Aleta Ross
Huntington
Summary
Organized and knowledgeable Registered Nurse experienced in treating and caring for patients. Successful in providing fast and accurate assessments and working calmly under pressure. Recognized for collaborating well with doctors to maintain top-notch healthcare practices.
Overview
30
30
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification
Work History
Registered Nurse
Woodland Heights Medical Center
Lufkin
05.2022 - Current
- Staff nurse & occasionally filling in as charge nurse as needed.
- Care for patients of all age groups & acuity levels.
- Assist physician & mid-level providers with various procedures.
Registered Nurse (RN)
Trustaff
Tampa
03.2022 - 06.2022
- Travel RN at The Woman's Hospital of Houston Adult & Pediatric ER
Registered Nurse
CHI St Luke's Health Memorial Health
Lufkin
06.2019 - 05.2022
- ER nursing, direct pt care.
- Pt assessments, assigning appropriate levels of triage, administering medications including titration &/or administering critical care meds.
Registered Nurse (RN)
Woodland Heights Medical Center
Lufkin
07.2016 - 02.2019
- ER RN; critical care; caring for pts of all ages with various & multiple disease processes ranging from critical to minor
RN Clinical Supervisor
Bristol Hospice L.L.C
Lufkin
10.2014 - 07.2016
- I direct my team in providing quality care to patients with terminal diagnoses.
- Admit patients with terminal illnesses to Hospice care.
- Collaborate with IDT in providing patient care.
- Direct, assist & train RN Case Managers.
- I also do some marketing for Bristol Hospice in the Lufkin area.
- I schedule CNA's & form CNA careplans.
- My accomplishments include building my team & building our patient census for Bristol Hospice in Lufkin, Tx & surrounding areas.
- Skills Used: Interpersonal relationship skills, communication, direct patient care, recognizing & managing signs/symptoms of patients during end-of-life with assistance from the interdisciplinary team.
RN Case Manager
Bristol Hospice-Pathways
Lufkin
10.2014 - 07.2016
- Case manage patients' care.
- Collaborate with Hospice Medical Director & Attending physicians, team members & nursing staff at long term care facilities.
- I have been the only case manager for the Lufkin area since October 6th 2014.
- Until May 2015 I was also the only marketer.
- I have developed rapport with long-term care facilities in Lufkin & surrounding areas & helped build patient census.
- Skills Used: Communication skills, computer charting, patient & family/caregiver education, assessment skills, monitoring patients' symptoms associated with terminal diagnoses & collaborating with IDT to treat symptoms.
Registered Nurse (RN)
CHI St Luke's Health System
Lufkin
08.1995 - 10.2014
- Skilled Nursing floor 1995 to 1997
- ER 1997 to 2006
- PACU 2006 to 2008
- ICU 2008 to 2009
- ER 2009 to 2014
Registered Nurse (RN)
Memorial Health System of East Texas
Lufkin
08.1995 - 10.2014
- Direct patient care, assessments, triage to appropriate level of acuity.
- Helped patients & their families have a less stressful, less traumatic ER experience.
- Skills Used: Assessments, medication administration, IV insertion, NIH stroke scale, ACLS certification, TNCC certification, PALS certification.
- Worked in ER, PACU, ICU.
Education
Associate - Nursing
Angelina College
Lufkin, TX01.1996
Skills
- Emergency Department
- IV insertion
- Medication Administration
- Hospice Care
- Vital Signs
- RN
- Critical care experience
- Hospital Experience
- Case Management
- EMR Systems
- Triage
- Staff Nurse
- Medical Terminology
- PACU
- Critical Care
- ICU
- Home Health
- Patient assessment
- Medication administration
- Triage skills
- Electronic charting
- Interdisciplinary collaboration
- Care coordination
- Patient education
- Team leadership
- Time management
- Effective communication
- Relationship building
- Patient counseling
- Taking vitals
- Geriatric nursing
- Patient reaction monitoring
- Patient and family advocacy
- Emergency procedures
- Patient monitoring
- Staff supervision
- Patient evaluation
- Documenting vitals
- Physical assessments
- Family and patient support
- Life-sustaining machines
- Medication and IV administration
- Collecting vitals
- Medical evaluation
- Direct nursing care
Certification
- BLS Certification, 02/25 to 02/29
- TNCC, 02/25 to 02/29
- BLS, Indefinite
- ACLS, Indefinite
- AED Certification, Indefinite
- CPR Certification, Indefinite
- RN License, Indefinite
- Compact State Nurse License, Indefinite
Personal Information
Work Permit: Authorized to work in the US for any employer
Timeline
Registered Nurse
Woodland Heights Medical Center
05.2022 - Current
Registered Nurse (RN)
Trustaff
03.2022 - 06.2022
Registered Nurse
CHI St Luke's Health Memorial Health
06.2019 - 05.2022
Registered Nurse (RN)
Woodland Heights Medical Center
07.2016 - 02.2019
RN Clinical Supervisor
Bristol Hospice L.L.C
10.2014 - 07.2016
RN Case Manager
Bristol Hospice-Pathways
10.2014 - 07.2016
Registered Nurse (RN)
CHI St Luke's Health System
08.1995 - 10.2014
Registered Nurse (RN)
Memorial Health System of East Texas
08.1995 - 10.2014
Associate - Nursing
Angelina College