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REGISTERED NURSE
Professional Summary
Dynamic Registered Nurse bringing 6 years of experience treating patients and coordinating care with other healthcare staff. Proven history of leveraging critical thinking, analysis and medical knowledge to deliver superior care in high-pressure environments. Prioritizes clinical and operational tasks in fast-paced emergency medicine settings.
Skills
  • Medication and IV administration
  • Infection control measures
  • Intake and discharge planning
  • Patient education
  • Advanced Cardiac Life Support (ACLS) Certification
  • Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation (CPR)
  • Patient Management
  • Acute care expertise
  • Strong clinical judgment
  • Patient and family advocacy
  • EMR / EHR; Data Entry
  • Nurse Management
  • Quality Assurance
  • Building Effective Relationships
  • Acute care, Pediatrics
  • Anesthesiologist, Personnel
  • Anesthesia, Protocols
  • Blood pressure, Quality Assurance
  • Oral, Rehabilitation
  • CPR, Resuscitation
  • Client support, Safety
  • Data Entry, Scheduling
  • Discharge planning, Teaching
  • Disease management, Telemetry
  • Electronic medical records, Phones
  • Home health, Transportation
  • Hospice, Treatment plans
  • Immunizations, Vital signs
  • Infection control, Wounds
  • Injections
  • Laboratory testing
  • Life Support
  • Long-term care
  • Meetings
  • Monitors
  • Nurse Management
  • Nursing
  • Pain management
  • Bathing
  • Patient care
Work History
Registered Nurse, 09/2019 to Current
St Luke's Baptist Hospital – San Antonio, Texas
  • Performed work on busy neuro/PCU floor, float to Telemetry or ICU.
  • Effectively prioritized assignments, executing care based on each patient's relative condition and delegating tasks to available personnel deliver safe and efficient care.
  • Delivered medications via oral, IV and intramuscular injections, monitoring responses to address new concerns for up to 6 patients per day.
  • Conferred with physicians to discuss diagnoses and devise well-coordinated treatment approaches.
  • Taught patients how to improve lifestyle choices, dramatically reducing chance of symptom reoccurrence.
  • Worked within interdisciplinary health care team to develop, implement and make adjustments to patient care plans, individualizing strategies and methods to improve health and meet recovery goals.
Charge Nurse, 01/2017 to 05/2019
Memory Care New Braunfels – New Braunfels, TX
  • Assured wellness and safety of 52 residents and 20 staff members.
  • Admissions and assessments.
  • Care and comfort to hospice patients.
  • Documented patient vitals, behaviors and conditions and communicated concerns to physician.
  • Gathered patient data, cleaned wounds and changed catheters as part of comprehensive support.
  • Worked with multidisciplinary team to carry out successful treatment plans for diverse acute and chronic conditions.
  • Clearly and thoroughly explained diagnoses, treatment options and procedures to patients and loved ones, checking in to verify understanding.
  • Helped long-term care residents with bathing, dressing, feeding and other daily living activities.
  • Reviewed patient history to verify conditions and current medications.
  • Assessed patients' temperature, pulse and blood pressure and recorded in electronic medical records.
  • Established and continuously optimized unit schedules and individual work assignments.
  • Trained new nurses in proper techniques, care standards, operational procedures and safety protocols to optimize performance and safety.
Staff LVN / LVN Anesthesia Tech, 10/2017 to 03/2019
Tenet Health System/Resolute Hospital – NEW BRAUNFELS, Texas
  • Perform biometric screenings, drug screens, and physicals.
  • Maintained excellent attendance record, consistently arriving to work on time.
  • Resolved conflicts and negotiated mutually beneficial agreements between parties.
  • Transported 100's of immunizations to customer locations.
  • Resolved scheduling problems, improved operations and provided exceptional client support.
  • Developed team communications and information for weekly meetings.
  • Followed infection control procedures to maintain cleanliness of anesthesia monitors and apparatuses.
  • Maintained and cleaned anesthesia machines by changing soda-lime, refilling vaporizers with anesthetic agents and replacing nitrous, oxygen and air cylinders.
  • Stocked anesthesia supplies in anesthetizing locations, fiber optic carts, ploss carts and emergency airway bags.
