Rebekah Eddy
Mount Vernon,Ohio
Summary
Dedicated Critical Care Registered Nurse with 3 years of direct patient care experience. Adept at doctor communication and patient education with extensive knowledge of various forms of treatments and planning long-term for patients. Successful at advocating patient needs and quick diagnoses.
Overview
8
8
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification
Work History
Registered Nurse, Float Pool
Knox Community Hospital
01.2024 - Current
- Served as a resource for other nurses on the Float Pool, offering guidance on policies, procedures, and best practices.
- Mentored new nursing staff, sharing best practices for patient care and fostering a supportive team atmosphere.
- Strengthened relationships between nursing teams across various units through regular collaboration on shared float pool initiatives and projects.
- Promoted patient advocacy by actively participating in interdisciplinary meetings and voicing concerns on behalf of patients.
- Enhanced teamwork among nursing staff through clear communication, active listening, and constructive feedback.
- Improved patient satisfaction by providing high-quality nursing care and addressing individual needs.
- Championed a culture of patient-centered care, consistently demonstrating empathy, respect, and professionalism in all interactions with patients and their families.
- Expanded professional knowledge and maintained licensure by participating in ongoing educational opportunities and conferences related to nursing practice.
- Enhanced patient recovery by closely monitoring vital signs and administering medications as prescribed.
- Streamlined documentation processes by accurately updating electronic health records in a timely manner.
- Provided compassionate end-of-life care, offering emotional support to both patients and their loved ones during difficult times.
- Administered medications and treatments as prescribed by physicians.
- Improved patient satisfaction by delivering compassionate and empathetic care during hospital stays.
- Managed emergency situations with quick decision-making, stabilizing patients for further care.
- Enhanced patient care quality by accurately assessing and recording vital signs and symptoms.
- Conducted patient health evaluations to inform treatment plans, optimizing recovery pathways.
- Analyzed patient feedback to identify areas for improvement, leading to enhancements in service delivery.
- Assisted in surgical procedures, ensuring availability of necessary equipment and supplies for successful outcomes.
- Coordinated with pharmacy staff to ensure timely medication administration, avoiding delays in patient treatment plans.
- Facilitated therapeutic communication, conflict resolution and crisis intervention by redirecting negative behaviors and helping patients regain or improve coping abilities.
- Used first-hand knowledge and clinical expertise to advocate for patients under care and enacted prescribed treatment strategies.
- Communicated with healthcare team members to plan, implement and enhance treatment strategies.
- Collaborated with leadership to devise initiatives for improving nursing satisfaction, retention and morale.
- Provided skilled, timely and level-headed emergency response to critically-ill patients.
- Sustained quality standards by performing routine medication audits and upholding internal and industry best practices.
Registered Nurse, Intensive Care Unit
Knox Community Hospital
10.2021 - 01.2024
- Therapeutic communication with families and patients to support and educate during difficult life events
- Facilitated smooth patient transitions from the ICU to other units by providing detailed reports and recommendations for ongoing care.
- Acting as Charge Nurse
- Maintained confidentiality of sensitive patient information in accordance with HIPAA regulations while fostering trust between medical staff and patients'' families.
- Documented and carried out directives of primary intensivists.
- Recorded patients' medical status and treatment details in electronic charts to accurately document medical care.
- Coordinated with healthcare staff from various disciplines to devise, carry out, and manage personalized care plans to benefit patient health and recovery.
- Evaluated patient histories, complaints, and current symptoms.
- Handled ventilator support, feeding tubes and central lines. Invasive monitoring i.e. swan line, art line, balloon pump, and impella pump.
- Assisted physicians with bedside procedures, ensuring accurate treatment administration and timely patient recovery.
- Demonstrated advanced critical thinking skills while managing complex clinical situations involving multiple organ systems failures in critically ill patients.
- Streamlined workflow by efficiently prioritizing tasks during high-stress situations, leading to better overall performance of the ICU team.
- Mentored new nursing staff, facilitating smooth integration into the ICU unit and promoting a supportive workplace culture.
Patient Care Assistant, Intensive Care Unit
Knox Community Hospital
02.2018 - 10.2021
- Assisted nurses with daily patient care tasks, ensuring timely and efficient medical support.
