ANGELA ELAINE ADAMS
Oceanside
Summary
Experienced RN with more than 10 years in clinical practice. Skilled in patient care, critical thinking, and communication. Strong focus on team collaboration and achieving optimal patient outcomes. Reliable and adaptable, ensuring efficient and compassionate care in dynamic environments. Equipped with expertise in medical procedures, patient assessments, and care coordination.
Overview
1
1
Certification
14
14
years of professional experience
Work History
RN - Stepdown PCU Nurse
Scripps Health System
San Diego, CA
01.2018 - Current
- Administered direct patient care, ensuring compliance with safety and health standards.
- 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 interventions.
- Implemented evidence-based nursing interventions and individualized care plans, resulting in improved patient outcomes.
- Monitored vital signs and assessed patient conditions, documenting changes accurately in electronic health records.
- Collaborated with interdisciplinary teams to develop comprehensive treatment plans for complex patients with multiple comorbidities.
- Advised patients and caregivers of proper wound management, discharge plan objectives, safe medication use, and disease management.
RN - Registry Nurse
Westways Staffing
San Diego, CA
01.2021 - Current
- Provided high-quality patient care as a registry nurse for Westways Staffing.
- Assignment at Tricity Medical Center, floated throughout various units as needed by management.
- Collaborated with healthcare teams in Telemetry, Med-Surg, PCU forensics, and ortho units.
RN - Travel Nurse
Medical Solutions
Jacksonville, FL
01.2014 - 01.2018
- Served as travel nurse across multiple hospital locations across California.
- Gained diverse experience in IMU stepdown, ED, postpartum/couplet, medsurg/tele, BMT, feeders and growers in NICU.
New Grad RN
Ballad Health
Johnson City, TN
01.2013 - 01.2014
- Provided patient care as a new graduate RN in renal PCU and oncology PCU at a magnet level 1 trauma flagship hospital and regional tertiary referral center.
- Administered medications and treatments in accordance with established protocols.
- Collaborated with multidisciplinary teams to develop patient care plans.
- Monitored vital signs and documented changes in patient condition accurately.
Education
Bachelor of Science - NURSING
EAST TENNESSEE STATE UNIVERSITY
Johnson City, TN01-2013
Bachelor of Science - BIOLOGY
PURDUE UNIVERSITY
Fort Wayne, INCertificate - Case Management
UCSD Extension
San Diego, CA12-2015
Certificate - Phlebotomy
Ivy Tech College
01-1993
Skills
- Direct patient care
- Patient assessments
- Clinical judgment
- IV medication administration
- Patient and family advocacy
- Infection control measures
- Documentation and charting
- Patient monitoring
- Care plan development
- ACLS certification
- Lab result interpretation
- Complex problem solving
Certification
- RN - CALIFORNIA BOARD
- BLS - AHA
- ACLS - AHA
- NIHSS
- PHN - Public Health Nurse
Timeline
RN - Registry Nurse
Westways Staffing
01.2021 - Current
RN - Stepdown PCU Nurse
Scripps Health System
01.2018 - Current
RN - Travel Nurse
Medical Solutions
01.2014 - 01.2018
New Grad RN
Ballad Health
01.2013 - 01.2014
Certificate - Phlebotomy
Ivy Tech College
Bachelor of Science - NURSING
EAST TENNESSEE STATE UNIVERSITY
Bachelor of Science - BIOLOGY
PURDUE UNIVERSITY
Certificate - Case Management
UCSD Extension