Twyla Kreiner
Wichita,KS
Summary
Skilled nursing professional with more than 10 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.
Overview
15
15
years of professional experience
Work History
Staff Nurse
Ascension Via Christi St. Teresa Emergency Departm
Wichita, Kansas
09.2014 - 05.2021
- Performed various nursing interventions such as wound dressing, vital sign monitoring and specimen collection.
- Identified patient care requirements by establishing personal rapport with patients and families.
- Educated patients, families and caregivers on diagnosis and prognosis, treatment options, disease process and management and lifestyle options.
- Taught patients how to improve lifestyle choices, dramatically reducing chance of symptom reoccurrence.
- Updated patient charts with data such as medications to keep records current and support accurate treatments.
- Implemented medication and IV administration, catheter insertion and airway management.
- Directed patient care by initiating and following through with plan of care, continuing care and discharge instructions.
- Assessed physical, psychological, physiologic and cognitive status of patients.
- Collected blood, tissue and other laboratory specimens and prepared for lab testing.
- Promoted patient independence by teaching self-care skills.
- Managed elements of patient care from admission to discharge or transfer to other units.
- Identified learning needs of patients and families and responded with advocacy and health education.
- Monitored patients' conditions and reported changes in physical presentation, appearance and behavior to discuss treatment with physicians.
- Administered medications via oral, IV and intramuscular injections and monitored responses.
- Informed patients and families of effective treatment options and at-home care strategies, enhancing long-term outcomes.
- Conferred with physicians to discuss diagnoses and devise well-coordinated treatment approaches.
Staff Nurse, ER
Wesley Medical Center, Emergency Room
Wichita, KS
08.2006 - 06.2014
- Monitored patients' conditions and reported changes in physical presentation, appearance and behavior to discuss treatment with physicians.
- Formulated plans for nursing measures to restore, maintain and promote patients' physical and mental health.
- Directed patient care by initiating and following through with plan of care, continuing care and discharge instructions.
- Assessed medical status of patients pre- and post-operation by checking vital parameters and supervising food intake.
- Promoted patient independence by teaching self-care skills.
- Informed patients and families of effective treatment options and at-home care strategies, enhancing long-term outcomes.
- Implemented medication and IV administration, catheter insertion and airway management.
Education
Associate of Arts - Nursing
Cerritos College
Norwalk, CA1986
Skills
- Intake and discharge
- Medication and IV administration
- Patient education
- Family Education
- Emergency Procedures
Timeline
Staff Nurse
Ascension Via Christi St. Teresa Emergency Departm
09.2014 - 05.2021
Staff Nurse, ER
Wesley Medical Center, Emergency Room
08.2006 - 06.2014
Associate of Arts - Nursing
Cerritos College
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