Paige Reppond BSN,RN
Warren,AR
Summary
Diligent nursing professional with demonstrated success in emergency patient care. Agile and responsive to dynamic patient needs and environmental conditions. Team-oriented and reliable with expert healthcare knowledge, clear verbal and written communication skills and sound clinical judgment.
Overview
10
10
years of professional experience
Work History
Registered Nurse Circulator
UAMS
06.2023 - Current
- Elevated patient satisfaction scores through compassionate care delivery during the stressful perioperative period.
- Supported successful surgeries by skillfully assisting surgeons with instrument handling, suturing, wound dressing applications, and specimen collection.
- Prevented infection risks by consistently adhering to strict aseptic protocols throughout all stages of surgical procedures.
- Promoted a positive work environment by mentoring new nursing staff and collaborating effectively with colleagues from various disciplines.
- Improved patient outcomes through thorough pre-operative assessments and efficient coordination with the interdisciplinary team.
- Demonstrated commitment to professional development by attending conferences, engaging in continuing education courses, and staying current on best nursing practices.
- Minimized surgery delays through meticulous preparation of equipment, instruments, and supplies needed for each specific operation.
- Upheld patient confidentiality standards by securely managing personal health information according to HIPAA regulations.
- Optimized operating room efficiency by anticipating needs of the surgical team and swiftly responding to any changes in procedure.
- Managed emergency situations adeptly with swift decision-making skills and effective collaboration with the entire healthcare team.
- Enhanced patient safety by closely monitoring surgical procedures and providing timely assistance to the surgical team.
- Safeguarded patients'' well-being by diligently reviewing medical histories, medication lists, and lab results before surgery.
- Ensured timely communication between surgeons, anesthesiologists, and other healthcare professionals for seamless patient care.
- Reduced post-operative complications by ensuring proper sterile technique and maintaining a clean operating room environment.
- Participated in hospital-wide quality improvement initiatives aimed at enhancing patient care standards and streamlining workflows.
- Coordinated with surgeons and staff to deliver safe patient care during operations.
- Collected, labeled and transported specimens and delivered to lab for testing.
- Performed pre-operative assessments to prepare patients for surgery.
- Advocated for and strived to protect health, safety, and rights of patient.
- Collaborated with members of patients' healthcare team to deliver appropriate level of care.
- Provided effective bedside care to patients before and after procedures to deliver comfort.
- Monitored patients' vital signs and administered medications per physician orders or good practices.
- Documented treatments delivered, medications and IVs administered, discharge instructions, and follow-up care.
- Educated family members and caregivers on patient care instructions.
- Communicated with healthcare team members to plan, implement and enhance treatment strategies.
- Monitored patient reactions after administering medications and IV therapies.
- Provided skilled, timely and level-headed emergency response to critically-ill patients.
- Used first-hand knowledge and clinical expertise to advocate for patients under care and enacted prescribed treatment strategies.
- Quickly responded to situations impacting safety and security to unit, actualizing crisis prevention interventions to control and de-escalate situations.
- Collaborated with leadership to devise initiatives for improving nursing satisfaction, retention and morale.
- Leveraged feedback and process improvement opportunities to create safer and healthier environment and increase patient satisfaction.
Nursing Student Tech (CCA)
UAMS
12.2022 - 06.2023
- Assisted nurses with essential tasks, streamlining workflow and increasing efficiency in the healthcare setting.
- Enhanced patient satisfaction by providing compassionate and attentive care.
- Assisted in training new Patient Care Technicians, sharing knowledge and best practices to ensure consistency in care delivery.
- Performed blood draws, EKGs, and other diagnostic tests accurately and efficiently for prompt analysis by healthcare professionals.
- Provided high-quality personal care to patients, promoting comfort and dignity during their hospital stay.
- Maintained clean and safe environment to promote patient safety and comfort.
- Contributed to a positive patient experience by keeping rooms clean, organized, and well-stocked with supplies.
- Assisted in transferring patients, beds and patient care equipment to other rooms adhering to necessary safety precautions.
