Kelsey Longworth
Mount Sterling
Summary
Registered Nurse with experience in acute care, perioperative nursing, and public health services. Passionate about meeting patients where they are at and providing services they need the most - whether this is advocating for patients, providing education and health promotion, coordinating care for complex conditions, or administering treatments.
Overview
6
6
years of professional experience
Work History
Registered Nurse Specialist
Lexington-Fayette County Health Department
06.2024 - Current
- Provides public health nursing services through both the Women, Infants, and Children (WIC) Nutrition Program and Tuberculosis (TB) Case Management.
- Conducts nutrition risk and health assessments for pregnant, postpartum, and breastfeeding women, infants, and children under age five.
- Provides individualized education and counseling based on patient assessments.
- Manages TB cases through patient education, collaboration with healthcare provider for referrals, medication tracking, and scheduling.
- Uses EHR systems for documentation.
Registered Nurse
University Of Kentucky Healthcare
08.2020 - 01.2024
- Progressed from Medical-Surgical/Telemetry Nursing (1 year) to Operating Room Perioperative Services (2 years) within the same healthcare system.
- Provided comprehensive nursing care to adults with chronic and acute medical conditions.
- Monitored cardiac rhythms, performed patient assessments, and collaborated with the interdisciplinary team.
- Administered medications and IV treatments, performed wound care, and provided treatments in collaboration with physicians orders and evidence based practice.
- Serves as a circulating nurse across multiple surgical specialties, ensuring patient safety.
- Collaborated with surgeons and surgical technologists to manage surgical equipment and supplies.
- Maintained accurate intraoperative documentation with EHR systems.
- Provided postoperative handoff to the receiving care team, communicated updates to families, and educated patients and families on postoperative care.
Education
Bachelor of Science - Nursing
Lincoln Memorial University
Harrogate, TN05.2020
Skills
- Patient Assessment
- Patient Education
- Care Coordination
- Clinical Documentation
- Electronic Health Records
- Interdisciplinary Collaboration
Timeline
Registered Nurse Specialist
Lexington-Fayette County Health Department
06.2024 - Current
Registered Nurse
University Of Kentucky Healthcare
08.2020 - 01.2024
Bachelor of Science - Nursing
Lincoln Memorial University