- Recorded temperature, blood pressure, pulse, or respiration rate as directed by medical or nursing staff.
- Demonstrated strong teamwork skills by collaborating effectively with colleagues and other healthcare professionals to achieve optimal patient outcomes.
- Promoted a positive patient experience by actively listening and empathizing with their needs and emotions.
- Answered call lights and supported patient comfort and safety by adjusting bed rails and equipment.
- Assisted with feeding and monitored intake to help patients achieve nutritional objectives.
- Prioritized confidentiality by diligently adhering to HIPAA regulations when handling sensitive patient information.
- Participated in ongoing training opportunities to stay current on best practices within the field of patient care.
- Attended to patient and family's immediate needs and concerns by acknowledging and providing required attention.
- Supported patients'' physical mobility by assisting with transfers, ambulation, and range of motion exercises as directed by nursing staff.
- Monitored and maintained cleanliness, sanitation, and organization of assigned station and service areas.
- Provided emotional support to patients during difficult moments, fostering trust and rapport.
- Implemented infection control protocols effectively, reducing the spread of illness within the facility.
- Changed linens in rooms, keeping spaces fresh and clean for patient health and satisfaction.
Registered Nurse (New Graduate in orientation), Intensive Care Unit
Ohio State University Wexner Medical Center
05.2021 - 10.2021
- Learning to organize tasks in a way that effectively gets everything completed in a timely fashion
- Identifying medications and explaining uses to patients
- Passing medications according to schedule
- Pulling and returning medications using controlled dispensing system
- Determining patients needs and tending to them using critical thinking skills
- Working with patients families to address concerns
- Communicating professionally and effectively to physicians and other nursing staff
- Relaying pertinent patient information to oncoming nursin
- Collaborated with interdisciplinary teams to develop comprehensive treatment plans for complex patients with multiple comorbidities.
- Assisting physicians withPerforming sterile dressing changes and regular dressing changes
- Adhering to policies and standards
- Researching diagnoses to better understand my patients
- Working as a team with other nursing staff
- Performing care of tracheostomy and endotracheal patients performing proper oral care, suctioning, and dressing changes.
Patient Care Assistant, Intensive Care Unit
Ohio State University Wexner Medical Center
05.2020 - 05.2021
- SAME DUTIES AS PREVIOUS JOB (Additional skills following)
- Collects Blood specimens as needed
- Representative to the Hospital Leadership board for PCA’s
- Representative on Unit Leadership Committee for unit PCA’s
- Assist with developing organization methods for the unit
- Assists with the implementation of organization methods for a consistent performance
- Assisting physicians and nursing staff with sterile procedures and regular procedures.
Barista
Starbucks
08.2017 - 01.2019
- Prepare or serve hot or cold beverages, such as coffee, espresso drinks, blended coffees, or teas
- Clean or sanitize work areas, utensils, or equipment
- Clean service or seating areas
- Check temperatures of freezers, refrigerators, or heating equipment to ensure proper functioning
- Provide customers with product details, such as coffee blend or preparation descriptions
- Receive and process customer payments
- Serve prepared foods, such as muffins, biscotti, or bagels
- Stock customer service stations with paper products or beverage preparation items
- Weigh, grind, or pack coffee beans for customers
- Wrap, label, or date food items for sale
- Serve food, beverages, or desserts to customers
- Perform cleaning duties such as sweeping, mopping, and washing dishes, to keep equipment and facilities sanitary
- Balance receipts and payments in cash registers
- Scrub and polish counters, steam tables, and other equipment, and clean glasses, dishes, and fountain equipment
- Brew coffee and tea, and fill containers with requested beverages
- Take customers' orders and write ordered items on tickets, giving ticket stubs to customers when needed to identify filled orders
- Prepare drinks using standard formulas or following directions.
