Meenu Kalia

Email: aditkr@r.postjobfree.com

Phone: 857-***-****

SUMMARY

• 14 + years of experience as a Registered Nurse in a rehabilitation center and long-term care.

• 3 + years of experience in Hospice and Palliative care.

• Expertise in orthopedic, cardiac, GI, oncology and psychiatric population requiring rehabilitation.

• Providing compassionate care to patients and families at end of life.

• Team player, dependable, dedicated and committed to patient care.

• Highly skilled and trained healthcare professional providing quality and evidenced based professional care within dynamics and under high pressure environments.

PROFESSIONAL PROFILE: Very dedicated highly skilled Registered Nurse with a 12+years of Short-term rehabilitation and Long-term Care experience and three years of Hospice and Palliative care experience. Functional Expertise includes patient assessment, testing and evaluation, critical thinking and documentation. Known and respected for people skills, dedication and a disciplined approach to providing high quality health care to all patients.

AREAS OF EXPERTISE

• Performing comprehensive assessments and evaluations

• Taking and recording vital signs

• Electronic Medical Record

• JACHO and HIPPA compliance

• Patient and Family education and support

• Cross Cultural communication

• Medication Administration

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

Baylor Nurse – Care Dimensions Hospice House 125 Winter street Lincoln MA 01773.

Employed September 2017 to present.

• Member of the interdisciplinary team, co-ordinates care with physician and other team members to maximize the comfort and health of patients and families.

• Responsible for identifying patient/family needs and for providing supportive care in accordance with the attending physicians orders and plan of care.

• Obtain relevant clinical information from patients records and from other staff members to ensure necessary familiarity with patient/family situations which require intervention.

• Maintain regular and effective communication with staff, so that the patient’s activities are coordinated and consistent.

• Participates in ongoing comprehensive assessment, case conferences, and interdisciplinary team meetings.

• Assesses, plans and evaluates the care of hospice patients in the inpatient setting.

• Develops an individualized plan of care for each patient in collaboration with other team members.

• Perform specialized procedures such as: care, maintenance and use of venous access devices, infusion pumps, and titration and conversion of medications.

• Provide care at time of death, including pronouncement, support to family and co-ordination of appropriate follow up and communication.

• Remains flexible and adaptable to patient needs by reprioritizing work for maximum efficiency.

• Organizes and delegates patient care responsibilities appropriately and provide supervision to ancillary staff and volunteers.

• Provide teaching to patient and families and documents the same.

RN Staff/ Med Nurse- Neville Center at Fresh pond 640 Concord Avenue Cambridge MA 02138.

Employed from August 2006 to December 2018.

• Responsible for insertion and care of Foley catheters, IV administration/ hydration, G- Tube management, medication administration, and managing patient charting.

• Making comprehensive nursing decisions based on the interpretation of facts and evaluations of patient outcomes; modifying the plan of care based on the evaluations.

• Managing tests and lab results, as well as, using critical thinking skills to implement various standing orders.

• Advanced in nursing at the level requiring performance of duties of an exceptional nature with fully developed expertise in one or more areas of nursing.

• Explaining the necessity, preparation, nature and anticipated effects, of procedure(s) to patients and their families.

• Supervising and directing CNA’s, charting the weekly summary for any change in patient condition, monitoring skin for any changes, which includes dryness, bruises, skin tear, rashes etc.

• Responsible for Central line/ Mid line, and g tube/ Peg tube dressing changes, removing sutures and staples, checking for impaction and monitoring for dehydration.

• Reviewing and implementing physicians orders.

Home Health Nurse Practitioner- Assurance Homecare LLC 143 Essex Street, Suite 721, Haverhill MA, 01832.

Employed December 2020

EDUCATION

Massachusetts College of Pharmacy and Health Sciences (MCPHS)

19 Foster St

Worcester, MA 01608

Degree Obtained: Master of Science in Nursing, Family Nurse Practitioner (FNP) May 2020

University of Massachusetts Boston

100 Morrissey Blvd

Boston, MA 02125

Degree Obtained: Bachelor of Science in Nursing August 2016

Bunker Hill Community College

250 New Rutherford Avenue

Boston, MA 02129

Degree Obtained: Associates of Science in Nursing December 2005

CREDENTIALS

• Family Nurse Practitioner certification (August 2025)

• Massachusetts RN/NP License # 268201 (August, 2022)

• American Heart Association BLS certification (October 2022)

PROFESSIONAL AFFILIATIONS

• Massachusetts Nurses Association (MNA) member.

PERSONAL

• Fluent in English, Hindi, and Punjabi

• Determined and passionate care provider

REFERENCES: Available on request

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