Ashley Barnekoff
Kalispell
Summary
Experienced BSN, RN, CMSRN skilled in delivering high-acuity care in the home setting. Committed to optimizing patient outcomes through strong collaboration, clear communication, and dedicated patient advocacy. Reliable and adaptable, consistently achieving results in dynamic environments.
Overview
9
9
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification
Work History
Nurse Navigator, Neurosurgery
Logan Health Medical Center
Kalispell, MT
01.2025 - Current
- Act as the main point of contact for patients and families throughout treatment
- Explain diagnoses, procedures, and treatment plans in clear, understandable terms
- Coordinate appointments, tests, and consultations with specialists
- Help prepare patients for neurosurgery (pre-op education and instructions)
- Provide emotional support and answer questions before and after surgery
- Monitor patient progress and follow up after procedures
- Help manage symptoms and communicate concerns to the medical team
- Advocate for the patient’s needs within the healthcare system
Shift Unit Supervisor, Medical/Surgical
Logan Health Medical Center
Kalispell, MT
01.2024 - 01.2025
- Conducts performance appraisals and provides regular and scheduled feedback to employees
- Contributes to hiring, corrective action, and termination decisions
- Promotes staff compliance and develops, revises, and ensures compliance either policies and procedures and standards of care
- Monitors staffing to achieve productivity and budget
- Provides coaching and developmental opportunities
- Determines patient assignments and delegates duties according to appropriate patient acuity and skill mix of staff
RN, Medical/Surgical
Logan Health Medical Center
Kalispell, MT
11.2023 - 01.2024
- Member of a healthcare team providing care to 4-5 patients and supporting family members on an inpatient Medical/Surgical Floor. (See previous duties).
RN Case Manager, Home Health
Logan Health Medical Center
Kalispell, MT
06.2021 - 11.2023
- Admit and discharge, assess patient's needs, and develops plan of care with PCP
- Monitors and evaluate patient's response to plan of care and adjusts as necessary
- Provides education to patient and family members
- Oversees case management-coordinates with ASSIST, LME, Agency on Aging, MOW, etc.
- Takes vitals, obtains labs, and manages wound care including wound vacs
- Preceptor to newly hired nursing staff
RN, Medical/Surgical
Logan Health Medical Center
Kalispell, MT
10.2020 - 05.2021
- Coordinates admits and discharges, obtains patient history, assesses and provides interventions
- Assess for and obtains IV access
- Administers medications
- Provides education to patient and family members
- Prepares patients for surgical procedures-CHG bath, surgical checklist, pre-medication, IV fluids, appropriate documentation and consents
- Collaborates and coordinates care of patient with multiple tema members
- Precepts newly graduated RNs
RN, Medical/Surgical Oncology
Logan Health Medical Center
Kalispell, MT
05.2017 - 10.2020
- Obtains patient history, performs assessments, monitors and provides appropriate interventions
- Assess for and obtain IV access including peripheral, PORT and PICC
- Administers medications including chemotherapy and biotherapy
- Prepare and provides individualized education materials
- Coordinates admits and discharges
- Answers calls, schedules appointments, delivers messages
- Collects and monitor routine labs
Education
Bachelor of Science - Nursing
Montana State University
Bozeman, MT12-2015
Skills
- EMR data entry proficiency
- Comprehensive patient assessment
- Delivers targeted interventions
- Intravenous access management
- Client case management
- Patient medication management
- Health education delivery
- Surgical preparation
- Preoperative and postoperative education
- Office administration
- Wound management
Accomplishments
Daisy Award Nominee 2016, 2017
Certification
Certified Medical Surgical-Registered Nurse, CMSRN
NIHSS Certification
BLS-HCP
OASIS
Timeline
Nurse Navigator, Neurosurgery
Logan Health Medical Center
01.2025 - Current
Shift Unit Supervisor, Medical/Surgical
Logan Health Medical Center
01.2024 - 01.2025
RN, Medical/Surgical
Logan Health Medical Center
11.2023 - 01.2024
RN Case Manager, Home Health
Logan Health Medical Center
06.2021 - 11.2023
RN, Medical/Surgical
Logan Health Medical Center
10.2020 - 05.2021
RN, Medical/Surgical Oncology
Logan Health Medical Center
05.2017 - 10.2020
Bachelor of Science - Nursing
Montana State University