Patricia Steffek
Cornerstone Specialty Hospital
Temple,TX
32
years of professional experience
Compassionate Registered Nurse with over 20 years of clinical experience delivering evidence-based patient care through assessments and treatment planning. Collaborated with multidisciplinary teams in geriatrics, long-term care, rehabilitation, home health care, and hospice. Prioritized patient needs while adapting to changing situations, ensuring compliance with healthcare standards and enhancing patient outcomes through supportive care.
Work History
Wound Care Registered Nurse
2 Months- Implemented evidence-based protocols to ensure compliance with best practices in wound care.
- Assessed and documented patient wound conditions to develop effective care plans.
- Collaborated with multidisciplinary teams to optimize patient outcomes and enhance care strategies.
- Educated patients and families on wound management techniques, leading to improved self-care practices.
Wound Care RN
3 Years 5 Months- Collaborated with interdisciplinary team to develop and implement tailored wound therapy plans
- Collaborate with interdisciplinary team members to determine appropriate wound therapy
- Close monitoring to ensure appropriate wound healing
- Monitored wound healing progress to ensure optimal recovery outcomes
RN Case Manager
9 Months- Consulted with the physician and office to provide details about patient care
- Conduct OASIS data collection with precision
- Maintained current medication profile to support effective patient management
- Reported lab values to physician promptly for timely patient interventions
- Ensure lab values have been reported to the physician timely
- Consult as needed with the physician and the office giving details about patient care
- Dress open wounds and assess progress of healing
RN Field Nurse
1 Year 3 Months- Coordinated patient care delivery with healthcare team to ensure comprehensive treatment
- Use the nursing process to assess and identify nursing diagnoses based on responses to health problems
- Develop and implement an individualized plan of care for each patient
- Conducted accurate clinical assessments to guide effective patient care decisions
- Collaborate with occupational and physical therapists, physicians, and other healthcare team members involved in the patient treatment plan
- Establish rapport and build trust with patients, families, and the healthcare team
- Established rapport and built trust with patients and families to enhance care engagement
- Administered IV medications and provided PICC/Central Line care in a clinical setting.
- Performed tracheostomy care to maintain airway patency and prevent complications.
LVN/PRN Staff Nurse
1 Year 2 Months- Perform routine diagnostic procedures like measuring and recording vital signs and collaborate with healthcare team in the planning and execution of medical interventions.
- Facilitated effective communication with healthcare team and patients to ensure accurate information exchange.
- Administered patient physical examinations and documented status.
- Dressed open wounds and assessed progress of healing.
- Administered vaccines and performed catheterizations.
- Conducted patient physical examinations and documented findings.
- Requested specific laboratory tests to evaluate patient conditions.
- Interacted with patients while utilizing superior communication skills to obtain details about health status.
- Dressed open wounds and monitored healing progress to support optimal patient recovery.
- Collaborated with occupational and physical therapists, physicians, and other healthcare team members involved in the patient treatment plan.
- Demonstrate ability with medical equipment technology, computer systems, and medical terminology.
- Maintained detailed and accurate documentation of interventions with patients and entered patient data into digital medical records systems.
- Established rapport and built trust with patients, families, and the healthcare team.
- Cultivated rapport and trust with patients, families, and healthcare team to enhance care collaboration.
LVN Staff Nurse
24 Years 8 Months- Facilitated clinical and quality nursing care to enhance daily functioning and quality of life for patients.
- Administered intravenous fluids, oral medication, enemas, and topical ointments as prescribed by physician.
- Monitored patients to identify any acute decline in health and administered emergency care, if required.
- Advised patients and families on preventive care and treatment plan updates while maintaining accurate documentation of interventions and healthcare outcomes.
- Assisted with bathing and hygiene procedures.
- Administered intravenous fluids, oral medication, enemas, and topical ointments according to physician's orders.
- Responded to patient calls and determined how best to provide assistance.
- Provided assistance with bathing and hygiene tasks for patients to maintain their personal cleanliness.
- Communicated effectively in both giving and receiving information from healthcare team and patients.
- Advised patients and families on preventive care, treatment plan updates, and maintained detailed and accurate documentation of patient interventions and healthcare outcomes.
- Functioned holistically with patients and families and provided a warm and compassionate point of contact.
- Provided comfort to patients through treatment of pressure areas and wounds, administration of enemas, and insertion of urinary catheters.
- Recommended devices and tools that might improve quality of life for patients.
- Spent one-on-one personal time with patients and consistently carried out duties with patient welfare, comfort, and safety in mind.
- Implemented palliative and end-of-life care to ensure patient comfort and well-being.
- Provided warm emotional support to patients and family members experiencing pain, stress, shock, or grief.
Education
Associate of Applied Science - Nursing
Licensed Vocational Nurse - Vocational Nursing
Skills
Wound care management
Ethical compliance
Research application
Wound assessment techniques
Critical Thinking & Attention to detail
Patient & Family Teaching
Patient documentation
Timeline
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Galen College of Nursing
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