Office secretary: Dept of Primary and Specialty Care (vascular, urology, nephrology)
Knox Community Hospital
02.2018 - 12.2018
- Check patients in and out
- Collect insurance information and enter it into the computer program
- Adding pertinent patient information to the patients chart
- Updating phone numbers and addresses in the electronic scheduling and charting system
- Schedule patients for appointments
- Enter information for individual new patients into the electronic medical records system and the scheduling system
- Schedule patients for procedures and surgeries
- Scheduling the providers requested testing for patients
- Answering the phone with proper phone etiquette
- Disregarding my personal feelings toward patients in order to treat them all equally and listen to all of their needs individually
- Ordering clinic supplies through a Materials Management program
- Changing the sheets and pillowcases in the patient rooms to prepare the rooms for the next patient
- Completing billing forms for each patient and entering the billing scores into an electronic database
- Providing the doctors with pertinent information for the patients they are seeing
- Searching the patient’s electronic medical records for information that the doctors need
- Processing records requests to be sent to other facilities
- Corresponding with other Doctor’s offices and facilities in order to better each patient’s care
- Scheduling meetings for the providers based on their request
- Communicating with my superiors about the steps that need to be taken to better patient care when a problem is brought up by a patient or co-worker.
Deli Clerk
Kroger
11.2016 - 08.2017
- Clean and sanitize work areas, equipment, utensils, dishes, or silverware
- Store food in designated containers and storage areas to prevent spoilage
- Prepare a variety of foods, such as meats, vegetables, desserts, according to customers' orders or supervisors' instructions, following approved procedures
- Receive and store food supplies, equipment, and utensils in refrigerators, cupboards, and other storage areas
- Carry food supplies, equipment, and utensils to and from storage and work areas
- Use manual or electric appliances to clean, peel, slice, and trim foods
- Inform supervisors when equipment is not working properly and when food and supplies are getting low, and order needed items
- Keep records of the quantities of food used
- Train new employees responsibilities of a deli worker
- Cook food or prepare food items, such as sandwiches, salads, and ice cream dishes, using standard formulas or following directions
- Remove trash and clean kitchen garbage containers
- Check inventory records to determine availability of requested merchandise
- Maintain cleanliness and health department standard of sanitization.
Education
Bachelor of Science - Nursing
Chamberlain College of Nursing
Chicago, IL06.2024
Associates Degree of Nursing -
CENTRAL OHIO TECHNICAL COLLEGE
Newark, OH05.2021
Associates Degree in Music -
MOUNT VERNON NAZARENE UNIVERSITY
Mount Vernon, OH04.2017
High School Diploma -
MOUNT LIBERTY CHRISTIAN ACADEMY (HOME-SCHOOL)
Mount Liberty, OH06.2014
Completed coursework towards Early Education -
CALIFORNIA BAPTIST UNIVERSITY
Riverside, CA05.2015
Skills
- Emergency Care
- Strong Clinical Judgment
- EMR / EHR (Paragon and Epic experience)
- Compassionate and Caring
- Acute care expertise
- Problem-Solving
- Teamwork and Collaboration
- Time Management
Certification
- PALS - Pediatric Advanced Life Support
- ACLS - Advanced Cardiac Life Support
Timeline
Registered Nurse, Float Pool
Knox Community Hospital
01.2024 - Current
Registered Nurse, Intensive Care Unit
Knox Community Hospital
10.2021 - 01.2024
Registered Nurse (New Graduate in orientation), Intensive Care Unit
Ohio State University Wexner Medical Center
05.2021 - 10.2021
Patient Care Assistant, Intensive Care Unit
Ohio State University Wexner Medical Center
05.2020 - 05.2021
Patient Care Assistant, Intensive Care Unit
Knox Community Hospital
02.2018 - 10.2021
Office secretary: Dept of Primary and Specialty Care (vascular, urology, nephrology)
Knox Community Hospital
02.2018 - 12.2018
Barista
Starbucks
08.2017 - 01.2019
Deli Clerk
Kroger
11.2016 - 08.2017
Bachelor of Science - Nursing
Chamberlain College of Nursing
Associates Degree of Nursing -
CENTRAL OHIO TECHNICAL COLLEGE
Associates Degree in Music -
MOUNT VERNON NAZARENE UNIVERSITY
High School Diploma -
MOUNT LIBERTY CHRISTIAN ACADEMY (HOME-SCHOOL)
Completed coursework towards Early Education -
CALIFORNIA BAPTIST UNIVERSITY