Valarie Partington
Ogden,UT
Summary
Highly qualified RN with broad experience in critical care, patient education, and team leadership. Specialized skills include acute patient care, health assessments, and medical documentation. Notable strengths: superior communication abilities, strong clinical judgment, and a commitment to fostering collaborative relationships within healthcare teams. Past work highlights include implementing quality improvement initiatives that enhanced patient satisfaction and reduced readmission rates.
Overview
36
36
years of professional experience
Work History
RN Staff - Adult Behavioral Health
McKay Dee Hospital
Ogden, Utah
12.2020 - 09.2025
- Administered medications and monitored patient responses in acute care settings.
- Collaborated with multidisciplinary teams to develop patient care plans.
- Educated patients and families on health management and treatment options.
- Admission and assessment of new patients coming to receiving center.
- Management is escalating patients to ensure patient and staff safety.
- Education of patients to assist development of coping skills and goal setting.
- Detox treatment of patients with addiction.
- Performed assessments to identify patient needs and prioritize care activities.
- Start, manage and discontinue IV therapy. In the IV process utilized PICC lines, Central line Ports and starting of peripheral lines.
Hospital Staff Nurse
Various hospitals
Las Vegas, Nevada
08.1989 - 08.2017
- Administered medications and treatments as prescribed by physicians.
- Monitored patient vital signs and reported changes to healthcare teams.
- Collaborated with interdisciplinary teams to develop patient care plans.
- Start, manage and discontinue IV and IM medications.
- Admitted and delivered MD ordered care to Emergency Room patients. (20 years)
- Admitted and delivered MD ordered care for PreOp and PostOp care patients. ( 17 years)
- Delivered care to ICU/CCU/Neuro intensive care patients. This co - insided with the Emergency Room care. ( 20 years)
Education
Associate of Applied Science - Nursing
Weber State University
Ogden, UT08-1975
Skills
- Medication administration
- IV therapy management
- Patient assessment
- Behavioral health education
- Patient and family education
- Collaboration with treatment teams
- Deescalation of negative behaviors
Timeline
RN Staff - Adult Behavioral Health
McKay Dee Hospital
12.2020 - 09.2025
Hospital Staff Nurse
Various hospitals
08.1989 - 08.2017
Associate of Applied Science - Nursing
Weber State University