Summary
Overview
Work History
Education
Skills
Certification
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Morgan Fortney

Rittman,OH

Summary

Experienced nursing professional bringing demonstrated clinical expertise, leadership skills and technical knowledge. Proficient in updating charts, monitoring medications and working with multidisciplinary teams to optimize patient care. Quality-driven and efficient with strong interpersonal abilities. Compassionate healthcare professional with a background in nursing, known for high productivity and efficient task completion. Skilled in patient care management, emergency response, and infection control. Excel at communication, teamwork, and empathy, ensuring optimal patient outcomes and collaborative healthcare environments.

Overview

14
14
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification

Work History

Registered Nurse

Knox Community Hospital
10.2023 - Current
  • Intake of patients, collection of specimens/cultures, Clinitek interpretation, assisting with cystoscopy, catheter changes, uroflow, bladder scan, injections of testosterone, Eligard, Lupron, ear lavage, ECGs, medication administration, and notifying patients of MD requests or recommendations.
  • Assessed patient conditions, monitored behaviors and updated supervising physicians with observations and concerns.
  • Adhered to infection control procedures to facilitate safe, clean patient environment.
  • Ensured compliance with regulatory agencies such as The Joint Commission and Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services.
  • Collaborated with physicians, nurses, therapists, social workers and other healthcare professionals to develop individualized treatment plans for each patient.

Licensed Practical Nurse

Mansfield Veterans Affairs CBOC
05.2022 - 07.2023
  • Initial intake of patients involving addressing reminders, obtaining vital signs, warm handoffs for mental health crisis
  • Contacting by telephone and advising patients on results of swabs and biopsies, as directed by MD, and directing patient to plan of care
  • Contact patients as needed to expedite clinic needs

Licensed Practical Nurse

Veterans Affairs, Women's Health
Cleveland, Ohio
06.2019 - 05.2022
  • Consistently collect, label, and place requisition with vaginal/cervical swabs and biopsies and deliver to appropriate labs
  • Other duties including but not limited to competencies to; Obtain and perform POC pregnancy testing as needed prior to procedures
  • Competencies on POC strep throat and flu testing completed
  • Assist patient during OB/GYN procedures clarifying patient comfort and needs
  • Ascertain that patient post-procedure has home going instructions for care and follow up
  • Assist with room stocking of supplies, checking for out-dating of expiration dates, ensure cleanliness of room, exam table
  • Establishing professional nurse patient rapport
  • Assisting with tracking of PAP E CONSULTS, assisting with tracking of biopsy results, assisting with tracking of contraceptive insertion
  • Chart review for patient PAP recommendations, PAP E Consult results note and patient letter
  • Received a thank you letter from the director's office of positive feedback for my professionalism in dealing with a Veteran
  • Contacting by telephone and advising patients on results of swabs and biopsies, as directed by MD, and directing patient to plan of care
  • Contact patients as needed to expedite clinic needs
  • Oriented to Mental Health and Primary Care teams and cover these areas as assigned
  • Surgical coordinator for OB/GYN MD

Licensed Practical Nurse

O'Neill Healthcare
North Ridgeville, Ohio
01.2018 - 06.2019
  • Company Overview: SNF & ALF
  • Delivering subcutaneous, intramuscular, and intradermal injections, administering, and dispensing medication, conducting full body assessments, giving breathing treatments, taking vitals, toileting patients, inserting a Foley Catheter, IV- Therapy, wound care upon per nursing judgment and as directed
  • SNF & ALF

Military Police Sergeant

Ohio Army National Guard
Youngstown, Ohio
11.2010 - 11.2018
  • Police Intelligence Operations (enhances situational awareness for the maneuver commander by providing another source of information that could lead to the production of actionable intelligence or prosecutorial evidence)
  • Internment/Resettlement Operations (includes US military prisoners as well as enemy combatants)
  • Law & Order Operations (law enforcement on US installations and host nation police force development)
  • Area Security Operations (to include critical site security as well as response force operations)
  • Maneuver and Mobility Support Operations (such as route reconnaissance or surveillance)

Education

Registered Nurse -

Hondros College of Nursing
Westerville, Ohio
06.2023

Licensed PracMcal Nurse - Diploma -

Hondros College of Nursing
Independence, Ohio
06.2016

Skills

  • Performing trachea care
  • Administering breathing treatments
  • Taking vitals
  • Toileting patients
  • Inserting a Foley Catheter/SPT
  • Vaccine administration
  • Delivering subcutaneous injections
  • Delivering intramuscular injections
  • Delivering intradermal injections
  • Administering medication
  • Dispensing medication
  • Conducting full body assessments
  • Delegating tasks
  • Patient care
  • Assisting with PAP collection
  • IUD insertion
  • IUD removal
  • Assisting with Colposcopy/Cystoscopy
  • Nexplanon insertion
  • Nexplanon removal
  • Collection of AFFIRM swabs
  • Collection of EXPERT swabs
  • Clinic LEEP procedure
  • Performing ECGs

Certification

  • IV Certified
  • BLS - American Red Cross

References

  • Karyanne Spangler, (419) 961-2195
  • Gail Webbs, (440) 227-8783
  • Dr. Sophia Reljanovic, (440) 263-2292

Timeline

Registered Nurse

Knox Community Hospital
10.2023 - Current

Licensed Practical Nurse

Mansfield Veterans Affairs CBOC
05.2022 - 07.2023

Licensed Practical Nurse

Veterans Affairs, Women's Health
06.2019 - 05.2022

Licensed Practical Nurse

O'Neill Healthcare
01.2018 - 06.2019

Military Police Sergeant

Ohio Army National Guard
11.2010 - 11.2018

Registered Nurse -

Hondros College of Nursing

Licensed PracMcal Nurse - Diploma -

Hondros College of Nursing

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