med surg nurse resume example with 5+ years of experience
JessicaClaire
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Professional Summary
Skilled and highly motivated nursing professional with hands-on experience as medical-surgical and Out-patient Registered Nurse. Possess exceptional command over assessing, planning, implementing and evaluating nursing care with a superior emphasis on prioritizing patient care based on resource availability. Exceedingly skilled in collaborating with physicians to provide quality patient care and assisting physicians during treatments and procedures. Long-term goal contains strong aim of providing finest kind of medical care thereby restoring patients’ health and dignity.
Skills
Strong clinical judgement
Team player and multitasking abilities
Detail oriented
Compassionate and patient centered
Critical thinking
Time Management
Work History
Med-Surg Nurse, 12/2019 - Current Hca – Park City, UT,
Performs ongoing assessments to evaluate mental health needs, working with multidisciplinary team to develop, initiate, manage and modify individualized plans of care.
Implements interventions, including medication and IV administration, catheter insertion and airway management.
Collaborated with physicians to quickly assess patients and deliver appropriate treatment while managing rapidly changing conditions.
Explained course of care and medications, including side effects to patients and caregivers in easy-to-understand terms.
Organized and managed care of patients undergoing various therapies and procedures, including dialysis, surgical procedures etc
Managed patients recovering from medical or surgical procedures, including facilitating wound care, ostomy care, pressure ulcer prevention and pain management.
Administered medications and treatment to patients and monitored responses while working with healthcare teams to adjust care plans.
Followed all personal and health data procedures to effectively comply with HIPAA laws and prevent information breaches.
Accurately documented all elements of nursing assessment, including treatment, medications and IVs administered, discharge instructions and follow-up care.
Provided skilled, timely and level-headed emergency response to critically-ill patients.
Participated in education activities, including evidence-based practice project implementation, nursing competency development and nursing simulation activities.
Nurse Medical surgical Unit, 01/2017 - 10/2019 Novelis – Davenport, IA,
Performing focused physical examination, taking vital observation to include blood pressure, temperatures and SPO2 readings.
Starting and monitoring of clients on intravenous therapy, and their fluid status.
Giving clients prescribed medication to include intravenous, intramuscular, subcutaneous, orally and observing any side effects.
Assessment and dressing of minor and major wounds e.g. Burns, cellulitis, cut wounds, diabetic wounds.
Administering and management of blood and blood products during transfusion and monitoring for any reaction.
Withdrawing of blood samples for laboratory evaluation.
Provision of clients teaching on condition, prevention and importance of drug compliance and follow up.
Provided preoperative, inter-operative and post-operative care instruction.
Identifying and addressing any difficulty with patient compliance providing support, education.
Maintained accurate detailed reports and records tabulated monthly and supervised all documentation.
Monitored and maintained inventory and stock supply levels of both pharmaceuticals and non-pharmaceuticals and equipment.
Planned and conducted monthly staff meetings or as needed.
Nurse, 02/2015 - 11/2016 AVENUE HOSPITAL KISUMU – City, STATE,
Conducting individualized patient assessment, prioritizing data collected based on clients immediate condition.
Initiating and implementing individual nursing care plan to reflect clients’ current needs.
Inserting peripheral IV lines, assessing, initiating and maintaining IV fluid therapy.
Preparing and administering (oral, subcutaneously, IV, IM,) and recording prescribed medication.
Administering and management of blood and blood products during transfusion and monitoring for and reaction.
Changing of dressing, maintaining elimination by inserting, removing catheters and providing perineal care.
Educating clients and care givers on disease process, medical/surgical procedures and aspects of therapeutic regimen, and discharge teaching.
Administering of nutritional requirements via nasogastric tubes.
Specimen collection for laboratory analysis and interpretation e.g.
Blood for blood works, stool for analysis, etc.
Documenting of assessment, findings, care given to client to appropriate medical record.
Maintaining clients’ confidentiality in matters related to patient, family, hospital staff.
Observed and reported patient condition, progress and medication side effects to accurately document updates.
Collaborated with physicians to quickly assess patients and deliver appropriate treatment while managing rapidly changing conditions.
Informed patients and families of effective treatment options and at-home care strategies, enhancing long-term outcomes.
Analyzed and observed patients to discover and interpret vitals and telemetry equipment results.
Education
Associate of Science: Nursing, Expected in 07/2021 - Grand Canyon High School - Grand Canyon, AZ GPA: Status -
Current Student
DIPLOMA: Nursing, Expected in 12/2014 - KENYA MEDICAL TRANING COLLEGE - KAKAMEGA CAMPUS, GPA: Status -
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