Natalie Leanhart

Works as an inpatient psychiatric nurse providing admissions/discharges, daily treatment team participation, and behavioral monitoring on a secure psychiatric unit. Administers and dispenses medications as ordered, completes CIWA/COWS detox assessments, maintains accurate clinical documentation, and provides education to patients and families.

Provided armed security across multiple venues including private events, distilleries, bars, conventions, and construction sites. Focused on de-escalation and crowd control for customer and staff safety and served as on-call nurse for medical on-location needs.

Served as an addiction recovery nurse on an acute detox/residential rehab unit performing admissions/discharges and medication administration. Completed CIWA/COWS detox assessments at required intervals based on patient condition and supported other assigned unit duties.

Worked as a staff nurse on a Progressive Care unit handling admissions/discharges and telemetry monitoring. Managed patient recovery after cardiac procedures and CVAs using NIHSS, performed bedside procedures including IV insertion, provided wound care, educated patients, and maintained accurate care documentation including experience treating COVID-19 patients.

Performed staff nurse duties including charge nurse assignments, staffing coverage, admissions/discharges, and maintaining unit schedules and routines. Provided patient assessments, medication administration, vital signs monitoring, accurate documentation, and patient/family education across geriatric psychiatric, dual diagnosis, and acute adult psychiatric populations.

Provided ancillary services including lab collection and processing and completed utilization review chart reviews with managed care precertification coordination. Led infection prevention activities (surveillance, reporting, risk assessments, outbreak containment) and chaired quarterly and monthly infection prevention/utilization review meetings, while also supporting medical clinic procedures su

Independently oversaw a 60-bed long-term care unit on 3rd shift, including staff assignments and resident assessments. Administered IV/oral and g-tube medications, inserted IVs, provided treatments and wound care, wrote/transcribed MD orders, completed incident assessments and reporting, and maintained 24-hour reports.

Assisted with laboratory duties for a nine-doctor Internal Medicine practice, including lab draws, point-of-care testing (including flu A/B, strep, RSV, and monospot), and send-outs to hospital and reference labs. Supported back-office care across multiple specialties with rooming, immunizations, EKGs, EMR-based chart preparation, phone triage, and TB skin testing.

Supported a Family Medicine practice with front- and back-office duties including rooming, injections, EKGs, immunizations, pap/pelvic assistance, scheduling, and EMR-based chart and lab preparation for physician review. Completed telephone triage and returned patient and pharmacy refill calls, including on-call duties for close watch duty at the hospital.

Educated members on preventative health services through outbound call center work while maintaining productivity of 65 calls per day. Appropriately transferred members to other departments to resolve billing, claims, or customer service concerns.

Assisted a Pediatric physician with rooming, allergy injections, immunizations, telephone triage, and preparation of charts and lab results for provider review. Handled scheduling and eligibility/referral tasks including checking Passport eligibility and completing Passport referrals, and returned patient/pharmacy refill calls.

Provided back-office support for an Internal Medicine practice including phlebotomy, injections, travel medicine, patient education, scheduling, and preparation of charts and lab results for physician review. Maintained back-office supply inventory and returned patient and pharmacy refill calls.

Earned an Associate of Science in Nursing from Sullivan University in March 2019.

Earned a General Diploma at Clements High School in 1997.

Grade: High Honors

Completed a Certificate in Medical Billing and Coding (month/year not specified).

Completed a Diploma in Practical Nursing at Spencerian College in March 2016.