Compassionate Professional Registered Nurse with 15 years experience providing exceptional clinical, teaching and leadership skills. Comfortable in fast paced emergency situations and adept in crisis management. Successful in managing time, prioritizing tasks and exercising the sound judgment required to improve the quality of patient care. Skilled in technical procedures with a strong emphasis on patient and family education.
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Currently employed on a skilled rehabilitation unit safe care by utilizing the nursing process for a variety of patients who have had post operative procedures and deconditioning. Admit patients to unit, perform physical assessments, administer medications/IV therapy and monitor recovery process. Assess lab values and test results, updating physicians when appropriate. Assess and maintain Foley Catheters, Nasogastric tubes, PEG/G tubes. Administer enteral nutrition. Assess and maintain intravenous/PICC lines. Provide wound therapy as prescribed. Collaborate and educate patients, families and the interdisciplinary team to facilitate a successful outcome.
Provided nursing care on skilled rehabilitation unit who completed post operative procedures. Admit patients to unit, perform physical assessments, administer medications/ IV fluids, and monitor recovery process. Track lab values and test results, updating physicians when appropriate. Operate and insert Foley catheters and Nasogastric feeding tubes, monitor intake and output. Skilled at providing prescribed wound care treatments. Partner with multidisciplinary team and communicate effectively with patients and their chosen support system to ensure the best and most cohesive outcome possible. Proven ability to prioritize care and direct ancillary staff in a team environment.
Hired as an RN traveler at Broughton Hospital and provided supportive and safe care to patients on multiple psychiatric units. Assess and admit patients to the unit. Developed psychiatric evaluation and treatment planning by collaborating with patients, providers, family members and multidisciplinary team. Direct and assign ancillary staff to high risk patients. Ensure the safety of patients and 1:1 supervision for high risk patients. Maintain the safety of patients and staff. Responded to volatile situations and violent outbreaks earning the respect of team members for levelheaded and quick thinking to restore the safety and security of patient and staff. Completed CPI training in management of assaultive behaviors.
Employed as a traveling RN in 900 bed facility. Admit patients to facility. Evaluate, assess medical history and psychological needs. Gather medical history and perform physical assessment. Perform vitals, visual acuity, verify medications and obtain orders from providers by following protocol. Direct and schedule patients appointments based on medical diagnosis and needs. Administer medications, initiate drug and alcohol protocol, Triage sick calls, perform sick calls, EKG's, obtain labs and respond to medical emergencies. Assist in clinic with MD/NP/PA to ensure smooth effective flow. Collaborate with patient, multidisciplinary team and Department of Corrections to promote safety needs of the patient.
Provide care to incarcerated patients in 800 bed facility to promote and improve their overall health utilizing the nursing process in triage, professional training and various resources in accordance with regulatory agencies and established guidelines. Responsibilities included triage, initiating drug and alcohol protocols, administering medication/IV therapy, perform blood draws, administer EKG's. Direct and oversee the activities of clinic, infirmary and facility. Evaluate staffing needs and assign ancillary staff to appropriate assignments. Collaborate with MD/PA/NP and Department of Corrections to promote patient safety. Assisted with refining unit and facility policies and procedures in the area's of suicide watch, safety methods, documentation and discharge planning.
Employed on a skilled care rehabilitation unit providing expert care utilizing the nursing process to patients recovering from a wide range of post surgical procedures and deconditioning which include adults recovering from cardiovascular surgery, amputations, fractures, orthopedic surgeries, CVA's, neurological and acute complex medical conditions. Admit and discharge patients to and from facility. Perform physical assessments, administer medications/IV therapy, Perform wound care and monitor wound vacuum device, Insert and maintain Foley catheters, nasogastric feeding tubes, Monitor PEG/G tubes and administer enteral feedings. Educated patients and their chosen support system regarding diagnosis, care, medications and follow up appointments. Effectively collaborated with doctors and multidisciplinary team to assist and plan post treatment home care to prevent return hospitalization due to complications.
Employed in 800 bed correctional facility and provided care to patients utilizing the nursing process to improve their overall physical and psychological health through triage, professional training and various resources in accordance with regulatory agencies and established guidelines. Responsibilities included identifying medical needs in booking process, triage, initiating drug and alcohol protocols, perform detox rounds, administering medications/IV therapy, perform blood draws, EKG's. Triage, schedule and perform sick calls. Facilitate and oversee chronic care clinic, infirmary, booking area's and facility as a whole as charge nurse. Respond to medical emergencies and acute needs in timely manner. Evaluate staffing and assign staff to appropriate assignments. Collaborate with MD/PA/NP, interdisciplinary team and Department of Corrections to ensure the best and most cohesive safe patient care possible.
Provided high quality nursing care to patients on a short stay surgical floor completing pre- and post-operative procedures. Admitted patients to unit and prepared them for surgery. Administered medications/IV therapy and monitored recovery process. Assessed surgical sites/lab values/test results and update surgeon when appropriate. Effectively prioritized care and educated patient and their chosen support system to facilitate a successful discharge.
Educated and provided patient care utilizing the nursing process on a telemetry monitored surgical unit specializing in neurological patients. Effective multitasking with the ability to prioritize nursing care efficiently based upon patient's needs and acuity. Proven ability to excel within a team environment and collaborate with all interdisciplinary team members.
Employed on a medical surgical telemetry monitored unit. Proven ability to multi-task in a setting of acutely ill patients with various neurological and cardiac needs. Assessed and educated patients utilizing the nursing process efficiently and effectively to facilitate a successful outcome. Collaborated with physicians and interdisciplinary members to ensure the best and most cohesive patient care possible.
Accepted per diem assignments as a medical surgical nurse and nursing supervisor throughout local surrounding hospitals and nursing homes . Accepted various assignments to fill the emergent staffing needs of facilities.
Worked as a registered nurse in a 536 bed County Correctional Facility. Responsibilities included booking process, medical assessments, medication administration, collaborating with physicians, scheduling appointments, managing care of acutely ill patients in a 12 bed infirmary.
Employed on a 34 bed tele-monitored medical surgical ENT trauma unit with high acuity surgical patients. Responsibilities included managing and coordinating the care of patients with highly complex conditions. Provided care to pancreas and kidney transplantation program patients as well as bariatrics patients.
Trained and employed as a scrub and circulating nurse in the operating room. Provided high quality and emergent surgical care to patients undergoing a vast array of procedures. Proven ability to work within a team environment. Effectively provided safe and supportive care to patient's and their chosen support system.
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Passionate LPN dedicated to delivering quality geriatric care. Eager to secure a position in a long term care facility.