Bethlehem Ande
Sherman Oaks
Summary
Dedicated and compassionate Registered Nurse (RN) with progressive career history in direct patient care, and care coordination in fast-paced environment. Proven to remain calm under pressure and skillfully handle difficult patients and high-stress situations. Consistently developing strong relationships with patients and families through empathetic communication, respectful attitude and excellent customer service.
Overview
12
12
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification
Work History
IV Insertion Nurse-Registered Nurse II
Tower Hematology Oncology (Cedar-Sinai)
09.2023 - Current
- Insert peripheral IV's, access ports and picc lines.
- Promote patient safety through strict adherence to infection control protocols during all aspects of IV insertion and maintenance.
- Reduce risk of infection by maintaining sterile environments while inserting, replacing, or removing IV lines.
- Increase patient satisfaction by providing thorough education on IV procedures and addressing any concerns or questions promptly.
- Demonstrate knowledge in various types of intravenous access devices, including peripheral iv's, picc lines, accessing ports.
Registered Nurse II
Cedars-Sinai Medical Center
08.2022 - 09.2023
- Conduct physical exams to assess patient health needs and problems
- Implement physicians’ orders, perform treatments, start IVs, administer medications, and interpret special tests
- Administer direct care to injured, disabled, ill, or convalescent patients
- Review and maintain medical records
- Implement and develop nursing care plans
- Counsel patients and family members on disease prevention and health maintenance
- Order and evaluate diagnostic tests to assess patients’ conditions and needs
- Supervise the work of licensed practical nurses, nursing aides, and assistants
- Educate patients about their medical conditions and treatment plans
- Maintain a safe, hygienic working environment
- Prepare rooms and medical equipment and decontaminate instruments
- Provide emotional and psychological support.
Patient Care Coordinator II
Santa Monica Women’s Health/Providence St. Johns
08.2012 - 06.2022
- Responsible for greeting patients, new referral intake, appointment scheduling, insurance authorization, collecting insurance co-payments, billing, and clinic medical record management
- Greet patients and registers them in all applicable computer systems
- Effectively communicate instructions to patients to ready them for scheduled appointments
- Consent patients and ensures their completion of required forms, assisting them as needed
- Verify patient’s insurance coverage and enters all patient information required for billing into computer systems
- Schedule multiple patient appointments with physicians and labs, demonstrating ability to schedule according to multiple details, patient complexity, and required devices to ensure patient safety and good outcome
- Reschedule all cancellations or no-show appointments per department standards and policy
- Reschedule patients affected by schedule changes
- Ensure that ordering providers have completed all appropriate order forms before scheduling
- Provide patients with the necessary resources, education, information, and contacts for the procedures specific to their care.
Education
Bachelor’s of Science in Nursing -
West Coast University
N. Hollywood, CA04.2022
Skills
- Medication and IV administration
- Medication Administration
- Direct Patient Care
- Patient Assessments
- Documentation and Charting
- Compassion and Empathy
- IV setup
- Intravenous therapy
Certification
- BLS, CPR Certification
- ONS/ONCC Chemotherapy Immunotherapy Certification
Timeline
IV Insertion Nurse-Registered Nurse II
Tower Hematology Oncology (Cedar-Sinai)
09.2023 - Current
Registered Nurse II
Cedars-Sinai Medical Center
08.2022 - 09.2023
Patient Care Coordinator II
Santa Monica Women’s Health/Providence St. Johns
08.2012 - 06.2022
Bachelor’s of Science in Nursing -
West Coast University
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