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Stacie Allen

Princeton,WV

Summary

Organized and dependable candidate successful at managing multiple priorities with a positive attitude. Willingness to take on added responsibilities to meet team goals. Proficient and caring nursing team member offering outstanding patient-facing experience. Adept at addressing patient needs with compassionate care and attention to detail. Diligent about maximizing satisfaction, safety and wellness while serving patients of all backgrounds.

Overview

16
16
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification

Work History

Adjunct Professor

Wytheville Community College
09.2022 - Current
  • Built relationships with students, mentoring on personal and professional goals while providing coaching.
  • Taught Labor and Delivery clinicals and providing instruction to up to 9 undergraduate students each clinical. Did a total of 3 sets of clinicals each year.
  • Built strong rapport with students through class discussions and academic advisement.
  • Created excitement and enthusiasm in classroom by delivering engaging subject matter.

Lactation Consultant Nurse

WVUM Princeton Community Hospital
07.2022 - Current
  • Assessed needs of new mothers and advised mothers about child care topics.
  • Demonstrated how to express milk and store it in bottles for later feeds.
  • Continually improved knowledge, skills, and performance based on feedback and self-identified professional developmental needs.
  • Promoted available resources and connected individuals with services.
  • Collaborated with other healthcare professionals to design and deliver health education services to clients.
  • Taught health education classes for community workers and members of public.
  • Created online collection of breastfeeding educational resources for patients and community.
  • Performed daily hospital rounds for all healthcare system maternity wards and facilities.

Registered Nurse, Labor and Delivery

WVUM Princeton Community Hospital
08.2014 - 07.2022
  • Collaborated with physicians to quickly assess patients and deliver appropriate treatment while managing rapidly changing conditions.
  • Administered medications via oral, IV, and intramuscular injections and monitored responses.
  • Administered medications and treatment to patients and monitored responses while working with healthcare teams to adjust care plans.
  • Educated patients, families and caregivers on diagnosis and prognosis, treatment options, disease process, and management and lifestyle options.
  • Provided direct patient care, stabilized patients, and determined next course of action.
  • Trained new nurses in proper techniques, care standards, operational procedures, and safety protocols.
  • Implemented medication and IV administration, catheter insertion, and airway management.
  • Evaluated healthcare needs, goals for treatment, and available resources of each patient and connected to optimal providers and care.
  • Organized and managed care of patients undergoing various therapies and procedures.
  • Advocated for patients by communicating care preferences to practitioners, verifying interventions met treatment goals.
  • Collected blood, tissue, and other laboratory specimens and prepared for lab testing.
  • Oversaw delivery of care for patients on medical-surgical unit, providing direct care, delegating nursing assignments and supervising team comprised of nurses, LPNs, technicians, and unit clerks.
  • Provided didactic and clinical instructions to orient new nurses and potential student nurses to achieve training outcomes.
  • Educated family members and caregivers on patient care instructions.
  • Evaluated patient histories, complaints, and current symptoms.
  • Communicated with healthcare team members to plan, implement and enhance treatment strategies.
  • Documented treatments delivered, medications and IVs administered, discharge instructions, and follow-up care.
  • Explained course of care and medication side effects to patients and caregivers in easy-to-understand terms.
  • Quickly responded to situations impacting safety and security to unit, actualizing crisis prevention interventions to control and de-escalate situations.
  • Facilitated therapeutic communication, conflict resolution and crisis intervention by redirecting negative behaviors and helping patients regain or improve coping abilities.
  • Performed triage on incoming patients.
  • Collaborated with leadership to devise initiatives for improving nursing satisfaction, retention and morale.

