San Francisco General Hospital
Surgical/Trauma ICUApril 2010 to CurrentRelief Charge Nurse/ Registered Nurse San Francisco, CA.
Full-time staff nurse in the Medical-Cardiac Intensive Care Unit at major metropolitan Level I Trauma hospital.
As a relief Charge Nurse, efficiently manages the Surgical- Trauma Intensive Care Unit in busy Level I Trauma Hospital including directing the activities of nurses and serving as staff resource.
Charge nurse duties include coordinating with the House Supervisor on: bed assignments, staffing needs, and managing the overall workflow of the unit.
Member of the hospital-wide Medical Emergency Response Team (M.E.R.T) which includes responding to high acuity cases; identifying unstable patients and facilitating a transfer to higher acuity units.
As a M.E.R.T member, serves as a clinical resource and educator to staff nurses.
New graduate clinical preceptor Management of patients requiring Rotoprone Bed therapy.
Certification and extensive experience with management of CVVH and IABP therapy.
Management and assessments of patients requiring paralytic agents.
Mechanical ventilation management including recommendations based on arterial blood gases. * Assists with insertion and hemodynamic monitoring of Arterial lines, Swanz-Ganz Pulmonary Artery catheters, and CVP lines.
Interpreted values of invasive hemodynamic monitoring and provided recommendations for treatment including titration of vasoactive drips.
Management post cardiac catheterization patients and management of arterial sheaths.
Actively participated with acutely ill patients in numerous Code Blue events.
Managed acute neurologically comprised patients with invasive monitoring, ventricular drains, and intracranial pressure monitoring.
Medical Express Travel Nursing Agency
San Leandro Hospital
Medical ICUJanuary 2010 to April 2010Travel Nurse San Leandro, CA.
Travel nurse in the Medical Intensive Care Unit of small tertiary care hospital.
Assessed, managed and treated critically ill patients directly admitted from the emergency department.
Implemented various protocol treatments based on initial assessments.
Cared for acute stroke patients including t-PA administration and management.
Samuel Merritt UniversityCertified Registered Nursing Anesthesia ProgramOakland, CA.
November 2016Masters of Science: NursingNursing
University of FloridaBachelor of Science: NursingGainesville, FLGPA: summa cum laude September-2006Nursing summa cum laude September-2006
University of California BerkeleyMay-2000Bachelor of Science: Anthropology Public HealthBerkeley, CA.Anthropology Public Health
Interests
Pop Warner's-East Bay Warriors Emergency Medical Team Director 8/2011-8/2014 Volunteer as a coordinator for the on-field medical response and first aid team. Also, volunteer as an on-field medical responder. YMCA Building Futures Mentorship Program Youth Mentor 2/2010- present Volunteer as mentor for a designated at-risk youth for a one year period with goals of focusing on improving academic performance, and enhancing social skills. Operation Access Medical Volunteer 11/2011-present Volunteer in PACU and pre-op in this non-profit organization that provides free outpatient surgeries and surgical consultation to uninsured individuals in the Bay Area. CA Track Club Track Coach 10/2012-present Volunteer track coach for youth club track team
Professional Affiliations
Member of Research Council- Shands Hospital
Council that reviewed hospital nursing policies in accordance with evidence- based practice.
* Member of Critical Care Nursing Practice Council- San Francisco General Hospital
Council that reviews and implements standards of nursing practice based on evidence-based practice research.
Publications
Churchill, J. Importance of DVT prophylaxis in post-op surgery patients. MERT ALERT :San Francisco General Hospital. 2012.
Additional Information
HONORS & ACTIVITIES Member of the U.C. Berkeley Women's Basketball, and Track & Field teams 1996-2000 Recipient of Laura Lee Wold Award for Clinical Excellence 2006 Recipient of Joy McCaan Foundation Academic Scholarship 2006 Sigma Theta Tau International Honor Society of Nursing 2006-present VOLUNTEER ACTIVITIES Pop Warner's-East Bay Warriors Emergency Medical Team Director 8/2011-8/2014 Volunteer as a coordinator for the on-field medical response and first aid team. Also, volunteer as an on-field medical responder. YMCA Building Futures Mentorship Program Youth Mentor 2/2010- present Volunteer as mentor for a designated at-risk youth for a one year period with goals of focusing on improving academic performance, and enhancing social skills. Operation Access Medical Volunteer 11/2011-present Volunteer in PACU and pre-op in this non-profit organization that provides free outpatient surgeries and surgical consultation to uninsured individuals in the Bay Area. CA Track Club Track Coach 10/2012-present Volunteer track coach for youth club track team
Skills
Anesthesia, C, catheterization, CA, Critical Care, directing, educator, managing, Mechanical, Nursing, staffing, Supervisor, therapy, Trauma, ventilation, workflow
