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Jessica Claire
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Professional Summary
I have continuously served at the bedside as a registered nurse providing direct care for over 14 years in a variety of acuity levels and settings and have obtained a broad array of experience.  I have trained and taught numerous nursing students and newly hired nurses. I now serve in leadership roles including charge nurse, a member of the Nursing Practice Congress and Joint Commission on Accreditation of Healthcare Organizations Champion for the Unit.
Skills
    Certified in Advanced Cardiac Life Support and Basic Life Support since 1998.
  • Preceptor
Member of Unit Nursing Practice Congress.
Joint Commission on Accreditation of Healthcare Organization Unit Champion. 
Charge Nurse
Work History
M7 Vascular Surgery, Registered Nurse, 06/2005 to Current
University Of Alabama At Birmingham HospitalCity, STATE,
Primarily provide care for preoperative and postoperative patients undergoing vascular surgery and various diagnostic procedures. More recently have provided care for an increasing influx of medical-surgical patients. Provision of care for these patients includes initial and ongoing physical assessments,monitoring of blood glucose levels and implementation of glycemic protocols, administration of pharmacological treatments and blood products and continual evaluation of the response to these therapies and wound assessments and dressing changes. Serve as staff nurse and charge nurse on intermittent basis. Have served as preceptor for numerous nursing students and oriented and trained many newly hired nurses. I have been the Joint Commission on Accreditation of Healthcare Organization Unit Champion for the last three years.  I conduct periodic unit surveys using JCAHO tracer tools to survey the environment of care and to audit charts and electronic medical records to ensure compliance. I  educate nurses on standards which they must meet to keep them and the unit compliant with the standards set forth by the Joint Commission on Accreditation of Healthcare Organizations. For the last two years I have served as a member of the Unit Nursing Practice Congress. As a member of this Congress I have been part of a team which meets periodically and reviews concerns and recommendations related to nursing practice submitted by the nurses and other ancillary staff involved in patient care. We then  respond by collaborating to develop and implement policy which address these concerns. I have submitted two proposals to the Nursing Congress, one of which was approved and implemented.  The second of which is currently under review.
Cardiac Intensive Care Unit; Cardiac Step Down Unit, Registered Nurse, 06/2001 to 06/2005
St. Vincent's HospitalCity, STATE,
Cared primarily for patients undergoing cardiac events such as myocardial ischemia, dysrhythmias and congestive heart failure exacerbations. Monitored pt's pre-procedure and post-procedure who underwent cardiac ablations, cardiac catheterizations and cardiac stress tests. Served as charge nurse on intermittent basis.
Surgical Intensive Care Unit, Registered Nurse, 01/1999 to 06/2001
University Of Alabama At Birmingham HospitalCity, STATE,
Worked as a registered nurse in the Surgical Intensive Care Unit. Provided care for high acuity surgical patients for numerous surgical services including but not limited to renal and hepatic transplant, thoracic, plastics, vascular, surgical oncology, urology, ears nose throat, trauma and general surgery. Duties included airway management, hemodynamic monitoring with invasive monitoring devices and drug titration to maintain optimal hemodynamics.
Education
Bachelor of Science: Nursing, Expected in 1998
University of Alabama at Birmingham - Birmingham, AL
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School Attended

  • University of Alabama at Birmingham

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  • M7 Vascular Surgery, Registered Nurse
  • Cardiac Intensive Care Unit; Cardiac Step Down Unit, Registered Nurse
  • Surgical Intensive Care Unit, Registered Nurse

Degrees

  • Bachelor of Science

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