Shelly Hostetter
Bedford,IN
Summary
- Skilled nursing professional with more than 20 years of experience and passion for providing highest quality of behavioral and medical care. Compassionate and empathetic advocate for patients and families. Skillfully assesses health status, develops diagnoses and manages care for patients with acute and chronic concerns. Experienced in structured and unstructured environments, smoothly coordinating multiple activities and competing priorities. Organized and dependable candidate successful at managing multiple priorities with a positive attitude. Willingness to take on added responsibilities to meet team goals. Detail-oriented team player with strong organizational skills. Ability to handle multiple projects simultaneously with a high degree of accuracy.
Overview
16
16
years of professional experience
Work History
Staff Nurse
ICFR
07.2020 - Current
- Performed various nursing interventions such as wound dressing, vital sign monitoring, and specimen collection.
- Administered medications via oral, and intramuscular injections and monitored responses.
- Assessed physical, psychological, physiologic, and cognitive status of patients.
- Monitored patients' conditions and reported changes in physical presentation, appearance, and behavior to discuss treatment with physicians.
- Updated patient charts with data such as medications to keep records current and support accurate treatments.
- Collaborated with physicians, pharmacists and therapists to deliver quality, evidence-based care.
- Collected blood an other laboratory specimens and prepared for lab testing.
- Educated patients caregivers on diagnosis and prognosis, treatment options, disease process, and management and lifestyle options.
- Precepted student nurses and oriented new hires, providing guidance and mentorship when teaching on hospital policies, emergency procedures, and nursing best practices.
- Communicated with healthcare team members to plan, implement and enhance treatment strategies.
- Explained course of care and medication side effects to patients and caregivers in easy-to-understand terms.
- Used first-hand knowledge and clinical expertise to advocate for patients under care and enacted prescribed treatment strategies.
Staff Nurse
Garden Villa
03.2008 - 07.2020
- Assessed physical, psychological, physiologic, and cognitive status of patients.
- Administered medications via oral, IV, and intramuscular injections and monitored responses.
- Monitored patients' conditions and reported changes in physical presentation, appearance, and behavior to discuss treatment with physicians.
- Implemented medication and IV administration, catheter insertion, and airway management.
- Updated patient charts with data such as medications to keep records current and support accurate treatments.
- Collected blood, tissue, and other laboratory specimens and prepared for lab testing.
- Collaborated with physicians, pharmacists and therapists to deliver quality, evidence-based care.
- Educated patients, families and caregivers on diagnosis and prognosis, treatment options, disease process, and management and lifestyle options.
- Coordinated patient discharge planning to provide post-discharge patient care, promoting healing and recovery.
- Directed patient care by initiating and following through with plan of care, continuing care, and discharge instructions.
Education
LPN - Nursing
Ivy Tech
Bloomington, IN01.2001
Skills
- Vaccine Administration
- Case Management
- Care Planning
- Tracheostomy Care
- Specimen Collection
- Chronic Disease Management
- Patient Education
- EMR / EHR
- Medication Administration
- Wound Care
- Emergency Procedures
- Skill Development
- Patient Care
- Intake and Discharge
- Mental Health Nursing
- Community Health
- Critical Thinking
- Medical Terminology
- Patient Assessment
- Problem Solving
- Diabetes Management
- Rehabilitation Nursing
- Vitals Monitoring
- Student Precepting
- Patient Condition Monitoring
- Documentation
- Patient Examination
- Needs Assessment
- Care Coordination
- Geriatric Nursing
- Nursing Process
- Emergency Care
Timeline
Staff Nurse
ICFR
07.2020 - Current
Staff Nurse
Garden Villa
03.2008 - 07.2020
LPN - Nursing
Ivy Tech
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