Sarah Kager
Alliance
Summary
Patient-oriented nursing professional with several years of hands-on experience in delivering quality direct and indirect patient care to individuals. Skillfully completes tasks and fosters relationships with patients, caregivers and coworkers to drive patient care goals to improve overall health.
Overview
8
8
years of professional experience
2009
2009
years of post-secondary education
Work History
Licensed Practical Nurse
Sanctuary Grande
North Canton
01.2025 - Current
- Provided comprehensive patient care in a fast-paced assisted living facility, supporting a diverse patient population and ensuring adherence to all nursing protocols and safety regulations.
- Medication administration and treatments per physician orders. Administering end of life comfort care medications per physician orders. Maintaining count of narcotic medications with incoming and outgoing shifts.
- Monitoring vitals and resident status and inform physician/ family of change in status. Send to emergency department if appropriate.
- Effectively communicate with residents, family members/POA’s, physicians, colleagues, management following HIPPA guidelines.
- Assisted residents with daily living activities and personal care needs. Delegating tasks to resident care companions ensuring quality resident care while maintaining resident dignity.
- Requesting medication refills when needed communicating with family members and pharmacies.
- Documented patient information accurately in electronic health records system following facility protocol.
Licensed Practical Nurse
Alliance Family Health Center
Alliance
06.2024 - 01.2025
- Performed physical assessments, including vital signs and health history documentation.
- Reviewed hospital discharge paperwork and followed up with patients regarding recent hospitalization and schedule office appointment if needed.
- Completed PRAF form for Ohio department of medicaid for new OBGYN patients.
- Reviewed completed forms of Social Determinents of Health to assist patients with obtaining resources to help facilitate community resources such as transportation, housing, utility assistance and food resources.
- Assisted with food voucher program for patients with food insecurities to ensure access to healthy food options.
- Roomed new obstetric patients and prepare EMR for first appointment with provider. Obtained vitals, reviewed medications, allergies, medical/surgical history and update EMR as appropriate. Placed lab orders per provider standing orders, drawing blood specimens, obtaining urine samples and pregnancy tests.
- Effectively communicated with patients, providers, colleagues and management. Reached out to patients regarding resource information and provider messages.
Licensed Practical Nurse
LifeCare Family Health & Dental Center
Massillon
05.2023 - 06.2024
- Operated as a phone nurse answering incoming phone calls from patients and outside facilities, responding to voicemails relaying questions/concerns and requests to patients assigned PCP and relaying responses to patients in a timely manner following HIPPA guidelines and facility protocol. Informing parties of lab results provider message.
- Spoke with pharmacies regarding medication refills and medication requests.
- Initiating prior authorizations for medications/ procedures and following up with responses.
- Rooming patients obtaining vitals, updating medical and surgical history in EMR, performing visual acuity for well child visits, EKGs and blood glucose as ordered by physician. Administered vaccines as appropriate and ordered by provider.
- Obtained release of information to obtain patients medical records and faxing out to appropriate entity.
Licensed Practical Nurse
Comprehensive Pain Management Specialists
Green
10.2022 - 04.2023
- Pre-op and post-op phone calls reviewing patient information for upcoming procedures and following up post procedure.
- Prior to procedure, prepared patients for procedures/injections by obtaining vitals, reviewing allergies, medical history and discussing the scheduled procedure.
- Initiating IV’s
- Post procedure, monitored patient for adverse reactions/complications and respond with appropriate treatment. Monitored vitals.
- Safely discharged patients once discharge requirements were met per MD orders and facility protocol.
- Effectively communicated with patients, family members, colleagues, physicians and management.
- Prepared patients for in office visit with pain management provider, obtaining vitals, reviewing medical/surgical history and addressed patient concerns, documenting appropriately in EMR per facility protocol.
- Obtained urine and saliva drug screen informing provider of results prior to office visit.
Licensed Practical Nurse
LifeCare Family Health & Dental Center
Canton
06.2021 - 10.2022
- Rooming patients for office visit obtaining vitals, reviewing allergies, medical and surgical history and updating EMR, performing visual acuity for well child visits, discussing patient concerns and reporting information to the provider.
- Performed EKG’s, obtained blood glucose and administered vaccines when appropriate, updating in patients medical records.
