021
Registered Nusre
Memorial Medical Center
01.2018 - 02.2020
Registered Nurse
Emanuel Medical Center
10.2015 - 12.2017
Associate of Science - Registered Nurse
Merced College
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