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RN STAFF NURSE
Summary
Compassionate and highly competent Staff Registered Nurse with 18 years of clinical nursing experience. Dedicated to providing high-quality patient care with focus on safety and using evidence-based practices to improve treatment outcomes. Skilled in quickly building connections with patients to build trust and rapport in stressful situations.
Skills
- Clinical leadership and supervision
- Point-Click-Care EMR
- Medication and IV administration
- Charting and documentation
- HIPAA and confidentiality
- Taking vital signs
- Building trust and rapport
- Wound care
- Intake and discharge
- Dispensing medication
- Staff Development and Precepting
- Geriatric treatment knowledge
- Colostomy care familiarity
- Diabetes management
- Laparasopic procedures familiarity
- IV drug therapy management
- Broad medical terminology knowledge
- Medication administration expert
- Acute and rehabilitative care
- Computerized charting specialist
Experience
08/2016 - CurrentRN Staff Nurse COA, Amita Health, Sterling Heights , MI
- Administered oral, intramuscular and IV medications to patients and monitored responses.
- Answered patient questions and provided take-home materials for further information.
- Circulated throughout multiple hospital departments to perform nursing duties.
- Monitored and recorded patient condition, vital signs, recovery progress and medication side effects.
- Administered medications, tracked dosages and documented patient conditions pre/post Cath lab procedures
- Maintained reports to provide oncoming shift with full patient status.
- Reviewed physician orders and administered therapies, treatments and medications.
- Collaborated with interdisciplinary healthcare professionals to create, implement and adapt individualized care plans.
- Prioritized patient care assignments based on patient conditions to achieve optimal outcomes.
- Monitored patient vitals post-surgery, managed medical equipment and administered medications and IVs.
- Managed central, arterial and PICC lines.
- Recorded patients' medical history, vital statistics and test results in electronic medical records.
- Treated patients by administering various types of medications and therapies.
- Conducted patient assessments and diagnostic tests to provide physician with important patient health information.
02/2013 - 08/2016RN-Float, Ascension (System Office), Panama City Beach , FL
- Utilized computerized Resource and Patient Management System (RPMS) and Electronic Health Record (EHR) system.
- Executed appropriate steps for patient treatment following careful review of physician medical regimen.
- Treated patients using pharmacological and non-pharmacological treatment modalities to address various disorders, diseases and injuries.
- Observed strict safety measures, including checking medication dosages before administration to patients.
- Maintained strict patient data procedures to comply with HIPAA laws and prevent information breaches.
- Delivered quality patient care from admission to discharge through direct supervision of all nursing and ancillary staff.
- Maintained infection control logs, streamlined charting process, and improved patient outcomes through training and leadership.
01/2012 - 12/2012RN-Rehab, Ascension Health, Nashville , TN
- Treated patients by administering various types of medications and therapies.
- Coordinated care with physicians and other clinical staff to prepare for rehab treatment, carry out interventions and enhance continuum of care to deliver comprehensive services.
- Reached out to patients to convey lab results and provide care instructions.
- Monitored diet, physical activity, behaviors and other patient factors to assess conditions and adjust treatment plans.
- Delivered quality patient care from admission to discharge through direct supervision of all nursing and ancillary staff.
- Immunized patients against influenza and pneumonia to protect vulnerable populations from serious illnesses.
- Maintained infection control logs, streamlined charting process, and improved patient outcomes through training and leadership.
- Used facility EMR system to update patient records, transmit prescriptions and transfer files.
- Maintained strict patient data procedures to comply with HIPAA laws and prevent information breaches.
- Administered oral, intramuscular and IV medications to patients and monitored responses.
- Monitored post-op vitals, set up PCA, fluids, reviewed post-op orders and assimilated patients to unit.
08/2010 - 12/2012RN-Charge, Saint Joseph's Hospital Of Atlanta, City , STATE
- Maintained comprehensive patient care plans and monitored staffs' implementation of physician's orders.
- Collaborated with physicians and nursing staff to deliver quality care.
- Monitored delivery of patient care for entire unit, including implementation of care plans.
- Oversaw delivery of high-quality, cost-effective care with focus on patient safety, comfort and dignity.
- Coordinated care with physicians and other clinical staff to prepare for treatment, carry out interventions and enhance continuum of care to deliver comprehensive services.
- Treated patients by administering various types of medications and therapies.
- Immunized patients against influenza and pneumonia to protect vulnerable populations from serious illnesses.
- Monitored and recorded patient condition, vital signs, recovery progress and medication side effects.
- Administered injections, medications and wound care according to needs.
- Administered oral, intramuscular and IV medications to patients and monitored responses.
- Used facility EMR system to update patient records, transmit prescriptions and transfer files.
- Conducted patient assessments and diagnostic tests to provide physician with important patient health information.
- Built and maintained excellent rapport with patients and loved ones.
- Precepted and mentored new staff, graduate RNs and ancillary staff.
Education and Training
12/2012Associate of Applied Science, NursingMississippi Gulfcoast Community College, City
Certifications
- Basic Life Support Certified
- Advanced Cardiac Life Support Certified
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School Attended
- Mississippi Gulfcoast Community College
Job Titles Held:
- RN Staff Nurse COA
- RN-Float
- RN-Rehab
- RN-Charge
Degrees
- Associate of Applied Science , Nursing
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