Melissa Anderson
Dunlap,Iowa
Summary
I am currently working as a travel nurse, needed a change of pace after 25 years in my nursing career. I found when we started implementing CPSI in our hospital about 5-7 years ago that I really enjoyed the clinical informatics. I hold myself to a very high standard of care and completion of my work. I have a wide background, I am willing to discuss in nursing. From working as a director I am also in the loop of what data must be captured in the documentation. My long term goal was to obtain a position with EPIC. A position I would best be suited for. I started traveling to introduce myself to different programs that I liked or didn't like, while looking where changes could be maid. I would be very excited to discuss a position with EPIC. Thank you for taking the time to review my resume.
Overview
27
27
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification
Work History
Travel Nurse
Triage Staffing Inc.
LeMars IA, Nebraska
09.2019 - Current
- Evaluated healthcare needs, goals for treatment and available resources of each patient and connected to optimal providers and care
- Trained new nurses in proper techniques, care standards, operational procedures and safety protocols to optimize performance and safety
- Delivered medications via oral, IV and intramuscular injections, monitoring responses to catch and address new concerns
- Delivered outstanding care to patients with various diagnoses and managed care from treatment initiation through to completion
- Administered medications and treatment to patients and monitored responses while working with healthcare teams to adjust care plans
- Informed patients and families of effective treatment options and at-home care strategies, enhancing long-term outcomes
- Reviewed post-operative orders and continuously monitored patients' post-operative vitals, set up PCA and fluids and oriented patients to unit to achieve optimal outcomes
- Taught patients how to improve lifestyle choices, dramatically reducing chance of symptom reoccurrence
- Kept optimal supply levels in treatment rooms, triage and other areas to meet typical patient loads
- Worked with interdisciplinary healthcare team to develop, implement and manage care plans, ensuring inclusion of patients' individual needs
- Documented all patient interactions and interventions in EPIC EMR, including physical and psychological assessments, care plans, treatment and observations
- Documented all elements of care and updated patient charts and confidential files to reflect changes in care plans, interventions applied and observations
- Provided high level of customer service to each person by engaging customer and using active listening and effective interpersonal skills
RN Staff Nurse
Myrtue Medical Center
Harlan , IA
02.2015 - 01.2017
- I was on a process improvement team for most of the two years .I had the opportunity to be working there when we went live with EPIC and I was a superuser as well
- My brain is always working in overtime, looking for a better way to do things. You have such a nice product already but to maintain yourself on the cutting edge I would love to be a part of your team. I have ideas already
- Traveling nurse has given me a little bit of an edge. I again worked in Sioux Falls, South Dakota at Select Specialty, where they also had EPIC,
- I also worked with EPIC in Lincoln and in Omaha. In Lemars, we used Clientware and in Onawa we used CPSI. There are benefits to using EPIC and an alternate programs. There are good and bad to take away from each. It's all about listening to our customers and helping them so can meet there needs and at the same time streamline it as much as posslible
- I have had an opportunity to work with some of your Epic staff and they seem very excited about what they do. If given the opportunity I would work very hard for our customers and for EPIC. I would not disappoint you!
- I have excellent communication skills, look forward to using them with clients, as well as programmers to help descibe what our customers want to see
- Educated family members and caregivers on patient care instructions
- Reported patients' status and delegated nurse assignments to achieve optimal outcomes
- Leveraged feedback and process improvement opportunities to create safer and healthier environment and increase patient satisfaction
- Administered medications and treatment to patients and monitored responses while working with healthcare teams to adjust care plans
- There was a much shorter list of what I didn't do. Otherwise I used the documentation, I helped others use it, I listened to costomers neets. I was very good about looking who this small change might affect
Director of Med-Surg/Critical Care and OB
Burgess Health Center
Onawa, IA
07.2009 - 01.2015
- Managed logistics operations to meet customer expectations and financial standards and policies
- Led [Type] team in delivery of [Type] project requiring close cooperation among members to share information and develop solutions to meet broad array of deliverables
- I oversaw the MedSurg, OB and Critical care
- I also did a lot with problem resolution, which was one of my all time favorite things to do
- At the time I was in this role I was taught how to creat new flowcharts as well, little did I know how much I was going to like that, to teach, to learn and work on problem resolutions everyday
- Created, modified, and executed [Timeframe] business plans to maximize client satisfaction
- I worked with CPSI at that time
Education
High School Diploma -
Dunlap Dow City Arion
Dunlap05.1992
Nursing Diploma
Jennie Edmundson School of Nursing
Council Bluffs, IA05.1995
Bachelors of Science in Nursing
Briar Cliff University
Sioux City, IA05.2003
Skills
- Privacy and confidentiality
- Regulatory compliance
- Charting and clinical documentation
- Patient assessments
- Strong clinical judgment
- Critical care nursing
- Medicaid statutes and regulations
- Data collection and management
- Clinical instruction
- Intravenous therapy
- Medicaid management information systems
- Staff coaching
- Program management
- IV drug therapy management
- Planning and development
- High level of autonomy
- Clinical judgment
- Life skills development
- Work well with others and independently
- Hard worker
- Enjoy working on process improvement
- Willing to take classes if necessary
- Willing to travel
Certification
- BLS
- TNCC - Trauma Nurse Core Course
- Advanced Cardiac Life Support (ACLS) Certification [year to present]
- PALS - Pediatric Advanced Life Support
Additional Information
Employee of the year at Burgess Health Center
Timeline
Travel Nurse
Triage Staffing Inc.
09.2019 - Current
RN Staff Nurse
Myrtue Medical Center
02.2015 - 01.2017
Director of Med-Surg/Critical Care and OB
Burgess Health Center
07.2009 - 01.2015
High School Diploma -
Dunlap Dow City Arion
Nursing Diploma
Jennie Edmundson School of Nursing
Bachelors of Science in Nursing
Briar Cliff University