Registered Nurse Resume Example Cardiology Specialty Clinic

REGISTERED NURSE

Professional Summary

To provide professional leadership and oversight for nursing staff as a Unit Supervisor in the Mayo Clinic Health System - Albert Lea Medical Surgical and Special Care units.

Licenses

Minnesota Registered Nursing License - 1999 to present

Iowa Registered Nursing License - 2010 to present

Mayo Silver Quality Fellow Certification - exam and project completed Dec 2014

Mayo Bronze Quality Fellow Certification - Sept 2013

American Heart Association Advanced Cardiac Life Support (ACLS) Certification - 2000 to present

American Heart Association Basic Life Support (BLS) Certification -1991 to present

Skill Highlights

Strong work ethic
Problem Solver
Efficient
Good communicator
Service oriented
Patient advocate
Ambitious
Innovative
Responsible

Strategic planning
Six Sigma Training
Process improvement strategies
Troubleshooting and problem solving
Flexible
Cost reduction and containment

Professional Experience

Registered Nurse
August 2009 to CurrentCardiology Specialty Clinic

Mayo Clinic Health System - Albert Lea Albert Lea, M N Responsibilities include assisting Mayo Cardiologists in providing a variety of services in a fast-paced intense environment while maintaining quality care.
Interaction with physicians and allied health staff from several different areas by arranging and coordinating emergent and elective transfers to Rochester Mayo for specialized care and procedures, providing patient education and assisting with Outreach telemedicine visits Independently conduct and monitor various types of cardiac stress tests and perform cardiac device interrogations and follow-up to over 300 pacemaker/defibrillator patients.
Involvement with the development of a low-molecular-weight heparin bridging protocol within the institution Member of the Sustaining the Mission-Albert Lea/Austin committee, a collaborative continuous improvement work group with the goal of identifying ways to work more efficiently and control costs.

Hospital Cardiac Surgery Intensive Care Staff Registered Nurse
August 2007 to August 2009Mayo Clinic - St. Mary's Hospital － Rochester

Responsibilities included monitoring of and caring for critically ill postoperative patients, weaning patients off ventilator support often utilizing a fast tract protocol, caring for patients with advanced support modalities including Ventricular Assist Devices (VAD) and ECMO and collaborating with the surgical team to maximize patient outcomes.
Cardiology Cath Lab Registered Nurse/Physician Extender.

January 2003 to August 2007Mayo Clinic

Responsibilities included managing outpatients from admission to discharge, managing inpatients who undergo coronary intervention, monitoring telemetry and administering medications during the prep, procedure and recovery phases, providing patient education and providing emergency care for critically ill patients in a 24 hour on-call setting.
CV Success in the Heartland Committee member - weekly participation in quality improvement efforts focused on patient and staff satisfaction and service with a strong focus on promoting patient and family-centered care CathKIT Continuous Improvement Project Co-coordinator - co-led an American College of Cardiology- sponsored pilot effort within the Cath Lab to help improve efficiency of the lab Through the Eyes subcommittee member - participated in a benchmarking trip Sept 2005 to visit sites with established active patient and family centered councils Procedure Messenger Volunteer Coordinator - coordinated efforts with the Auxillary Volunteer staff in a pilot effort to improve communication with family members during patients' procedures.

Hospital Cardiac Intermediate Care Staff Registered Nurse
October 1999 to December 2002Mayo Clinic - St. Mary's Hospital － Rochester

Responsibilities included providing direct patient care to high-risk postoperative patients ranging from pediatrics to elderly, serving as a patient advocate and a liaison to family members, monitoring cardiac telemetry and utilizing problem solving and time management skills to provide quality patient care.
Staff Development Committee member - identified staff development needs, educated staff and assisted with competency testing Internal Education Chair - approved and allocated internal education hours to interested individuals following departmental guidelines Unit Council member - advocated for and represented the needs of the staff utilizing shared decision making in this elected position Preceptor - served as a mentor for both experienced and new graduate nurses orienting to the unit Healthy Living with Heart Disease Class Instructor - taught both patients and family members about healthy lifestyle choices to help promote improved cardiac health.

Education and Training

Bachelor of Science : Nursing, 5 1999Creighton University － Omaha, NENursing Accelerated Nursing Curriculum

Bachelor of Arts : Exercise Science, 5 1998GPA: Recognized as Most Outstanding Exercise Science Major Graduated cum laudeExercise Science Recognized as Most Outstanding Exercise Science Major Graduated cum laude

Masters of Business Administration : 12 2006University of St. Thomas St. Paul, M N

Interests

Community Involvement includes work with the United Way, Healthy Families and Early Childhood Family Education groups to bring the Dolly Parton Imagination Library program to Freeborn County which helps promote reading to preschool children and is associated with improvements in early childhood literacy rates Pre-school/Kindergarten Sunday School teacher - Grace Lutheran Church, Albert Lea, MN Volunteer work through The Children's Center in Albert Lea, MN Kutzky Park Neighborhood Association - participation in neighborhood and community improvement projects in downtown Rochester, MN

Skills

benchmarking, Continuous Improvement, Council, decision making, fast, focus, Instructor, managing, mentor, Nursing, problem solving, quality, quality improvement, Staff Development, telemetry, time management

Additional Information

Licenses Minnesota Registered Nurse License - 1999 to present Iowa Registered Nurse License - 2010 to present
Additional Information Community Involvement includes work with the United Way, Healthy Families and Early Childhood Family Education groups to bring the Dolly Parton Imagination Library program to Freeborn County which helps promote reading to preschool children and is associated with improvements in early childhood literacy rates Pre-school/Kindergarten Sunday School teacher - Grace Lutheran Church, Albert Lea, MN Volunteer work through The Children's Center in Albert Lea, MN Kutzky Park Neighborhood Association - participation in neighborhood and community improvement projects in downtown Rochester, MN

Resume Overview

Companies Worked For:

Cardiology Specialty Clinic
Mayo Clinic - St. Mary's Hospital
Mayo Clinic

School Attended

Creighton University
University of St. Thomas St. Paul, M N

Job Titles Held:

Registered Nurse
Hospital Cardiac Surgery Intensive Care Staff Registered Nurse
Hospital Cardiac Intermediate Care Staff Registered Nurse

Degrees

Bachelor of Science : Nursing , 5 1999
Bachelor of Arts : Exercise Science , 5 1998
Masters of Business Administration : 12 2006

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