Floor Nurse Medical Assistant
Resume:
Tiffiny Thrash
***************@*****.*** 253-***-****
Federal Way, WA 98023
Avamere Transition Care of Puget Sound Skilled Nursing Facility: 05/2021-Present
Floor Nurse: Fast paced rehabilitation center. IV insertion and IV medication management. Wound care and Wound Vac management. Medication Pass. Implemented preventions for skin breakdown. Assisted aides with turning patients and cleaning patients. Head to toe assessments and Skin assessments. Braden Scale and Fall risk management and prevention. Put patients on alert for skin impairments. Incident reports for skin impairments, falls and allegation of neglect. Delegated tasks to aides. Comfort care for Hospice and Palliative care patients. Patient education on illness and purpose of rehab. Inserted Foleys. Straight Cath. Called providers and family with patients change of condition. Admitted and discharged patients.
Nurse Manager: Delegated tasks to Nurses and Aides. Assisted Nurses with medication pass, IV, Foleys and wound vacs. Assisted Aides with turning patients and helping patient to restroom. Updated Care plans per PT/OT suggestions and nutritionist suggestions. Verified orders for admitting patients. Added and discontinued orders per provider’s request. Followed up on lab/xray orders. Prepared paperwork for discharges. Educated staff. TB skin test. Verified new admits medications and diagnosis for each medication, consents and antibiotic end dates. Attended Care meetings with patients, families, Social worker and provider to talk about discharges and plan of care.
CHI Fransiscan/St. Francis Hospital: 09/2020-05/2021
Medical Surgical nurse: Medication Pass. Checked medication compatibility. Researched patients medical background for more insight on acute illness. Managed IV medications. Inserted IV and Foley catheters. Managed Pain after surgery and encouraged patient ambulation after surgery. Patient education. Head to toe assessments. Assisted Aides with turning patients every 2 hours. Floated to ER and Med/Tele. Identified sudden changes in patient condition. Took verbal orders from providers. Admitted and discharged patients. Maintained PICC lines, PICC line dressing and PICC blood draws. Wound care. Took report from other nurses and departments.
Swedish Medical Group: MS Clinic 12/2015-08/2018
Roomed patients for three providers. Vitals. Called and faxed in prescriptions. Prepared schedule V and schedule IV prescriptions three months at a time, hard copies. Assisted with gathering data for robotics research for MS patients. Prepared preauthorization’s for specialty medications. Typed appeal letters for medications that were denied. Triaged patients.
Virginia Mason Medical Center: 06/2010- 12/2015
Ophthalmology 06/2010-09/2012: Eye exams. Removed sutures from upper and lower eyelids and brows. Assisted in Upper eyelid lifts, Schirmers tearing test. Helped patients understand what to expect after surgery. Pre and post-surgery calls. Triaged calls. Prepared sterile tray for small in office surgeries as well as assisted M.D. with suturing. Conducted visual field test for Ptosis. Used drops for eye dilation. Used drops to numb the eye for pressure test.
Interventional Radiology 09/2012-Current: Sterilized patients skin for Kidney, Liver, and Thyroid biopsies. Prepared sterilized tray for biopsies. Groin prep for Interventional procedures. Tracked and scanned all products used. Assist nurses and Radiology Tech during Neuro procedures. Pulled supplies when need by Doctor and the Tech who are scrubbed in at the time. Assisted Nurses with admitting and recovering patients and acquiring vitals. Assisted Nurses with cleaning patients. Cleaned patients after tube changes and removal. Hooked tubes to bags and bandaged patients after procedures.
Overlake Neurology: 11/2008-06/2010
Answered multi-line phones. Scheduled appointment. Pulled charts for next day and filed charts at the end of the day. Called in and faxed prescriptions. Triaged calls. Roomed patients. Scheduled MRI, CT scans, and PET scans. Called referring physicians offices for records and films for upcoming new patient appointments. Assisted Medical Assistant as needed.
Sadaat Ansari, M.D. Internal Medicine: 05/2008-11/2008
Roomed patients and acquired vitals. Phlebotomy. EKG’s. Bone density scans. Assisted with pap smears. Filed charts. Scheduled MRI and CT scans as well as appointment with other M.D.s for patients. Called in and faxed prescriptions. Triaged calls. Multitasked with M.D.
Atlanta OBGYN: 4/2007-5/2008
Acquired vitals. Placed patients on fetal monitor. Used Doppler to check fetal heartbeat. Triaged calls. Called in and faxed prescriptions. Prepared trays for pap smears. Assisted with cervical ablations and colposcopies. Prepared charts for the next day. Estimated date of delivery. Urinalysis. Scheduled C-sections and hysterectomies.
Education: Seattle Vocational Institute 4/2002-3/2003
Renton Technical College Nursing School: 09/2018-6/2020
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