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STAFF RN
Professional Summary

Dedicated Registered Nurse with 15 years hospital experience. Currently, in a specialized neuro-interventional radiology department, focused on endovascular diagnostics and interventions related to ischemic stroke, hemorrhagic stroke, atherosclerosis, stenosis, aneurysms, venous sinus thrombus/stenosis, radiosurgery planning, WADA procedures. Previous ten years as an RN, providing quality, patient centered care in the critical care setting, as well as precepting, charge nurse on night shift, and rapid response experience. Extensive knowledge and ability assessing, planning, organizing, and implementing excellent patient care in a caring and compassionate manner. Seeking a challenging position in a proven health system to fully utilize my professional and practical experience. Strong analytic skills to assess critical situations calmly, implementing appropriate interventions. Advocate team collaborative care involving multidisciplinary areas to provide the most complete care to patient and family Provide sensitivity and compassion while meeting diverse patient and family needs Facilitate effective rapport with patients, families, staff and physicians Excellent record of flexibility, reliability and loyalty to meet needs of institution.

Skills
  • Charts
  • Council
  • Delivery
  • Inventory
  • Leadership
  • Patient Advocacy
  • Critical Care
  • Emotional Support
  • Nursing
  • Payroll
  • Quality
  • Written
  • Teaching
  • Telemetry
  • Quality Improvement Activities
Work History
Staff RN05/2016 to 11/2020
OhioHealth – Columbus, Ohio
  • Lead charge nurse in neuro interventional radiology department for busiest comprehensive stroke center in the Central Ohio Region.
  • Lead preceptor.
  • Coordinate team approach between physicians, nurses, radiology techs and nurse practitioners, neuro critical care unit, other nursing units to keep procedure labs working, avoiding delays between cases.
  • Instrumental member of shared governance council, developing department staffing and scheduling guidelines.
  • Prepare patients for neuro interventional radiology, educating patients and family members on endovascular procedures such as diagnostic cerebral angiograms and cerebral endovascular interventions.
  • Coordinated and implemented in-service educational programs focusing on safety and adherence to protocols.
  • Leads teams in driving successful patient outcomes by prioritizing standard of care and best practices. Instrumental in developing new department standards of work, policies and procedures.
  • Collaborate with physicians to quickly assess patients and deliver appropriate treatment while managing rapidly changing conditions. Coordinate with anesthesia to quickly address decompensating acute ischemic stroke patients.
  • Train new nurses in proper techniques, care standards, operational procedures and safety protocols to optimize performance and safety.
  • Participate in education activities, including evidence-based practice project implementation, nursing competency development and nursing simulation activities. Participate in staff led in-services to further department knowledge regarding patient population, i.e. use of Labetalol in cocaine induced hypertension in the acute ischemic stroke patient.
  • Manage care for interventional radiology patients from initial pre-procedure, intra-procedure and post- procedure recovery through discharge.
  • Contribute substantially to successful department JCAHO accreditation by consistently operating to highest standards of care.
  • Collaborate with leadership to devise initiatives for improving nursing satisfaction, retention and morale.
  • Address disruptions in patient care, including delays in discharge, postponed procedures and discharge equipment unavailability.
  • Developed strategy to target nursing and patient satisfaction issues, improve response and patient care quality and suggest actionable improvements to promote hospital-wide quality and safety initiatives .
  • Monitor patient condition, including interpreting and tracking EKG readings, identifying irregular telemetry readings and updating team members on changes in stability or acuity.
Staff RN10/2005 to 04/2016
Mount Carmel Health – Columbus, OH
  • Provide compassion, respect, empathy and acceptance to all patients, families and colleagues Provide optimal primary care for critically ill patients and their families via assessment, planning and implementing appropriate care and collaboration with multidisciplinary team Excellent leadership qualities as night shift Charge Nurse, code blue responder and rapid response nurse, supporting all units in the facility Preceptor for new RN colleagues Active in unit leadership and collaboration with colleagues to maintain and improve quality care delivery Past chair Mount Carmel East Practice Council, facilitating practice procedure and policy improvement and adherence Past co-chair Pharmacy/Nursing Council, facilitating proper medication administration policy and procedure improvement and adherence.
Service Coordinator01/2001 to 10/2005
Mount Carmel Health – Columbus, OH
  • Oversee RN, PCA, UC schedules to maintain fair and proper coverage for Observation Unit Oversee RN, PCA, UC timecards for payroll Inventory, order and maintain all supplies, medical or otherwise Maintain JCAHO readiness, education for Observation Unit.
Unit Coordinator01/1998 to 01/2001
Mount Carmel Health – Columbus, OH
  • Decipher and enter into computer physician's written orders Complete and maintain patient charts for critical care patients Order appropriate diagnostic tests and coordinate completion of these tests Liaise between multidisciplinary team members to coordinate care of critically ill patients.
Education
BSN: Nursing04/2020Chamberlain College of Nursing- Chicago, IL
  • Member of Sigma Phi Pi Chapter, International Nursing Honor Society
  • President's Honors
Associate of Applied Science: Nursing09/2005Central Ohio Technical College- Newark, OH
  • Vice-President, Student Nurse Organization
Affiliations

Advanced Cardiac Life Support - January 2019

Advanced Stroke Life Support - April 2019

Basic Life Support - January 2019

NIH Stroke Certification 2020

Nominated for March of Dimes Nurse of the Year 2013

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Resume Overview

Companies Worked For:

  • OhioHealth
  • Mount Carmel Health

School Attended

  • Chamberlain College of Nursing
  • Central Ohio Technical College

Job Titles Held:

  • Staff RN
  • Service Coordinator
  • Unit Coordinator

Degrees

  • BSN : Nursing 04/2020
    Associate of Applied Science : Nursing 09/2005

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