Summary
Overview
Work History
Education
Skills
Certification
Awards
References
Timeline
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Michelle McGee, RN

Michelle McGee, RN

Corvallis

Summary

Considerate nurse with a passion for providing excellent patient care. Skilled in collaborating with healthcare teams to identify and implement patient-centered strategies to improve care quality and outcomes. Dedicated to promoting patient education and advocating for evidence-based practice. Eager to contribute to team success and further develop professional skills. Brings positive attitude and commitment to continuous learning and growth.

Overview

19
19
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification

Work History

Clinical Nurse - Bariatric Surgery Center

Salem Hospital
07.2017 - Current
  • Lead daily operations of outpatient clinic including rooming patients, completing initial assessments, providing patient education, updating medical chart.
  • Quality improvement projects around patient wait times, patient care pathways, creation of standard work, improving patient handouts and appointments for non-English speakers, streamlining care for patients with post op nausea and vomiting.
  • Taught a pre-op teaching class for all patients having bariatric surgery twice monthly.
  • Triaged all patient sick calls and facilitated plan of care.
  • Hosted patient support groups.
  • Participation in ambulatory Magnet research project and presentation: Reducing Readmission Rates for Bariatric Surgery Patients
  • Maintained strong working relationships with physicians and ancillary staff, fostering a collaborative approach to patient care delivery.

Clinical Nurse - Operating Room

Salem Hospital
08.2008 - 07.2017
  • Surgical Services, Inpatient and Outpatient Operating Rooms
  • Circulating and scrub nurse duties
  • Part time charge RN
  • Service line coordinator coverage for urology and gynecology specialties
  • Member of bariatric and robotic specialty teams
  • Ability to keep organized, think critically, and work as a team player in a stressful and fast paced environment.

Clinical Nurse - Maternal Child Float Pool

Kaiser Sunnyside Medical Center
01.2006 - 07.2008
  • Care of low risk ante-partum women, mother/baby couplets, and med/surg experience related to cosmetic breast procedures, gynecological and uro-gynecological postoperative patients.
  • Level II newborn nursery experience including: sepsis, hyperbilirubinemia, transitional care, hypoglycemia, and feeder/grower preemies.
  • Patient education and advocacy.

Education

Bachelors of Science in Nursing -

Linfield College
Portland, OR
12.2005

Skills

  • Clinical judgment
  • Care coordination
  • Quality improvement
  • Interdisciplinary collaboration
  • Patient education
  • Medical recordkeeping using Epic EMR and CoverMyMeds
  • Staff education and training
  • Inpatient and Outpatient experience

Certification

Basic Life Support (BLS)

Certified Bariatric Nurse (CBN)

Awards

Daisy Award 2012

Service Excellence Award 2022

References

  • Elisa Bledsoe, Bariatric Clinic Manager/Director of Bariatrics and Anesthesia 503-507-8694
  • Rajan Nair, MD, Bariatric Clinic Surgeon and Medical Director 503-569-5962
  • Gabrielle Powell, MA, Bariatric Clinic Patient Navigator 971-343-2322
  • Eleanor Morrow, RD, Bariatric Dietitian 971-600-8817

Timeline

Clinical Nurse - Bariatric Surgery Center

Salem Hospital
07.2017 - Current

Clinical Nurse - Operating Room

Salem Hospital
08.2008 - 07.2017

Clinical Nurse - Maternal Child Float Pool

Kaiser Sunnyside Medical Center
01.2006 - 07.2008

Bachelors of Science in Nursing -

Linfield College
Michelle McGee, RN