Destiny Grant
Hercules,CA
Summary
Knowledgeable Travel Registered Nurse with over 6 years of clinical nursing experience in delivering comprehensive patient care. Advanced skill working with diverse patient populations. Demonstrated fostering relationships and coordinate with healthcare professionals to advance patient care. Transitions into operations smoothly and flexes to meet differing routines and protocols.
Overview
8
8
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification
Work History
Registered Nurse
Sutter Health CPMC
11.2023 - Current
- Utilized critical thinking skills to prioritize nursing interventions based on patients'' acuity levels and individual needs.
- Conducted thorough patient assessments to identify changes in condition, promptly notifying physicians and initiating appropriate interventions when necessary.
- Coordinated nursing care on unit through staff assignments, assisting and rounding with physicians, monitoring patient orders, and communicating with ancillary departments.
- Mentored and supervised junior nurses, fostering a supportive and professional work environment.
- Collaborated with other healthcare professionals to provide quality patient care.
- Served as a liaison between nursing staff, physicians, and management, fostering open communication channels among all parties involved in patient care.
- Trained new nurses in proper techniques, care standards, operational procedures, and safety protocols.
REGISTERED NURSE
Northeast Alabama Regional Medical Center
01.2017 - Current
- Serving as an ER nurse caring for patients with life-threatening illnesses and traumas
- Making immediate assessments of critical conditions and responding quickly to stabilize patients
- Triaging and assessing patients in a timely manner
- Documenting medical histories, assessments, and treatments
- Assisting physicians during examinations and emergency procedures
- Coordinating multiple procedures and tests
- Administering IV, SQ, IM, and oral medications
- Observing patients' progress and reporting any lab findings and results back to physician
- Cleaning wounds and applying dressings
- Educating patients and their families
- Trained and mentored new RNs on best practices, hospital policies and standards of care
REGISTERED NURSE- TRAVEL
Medical Solutions
10.2020 - 11.2023
- Serving as an ER nurse caring for patients with life-threatening illnesses and traumas
- Making immediate assessments of critical conditions and responding quickly to stabilize patients
- Triaging and assessing patients in a timely manner
- Documenting medical histories, assessments, and treatments
- Assisting physicians during examinations and emergency procedures
- Coordinating multiple procedures and tests
- Administering IV, SQ, IM, and oral medications
- Observing patients' progress and reporting any lab findings and results back to physician
- Cleaning wounds and applying dressings
- Educating patients and their families
- Being flexible and helping facility/staff however needed
REGISTERED NURSE
Kindred at Home
01.2018 - 01.2019
- Serving as a Hospice nurse caring for patients at the end of their life in their home
- Making immediate assessments and responding quickly to manage their pain and comfort needs
- Providing support to patients and families; Assisting in the process of death with dignity
- Observing and documenting assessments and treatments; Communicating patient's status back to Hospice physician
- Administering IV, SQ, IM, and oral medications; Bathing and performing dressing changes
ER TECH
Northeast Regional Medical Center
06.2017 - 10.2017
- Serving as a ER Tech helping nurses with tasks related to patient care
- Cleaning patients
- Performing EKGs
- Checking blood glucose using Accu-check machine and reporting results back to RN
- Placing patient's on cardiac monitoring
- Obtaining vitals and reporting vitals back to RN
- Transporting patients
- Assisting nurses with dressing changes
Education
Associate of Science - Nursing
Gadsden State Community College
Gadsden, AL05.2017
Skills
- Ventilator Care/Management
- CVL care
- EKG
- Sterile fields and application of dressings
- Intravenous therapy
- Suctioning
- Foley Catheters
- Chest tubes
- NG and Peg tubes
- IV
- SQ and IM injections
- Patient/family education
- Care plan creation and administration
- Charting and Clinical Documentation
- Privacy and Confidentiality
- Patient Assessments
- Wound Care
- Arterial Line management
- Decision-Making
- Compassionate and Caring
- Strong Clinical Judgment
Certification
- Alabama/ Multi State Nursing License
- California Board of Nursing License
- Basic Life Support, American Heart Association
- Advanced Cardiac Life Support, American Heart Association
- Pediatric Advanced Life Support, American Heart Association
- NRP Certification
References
- Christopher McGowan, RN Nurse Manager (NEA RMC), (256) 689-1322, Chrismcgowanem@gmail.com
- Tabitha Jones, RN Charge Nurse (Kaiser SF Permanente ER), (919) 283-0250, Ttjonesrn@gmail.com
- Dakarai Shipp, RN (Piedmont Columbus ER in Georgia), (919) 791-6200, Shippdakarai@gmail.com
Timeline
Registered Nurse
Sutter Health CPMC
11.2023 - Current
REGISTERED NURSE- TRAVEL
Medical Solutions
10.2020 - 11.2023
REGISTERED NURSE
Kindred at Home
01.2018 - 01.2019
ER TECH
Northeast Regional Medical Center
06.2017 - 10.2017
REGISTERED NURSE
Northeast Alabama Regional Medical Center
01.2017 - Current
- Alabama/ Multi State Nursing License
- California Board of Nursing License
- Basic Life Support, American Heart Association
- Advanced Cardiac Life Support, American Heart Association
- Pediatric Advanced Life Support, American Heart Association
- NRP Certification
Associate of Science - Nursing
Gadsden State Community College
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