Melissa Geddie
Auburn,AL
Summary
Dedicated, patient-focused Registered Nurse with over 5 years in Med/Surg Nursing and over 7 years in the medical field looking to attain a PRN, day shift position in the outpatient setting. Striving to provide exceptional, steadfast patient care, display patient advocacy and prioritization, and exercise clinical skills and expertise for a diverse patient population encompassing each client's physical, spiritual, and emotional needs.
Overview
7
7
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification
Work History
Registered Nurse
St. Francis-Emory Healthcare
09.2024 - 04.2025
- Conducted thorough patient assessments to identify changes in condition, promptly notifying physicians and initiating appropriate interventions when necessary.
- Utilized critical thinking skills to prioritize nursing interventions based on patients'' acuity levels and individual needs.
- Administered medications safely according to established guidelines while closely monitoring for side effects or adverse reactions requiring intervention.
- Enhanced patient satisfaction by providing compassionate, holistic nursing care that addressed physical, emotional, and spiritual needs.
- Collaborated with interdisciplinary teams to develop comprehensive treatment plans for complex patients with multiple comorbidities.
- Skillfully managed challenging patient situations using de-escalation techniques, crisis intervention strategies, and therapeutic communication skills.
- Facilitated patient transitions between different levels of care, ensuring continuity of services and minimizing disruptions in treatment plans.
- Patient population: cardiac patients (STEMI, NSTEMI, CHF Exacerbation, Pacemaker placements (Pre and Post), Post Open Heart Procedures, Vascular Procedures, Pre TAVR patients, Pre CABG patients, Pre and Post Heart Catheterizations, patients requiring cardiac drips such as patients in irregular heart rhythms: A-fib with RVR, patients requiring heparin drips (Nurse driven per hospital policy)), Med/Surg patients, patients with Pneumothorax requiring chest tube monitoring per RN, Dialysis patients (Hemo and Peritoneal), patients with acute on chronic illnesses such as COPD Exacerbations, AKI on CKD, Acute on Chronic Respiratory Failure, etc..
Registered Nurse (RN)
East Alabama Health
01.2020 - 07.2024
- Job duties include assessing, administering medications, monitoring telemetry, charting in EMR: Cerner, maintaining patient safety, reporting changes in patient status, providing patient advocacy and privacy, aiding with activities of daily living, performing medical interventions within the scope of practice of a reasonably prudent RN per hospital protocol and licensure, working alongside multi-disciplinary teams such as MDs, DOs, Surgeons, PT, OT, Case Management, Nutritionists, Pharmacy, MCTs, Lab technicians, Blood Bank, etc., to provide compassionate, holistic care in order to promote the best possible patient outcomes and overall patient satisfaction.
- Patient population: pre and post-surgical patients with a specialty in Orthopaedics, acutely ill patients with diagnoses such as Sickle Cell Crisis, DKA, COPD Exacerbation, Covid Positive, GI Bleed, Anemia, Stroke, AKI, Volume Overload, CHF, in-house Hospice patients, palliative care patients, and those in need of Long-Term Care placement.
Multi-care Technician (MCT)
East Alabama Health
11.2017 - 12.2019
- Job duties include aiding in patients’ activities of daily living such as bathing, ambulating, toileting, repositioning, etc.
- Trained in Phlebotomy and collects ordered labs as needed.
- Trained to navigate and chart ADLs, I’s and O’s, and VS in Cerner.
- Trained new employees as a coach.
Education
ADN/Associate Degree in Nursing -
Southern Union State Community College
Opelika, AL12.2019
LPN/Practical Nursing Certificate -
Southern Union State Community College
Opelika, AL05.2019
Skills
- Direct Patient Care
- Patient Assessment
- Patient education and counseling throughout entirety of patient stay, not just discharge
- Patient and Family Advocacy
- Documentation and Charting
- Strong Clinical Judgment
- Medication and IV administration, nursing skills such as IV start and discontinue, urinary catheter insertion and discontinue, nasogastric tube insertion and discontinuation, ordered wound care, rectal tube insertion and discontinuation, restraint initiation, monitoring, and discontinuation, tracheostomy care, etc
- Infection Control Measures
- Professional Bedside Manner
- Telemetry Monitoring
- Precepting
- Patient monitoring with timely physician notification and nursing intervention for changes in patient status
Certification
BLS - Basic Life Support: Attended Renewal Class at EAMC Education Center: 3/20/24
RN Temporary License from Alabama Board of Nursing issued: 12/31/2019
RN Single State License from Alabama Board of Nursing issued: 2/28/2020
RN Multi-State License from Alabama Board of Nursing issued 9/17/2024
Volunteer Work/Leadership
- Volunteered to sit in on and openly participate in a discussion group held by the Alabama Board of Nursing with other SUSCC nursing students spanning from all 5 semesters (October 2019).
- Participated in the can food drive held each fall semester by SUSCC health sciences.
- Participated as a senior nursing student in a NUR 112 (1st semester) skills lab to share advice and guidance about upcoming semesters and personal experiences in nursing school. Also assisted with intradermal, subcutaneous, and intramuscular injections (October 2019).
- Participated in RN Residency Program during 1st year of nursing practice at EAH (2020 – 2021).
- Served as Nurse Coach training new nurses while on orientation as well as a Nurse Preceptor for nursing students in their last semester of nursing school who have embarked on preceptorships required by the college they attend. Additionally, aiding in overseeing nursing students and acting as a resource for these future nurses in the clinical setting.
Preceptorships
- ADN, East Alabama Health: Progressive Care Unit, 10/2019, 11/2019, 120 Hours
- LPN, Chapman Healthcare and Nursing Home: All units (wound care), Summer 2018, 48 Hours
References
- Ha Macdonald, RN, Former Orthopaedic Clinical Coordinator, 5th Telemetry EAH, (334) 663-2174, tht.macdonald@gmail.com
- Paula Capps, RN, Charge RN, 4 North EAH, (334) 332-7581
- Sherry Kosier, RN, Charge RN, 4 North EAH, (256) 794-3218, sherryc1812@gmail.com
- Melanie Creighton, RN, 4 North Nurse Manager EAH, (334) 319-0469
- Jessica Baker, RN, 4 North Nurse Supervisor EAH, (706) 518-9562
- Jenny Hanes, RN, PCN/PCS Telemetry Nurse Manager St. Francis-Emory Healthcare: (706) 593-3548
Timeline
Registered Nurse
St. Francis-Emory Healthcare
09.2024 - 04.2025
Registered Nurse (RN)
East Alabama Health
01.2020 - 07.2024
Multi-care Technician (MCT)
East Alabama Health
11.2017 - 12.2019
ADN/Associate Degree in Nursing -
Southern Union State Community College
LPN/Practical Nursing Certificate -
Southern Union State Community College
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