Registered Nurse, Emergency Department

WVUM Princeton Community Hospital
12.2012 - 08.2014
  • Collaborated with physicians to quickly assess patients and deliver appropriate treatment while managing rapidly changing conditions.
  • Administered medications via oral, IV, and intramuscular injections and monitored responses.
  • Administered medications and treatment to patients and monitored responses while working with healthcare teams to adjust care plans.
  • Educated patients, families and caregivers on diagnosis and prognosis, treatment options, disease process, and management and lifestyle options.
  • Provided direct patient care, stabilized patients, and determined next course of action.
  • Trained new nurses in proper techniques, care standards, operational procedures, and safety protocols.
  • 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.
  • Organized and managed care of patients undergoing various therapies and procedures.
  • Conferred with physicians to discuss diagnoses and devise well-coordinated treatment approaches.
  • Collected blood, tissue, and other laboratory specimens and prepared for lab testing.
  • Monitored patient condition by interpreting and tracking EKG readings, identifying irregular telemetry readings and updating team members on changes in stability or acuity.
  • Maintained quality care and comfort for patients with heart failure, COPD and other conditions.
  • Educated family members and caregivers on patient care instructions.
  • Evaluated patient histories, complaints, and current symptoms.
  • Documented treatments delivered, medications and IVs administered, discharge instructions, and follow-up care.
  • Monitored patient reactions after administering medications and IV therapies.
  • Provided skilled, timely and level-headed emergency response to critically-ill patients.
  • Conducted ongoing monitoring and evaluations of behaviors and conditions, and updated clinical supervisors with current information.
  • Performed triage on incoming patients and determined severity of injuries and illnesses.

Registered Nurse, Emergency Department

Holston Valley Medical Center
06.2011 - 12.2012
  • Collaborated with physicians to quickly assess patients and deliver appropriate treatment while managing rapidly changing conditions.
  • Administered medications via oral, IV, and intramuscular injections and monitored responses.
  • Administered medications and treatment to patients and monitored responses while working with healthcare teams to adjust care plans.
  • Educated patients, families and caregivers on diagnosis and prognosis, treatment options, disease process, and management and lifestyle options.
  • Provided direct patient care, stabilized patients, and determined next course of action.
  • Trained new nurses in proper techniques, care standards, operational procedures, and safety protocols.
  • Implemented medication and IV administration, catheter insertion, and airway management.
  • Evaluated healthcare needs, goals for treatment, and available resources of each patient and connected to optimal providers and care.
  • Organized and managed care of patients undergoing various therapies and procedures.
  • Conferred with physicians to discuss diagnoses and devise well-coordinated treatment approaches.
  • Collected blood, tissue, and other laboratory specimens and prepared for lab testing.
  • Monitored patient condition by interpreting and tracking EKG readings, identifying irregular telemetry readings and updating team members on changes in stability or acuity.
  • Maintained quality care and comfort for patients with heart failure, pulmonary hypertension, COPD, pneumonia and other conditions.
  • Educated family members and caregivers on patient care instructions.
  • Evaluated patient histories, complaints, and current symptoms.
  • Performed frequent checks on life support equipment and made necessary adjustments to preserve optimal patient conditions.

Associate Clinical Leader

Holston Valley Medical Center
10.2010 - 06.2011
  • Assigned staff according to departmental needs and assigned coverage for staff absences.
  • Assisted in supervision, orientation, training, mentoring, coaching and direction of clinical staff.
  • Conducted performance evaluations and recommended appropriate merit increases.
  • Kept manager informed of activities, needs and problems.
  • Served as a clinical resource to staff, patients and families.
  • Evaluated patient histories, complaints, and current symptoms.
  • Documented patient progress and care interventions in medical records.
  • Participated in quality improvement initiatives to improve patient care.
  • Developed and maintained collaborative relationships with healthcare providers.
  • Developed, implemented and monitored clinical protocols and standards of care.
  • Identified clinical risks and took appropriate preventative actions.
  • Reviewed patient health status and developed individualized care plans.
  • Assessed effectiveness of clinical nursing interventions and programs.
  • Implemented and monitored infection control protocols.
  • Facilitated and attended interdisciplinary meetings to discuss patient care.
  • Monitored clinical staff performance and provided feedback.

