Whitney Dodd
Summary
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
14
14
years of professional experience
Work History
Admission Nurse
Cypress Pointe Health Campus
05.2022 - Current
- Interacted professionally with families and provided empathetic support and professional guidance.
- Recorded incoming patients' vital signs and current medication details in electronic charts.
- Coordinated patients' tests and treatments with other hospital departments.
- Displayed functional familiarity with Medicare, Medicaid and private insurance coverage protocols.
- Settled incoming patients into rooms and verified adequacy of medical supplies and treatment equipment.
- Provided physicians and other medical personnel with patient assessment details and answered patient care-related questions.
- Assessed new patients' care plans and administered prescribed medications and treatments.
- Audited charts to ensure accuracy.
- Scanning patient documents to charts for medical record purposes.
Admission and Marketing Director
Friendship Village
02.2023 - 05.2023
- Devised marketing plans using digital strategies, print advertising, and word of mouth tactics.
- Created content and promotional materials to drive engagement and conversions.
- Establish and maintain a continuous pipeline of appropriate referrals.
- Coordinate, schedule, and facilitate intakes to maintain designated census.
- Provide information to families and outside agencies to obtain admissions.
- Prepared admission reports by collecting, analyzing, and summarizing data and trends.
- Established collaborative relationships with area hospitals to provide positive outcomes.
LPN Wound Care Nurse
Healogics
07.2021 - 10.2022
- Managed wound care in a post acute setting
- Accurately measuring and documenting of wounds
- Monitoring and treatment of various types of wounds such as surgical, pressure, and traumatic wounds under the direction of the provider
- Applied dressings of various types and applying wound vacs for wound care therapy
- Providing education to patients and their families in regard to discharge and how to care for their wound
- Accepting and scheduling of new referrals
- Communication with home health, extended care facilities, and assisted livings with new orders for wound care.
Licensed Practical Nurse
Versailles Rehabilitation and Healthcare Center
11.2014 - Current
- Charted progress notes, reflecting care administered and responses
- Fostered high-quality patient care by monitoring care delivery and correcting deficiencies
- Handled patient intake, including documenting vitals, symptoms, and initial assessments
- Handled administrative responsibilities, including documenting nursing notes and physicians' orders
- Improved outcomes by educating patients and families individually and in group settings
- Assisted in care plan implementations
- Coordinated medications for patients, placing pharmacy orders and administering medications
- Observed patients, recorded significant conditions and reactions, and notified physician of changes and concerns
- Wound care management, including measuring wounds and obtaining new treatment orders.
STNA, Brethren Retirement Community
11.2012 - 01.2014
- Moved patients smoothly between beds, wheel-chairs, and other locations
- Kept patients clean, dry, and properly cared for under direction of licensed nurses
- Maximized patient comfort by keeping rooms clean and consistently meeting individual needs
- Improved patient quality of life by assisting with activities of daily living
- Minimized infection risk to staff and patients, cleaning and sanitizing rooms, equipment and tools
- Maintained safety standards with proper handling and disposal of biomedical waste
- Handled non-medical patient care activities, including laundry, food preparation, and room cleaning.
Provisional Associate
Greenville Technology INC
07.2011 - 09.2012
- Worked on the assembly line prepping parts for shipment to Honda
- Inspection of finished parts before shipped to Honda
- Print finished good labels.
General Kitchen Worker
Brethren Retirement Community
07.2009 - 07.2011
- Assisted dining room staff by delivering food carts to and from dining room
- Assisted with food and beverage service to dining room and resident common areas
- Handled diverse kitchen upkeep work, including collecting trash, sweeping, and mopping
- Kept kitchen organized by cleaning up waste and leftover foods
- Vacuumed dining area and swept and mopped kitchen floor.
Education
LPN
Upper Valley Career Center
Piqua11.2014
STNA
Miami Valley Career Technology Center
Clayton, OH2012
Skills
- Critical thinking and problem solving
- Communication skills
- Wound dressing and care
- Time management
- Medication administration
- Office Management
- Teamwork and dependability
- Injections
- Professionalism
Timeline
Admission and Marketing Director
Friendship Village
02.2023 - 05.2023
Admission Nurse
Cypress Pointe Health Campus
05.2022 - Current
LPN Wound Care Nurse
Healogics
07.2021 - 10.2022
Licensed Practical Nurse
Versailles Rehabilitation and Healthcare Center
11.2014 - Current
STNA, Brethren Retirement Community
11.2012 - 01.2014
Provisional Associate
Greenville Technology INC
07.2011 - 09.2012
General Kitchen Worker
Brethren Retirement Community
07.2009 - 07.2011
LPN
Upper Valley Career Center
STNA
Miami Valley Career Technology Center
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