  • Assisted post-operative patients with acute pain management in line with established safety and medicine administration protocols.
  • Positioned patients to achieve properly support for spinals, epidurals and other procedures.
  • Handled emergency situations by stepping in to perform CPR on patients until anesthesiologist arrived.
LVN Staff Nurse, 01/2016 to 12/2016
New Braunfels Pediatric Associates – New Braunfels, TX
  • Provided care to pediatrics in clinic setting, teaching to parents and patients, answered over 50 phones calls daily and charted daily.
  • Delivered ambulatory and acute nursing care for infants, children, adolescents and newborns, ranging from routine health exams and wellness visits to treatment for illnesses and life-threatening conditions.
  • Prepared, administered and recorded prescribed medications and reported any adverse reactions.
  • Collected samples of patients' urine and stools to prepare for laboratory testing.
  • Followed treatment and rehabilitation plans per doctor's orders to accelerate patient recovery, minimize pain and optimize patient outcomes.
  • Monitored and obtained vital signs to identify abnormalities and communicate results to physicians.
  • Analyzed and interpreted patients' histories, symptoms and diagnostic findings to develop appropriate diagnoses.
Licensed Vocational Nurse, 01/2015 to 12/2015
Interim Home Health – New Braunfels, TX
  • Provide care to 10-20 home bound patients daily, provide post op care, restart or remove IV, and teaching.
  • Provided complete care to home health patients, including physical assessments, medication and chronic disease management.
  • Scheduled appointments and transported patients to medical facilities using personal transportation.
  • Clearly and thoroughly explained diagnoses, treatment options and procedures to patients and loved ones, checking in to verify understanding.
  • Assessed patients' temperature, pulse and blood pressure and recorded in electronic medical records.
  • Supported diagnoses by taking blood, urine or sputum samples from patients for laboratory testing.
Education
Associate of Science: 08/2019
Galen College of Nursing - San Antonio, TX
Work History
Registered Nurse, 09/2019 to Current
St Luke's Baptist Hospital – San Antonio, Texas
  • Performed work on busy neuro/PCU floor, float to Telemetry or ICU.
  • Effectively prioritized assignments, executing care based on each patient's relative condition and delegating tasks to available personnel deliver safe and efficient care.
  • Delivered medications via oral, IV and intramuscular injections, monitoring responses to address new concerns for up to 6 patients per day.
  • Conferred with physicians to discuss diagnoses and devise well-coordinated treatment approaches.
  • Taught patients how to improve lifestyle choices, dramatically reducing chance of symptom reoccurrence.
  • Worked within interdisciplinary health care team to develop, implement and make adjustments to patient care plans, individualizing strategies and methods to improve health and meet recovery goals.
Charge Nurse, 01/2017 to 05/2019
Memory Care New Braunfels – New Braunfels, TX
  • Assured wellness and safety of 52 residents and 20 staff members.
  • Admissions and assessments.
  • Care and comfort to hospice patients.
  • Documented patient vitals, behaviors and conditions and communicated concerns to physician.
  • Gathered patient data, cleaned wounds and changed catheters as part of comprehensive support.
  • Worked with multidisciplinary team to carry out successful treatment plans for diverse acute and chronic conditions.
  • Clearly and thoroughly explained diagnoses, treatment options and procedures to patients and loved ones, checking in to verify understanding.
  • Helped long-term care residents with bathing, dressing, feeding and other daily living activities.
  • Reviewed patient history to verify conditions and current medications.
  • Assessed patients' temperature, pulse and blood pressure and recorded in electronic medical records.
  • Established and continuously optimized unit schedules and individual work assignments.
  • Trained new nurses in proper techniques, care standards, operational procedures and safety protocols to optimize performance and safety.
Staff LVN / LVN Anesthesia Tech, 10/2017 to 03/2019
Tenet Health System/Resolute Hospital – NEW BRAUNFELS, Texas
  • Perform biometric screenings, drug screens, and physicals.
  • Maintained excellent attendance record, consistently arriving to work on time.
  • Resolved conflicts and negotiated mutually beneficial agreements between parties.
