KATHRYN MAHER
PALOS HEIGHTS
Summary
Registered Nurse with 30 years of experience in healthcare. Looking for a new environment to apply my years of knowledge and leadership.
Hardworking professional well-versed in primary care. Treats patients of all ages and specializes in delivering effective quality nursing care. Performs in stressful and crisis situations and interprets and applies policies and procedures with good judgment.
Dedicated and well-qualified RN offering proven skills in patient care, medication administration and treatment implementation. Detail-oriented, responsive, and proficient in routine care and emergency response. Brings multi-year record in field.
Overview
31
31
years of professional experience
Work History
Staff Nurse
OSF Little Company of Mary
Evergreen Park
05.2019 - Current
- Administered medications and treatments according to established protocols and physician orders.
- Collaborated with interdisciplinary teams to develop patient care plans and interventions.
- Monitored vital signs and reported changes in patient conditions to healthcare providers.
- Maintained accurate records of patient progress notes, medications administered and other relevant data.
- Managed multiple tasks simultaneously while maintaining quality standards of care.
- Demonstrated effective communication skills while interacting with patients, families, physicians and other healthcare staff members.
- Coordinated care with charge nurse and other staff through daily communication.
- Conducted patient education on medical treatments and procedures.
- Ensured that all equipment was properly maintained according to safety protocols.
- Utilized an electronic medical record system to store patient information securely.
- Adhered to strict confidentiality policies when dealing with sensitive information.
Surgical RN; Surgical Service Coordinator for ENT, Eye and Plastics
Little Company of Mary Hospital
09.1998 - Current
- Supervise nursing staff and accommodate surgeon preferences relating to the eye, ear, nose and throat and plastics service lines.
- Monitor inventory levels and equipment status.
- Prepare and coordinate in services for staff to stay current on skills in these specialties.
- Fill the circulating and scrub roles in all areas of the operating room.
- Assume role of Charge Nurse as necessary.
- Cover call during off hours.
Staff Nurse
OSF Little Company of Mary
Evergreen Park
10.2015 - 05.2019
- Documented patient information accurately in electronic health records for continuity of care.
- Demonstrated effective communication skills while interacting with patients, families, physicians and other healthcare staff members.
- Coordinated care with physicians and other clinical staff to prepare for treatment, carry out interventions, and enhance continuum of care.
- Utilized an electronic medical record system to store patient information securely.
Staff RN-OB/GYNE Office
Samuel Flosi, M.D.
Burbank
03.1998 - 09.1998
- Obtain patient history and vital signs.
- Manage phone triage.
- Prepare routine office procedures.
Staff RN-Labor and Delivery
Little Company of Mary Hospital
02.1995 - 09.1998
- Manage patients through labor and delivery.
- Assist MD with delivery of patients.
- Circulate and scrub for Cesarean Sections, Dilation and Curettage.
- Assume role of Charge Nurse as necessary.
- Modify treatment by reading and interpreting fetal heart rate monitors.
Education
Diploma - Nursing
Evangelical School of Nursing
Oak Lawn, ILSkills
- Surgical assistance
- Electronic health records
- Care coordination
- Clinical documentation
- Patient education
- Team leadership
- Effective communication
- Problem solving
- Time management
- Interdisciplinary collaboration
- Confidentiality compliance
- EMR / EHR
- Surgical nursing
- Maternity nursing
- Specimen collection
- [Type] EMR software
- Teamwork
- Medication reconciliation
- Multitasking
Timeline
Staff Nurse
OSF Little Company of Mary
05.2019 - Current
Staff Nurse
OSF Little Company of Mary
10.2015 - 05.2019
Surgical RN; Surgical Service Coordinator for ENT, Eye and Plastics
Little Company of Mary Hospital
09.1998 - Current
Staff RN-OB/GYNE Office
Samuel Flosi, M.D.
03.1998 - 09.1998
Staff RN-Labor and Delivery
Little Company of Mary Hospital
02.1995 - 09.1998
Diploma - Nursing
Evangelical School of Nursing