Sandy Hepper BSN, RN
Meridian,Idaho
Summary
Registered nurse with over 21 years of experience. Accomplished RN holding various positions providing high quality compassionate patient care. Nursing background includes working in family practice, developing strong relationships with patients, and individualized patient care in fast paced environment. Those skills have served as a valuable foundation allowing me to advance my career.
Overview
25
25
years of professional experience
Work History
Surgical Prep/PACU, RN
Southwest Idaho Surgery Center
11.2024 - Current
- Chart Prep for ENT Ambulatory Surgery Center, which requires gathering information from multiple online sources, preparing documents for review prior to confirming patient's ASA score and/or risk for complications during surgery or recovering at SWISC.
- Prep patients for ENT surgeries.
- Recover patients after ENT surgeries.
Surgical Prep/POHA RN
Saint Alphonsus Day Surgery
11.2021 - 10.2024
- Responsible for prepping patients before surgery, documenting and communicating any concerns to care team.
- Assisted anesthesiologists while performing various regional nerve blocks for postoperative pain control.
- Monitored patients at bedside while administering sedating medication under the direction of the anesthesiologists.
Annual Wellness Visit Specialist RN
Family Health Care
01.2017 - 01.2021
- Conducted thorough interviews with patients, collected required data from patient and EHR, interpreted and analyzed data, accurate documentation completed according to employer and Medicare guidelines.
- Educated patients on current Medicare recommendations/screenings covered and created an individualized care plan to include their current diagnoses.
- Updated entire EHR for each if needed based on new data collected during visit.
Registered Nurse
Family Health Care
06.2004 - 04.2010
- Worked with various providers caring for diverse patients, in very fast paced environment.
- Collaboration and being a team player were key, in making sure patient’s needs were met.
- Each day was different and each patient had different care plans that needed to be implemented and completed before the patient’s visit ended.
- Accurate documentation and making sure details were not missed were necessary, to perform well in this position.
Medical Records Specialist
Family Health Care
06.2000 - 06.2004
- Created and implemented a policy for sending medical records.
Education
Bachelor Science of Nursing -
Boise State University
Boise, IDSkills
- ACLS/PALS Certified
- OSHA Officer
- IV Placement and Management
- Preceptor
- HIPAA Privacy Officer
- Complex Care Coordination
References
Available upon request
Timeline
Surgical Prep/PACU, RN
Southwest Idaho Surgery Center
11.2024 - Current
Surgical Prep/POHA RN
Saint Alphonsus Day Surgery
11.2021 - 10.2024
Annual Wellness Visit Specialist RN
Family Health Care
01.2017 - 01.2021
Registered Nurse
Family Health Care
06.2004 - 04.2010
Medical Records Specialist
Family Health Care
06.2000 - 06.2004
Bachelor Science of Nursing -
Boise State University