Vickie L. McElfresh, RN, a Registered Nurse with Dayton VA Medical Center

Get to know Registered Nurse, Vickie L. McElfresh, who serves patients in Dayton, Ohio.

As a registered nurse specializing in emergency room nursing, Vickie works at Dayton VA Medical Center in Ohio.

Dayton VA Medical Center is a state-of-the-art teaching facility that has been serving Veterans for 150 years, having accepted its first patient in 1867. With 356 hospital beds, it provides a full range of health care through medical, surgical, mental health (inpatient and outpatient), home and community health programs, geriatric (nursing home), physical medicine and therapy services, neurology, oncology, dentistry, and hospice.

Graduating with her Bachelor of Science in Nursing degree from Capital University, Vickie holds certifications in Advanced Cardiac Life Support (ACLS) and Basic Life Support (BLS – not intended for postnominal use).

Excelling her efforts, she is an active member of the Sigma Theta Tau International Honor Society of Nursing. It is the second-largest nursing organization in the world with approximately 135,000 active members.

A Registered Nurse (RN) is a nurse who has graduated from a nursing program and met the requirements outlined by a country, state, province or similar licensing body to obtain a nursing license. RNs fulfill a variety of job duties. In addition to their primary role in treating and caring for patients, their responsibilities also include educating patients and the public about a variety of medical conditions, as well as providing emotional support and advice to the families of their patients. Other RN job functions include leadership, research, performing diagnostic tests and analyzing results, operating medical equipment, administering medications, recording patients’ symptoms and medical histories, and assisting with patient rehabilitation and follow-up.

Learn More About Vickie L. McElfresh:

Through her online profile, https://todaysnurse.org/network/index.php?do=/4147241/info/ 

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