Wound Care Nurse Resume Example Fort Belvoir Community Hospital

WOUND CARE NURSE

Professional Summary

Motivated BSN prepared Critical Care RN of five years with last three years being served in the U.S. Army Nurse Corps. Single certified Wound Care RN dedicated to providing evidence-based patient care and creating a culture of clinical excellence and teamwork.

Licenses

University of Portland Portland, OR

Bachelor of Science in Nursing August 2005-May 2009

Cum Laude 3.78

Wound Care Education Institute Wound Care Certification (WCC) Valid through June 2020

US Army Medical Center and School | Joint Forces Combat Trauma Management Course February 2014

Registered Nurse CA License # 766468 November 2015

American Association of Critical Care Nurses | May 2011-present

American Heart Association Advanced Cardiac Life Support Valid through May 2016

American Heart Association Basic Life Support Instructor Valid through Apr 2016

Emergency Nurse Association Trauma Nurse Core Course Valid through Feb 2018

Skill Highlights

Evidence-Based Research Symposium finalist

Wound Care certified

Clinical poster on Alarm Fatigue presentation at regional critical care conference

Continuous Renal Replacement Therapy trained

EPIC charting system familiarity

Spanish speaking

ICD 10 coding and documentation

Collaborative

Professional Experience

Wound Care Nurse
October 2014 to December 2015Fort Belvoir Community Hospital － Fort Belvoir, Virginia

Lead the only complex wound service within the National Capital RegionSouth.
Sole wound certified provider in clinic.
Lead, implemented, and evaluated nursing care for inpatient and ambulatory patients in treatments of complex wounds and ostomy management seeing over 200 patients per month.
Collaborated with primary care providers, surgeons, and other health care providers serving as the integral link between point of care wound services and complex case management for patients.
Hospital director recognition for outstanding performance for evidencebased approaches and practices to deliver the highest standard of efficient and cost effective care.

Critical Care Registered Nurse
June 2012 to March 2014

Full time clinical staff nurse in an Adult Medical/Surgical Intensive Care unit in a 120 bed community hospital.
Planned, implemented, and evaluated nursing care of critically ill patients with multiple disease processes and trauma.
Performed charge nurse duties 15% of shifts while supervising f5to 7staff members.
Utilized highly specialized knowledge and equipment to include continuous renal replacement therapy, internal and external pacemakers, multichannel hemodynamic monitors, Vigileo Cardiac Output monitoring, Belmont Rapid Infuser, and mechanical ventilation.
Consulted with the interdisciplinary healthcare team to ensure continuity of competent, quality health care.
Provided training to over 30 personnel and oriented 2 new staff, as well as a variety of nursing students.
US ARMY 14th Combat Support Hospital | Bastion Hospital Camp Bastion, Afghanistan.
Critical Care Registered Nurse arch 2014Oct 2014 M Deployed as a critical care staff nurse of a multinational Level 1 Trauma Hospital Operation Enduring Freedom in Helmand Province, Afghanistan.
Provided and directed emergency and critical care and treatment of life threatening blast injuries, multiple gunshot wounds, life threatening orthopedics injuries, brain trauma, and massive transfusions to hemodynamically unstable adult and pediatric patients.
Collaborated with UK and Danish nurses in wonderful opportunity to learn about different cultures and their respective healthcare systems.
Coinfection prevention officer for 16 staff members, teaching, organizing and managing educational topics to facilitate improvement of infection control to improve outcomes of patient care with 99% hand hygiene compliance on unit.

Intensive Care Nurse
April 2010 to February 2012Multicare Health System, Good Samaritan Hospital － Puyallup, WA

Responsible for assessing, planning, coordinating, evaluating, and delegating the delivery of skilled patient care.
in the Intensive Care setting RN is directly accountable and responsible for the quality of care provided to patients and has the authority to direct care, provide education, seek resources at the unit/department level, and delegate appropriate tasks.
Substantial specialized knowledge, judgment, and skill based upon the principles of biological, physiological, behavioral and sociological sciences, Competent with continuous renal replacement therapy, induced hypothermia with Artic Sun, Phase I recovery, and EPIC electronic charting system.

Education and Training

Wound Care Education Institute Wound Care Certification (WCC) : June

Bachelor of Science : Nursing, August 2005May 2009University of Portland － Portland, ORGPA: Cum Laude GPA: 3.78Nursing Cum Laude GPA: 3.78

Joint Forces Combat Trauma Management Course February : 2014US Army Medical Center and School

Professional Affiliations

American Association of Critical Care Nurses

American Nurses Association

Army Nurse Corps Association

Wound Ostomy and Continence Nurses Society

Additional Information

Patient Movement/AIREVAC volunteer: Volunteer 1 weekend every month to serve as team lead and primary RN who works with two medical assistants to coordinate and provide the transportation for service members who are brought back to the USA fro oversees assignments for medical reasons needing follow on care at Fort Belvoir Community Hospital.

Skills

ARMY, case management, community hospital, critical care, Critical Care Registered Nurse, Danish, delivery, documentation, ICD 10, infection control, director, managing, mechanical, monitors, nursing, Oct, organizing, orthopedics, patient care, patient care, personnel, primary care, processes, coding, quality, Research, Spanish speaking, Sun, supervising, Symposium, teaching, therapy, Trauma, ventilation, Wound Care, wounds

Resume Overview

Companies Worked For:

Fort Belvoir Community Hospital
Multicare Health System, Good Samaritan Hospital

School Attended

University of Portland
US Army Medical Center and School

Job Titles Held:

Wound Care Nurse
Critical Care Registered Nurse
Intensive Care Nurse

Degrees

Wound Care Education Institute Wound Care Certification (WCC) : June
Bachelor of Science : Nursing , August 2005May 2009
Joint Forces Combat Trauma Management Course February : 2014

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