Registered Nurse, Medical-Surgical Unit

Holston Valley Medical Center
05.2008 - 10.2010
  • Collaborated with physicians to quickly assess patients and deliver appropriate treatment while managing rapidly changing conditions.
  • Administered medications via oral, IV, and intramuscular injections and monitored responses.
  • Administered medications and treatment to patients and monitored responses while working with healthcare teams to adjust care plans.
  • Educated patients, families and caregivers on diagnosis and prognosis, treatment options, disease process, and management and lifestyle options.
  • Provided direct patient care, stabilized patients, and determined next course of action.
  • Managed care from admission to discharge.
  • Trained new nurses in proper techniques, care standards, operational procedures, and safety protocols.
  • 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.
  • Conferred with physicians to discuss diagnoses and devise well-coordinated treatment approaches.
  • Collected blood, tissue, and other laboratory specimens and prepared for lab testing.
  • Advised patients and caregivers of proper wound management, discharge plan objectives, safe medication use, and disease management.
  • Maintained quality care and comfort for patients with heart failure, pulmonary hypertension, pneumonia, renal failure and other conditions.
  • Administered peritoneal dialysis
  • Oversaw delivery of care for patients on medical-surgical unit, providing direct care, delegating nursing assignments and supervising team comprised of nurses, LPNs, technicians, and unit clerks.
  • Managed quality care for patients with heart failure, end-stage renal disease and coronary artery disease.
  • Provided didactic and clinical instructions to orient new nurses and potential student nurses to achieve training outcomes.
  • Evaluated patient histories, complaints, and current symptoms.
  • Communicated with healthcare team members to plan, implement and enhance treatment strategies.
  • Documented treatments delivered, medications and IVs administered, discharge instructions, and follow-up care.
  • Quickly responded to situations impacting safety and security to unit, actualizing crisis prevention interventions to control and de-escalate situations.
  • Offered exceptional care and support to individuals recovering from acute incidents and dealing with chronic conditions.
  • Recorded details regarding therapies to keep patient charts updated.
  • Promoted patient and family comfort during challenging recoveries to enhance healing and eliminate non-compliance problems.
  • Collaborated with leadership to devise initiatives for improving nursing satisfaction, retention and morale.
  • Participated in evidence-based practice project implementation, nursing competency development and nursing simulation activities.


Education

Bachelor of Science - Nursing

King University
Bristol, TN
12.2009

Associate of Science - Nursing

Bluefield State University
Bluefield, WV
05.2008

High School Diploma -

Wyoming East High School
New Richmond, WV
05.2004

Skills

  • Lactation Instruction
  • Emergency Response
  • Charting
  • Emergent Care
  • Medical and Nursing Coordination
  • Care Plan Evaluation
  • Patient and Infant Care
  • Direct Counseling
  • Interventions Understanding
  • Presentation Skills
  • Prevention Strategies
  • Health Education Classes

Certification

  • IBCLC - International Board Certified Lactation Consultant
  • CLC - Certified Lactation Counselor
  • RNC-OB- Certified in Inpatient Obstetric Care
  • C-EFM- Certification in Electronic Fetal Monitoring
  • AWHONN Fetal Intermediate Monitor Instructor
  • NRP- Neonatal Resuscitation Instructor
  • ACLS- Advanced Cardiac Life Support Instructor
  • BLS- Basic Life Support Instructor

Timeline

Adjunct Professor

Wytheville Community College
09.2022 - Current

Lactation Consultant Nurse

WVUM Princeton Community Hospital
07.2022 - Current

Registered Nurse, Labor and Delivery

WVUM Princeton Community Hospital
08.2014 - 07.2022

Registered Nurse, Emergency Department

WVUM Princeton Community Hospital
12.2012 - 08.2014

Registered Nurse, Emergency Department

Holston Valley Medical Center
06.2011 - 12.2012

Associate Clinical Leader

Holston Valley Medical Center
10.2010 - 06.2011

Registered Nurse, Medical-Surgical Unit

Holston Valley Medical Center
05.2008 - 10.2010

Bachelor of Science - Nursing

King University

Associate of Science - Nursing

Bluefield State University

High School Diploma -

Wyoming East High School

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