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CRITICAL CARE FLOAT POOL REGISTERED NURSE
Professional Summary

A bachelors prepared, clinical leader with over ten years critical care, charge nurse, and supervisory experience. Has worked in both acute care and long-term acute care settings.

Licenses

Registered Nursing License Ohio - Active

Registered Nursing License Indiana - Active


Skill Highlights
  • Experience in the critical care setting (ICU, CCU, NICU)
  • Strong critical thinking skills,
  • Ability to work independently and collaboratively
  • Excellent interpersonal skills
  • Can mitigate sensitive situations with diplomacy, good judgment and professionalism
  • Strong presentation skills, ability to articulate core learning objectives
  • Proficiency with electronic medical records.
  • Experience with training and teaching
  • Able to interact and build a rapport with all individuals on the health care team.
Professional Experience
Critical Care Float Pool Registered Nurse Jan 2012 to Current
 Good Samaritan Hospital － Cincinnati, OH
  • Assess, analyze and treat complex patient conditions.
  • Maintain, monitor, and analyze various patient monitoring equipment such as arterial lines, temporary pacemakers, intracranial pressure monitors, and ventilators.
  • Proficient with electronic medical records.
  • Titrate and monitor critical medication drips.
  • Ability to maintain sound judgment and poise under the pressure of rapid response and code blue situations.
  • Provide family-centered education on various diagnostic tests and procedures.
  • Promote and follow core measures, and hospital policies when providing high quality care.
  • Build trust and rapport with patients, caregivers and colleagues.
Charge Nurse/Staff Nurse May 2005 to Dec 2011
 Select Specialty Hospital － Cincinnati , Ohio
  • Responsible for the direct supervision of a 35 bed long-term acute care hospital. (LTACH)
  • Assigned patient acuity scores according to hospital matrix
  • Made patient assignments based on the nurse's skill set and the patient's acuity level.
  • Conducted chart audits to track compliance with JCAHO's National Patient Safety goals.
  • Directly supervised 10-12 nurses and other healthcare workers.
  • Coached staff on-the-spot and acted as a resource nurse on the floor.
  • Led rapid response and code teams.
  • Reported directly to the director of nursing; patient acuity levels, staffing levels, and patient satisfaction scores.
  • Handled patient and staff queries with diplomacy, tact and respect.
Staff ICU Nurse Jan 2005 to Oct 2007
 First Choice Medical － Cincinnati, OH
  • Cared for the patients in the intensive care unit, maintained and analyzed CVP lines, arterial lines, interpreted telemetry rhythm strips, collaborated with the multidisciplinary medical team to stabilize the patient and promote rehabilitation to back optimal health.
  • Maintained and monitored various monitoring equipment such as ventilators, hemodynamic monitoring, patient controlled analgesia pumps, and hypothermia blankets.
  • Continually, assessed the patients response to treatment therapies and intervened when therapies where ineffective.
  • Used sound judgment and clinical experience to make independent decisions consistent with hospital protocols.
  • Conducted on-the-spot family and patient education, and helped to resolve patient and family concerns.
Charge Nurse/Staff Nurse Oct 2000 to Jan 2005
 Dearborn County Hospital － Or type here your correction..., Indiana
  • Worked as a Staff Nurse on the Telemetry floor then ICU Staff Nurse, then ICU Charge Nurse.
  • Transferred to the Intensive Care Unit for further training and knowledge.
  • Quick, eager learner and sound leader, appointed Charge Nurse within 6 months of graduation.
  • Took care of the critically ill patient population.
  • Maintained, monitored, and analyzed hemodynamic monitoring equipment, and patient's response to treatment.
Platoon Sergeant/Training Officer Aug 1993 to Mar 2000
 United States Marine Corps － Camp Pendleton, CA
  • In addition to thirteen weeks of boot camp, completed a two week Resident Noncommissioned Officer Leadership course.
  • Completed a Conflict Resolution Course
  • Strong presentation and training skills
  • Competed in highly competitive promotion boards and selected out of 2500 Marines as Marine of the Quarter, and meritoriously promoted to the ranks of Corporeal and Sergeant.
  • Earned the Marine Corps College Fund Scholarship
  • Achievements: Navy and Marines Corps Achievement Medal, two meritorious promotions, Noncommissioned Officer of the Quarter.
Education and Training
Bachelors Degree, Nursing 2011 Indiana University － Richmond, Indiana

GPA: 3.7
Associate of Science, Nursing 2002 Good Samaritan College of Nursing and Health Sciences － Cincinnati, Ohio

GPA: 3.8

received the Alumni Scholarship
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Resume Overview

Companies Worked For:

  • Good Samaritan Hospital
  • Select Specialty Hospital
  • First Choice Medical
  • Dearborn County Hospital
  • United States Marine Corps

School Attended

  • Indiana University
  • Good Samaritan College of Nursing and Health Sciences

Job Titles Held:

  • Critical Care Float Pool Registered Nurse
  • Charge Nurse/Staff Nurse
  • Staff ICU Nurse
  • Platoon Sergeant/Training Officer

Degrees

  • Bachelors Degree , Nursing 2011
    Associate of Science , Nursing 2002

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