Sarah Westdale

Work History

Longview School District

Longview, WA

01.2022 - 12.2024

Assisted school nurses with health screenings, immunizations, vision and hearing exams.
Maintained confidentiality and HIPAA regulations.
Provided basic first aid care to students in the event of minor injuries or illnesses.
Maintained accurate records of student health information and documentation for compliance purposes.
Administering medications and monitoring diabetic students.
Ensured that all necessary supplies were available at each assigned school location.
Educated teachers, administrators and parents about the health needs of individual students.
Respond and assist medical emergencies on campus.
Educated patients and parents on disease prevention and health maintenance.

Revive Medical Aesthetics

Longview, WA

01.2019 - 01.2022

Duties include performing various client services, such as beauty and esthetician procedures.
Customer service specialist, including scheduling patients.
Administering Vaccines.
Wound care.
Phlebotomy.
Administering skin treatments.
Monitoring vital signs and administering Nitrous Oxide.
Sterilizing equipment and equipment maintenance.
Procedure room sterilization.
Taking inventory and reordering supplies.
Telephone triage and advice, including pre- and post-op procedure instruction.
Assisting during medical procedures.

Kaiser Permanente

Longview, WA

01.2010 - 01.2015

Company Overview: Health Care Team, Occupational Health, Urology Lead Nurse
Provide nursing and administrative support to clinicians and other healthcare team members, while rendering a variety of healthcare services to patients.
Clinical duties involve both direct and indirect patient care activities, requiring both simple and complex nursing knowledge and skills.
Focused/limited nursing assessment and triage skills on routine or self-limiting health conditions, critical thinking, communication, problem-solving, and decision-making skills in order to meet patient needs, contribute to a positive care experience, and work environment.
Nursing skills include: cleaning lacerations using a sterile process, prepping patients for procedures using sterile process, sterilizing cystoscopes, dressing changes, burn treatment, administering IM medications, ordering lab tests and imaging, refilling medication, administering immunizations, PPD testing, performing audiograms, spirometry, urine drug screens, vision screening, reporting results to employers, patient education on the use of splints, home care, and discharge instructions, rescheduling patients for future appointments, documentation per protocol, message management, and obtaining outside records.

St. Johns Medical Center

Longview, WA

01.2007 - 01.2010

Assist with patient care and treatment, including providing treatment supplies when needed, application of sterile dressings, restraint procedures, immobilization of extremities, cast and splint application, and documentation per protocol.
Cleaning wounds using sterile procedures, obtaining EKGs, vital signs, assisting physician in exams and procedures when needed, and reporting findings to nurse and physician.
Collecting and delivering specimens to the laboratory, urine dips, glucose levels, HCG tests, and notifying MD of results in a timely manner.
Provided emotional support to patients and families during times of distress in the Emergency Department.

St. Johns Medical Center

Longview, WA

01.2005 - 01.2007

Responsible for basic patient care which includes: obtaining vital signs, Inputs and outputs, assisting with meals, bathing, basic hygiene, transferring patients, obtaining glucose levels and wound prevention measures
Knows and demonstrates knowledge of patient safety at all times including when a patient is secluded or is on suicidal precautions
Demonstrates the ability to assess pain, implement and evaluate individual patient care appropriately to the age of patients served by demonstration knowledge of principals of growth and development over the life span.