Sarah Kanable-Smith

Experience

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  WQHCC

  Aug 2001 - Jan 2010

  Personal Care Attendant

  • Assisted physically and developmentally disabled clients in their homes with ADLs, transfers housekeeping, financial supervision and personal and emotional support

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  BrightStar Care

  Feb 2010 - May 2012

  CNA

  • Assisted a variety of clients in their homes with ADLs, medication reminders, transfers, blood sugar monitoring, housekeeping, and personal and emotional support

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  Mjau!

  Sept 2011 - Jun 2013

  CNA/Health Unit Coordinator

  • Assisted patients on a medical/surgical unit with ADLs, transfers, vitals and other duties as directed• Answered multi-line phone system, admitted and discharged patients, scheduled follow-up appointments as well as office duties as needed

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  UW Health

  Jul 2013 - Feb 2016

  Licensed Practical Nurse

  • Communicating with patients, families’, caregivers, providers, pharmacies, and facilities to ensure coordination of care• Taking vitals, completing intake with basic assessment, administer medications and immunizations

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  Medtronic

  Jun 2014 - Feb 2017

  LPN III/Weekend Team Lead

  • Provided tele-health nursing by assessing and triaging vital signs and symptoms and communicating concerns to MD, agency on call nurse or another third party• Provided education re: disease process, symptom management and medications • Charted outreach to patients, families and facilities re: symptoms, assessment and education• Oversaw administrative, LPN and RN staff to ensure all accounts are handled in a timely manner

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  Associated Physicians, LLP

  Mar 2016 - Jul 2016

  LPN per diem

  Resource for Internal Medicine and Pediatrics in an ambulatory setting. Complete basic assessment with vitals and electronic charting, administer immunizations, respond to non-symptom based calls and MyCharts from patients via phone or electronically, process refill requests and other tasks as needed.

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  SSM Health

  Feb 2017 - now

  Registered Nurse

  • Provide RN assessments of intermediate care for adult patients on a Intermediate/Medical Unit• Charge nurse experience since 2019 - develop appropriate assignments based on census, acuity and staffing; support providers, nurses and CNAs with answering questions or providing assistance as needed. • Provide pediatric nursing care for infant -18 years • Provide education re: disease process, medications, symptom management, safe sleep, feeding schedules, growth and development and discharge instructions• EPIC superuser Show less

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  Agrace Hospice & Palliative Care

  Feb 2020 - now

  Triage Resource Nurse

  • Provide call center support to hospice care patients, families, and facilities re: end of life education, assistance with acute symptom management, falls, skin concerns, deaths etc.• Provide resource support to nurse case managers including: follow up on patient care needs, assessing patient comfort and symptoms, assess effectiveness of treatments/therapies and communication with pharmacies • Communication with hospice attending providers office for new orders, requests to discontinue or change orders and communicate lab results and subsequent treatment if needed. • Collaborate with and support LPNs making routine visits and assess the need for RN visit• Charge nurse/point person: oversee triage staff and assign acute visits based on acuity and location. • Collaborate with field nurses re: questions re: patient care needs, follow up care, ER visit collaboration• Thorough and timely documentation of telephone calls, outreach and education, enter and discontinue new orders via EPIC Hyperspace Show less