Bedside Progressive Care Nurse Resume Example Lee Health

BEDSIDE PROGRESSIVE CARE NURSE

Professional Summary

I am currently a Progressive Care nurse with over 8+ years of experience in a clinical setting. I am an enthusiastic nurse eager to contribute to team success through hard work and attention to detail. I have experience, care, and extensive knowledge to help improve the lives of our patients through compassion, empathy, safety and teamwork. I have a background in nursing leadership as a supervisor of a medical-surgical-telemetry unit with a reputation of effectively managing not only our three medical-surgical units. Having a background in leadership has taught me how to effectively drive operational budget financials and save costs. I have been recognized for staff development that led to high performing teams. I am a preceptor to new graduate nurses and effectively promote teamwork, work closely together with our physicians and other interdisciplinary teams to promote the safest and best care possible to our patients. I am a certified language interpreter for our organization and have excellent time management and organizational skills. I have a great reputation for resolving problems and improving patient satisfaction. I have contributed on our Quality Council Committees to improve staff and patient processes by closely looking at evidence-based practices, morale, and productivity. My target job is to utilize my leadership abilities and show these skills as a Director of Nursing of a unit or a facility. I will continue to coach nursing staff and drive quality improvements to its fullest potential.

Accomplishments

Supervised team of 20+ staff members.
Used Microsoft Excel to develop inventory tracking spreadsheets.
Helped to collaborate our 'Quiet at Night' order set with physician for our units

Skills

Registered Nurse
Budgeting
Recruiting and Hiring
Quality Improvement
Clinical System Monitoring
Shift Scheduling
Staff Evaluation

Training and mentoring
Acute Care
Staff Management
Profit improvements
Profitability strategies
Teamwork / Collaboration

Work History

Bedside Progressive Care Nurse, 08/2019 to Current
Lee Health – Fort Myers, Florida

Devotes special emphasis to punctuality
Work to maintain outstanding attendance record
Consistently arriving to work ready to start immediately
Thoroughly manage intravenous drips, chest tubes, JP drains, NG tubes, wound vacs while completing all necessary documentation in our electronic system
Updating family and patients on plan of care
Maintaining open communication with nocturnal physicians when they admit patients
Report to charge of any patient changes
Maintain professionalism and exemplify teamwork and leadership
Delegate and educate our nursing assistants on the importance of why we complete certain tasks/processes
Educate our patients and family and provide written handouts on procedures, new medications, in their language
Developed team communications and information for Quality Council meetings

Registered Nurse Supervisor, 01/2017 to 08/2019
Lee Health – Fort Myers, Florida

Maintain effective communication with staff and upper management to ensure patient safety as number one priority
Manage daily assignments and staff
Collaboration in hiring process
Ordered supplies to maintain effective inventory levels
Kept facility in compliance with HIPAA, OSHA and other applicable guidelines
Trained, evaluated and coached clinical staff to improve performance
Sustained quality standards by performing routine audits and upholding internal and organizational best practices
Leveraged feedback and process improvement opportunities to create safer and healthier environment and increase patient satisfaction
Directed nursing activities for two departments with total of forty-bed combined with twenty-five + employees under direct par, providing guidance to nurses to deliver outstanding care and optimal patient satisfaction
Partnered with physicians, social workers, activity therapists, nutritionists and case managers to develop and implement individualized care plans and documented all patient interactions and interventions in electronic charting systems. Worked closely together with nocturnal physicians to develop a 'Quiet at Night' order set to minimize interruptions in patient care at night
Collaborated with physicians to quickly assess patients and deliver appropriate treatment while managing rapidly changing conditions
Reported findings to quality departments after conducting routine restraint audits and worked with team to devise corrective actions for deficiencies
Worked closely with upper leadership and house supervisor to manage effective performance for staff and patient acuity
Improved patient satisfaction scores by modifying our weaknesses and increasing our scores by over 10% quarterly in accordance with HCHAP compliance

Charge Nurse/Bedside Nurse, 12/2013 to 01/2017
Lee Health – Fort Myers, Florida

Safe delivery and documentation of patient care through the nursing process
Utilize critical thinking/management/problem solving and differentiation of urgency
Coordinating/ directing nursing care for patients based on established clinical nursing practice standards
Responsible for staff assignments
Educated patients on health maintenance/disease prevention
Performed telemetry monitoring of patients cardiac rhythms, properly recording all data
Performed routine wound care and dressing changes on schedule
Updated/advocated care plans to patients and families
Prioritized urgent and non-urgent patient needs calmly and effectively
Managed Jackson Pratt drains and chest tubes, NG, G and peg tubes
Effectively addressed rapid response situations by strategically organizing and delegating tasks

Student Nurse/Certified Nursing Assistant Student, 04/2010 to 12/2013
Lee Health – Fort Myers, Florida

CNA duties and responsibilities
Safe patient care/transfer
Effective communication with patient and their families to promote safety as number one priority
Maintained comfort and safety of each patient through careful monitoring and knowledge application
Monitored each patient to meet appropriate care and document status changes and reported to RN
Built rapport with patients and members of patients' support systems
Reviewed daily assignment lists and associated charts
Managed an assignment of over fifteen patients per shift

Education

Master of Science: Nursing Administration, Expected in 2021
University of Central Florida - Orlando, FL

Coursework in Nursing In Leadership and Management Track
Expected graduation date: Spring 2021

Bachelor of Science: Nursing, 08/2016
Florida SouthWestern State College - Fort Myers, FL

Graduated with 3.9 GPA

Associate of Science: Nursing, 05/2011
Florida SouthWestern State College - Fort Myers, FL

Sigma Kappa Delta Society

The English Honor Society awarded me the duty elected member certification entitling me to all of the rights and privileges appertaining to its membership.

Certifications

Certified language interpreter for Lee Health System

Resume Overview

Companies Worked For:

Lee Health

School Attended

University of Central Florida
Florida SouthWestern State College

Job Titles Held:

Bedside Progressive Care Nurse
Registered Nurse Supervisor
Charge Nurse/Bedside Nurse
Student Nurse/Certified Nursing Assistant Student

Degrees

Master of Science : Nursing Administration , Expected in 2021
Bachelor of Science : Nursing , 08/2016
Associate of Science : Nursing , 05/2011

Bedside Progressive Care Nurse Resume Example

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