Summary
Overview
Work History
Education
Skills
Certification
Roles And Responsibilities
Accomplishments
Affiliations
References
Timeline
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Therese Neal

Lexington

Summary

Dedicated Clinical Nurse Navigator with strong skills in IV medication administration and patient assessment. Focused on effective communication and multidisciplinary teamwork to optimize patient outcomes. Experienced Clinical Nurse Navigator skilled in care coordination, clinical compliance, and patient education. Proven ability to navigate complex patient care processes, ensuring comprehensive support from diagnosis to post-operative care. Dynamic healthcare professional with extensive experience in providing multidisciplinary patient care. Known for strong problem-solving abilities and attention to detail, ready to enhance patient experiences through effective communication and clinical expertise.

Overview

26
26
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification

Work History

Clinical Nurse Navigator

University of Kentucky
Lexington
08.2018 - Current
  • Maintain and document the ordering of clinic medications including narcotics.
  • Participate in 'in-clinic' sedation procedures.
  • Assess patient's pre-procedure and gain clearance from ancillary providers.
  • Maintain documentation for legal purposes up to five years.
  • Maintain and order supplies for all safety equipment including emergency box and crash cart.
  • Main focus is care of patients with oral cancer.
  • Navigate patients through the process from initial diagnosis, surgery, post-op, and surveillance clinic appointments.
  • Facilitate home health needs, educate on wound care, incision care, and other post-op concerns.
  • Coordinate care to ancillary providers and services.
  • Work directly with the surgeon to deliver care to these patients.

Registered Nurse

University of Kentucky
Lexington
07.2000 - 08.2018
  • Direct patient care including assessment, implementation, documentation and evaluation of care for the critically ill patient.
  • Worked as a member of a comprehensive team of providers to provide a multidisciplinary approach to patient recovery.
  • Administration of IV medications including long term antibiotics and narcotics.
  • Served as a regular preceptor for both new graduate RNs and nursing students.
  • Part of a team that facilitated the transition of the paper documentation into an electronic documentation program as well as trained users in the new documentation format.

Nursing Care Tech Trauma ICU

University of Kentucky
Lexington
07.1999 - 07.2000
  • Responsible for nursing support and tasks related to direct patient care, as well as documentation of pertinent data as it relates to nursing care.re.
  • Maintaining BLS certification.

Education

BSN Degree -

Indiana Wesleyan University
Marion, Indiana
01.2015

Associate Degree - Nursing

Lexington Community College
Lexington, KY
05.2000

High School Diploma -

Lafayette Senior High School
Lexington, KY
01.1980

Skills

  • IV medication administration
  • Patient assessment
  • Care coordination
  • Wound care education
  • Electronic documentation
  • Multidisciplinary teamwork
  • Clinical compliance
  • Problem solving
  • Time management
  • Attention to detail
  • Effective communication
  • Disease prevention
  • Vital signs documentation
  • Patient consultation
  • Resource utilization
  • Clinical judgment
  • Care planning
  • Family education
  • Ethical practice
  • Medication administration
  • End-of-life care
  • Phlebotomy
  • Diagnosis and treatment
  • Health promotion
  • Basic life support for health care providers (BLS)
  • Critical thinking
  • Excellent communication
  • Patient management
  • Performance improvement
  • Complex Decision Making
  • Active listening

Certification

  • CPR, 02/25
  • ACLS, 12/26
  • Nursing License, 1093993, 10/25

Roles And Responsibilities

Direct patient care including assessment, implementation, documentation and evaluation of care for the critically ill patient., Worked as a member of a comprehensive team of providers to provide a multidisciplinary approach to patient recovery., Administration of IV medications including long term antibiotics and narcotics., Served as a regular preceptor for both new graduate RNs and nursing students., Part of a team that facilitated the transition of the paper documentation into an electronic documentation program and trained users in the new documentation format., Maintain and document the ordering of clinic medications including narcotics., Participate in 'in-clinic' sedation procedures., Assess patient's pre-procedure and gain clearance from ancillary providers., Maintain documentation for legal purposes up to five years., Maintain and order supplies for all safety equipment including emergency box and crash cart., Focus on care of patients with oral cancer, navigating them through the process from initial diagnosis, surgery, post-op, and surveillance clinic appointments., Facilitate home health needs, educate on wound care, incision care, and other post-op concerns., Work directly with the surgeon to deliver care to these patients.

Accomplishments

  • Twice nominated by patients for Daisy Award.

Affiliations

Member of AONN

References

References available upon request.

Timeline

Clinical Nurse Navigator

University of Kentucky
08.2018 - Current

Registered Nurse

University of Kentucky
07.2000 - 08.2018

Nursing Care Tech Trauma ICU

University of Kentucky
07.1999 - 07.2000

BSN Degree -

Indiana Wesleyan University

Associate Degree - Nursing

Lexington Community College

High School Diploma -

Lafayette Senior High School
Therese Neal