- Maintained strict adherence to infection control protocols, minimizing risk of disease transmission within the clinical environment.
- Enhanced patient comfort by providing compassionate bedside care and support.
- Implemented infection control protocols, contributing to safer hospital environment.
- Enhanced teamwork by collaborating closely with nurses and doctors to coordinate patient care.
- Contributed to team meetings, offering insights on patient care improvements based on direct observations.
Uncertified Medical Assistant
Winston Clinic
09.2020 - 06.2021
- My role at the Winston Clinic was to room patients for the physician I was working for that day
- This role included, reconciling medication list, going over allergies, drug and alcohol use, obtaining vital signs manually, and summarizing the reason for the visit that day with their chief complaint and other concerns
- I was responsible for filing out all the Arkansas Health Department required reporting with communicable diseases, pulling PMP's for narcotic prescriptions, filling out medical record request and faxing them, charting vital signs and importing any outgoing faxes or updates to the patients charts such as new health paperwork or PHQ-9 paperwork
- I preformed lab draws, culture swabs, flu, strep and COVID-19 swabs, I can run the urine analysis machine, properly collect a urine culture and draw it up
- I also preformed ECGs, Snellen eye chart exams, Ishihara test checking for color blindness
- During this role I worked with ages ranging from infants all the way to very elderly patients
- Every day was a new day and the patients we cared for always presented with a wide variety of needs
- I loved this fast paced role and was saddened to leave but excited to beginning my Nursing career at UAMS Nursing School
In Office Phlebotomist
Winston Clinic
04.2018 - 03.2019
- My role at the Winston Clinic in Sheridan, AR was an in office phlebotomist
- My original resume was taken by the office manager Mrs
- Brittany Graves in April of 2018 and was sent to the lab provider, Nexus
- I was hired by the lab company Nexus, which shortly after my employment was dissolved and Conway Regional who was part of Nexus took over my employment, and the lab at Winston Clinic
- In a short time the clinic then switched labs to Labcorp, where my employment was then again transferred
- My duties as the IOP (in office phlebotomist) varied with each employer
- To state a few of the things I was responsible for during my 11 months there would be far less complex so they were as followed: complete lab draws in a timely manner with accuracy on all ages of patients, have a positive attitude, proper customer service and how to handle unpleased or combative patients, input orders into the ordering system, understand insurance policies, knowledge of ICD-10 codes, ordering supplies for the lab as a whole, proper processing of specimens, knowledge of proper lab draws and correct storage, knowledge of processing urine and stool samples and correct processing containers and storage, manifest reports, preforming DOT drug screens and basic chain of custody drug screens, closing lab and how to properly 'pack out' specimens for the currier to pick up, daily cleaning of lab and stocking needed items, communicating with the office staff about lab issues and finding solutions, assisting physicians in any questions regarding lab orders such as-canceling, adding onto existing order, status of labs, questions regarding specific lab test, work with billing to provide updated test codes and CPT codes to input into their systems, work with billing to provide lab company with patients whose insurance billing needed to be corrected
- Those were just part of the duties I covered in the time at the Winston Clinic
- Working at the clinic really provided me with an immense amount of knowledge and had an enormous hand in bettering me as a phlebotomist
Clerical Staff-Front Desk
Family Practice Associates
07.2017 - 04.2018
- Company Overview: The clinic is a very large practice serving a huge part of Benton and the surrounding communities
- The practice consist of eight physicians and about 40 other staff members
- My job as front desk personnel was to greet every patient, check in those who are there for appointments, update insurance information and ensure copays are collected, giving proper paperwork, making sure HIPPA is followed, answer phones, schedule appointments; these were just some of the main daily duties
- I was responsible for two physicians primarily
- Our office was short staffed so for several months I had four and from time to time
- These two to four doctors' patients come to me for checking in and the above described duties as well as issues
