Registered Nurse Rn
Resume:
Paula Olson
*************@*****.***
Arizona city
Registered Nurse Administrative Professional
Detail oriented, Driven, and Reliable Nursing Professional has 15 years of comprehensive direct patient care experience in a hospital and Long Term Care Center settings. Enthusiastic team player loves to work with patients and has profound understanding and compassion in caring for people. Prompt and dedicated with broad knowledge human behavior and performance, principles and processes for providing customer and personal services. Extremely competent, enthusiastic and energetic individual effectively interacts with healthcare professionals, patients, and peers, and excels in strategic planning, operational administration, communications, and problem solving. Perform and manage multiple tasks, both simple and challenging, effectively with little supervision and excels under pressure.
Health Care Administration
Leadership & Conflict Resolution
Medical-Surgical-Oncology
Patient Education & Orientation
Excellent Communication Skills
Efficient in Procedure & Diagnosis
Professional Experience
Mandatory reporting to NHSN for vaccination status for COVID as well as facility POC and weekly testing.
Completed the infection control TRAIN modules via CDC Infection Preventist (IP)
Monthly surveillance of infection rates for facility
Held monthly in-service meetings for health center staff.
Performed COVID testing per county positivity rates and reported to health dept.
Weekly PIP (Performance Improvement Plan) meetings, report to QAPI (quarterly).
Ensured the continuous delivery of nursing assistance to patients; identified needs and
provided medication needed as ordered by the presiding physician; performed scheduled routine check-up, ensuring correct method of giving medication, assessing patients’ recovery by updating records.
Coordinated patients’ status to families, maintained records with discretion and
confidentiality, and assisted in facilitating the admission processes for patients.
Demonstrated expertise in nursing care and applied proper procedures approved by the medical facility; educated patients and families of proper dosage of medication, Including PT/INR management, oversaw patient transport, straight and internal catheterization, administered injections, and wound care.
Managed NG tubes, conducted IV therapies, blood and platelet transfusions, vac/ostomy therapy, picc lines, blood draw, tube feeding, trachs and IV’s; monitored and ordered medications as needed and trained new nurses and staff.
Traveled to facilities with staffing needs; performed assigned responsibilities with
consistency and efficiency to meet expectations.
Managed care for elderly patients; aided patients with multiple chronic diagnoses
including COPD and asthma; assisted other units including medical and surgical.
Analyzed and performed common cause analysis on all adverse events; managed the
regulatory review for all local, state, and federal standards.
Provided patient care management for a 43-bed unit; assessed patient status and
notified physicians of changes; addressed lab draws including PT/INR with Coumadin
clinic, care conferences, audits, handled admissions and discharges.
Interacted with multidisciplinary departments regarding patient care; acted as resource
nurse as needed to assist in the supervision of staff nurses.
Career History
Dallas Retirement Village
May 2019-June 2021
ADON/ICP
Dallas, Oregon
EmpRes Healthcare Management
Dec 2018-May 2019
Interim Director of Nursing
Portland, Oregon
EmpRes Healthcare Management
May 2018-Dec 2018
Travel RN Per-Diem
Vancouver, WA
Sherwood Park Nursing and Rehab
Dec 2017-May 2018
Charge RN
Salem, OR
Regency Care of Rogue Valley
July 2017-Dec 2017
Charge RN
Grants Pass, OR
AACO Healthcare Staffing
May 2008 – Present
Travel RN Per-Diem
Seattle, WA
Liquid Agents Healthcare
April 2017-May 2017
Travel RN Med-Surg Per-Diem
St. Charles Medical Center
Prineville, OR
Favorite Healthcare
Feb 2017-April 2017
Travel RN Per-Diem
McKenzie Willamette Hospital Med-Surg
Hearthstone Rehab
Springfield, OR / Medford, OR
Asante Healthcare (TRMC)
July 2015- Dec 2016
Lead RN-Med-Surg/Orthopedic
Grants Pass, OR
Gresham Rehabilitation & Specialty Care
June 2011–Apr 2012
LPN
Gresham, OR
Hospital Stafflink Network
July 2008–Dec 2009
LPN
Portland, OR
Health Care Services Staffing
Feb 2008 – July 2009
LPN
Portland, OR
Harbor Care Reedwood
Aug 2006 – Feb 2008
Charge LPN
Portland, OR
Education &Technical Skills
Lower Columbia College, June 2015
Associate of Arts, DTA
Lower Columbia College, August 2014
ADN (LPN to RN Bridge) RN
Northland Community & Technical College, Dec 2005
Associate of Arts, Science (LPN)
Healthcare Horizons Conference, Altru Health System, 2001
Pulmonary Hypertension Association Conference, 2012
Massimo Training, Telemetry, 2015
NIHS Stroke Certification, 2017
PCC Paragon Epic Cerner Microsoft
Licensure & Noteable Highlights
Oregon RN: 201407151
American Heart Association: BLS, Healthcare Professional, 2021
Recipient, 10 Values in Action Awards, provided by Patients, 2015
QAPI Certified Professional (QCP): AAPACN, 2021
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