Paula Olson

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adonko@r.postjobfree.com

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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