Experience

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  Clipboard Health

  • Greater Chicago Area

  • Registered Nurse

    • Jun 2022 - Present
    • Greater Chicago Area

    • Administer medications and treatment to patients and monitor responses, while working with healthcare teams to adjust care plans• Provide direct quality care to patients including daily monitoring, recording, and evaluating of medical conditions to over 20 patients per day. • Receive, transcribe, and carry out physicians' orders, in a timely manner. • Attend to all emergencies. • Order, interpret, and evaluate diagnostic tests to identify, and assess patient's condition. • Monitor all aspects of patient care, including diet, physical activity, skin condition, and toileting. • Maintain accurate, detailed reports and records. • Supervise all room changes, accept, and assess all new admissions, and discharge appropriate patients. • Monitor, record and report symptoms and changes in patient condition, both physical and psychological, to DON, physician, and POA/family. • Consult andcoordinate with health care team members to assess, plan, implement, and evaluate patient care plans. • Monitor all aspects of patient care, including diet, physical activity, skin condition, and toileting. • Direct and supervise CNA personnel, make staff assignments, and assign break and meal times. • Dispense medications, monitor reactions, and document appropriately. • Coordinate in unit dialysis visits, assess resident condition prior to and after dialysis, complete paperwork and administer medication accordingly. • Facilitated therapeutic communication, conflict resolution and crisis intervention by redirecting negative behaviors and helping patients regain or improve coping abilities to prevent further disability. • Manage care from admission to discharge, including patient assessments, care planning, health educations and discharging support to provide comprehensive care to over 20 patients daily.

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  IntelyCare

  • Greater Chicago Area

  • Registered Nurse

    • Jun 2019 - Present
    • Greater Chicago Area

    PRN nurse in Post Acute, Rehabilitation, LongTerm Care, and Memory Care.

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  School District U-46

  • Elgin, IL

  • Building RN

    • Apr 2017 - Present
    • Elgin, IL

    • Provides health and trauma evaluation, planning, intervention, and guidance for students, staff, and families in the educational environment. • Assists and promotes the health of students by providing direct nursing care. • Provides direct nursing care for students as ordered and defined by physician order and in compliance with established nursing practice guidelines. • Ensures student safety by providing appropriate health information and classroom implications to staff regarding student health concerns. • Implements Student Health Plans in the school environment as per physician’s direction. • Participates in Communicable Disease reporting and the prevention of communicable disease in schools as mandated by the Illinois Department of Public Health. • Administers medications for students within the parameters of established procedures, communicating with parents and physician as needed. • Identifies atypical health findings and provides community healthcare resources as needed to students and parents. • Documents and maintains accurate records on a daily basis (including health office visits, medication administration, daily service logs, dental/vision reports, student physical/immunizations) in compliance with state mandated requirements for entrance into school. • Reports statistical data to ISBE, IDPH, and DHS, per their timelines, for mandated health programs.

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  VITAS Healthcare

  • Lombard, Illinois, United States

  • Registered Nurse

    • Dec 2020 - Mar 2022
    • Lombard, Illinois, United States

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  Brighton Gardens Of St. Charles

  • St Charles, Illinois, United States

  • Registered Nurse

    • May 2018 - Dec 2020
    • St Charles, Illinois, United States

    • Administered medications and treatment to patients and monitored responses while working with healthcare teams to adjust care plans.• Facilitated therapeutic communication, conflict resolution and crisis intervention by redirecting negative behaviors and helping patients regain or improve coping abilities to prevent further disability.• Maintain accurate, detailed reports and records.• Supervise all room changes, accept, and assess all new admissions, and discharge appropriate patients.• Monitor, record and report symptoms and changes in patient condition, both physical and psychological, to DON, physician, and POA/family.• Assess and record patients' medical information and vital signs as ordered.• Consult and coordinate with health care team members to assess, plan, implement, and evaluate patient care plans.• Receive, transcribe, and carry out physicians' orders, in a timely manner.• Attend to all emergencies.• Order, interpret, and evaluate diagnostic tests to identify, and assess patient's condition.• Monitor all aspects of patient care, including diet, physical activity, skin condition, and toileting.• Dispense medications, monitor reactions, and document appropriately.• Coordinate off unit physician visits; arrange transportation and escorts when needed.• Order and monitor on unit, diagnostic tests, and lab work.• Maintain stocked medical cart, and ensure all medications are available to administer to residents at all times.• Ensure State and Federal standards are maintained to ensure quality resident care.