  • Transported 100's of immunizations to customer locations.
  • Resolved scheduling problems, improved operations and provided exceptional client support.
  • Developed team communications and information for weekly meetings.
  • Followed infection control procedures to maintain cleanliness of anesthesia monitors and apparatuses.
  • Maintained and cleaned anesthesia machines by changing soda-lime, refilling vaporizers with anesthetic agents and replacing nitrous, oxygen and air cylinders.
  • Stocked anesthesia supplies in anesthetizing locations, fiber optic carts, ploss carts and emergency airway bags.
  • Assisted post-operative patients with acute pain management in line with established safety and medicine administration protocols.
  • Positioned patients to achieve properly support for spinals, epidurals and other procedures.
  • Handled emergency situations by stepping in to perform CPR on patients until anesthesiologist arrived.
LVN Staff Nurse, 01/2016 to 12/2016
New Braunfels Pediatric Associates – New Braunfels, TX
  • Provided care to pediatrics in clinic setting, teaching to parents and patients, answered over 50 phones calls daily and charted daily.
  • Delivered ambulatory and acute nursing care for infants, children, adolescents and newborns, ranging from routine health exams and wellness visits to treatment for illnesses and life-threatening conditions.
  • Prepared, administered and recorded prescribed medications and reported any adverse reactions.
  • Collected samples of patients' urine and stools to prepare for laboratory testing.
  • Followed treatment and rehabilitation plans per doctor's orders to accelerate patient recovery, minimize pain and optimize patient outcomes.
  • Monitored and obtained vital signs to identify abnormalities and communicate results to physicians.
  • Analyzed and interpreted patients' histories, symptoms and diagnostic findings to develop appropriate diagnoses.
Licensed Vocational Nurse, 01/2015 to 12/2015
Interim Home Health – New Braunfels, TX
  • Provide care to 10-20 home bound patients daily, provide post op care, restart or remove IV, and teaching.
  • Provided complete care to home health patients, including physical assessments, medication and chronic disease management.
  • Scheduled appointments and transported patients to medical facilities using personal transportation.
  • Clearly and thoroughly explained diagnoses, treatment options and procedures to patients and loved ones, checking in to verify understanding.
  • Assessed patients' temperature, pulse and blood pressure and recorded in electronic medical records.
  • Supported diagnoses by taking blood, urine or sputum samples from patients for laboratory testing.
Accomplishments
  • Advanced Cardiac Life Support from American Heart Association; Exp: 03/2022.
  • Basic Life Support from American Heart Association; Exp: 04/2021.
Affiliations
Member of Galen's Student Nurse Association.
Skills
  • Medication and IV administration
  • Infection control measures
  • Intake and discharge planning
  • Patient education
  • Advanced Cardiac Life Support (ACLS) Certification
  • Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation (CPR)
  • Patient Management
  • Acute care expertise
  • Strong clinical judgment
  • Patient and family advocacy
  • EMR / EHR; Data Entry
  • Nurse Management
  • Quality Assurance
  • Building Effective Relationships,
  • Acute care, anesthesiologist, anesthesia, blood pressure, oral, CPR, client support, Data Entry, discharge planning, disease management, electronic medical records, home health, hospice, immunizations, Infection control, injections, laboratory testing, Life Support, long-term care, meetings, monitors, Nurse Management, nursing, pain management, bathing, patient care, pediatrics, personnel, protocols, Quality Assurance, rehabilitation, Resuscitation, safety, scheduling, teaching, Telemetry, phones, transportation, treatment plans, vital signs, wounds
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    Resume Overview

    Companies Worked For:

    • St Luke's Baptist Hospital
    • Memory Care New Braunfels
    • Tenet Health System/Resolute Hospital
    • New Braunfels Pediatric Associates
    • Interim Home Health

    School Attended

    • Galen College of Nursing

    Job Titles Held:

    • Registered Nurse
    • Charge Nurse
    • Staff LVN / LVN Anesthesia Tech
    • LVN Staff Nurse
    • Licensed Vocational Nurse

    Degrees

    • Associate of Science : 08/2019

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