Rachel Johnson

I am a dedicated and compassionate Registered Nurse (RN) with a progressive career history in direct patient care, triage and care coordination in fast-paced environments. I remain calm under pressure and skillfully handle difficult patients and high-stress situations. Consistently developing strong relationships with patients and families through empathetic communication, respectful attitude and excellent customer service is important to me. After all, it could be me or one of my family members on the other end of a patient-nurse relationship someday.

I have worked in the following areas: Medical Surgical, Triage and Advising, Teaching Nursing students, Assisted Living, Spinal Cord Injury, Long-term Care, Skilled Nursing, Agency Nursing, Home Health(short stent), Hospice?Palliative/Oncology, Teaching, Radiology, and Psych/Detox.

My most recent accomplishment is completion of a Medical Billing and Coding course and will become certified as a CPC in the upcoming months. Although I enjoyed in-person nursing, I now enjoy the changes with my career and dipping my toes into remote work. I enjoy the quiet work environment of my home office and medical coding presents with adequate challenges that hold my interest.

I want to obtain a remote RN position in part because I cannot tolerate long periods of being on my feet. I have suffered some injuries to my ankles/feet and this is my best option for future employment. With many years of experience and proven abilities in Nursing and now in Medical Billing and Coding, I have much to offer in fulfilling a remote position.

Future thoughts: I may obtain RHIT certification down the road, but am not sure yet. Informatics intrigues me, so I will see where that takes me over the next few years.

• Matt Grausam, Regional Advice Supervisor, Kaiser Permanente Call Center, 3175 NW Aloclek Dr., Hillsboro, OR 97124, Matthew.C.Grausam@kp.org, 503-820-5912
• Sharon Brooks, Director of Nursing, Sumner College, 8338 NE Alderwood Rd #100, Portland, OR 97220, brookssa51@hotmail.com, 563-873-3674, P.O. Box 391, McGregor, Iowa 52157
• Christine Bazan-Grow, Colleague, Sumner College, 8338 NE Alderwood Rd #100, Portland, OR 97220, grow7236@comcast.net, 503-750-4937, 13235 SW Glenhaven St, Beaverton, OR 97005
• Tara Blohm, Director of Nursing/Supervisor at LUH, Favorite Healthcare staffing nursing contract at: Lower Umpqua Hospital, 600 Ranch Road, Reedsport, OR 97467, 541-260-1909
• Alex Thrasher, Colleague, Veterans Affairs, 6102 NE 94th Ave Vancouver, WA. 98662, ats287@gmail.com, 360-600-9923
• Julie Mayfield MSN, Supervisor, Veterans Affairs, 908 Umatilla Way, Vancouver, WA 98661, juliemayf@comcast.net, 360-901-5202
• Linda Thornton RN, Colleague/Supervisor, Favorite Healthcare Staffing, Thornton756@gmail.com, 971-219-8143

• RN licensed in Oregon, 200742139RN, 05/22/2025
• RN licensed in Washington, RN00173300, 5/23/2025
• BLS for Healthcare Providers, 06/2025
• HPNA certification, Expired

I advocate for patients at each place of employment. One of my patients, at a coastal hospital I was assigned to, had the worst pneumonia of her life; She also had only one lung as one was removed due to a disease process prior to her admission. During a review of her medications and treatments, there were quite a few things I wanted added on that I thought would be helpful to her recovery. I discussed these with the Respiratory Therapist on duty and he agreed. After making the first two calls to the Cardiologist that was overseeing her that day, I asked the RT to call for the next intervention. Long story short, my patient healed quickly and my coworkers joked that I was going to put the hospital out of business because my interventions were helping heal my patients faster and they were discharging from the hospital. The cardiologist became offended that I thought of interventions he hadn't ordered himself, and while I explained I was just trying to be the best nurse I could be for her, he remained miffed. The patient's family thanked me profusely and said they were praying God would send an amazing nurse and that I was the answer to their prayers.

It is moments like these, that I carry with me to each place that I go, to each interaction that I have with my clients. When I stop caring, I will resign.

• AAPC