- I acted as the front end of the nurses, I took messages and assist the doctors' primary nurses, I also problem solve and try to assist the patients in all ways I knew how before turning to the nurses-unless it was out of my abilities, privileges or knowledge
- I was a friendly face to patients and also a helping hand to the clinic
- Front desk personnel tend to get the brunt end of situations from time to time and the frustration of patients, while also having to know how to remain calm and respectful of the patient as well as calming to them while ensuring proper HIPPA policies
- Working the front end of a large and popular clinic taught me tremendously problem solving skills and improved my multitasking abilities while ensuring I was accurately performing my duties
- The clinic is a very large practice serving a huge part of Benton and the surrounding communities
- The practice consist of eight physicians and about 40 other staff members
Therapy Technician
Orthopedic Associates
01.2017 - 05.2017
- On the job trained, as a therapy technician I was responsible to assist the multiple therapists I was assigned to work with, to ensure the patients are able to complete their therapy sessions in a well managed time, properly preforming the right technique, and safely
- As a therapy technician I had to multitask and pay attention to detail very closely
- At any given time I was assisting 3-4 therapist whom could potentially have 4 clients per therapist at the same time
- It was my job to keep multiple patients' therapy programs going as well as watching to make sure they are all preforming their activities properly to ensure their safety
- I was also responsible to keep track of patients checking in and patients checking out, while assisting in therapy programs
- I had many other tasks that I was responsible for throughout the day such as; cleaning, laundry, restocking linens, and maintaining a positive attitude
Sterile Processing
Coffeyville Regional Medical Center
01.2015 - 01.2016
- Sterile Processing is an extremely important piece to a bigger picture
- Knowing how to properly execute my job at CRMC in sterile processing was the foundation to a smoothly ran, safe hospital and surgery department, as well as clinics in the surrounding areas
- I was on the job trained and that required me to learn quickly, but also learn properly and trust myself to know when to ask questions or speak up if I did not feel comfortable in a specific task and to ask for more training or assistance
- I learned the importance of organization and prioritizing; we had limited equipment due to being a small rural hospital, so to meet the demands of sterile equipment I had to check the surgery board as well as following days and different departments and clinics to see what was needed for what days and the current status of clean equipment in order to optimize each day
- It was an absolute demand that I followed each step, technique, guideline, policy, etc., religiously in order to maintain a safe patient care and OSHA approved sterile equipment
Education
BSN - Nursing
University of Arkansas For Medical Sciences
Little Rock05.2023
Associates -
COFFEYVILLE COMMUNITY COLLEGE
Coffeyville, KS01.2016
Phlebotomy Certification -
INDEPENDENCE COMMUNITY COLLEGE
Independence, KS01.2015
High School Diploma -
INDEPENDENCE SENIOR HIGH
Independence, KS01.2014
Skills
- Compassionate
- Multitasking
- Professional
- Hardworking
- Patient advocacy
- Team collaboration
- Emergency response
- Effective communication
- Mentorship training
- Documentation accuracy
- Friendly, positive attitude
- Problem-solving
- Flexible and adaptable
- Dependable and responsible
- Multitasking Abilities
- Critical thinking
- Calm under pressure
- Active listening
- Problem resolution
- Head to toe physical assessment
- Manual vital signs
- Medication administration
- IV placement
- IVPB
- Wound care
- Hand hygiene
- Lab draws
- HIPPA knowledge
- CPR certification
- Microsoft Office suite
- Fast learning
- Patient safety
Timeline
Registered Nurse Circulator
UAMS
06.2023 - Current
Nursing Student Tech (CCA)
UAMS
12.2022 - 06.2023
Uncertified Medical Assistant
Winston Clinic
09.2020 - 06.2021
In Office Phlebotomist
Winston Clinic
04.2018 - 03.2019
Clerical Staff-Front Desk
Family Practice Associates
07.2017 - 04.2018
Therapy Technician
Orthopedic Associates
01.2017 - 05.2017
Sterile Processing
Coffeyville Regional Medical Center
01.2015 - 01.2016
Associates -
COFFEYVILLE COMMUNITY COLLEGE
Phlebotomy Certification -
INDEPENDENCE COMMUNITY COLLEGE
High School Diploma -
INDEPENDENCE SENIOR HIGH
BSN - Nursing
University of Arkansas For Medical Sciences
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