Home Health Registered Nurse

Iris Meneghel, RN

Summary

Registered Nurse with 43 years of experience; mostly in Critical Care and Home Health and Hospice. Extensive knowledge of wide array of disease process and accepted treatment options. Especially talented performing bedside clinical skills. Patient focused, compassionate, and dependable. Skills

Skilled Assessments

ECG Interpretation

Arrhythmia Recognition

Assistance with Bedside procedures

Venipuncture Procedures

Interpretation of Data Collected from Invasive

Monitoring

Ventilator Management

Therapeutic Communication

Medication Administration

Maintain Isolation Techniques

Transferred ICU patients within hospital for various testing

Administration of Moderate Sedation

HIPPA Compliance

Acted as Preceptor/Resource to Students and Co

Workers

Experience

RN

September 2016 to April 2018

Franciscan Health at Home - Tacoma, WA

Performed initial Home Health assessment of patient and family and/or caregivers and determined Home Care needs. Provided a complete physical asseement and history of illnesses. Regularly re evaluated patients needs and performed skilled interventions as part of subsequent nursing visits. RN, CCRN

January 2016 to September 2016

Catholic Healtrh Initiative Virtual ICU - Tacoma, WA Remotely monitored ICU patients in eight CHI Franciscan Hospitals on a per diem basis. Served as a "second set of eyes" and resource for bedside nurses. Performed chart reviews and collected scholarly data for staff in order to assure Best Practice.

RN, CCRN

July 2005 to July 2015

Madigan Army Medical Center - Joint Base Lewis-McChord, WA Provided care for patients with life threatening medical and/or surgical conditions, performing complex assessment and interventions. Floated to Cath lab and Interventional Radiology to perform moderate sedation during procedures. Often "recovered " patients post administration of general anesthesia after PACU nurses had left for the day.

RN, CCRN

July 2001 to April 2005

St Josephs Medical Center - Tacopma, WA

worked as RN in Neuro ICU (6D) providing care to critically ill patients in Critical Care setting. RN

September 1995 to April 1998

Home Care of East Tennessee - Knoxville, TN

Started as Hospice Supervisor for this out patient Hospice affiliated with Baptist Hospital. Cared for terminally ill, shared after hour call with other staff, provided emotional support and comfort care to patients and their families and froends. Rec'd Hospice Nurse Certification during this time. Changed to Weekend On Call Coordinator. This job included telephone triage as well as after hour PRN visits spanning a 3 county area. 18629 Old Camp Ln SE, Yelm WA 98597

Home: 360-***-**** - *********@*****.***

Education and Training

Associate of Science : nursing, 1974

North Florida Community College - Jacksonville, FL High School Diploma : high school, 1972

Paxon Sr High School - Jacksonville, Florida

Activities and Honors

Former member of AACN. My CCRN expired in 2017 after I retired.

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