- Obtained release of information and faxed out to appropriate entity to obtain medical records following HIPPA guidelines.
- Answered patient phone calls and voicemails responding in a timely manner resolving patient concerns.
- Communicated appropriately with patients, family members, physicians, colleagues, management, and interpreters.
- Completed tasks assigned to me and calling patients to inform of lab and radiology results, medication changes, provider messages and other pertinent information for patient per provider.
- Appropriate documenting in patients EMR following facility protocol. Initiating prior authorizations per request and following up appropriately.
Licensed Practical Nurse
St. Joseph’s Senior Living
Louisville
08.2020 - 06.2021
- Following residents care plan, administering medications and treatments as ordered per physician orders. Obtaining blood sugars, scheduling lab orders per physician, obtaining urine/stool specimens for lab send out. I taking vitals and monitoring resident status reporting any changes to physician and family members/POA.
- When appropriate, administer vaccines per facility protocol, completing Covid-19 testing for residents and staff per policy. Prepare resident packets for outside facility appointments. Receive and give shift report to incoming and outgoing staff members.
- Delegate tasks to resident care assistants/STNA’s per protocol.
- Stock medications cart and order residents medications when needed.
- Document appropriately and accurately in resident EMR.
Licensed Practical Nurse
One Health Ohio
Youngstown
01.2020 - 08.2020
- Reviewing patients medical chart, medications, allergies, medical/surgical history ensuring updated accurate information verified by patient. Rooming patients obtaining vitals,
- Completing EKG’s blood sugars, A1C urine samples and urinalysis per physician orders. Administer vaccines per orders and document appropriately in EMR.
- Reports patient concerns and patient status to medical provider. Communicating with medical providers, colleagues, patients and family members following HIPPA guidelines. Obtained medical records from outside facilities per signed release of information from the patient.
- Complete tasks assigned to me by calling patients, pharmacies, outside facilities with lab results, pertinent information and medical health questions per provider approval and following HIPPA.
- Ensured patient compliance with care plan, vision and hearing acuity screens for children, SBIRT and CRAFFY screenings. Completing hemoglobin and lead finger sticks.
- Document appropriately and accurately in patients EMR following facility protocol.
Licensed Practical Nurse
CommQuest Services
Alliance
12.2017 - 01.2020
- Drug and alcohol detox facility. Answering phone calls to screen potential clients for admission to unit. Meet with clients in hospital emergency department for additional screening.
- Reporting SBAR with medical provider, communicating with clients family members per HIPPA.
- Reading lab results and appropriately document in clients EMR.
- Obtaining vitals, medication administration via PO, IM and insulin administration as needed following physician orders.
- Completing head to toe assessment, urine drug screen and breathalyzer as ordered.
- Reinforced client education and encouraged clients to follow provider recommendations.
- Counting narcotic medications, administering subutex/suboxone on both inpatient and outpatient clients.
- Ensured client’s care plan was being following appropriately per physician orders.
- My supervisor had praised my ability to effectively communicate with clients and my ability to out client care first and foremost.
Education
LPN - Licensed Practical Nurse
Robert T. White School of Practical Nursing
Alliance, OH 09.2015 - 09.2017
Kenmore High School
Akron, OHSkills
- Medication administration
- Administering injections
- Review medical records
- Electronic health records
- Vital signs monitoring
- Patient assessment
- IV certification
- Medical terminology
- Time management
Timeline
Licensed Practical Nurse
Sanctuary Grande
01.2025 - Current
Licensed Practical Nurse
Alliance Family Health Center
06.2024 - 01.2025
Licensed Practical Nurse
LifeCare Family Health & Dental Center
05.2023 - 06.2024
Licensed Practical Nurse
Comprehensive Pain Management Specialists
10.2022 - 04.2023
Licensed Practical Nurse
LifeCare Family Health & Dental Center
06.2021 - 10.2022
Licensed Practical Nurse
St. Joseph’s Senior Living
08.2020 - 06.2021
Licensed Practical Nurse
One Health Ohio
01.2020 - 08.2020
Licensed Practical Nurse
CommQuest Services
12.2017 - 01.2020
LPN - Licensed Practical Nurse
Robert T. White School of Practical Nursing
09.2015 - 09.2017
Kenmore High School