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  West Suburban Nursing and Rehabilitation

  • Bloomingdale, IL 60108

  • Staff RN

    • Oct 2015 - Sep 2019
    • Bloomingdale, IL 60108

    • Maintain accurate, detailed reports and records.• Ensure cleanliness and proper attire of staff, and cleanliness of unit.• Make rounds with outgoing nurse, and obtain report at beginning of shift, do the same with oncoming nurse at end of shift.• Ensure all incontinent residents are changed as needed, and skin is free from breakdown.• Supervise all room changes, accept and assess all new admissions, and discharge appropriate patients.• Monitor, record and report symptoms and changes in patient condition, both physical and psychological, to DON, physician, and POA/family.• Assess and record patients' medical information and vital signs.• Modify patient treatment plans as indicated by patients' responses and conditions.• Consult and coordinate with health care team members to assess, plan, implement, and evaluate patient care plans.• Receive, transcribe and carry out physicians’ orders, in a timely manner.• Attend to all emergencies.• Order, interpret, and evaluate diagnostic tests to identify, and assess patient's condition.• Monitor all aspects of patient care, including diet, physical activity, skin condition, and toileting.• Direct and supervise CNA personnel, make staff assignments, and assign break and meal times.• Dispense medications, monitor reactions, and document appropriately.• Coordinate off unit physician visits, arrange transportation and escorts when needed.• Coordinate in unit dialysis visits, assess resident condition prior to and after dialysis, complete paperwork and administer medication accordingly.• Order and monitor on unit physician consultations, diagnostic tests, and lab work.• Ensure State and Federal standards are maintained to ensure quality resident care.

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  Alden Town Manor

  • Cicero, IL

  • RN

    • Mar 2015 - Oct 2015
    • Cicero, IL

    • Maintain accurate, detailed reports and records.• Ensure cleanliness and proper attire of staff, and cleanliness of unit.• Make rounds with outgoing nurse, and obtain report at beginning of shift, do the same with oncoming nurse at end of shift.• Attend care conferences as needed, and participate in morning stand-up meetings.• Ensure all incontinent residents are changed as needed, and skin is free from breakdown.• Supervise all room changes, accept and assess all new admissions, and discharge. appropriate patients.• Monitor, record and report symptoms and changes in patient condition, both physical and psychological, to DON, physician, and POA/family.• Assess and record patients'​ medical information and vital signs.• Modify patient treatment plans as indicated by patients'​ responses and conditions.• Consult and coordinate with health care team members to assess, plan, implement, and evaluate patient care plans.• Receive, transcribe and carry out physicians’ orders, in a timely manner.• Attend to all emergencies.• Order, interpret, and evaluate diagnostic tests to identify, and assess patient's condition.• Monitor all aspects of patient care, including diet, physical activity, skin condition, and toileting.• Direct and supervise CNA personnel, make staff assignments, assign break and meal times.• Dispense medications, monitor reactions, and document appropriately.• Coordinate off unit physician visits, arrange transportation and escorts when needed.• Order and monitor on unit physician consultations, diagnostic tests, and lab work.• Ensure State and Federal standards are maintained to ensure quality resident care.

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  Oak Brook Care

  • Oak Brook Illinois

  • RN - Charge Nurse

    • Oct 2014 - Feb 2015
    • Oak Brook Illinois

    • Maintain accurate, detailed reports and records.• Monitor, record and report symptoms and changes in patients' conditions.• Record patients' medical information and vital signs.• Modify patient treatment plans as indicated by patients' responses and conditions.• Consult and coordinate with health care team members to assess, plan, implement and evaluate patient care plans.• Order, interpret, and evaluate diagnostic tests to identify and assess patient's condition.• Monitor all aspects of patient care, including diet and physical activity and toileting.• Direct and supervise CNA personnel.• Dispense medications and monitor reactions.• Coordinate off unit Dr. visits including transportation, on unit Dr. consults, and diagnostic tests and lab work.

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  College of DuPage

  • Glen Ellyn, IL

  • Peer Nursing Tutor - Health Sciences

    • Sep 2013 - May 2014
    • Glen Ellyn, IL

    I tutor fellow nursing students in the second year of our ADN program, and the incoming first year students. I learn as I help. That is the greatest part.

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  McCracken Label

  • Graphic Artist

    • Apr 1998 - May 2005

    Pre-press graphic artist.