My objective is to obtain a position as a Emergency Registered Nurse with your medical facility. I come to you with fifteen+ years of experience as a Registered Nurse in Emergency Department care, as well as various other departments, at hospitals throughout the nation. I maintain a strong reputation for achieving high levels of patient advocacy and patient satisfaction for the patient's continuum of care. This opportunity will allow quality focused preventative teaching and maintenance of health for the target community.
Ensured compliance with state regulations regarding assisted living facilities. Observed residents' overall health conditions and communicated changes to assisted living manager. Ensured compliance with state regulations concerning healthcare standards in an assisted living setting. Conducted assessments of potential new residents for admission into the assisted living facility. Delivered high level of services and care to 119 patients in developmental disabled assisted living center. Monitored daily operations of the assisted living facility to ensure quality standards are maintained. Monitored patient progress and adjusted medications as necessary. Evaluated patient response to medications and reported any unusual reactions or side effects. Assisted in the development of protocols for administering medication regimens. Maintained accurate records of medications administered and and or prescribed to patients. Provided direct patient care, including wound dressing, tube feeding, vital signs monitoring and medication administration.
3 week contract - Work twelve hour night shifts in 14 bed emergency department. Responsible for triage, assessments, discharges, admits, and transfers per hospital policy.
13 week contract - Work twelve hour night shifts in 9 bed emergency department. Responsible for triage, assessments, discharges, admits, and transfers per hospital policy.
Worked temporarily twelve hour night shifts in extremely busy emergency departments. Responsible for assessments, discharges, admits, and transfers per hospital policy.
13 week contract w/Extension contract - Work twelve hour night shifts in 13 bed emergency department. Responsible for triage, assessments, discharges, admits, and transfers per hospital policy.
Internal Staffing Ageny for Memorial Hermann Hospital System (14 acute care hospitals). PRN Travel to various MH ED locations. At 1:4 Nurse to patient ratio, work twelve hour night shifts in busy RME (Rapid Medical Evaluation unit), clinical/trauma rooms.
Also, work Memorial Hermann Wellness, where I travel to different health events and companies in the Houston-land area. I service the community with bio-stats i.e. vs, cholesterol, nicotene, A1C, and health teaching.
13 week contract - Work twelve hour night shifts in 30 bed emergency department. Responsible for assessments, discharges, admits, and transfers per hospital policy.
Worked temporarily for Ben Taub General Hospital (Level 1 Trauma Hospital) and Lyndon B. Johnson Hospital (Level 3 Trauma Center). Work twelve hour night shifts in extremely busy emergency departments. Responsible for triage, assessments, discharges, admits, and transfers per hospital policy.
8 week contract - Work twelve hour night shifts in 24 bed emergency department. Responsible for triage, assessments, discharges, admits, and transfers per hospital policy. Also responsible for stock of rooms, linens, supply carts, and pharmacy room.
8 week contract w/Extension contract - Work twelve hour night shifts in 18 bed emergency department.Responsible for triage, assessments, discharges, admits, and transfers per hospital policy. Also responsible for stock of rooms, linens, supply carts, and pharmacy room.
13 week contract w/Extension contract - Work twelve hour night shifts in 7 bed emergency department (Satellite ED). Responsible for triage, assessments, discharges, admits, and transfers per hospital policy. Also responsible for stock of rooms, linens, supply carts, and pharmacy room.
13 week contract - Worked twelve hour night shifts in emergency department in Clinic and Trauma rooms. Overtime worked.
13 week contract - Worked twelve hour night shifts in emergency department in Triage, Fastrack, Clinic and Trauma rooms. Overtime worked.
Worked twelve hour night shifts in emergency department in Triage, Fastrack, Clinic and Trauma rooms. Overtime worked. 2 Contract extensions worked.
Working twelve hour variable shifts in Level 3 Trauma center high-paced emergency department in Triage, Fastrack, Clinic and Trauma rooms.
Worked twelve hour shift nights; carried out floor orders for hold patients in the ED. 1:4 patient:nurse ratio. Most times, responsible for one ED patient along with hold patients.
Worked twelve hour night shifts, solely maintaining or charging ancillary staff with registration, triage, assessments, medical interventions, MD notifications, paging of radiology/laboratory, collecting/running labs, transfers/discharges of patients for four bed ED. Other duties included maintaining, inventory stock, and other critical reports. Overtime worked. Extension contract worked.
Worked twelve hour night shifts in extremely high-paced overcrowded antiquated emergency department in Triage, Fastrack, Clinic and Trauma rooms. Contract extension worked.
Worked twelve hour variable shifts in Level 2 Trauma center high-paced emergency department in Triage, Fastrack, Clinic and Trauma rooms. Overtime/On-Call worked.
Worked twelve hour night shifts in high-paced emergency department in Triage, Fastrack, Clinic and Trauma rooms. Overtime/On-Call worked.
Worked 7on/7off - twelve hour shift nights; responsible for 1 trauma room, 1 psych room, and 3 acute care beds nightly. Also, triaged incoming EMS and RPD patients. Maintained, processed, and transferred psych patients to Sunrise, regional psychiatric facility, located within the hospital facility. Float/Fast- track/Triage experience. On-call/Overtime worked.
Worked twelve hour night shifts in high-paced ED Fast Track, Urgent beds, and Critical Decision Unit. No overtime allotted.
Worked twelve hour night shifts in emergency department in Triage, Fastrack, Clinic and Trauma rooms. Overtime worked. Contract extension worked.
Working twelve hour night shifts, provided, and not limited to, wound care/wound vac, peritoneal dialysis, medications (IV, PO, Subq, Subl, Topical), vent management/weening, BiPaP, CPaP, trach care, foley care, isolation precautions, paper-charting, and emergency management. Overtime worked. Charge experience.
Worked twelve hour night shifts, solely maintaining or charging ancillary staff with registration, triage, assessments, medical interventions, MD notifications, paging of radiology/laboratory, collecting/running labs, transfers/discharges of patients for four bed ED. Also, working twelve hour night shifts, managed, as Charge Nurse, Long Term Care and acute beds for 80+ bed facility. Other duties included maintaining, inventory stock, staffing and other critical reports. Contract extension worked.
Worked twelve hour night shifts providing emergency services in the high-paced overcrowded ED clinic area, patient/family teaching, level 3 Trauma rooms, conscious sedation, Triage, and Chest Pain Clinic, Charge Nurse Experience. Also, PRN for Ambulatory Care, Med/Surg, Telemetry, OB-Gyn, Pscyhiatric/Geri-psych, and Conscious Sedation RN for CT/Biopsy procedures.
October 2004 - June 2008 Home Health Assistant/CNA. June 2008 - November 2008 RN - Travel to patient home to provide certification and re-certifications of care, vital signs, capillary blood sugar monitoring, specimen collection, teach disease process and medication uses and administration, and wound care.
Determine critical conditions and report status and lab values to MD.
Chart all information in a timely and accurate manor.
Computerized Charting
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