RN Supervisor - Cleburne County Nursing Home
(2021-11 - 2024-11)
Responsible for overseeing unit functions of a 40-bed unit that cares for long-term care residents, short-term respite-stay residents, and patients requiring rehabilitation services such as PT, OT, and ST.
- Supervisor duties include ordering and reviewing routine lab work; ensuring providers implement gradual-dose reductions of psychotropic medications per state regulations and the documentation of residents’ status after the GDR; performing routine RN assessments quarterly, yearly, and for any change in condition of a resident; annual staff performance reviews; and assisting charge nurses and CNAs with overall unit functions/resident care.
- House supervisor Weekends (November 2021 –October 29, 2024). Completing necessary HR documents for injuries and grievances. Oversee staffing and scheduling conflicts.
- Liaising with doctors and administrators and communicating any protocol changes to staff.
- Communicated with primary care physicians and consulting specialty physicians regarding patients’ condition, lab results, and medications
- Provide emotional and psychological support when needed to both residents and representatives.
RN Infection Control Nurse - Cleburne County Nursing Home
(2022-01 - 2023-03)
- Regularly monitor infection rates within the facility by tracking resident data, including symptoms, diagnoses, and lab results
- Create and maintain comprehensive infection control policies and procedures aligned with CDC guidelines
- Ensure staff are adequately trained on infection control policies and procedures
- Promptly investigate suspected outbreaks by conducting thorough assessments, collecting samples, and identifying potential sources of infection
- Work closely with nursing staff, dietary staff, housekeeping, and administration to ensure coordinated infection control practices across the facility
- Conduct regular audits to ensure adherence to infection control policies and procedures
Staff Nurse/Covid Nurse - Tanner Medical Center
(2021-04 - 2021-11)
- Developing and implementing individualized care plans based on patient needs.
- Initiating and monitoring intravenous fluids
- Collaborating with physicians, other healthcare professionals, and the patient's family to ensure coordinated care. Maintaining accurate and detailed patient records, including progress notes and medication administration documentation
- Responding to medical emergencies and initiating appropriate interventions
- Teaching patients and their families about their condition, treatment plans, and self-care practices
- Care for patients under isolation while maintaining safe infection control practices.
Staff Nurse - Cleburne County Nursing Home
(2016-08 - 2021-11)
- Responsible for recording a patient’s medical history accurately, taking and recording measurements of blood pressure, temperature, heart rate etc.
- Observing patients under treatment to identify progress, side-effects of medications etc.
- Monitoring patients’ conditions including fluid intake and output and composing patient charts
- Assist ailing patients in daily necessary activities such as eating, bathing etc.
- Administer injections, prescribed medications, enemas etc., clean and dress wounds and assist with other basic medical care tasks
- Collect and process samples for lab testing as assigned.
CNA - Cleburne County Nursing Home
(2015-07 - 2016-08)
- Help patients with bathing, dressing, eating, using the toilet, and turning in bed
- Listen to patients' health concerns and communicate their needs to other staff
- Observe patients' behavior and health, and report any changes to nursing and medical staff
- Prepare patients' rooms, provide and empty bedpans, and change bed sheets
- Stay up-to-date on CNA training, policies, and procedures
