Allie Shoemaker
Houston
Summary
Dedicated nurse with 10+ years of diverse and high paced experience caring for critically ill, complex, high acuity children and adults. Progressive career history in direct patient care, triage, and care coordination in fast pace environments. Proven to remain calm under pressure and skillfully handle difficult patients and high-stress situations. Consistently developing strong relationships with coworkers, patients and families through empathetic communication, respectful attitude and excellent customer service as a devoted patient advocate. Committed to delivering best patient care and passionate about improvement through process change implementation. Ability to remain calm, and instantly adapt to stressful situations. Exceptional skills in critical thinking, research, organization and time management with the ability to work both independently and as a collaborative member of an interdisciplinary team.
Overview
12
12
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification
Work History
Registered Nurse, PICU
Texas Children Hospital
09.2022 - Current
- Hospital Beds: 973 Trauma Level: 1 Nationally Ranked: 3
- Collaborated with physicians to quickly assess patients and deliver appropriate treatment while managing rapidly changing conditions.
- Provided skilled, safe, compassionate identifying patients' priority needs, being an advocate for educating patients and their families.
- Organized and managed care of patients undergoing various therapies and procedures.
- Monitored patient condition by interpreting and tracking EKG readings, identifying irregular telemetry readings and updating team members on changes in stability or acuity.
Physician Office Assistant and Liasion (remote)
Winchester Emergency Physicians Group
10.2023 - Current
- Ensured timely follow-up on test results, facilitating prompt diagnosis and treatment planning.
- Provided exceptional customer service during phone interactions, addressing concerns with empathy and professionalism.
- Developed strategies for improving patient flow through the Emergency Department, leading to decreased wait times and increased satisfaction levels among patients.
- Coordinated referrals to specialists, optimizing patient access to specialized care.
- Answered phone calls and messages for ER physicians, coordinated patient follow up, pharmacies regarding prescription issues, funeral homes for death certificate completion, and handling patient inquiries.
- Billing and spreadsheet record keeping for Locum physicians paychecks and accounts.
- Received and routed laboratory results to correct clinical staff members.
Travel RN, Emergency Room
RN Network
02.2021 - 10.2022
- Contracted nursing ER assignments through RN Network in high paced Trauma Level 1 & 2 Emergency Departments during Covid pandemic requiring exceptional adaptability, compassion, and high acuity care, in addition to standard ER RN care.
- NOVA Fair Oaks, Fairfax, VA 07/22-09/22
- Memorial Hermann Medical Center, Houston, TX 09/21 - 05/22
- HCA North Cypress, Houston, TX 08/21 - 09/21
- Meritus Medical Center, Hagerstown, MD 04/21-07/21
Registered Nurse, Emergency Department
Winchester Medical Center
07.2015 - 07.2021
- Hospital Beds: 455 Trauma Level: 2 State Ranking: 1
- Triage and evaluate patient care needs, prioritize treatment to maintain patient flow -Initiate patient assessment to determine immediate care needs
- Manage and stabilize emergent health conditions and injuries
- Perform direct patient care, including starting IV’s, obtaining bloodwork, inserting catheters, accessing central catheters, administering emergent medications
- Educated patients, families and caregivers on diagnosis and prognosis, treatment options, disease process, and management and lifestyle options.
- Assisting physicians with bedside splinting, central lines, lumbar punctures
Registered Nurse, CVICU
Winchester Medical Center
01.2019 - 01.2020
- Assist with the use of hemodynamic and cardiac monitoring systems, mechanical ventilators, intra-aortic balloon pumps, and ventricular assist devices
- Assist in bedside procedures and managing care including external ventricular drain, tracheostomy, gastrostomy, arterial lines, central catheters, dialysis catheters, intra-aortic balloon pumps, chest reopening, transvenous pacemakers, and more
- Managed pre and post op patient care for high acuity cardiothoracic surgeries due to diseases and/or injuries
- Verified patients had information necessary for ongoing care, providing guidance on diagnoses, management of medications, and prevention methods.
Registered Nurse, ICU
Riverside Regional Medical Center
05.2013 - 07.2015
- Critical care nurse provided pre-operative through surgical recovery care to premature neonates through young adult aged intensive care patients with respiratory, cardiovascular, trauma, neurological, GI, ENT, and urological diagnoses.
- Performing a comprehensive range of clinical functions, assessing patients' health status and developmental stages, administering medications, and patient documentation.
- Working in collaboration with patients' and their families', as well as with other members of healthcare teams.
Registered Nurse, Float Pool
Riverside Regional Medical Center
03.2013 - 10.2014
- Caring for patients of all ages, and developmental stages who experience a single acute health variation, multiple complex health variations, or chronically ill with or without an acute health variations.
- Monitored post-op vitals, set up PCA, fluids, reviewed post-op orders and orient patients to unit.
- Administered medications and treatment to patients and monitored responses while working with healthcare teams to adjust care plans.
- Float to other units within the hospital that are short staffed, including; Hematology/Oncology ICU, Neurology Medical Surgical, Orthopedic, Post-Surgical Medical Surgical, Telemetry, General Medical, and IV Therapy
Registered Nurse, Cardiovascular Telemetry
Riverside Regional Medical Center
01.2012 - 05.2013
- Advocated for patients by communicating care preferences to practitioners, verifying interventions met treatment goals
- Prepared and provided pre/post op care to patients for cardiac tests and procedures including; stress tests, cardiac catheterizations, pacemakers, ablations, valve replacements, bypass surgery, tikosyn initiation therapy, and more
- Participated in nursing simulation activities, evidence-based practice project implementation and competency development to further nursing education.
- Monitored patient condition by interpreting and tracking EKG readings, identifying irregular telemetry readings and updating team members on changes in stability or acuity.
Education
Bachelor of Science - Nursing
Virginia Commonwealth University
Richmond, VA05.2019
Diploma - Nursing
Riverside College of Health Careers
Newport News, VA12.2011
No Degree - Biology
Christopher Newport University
Newport News, VASkills
- Clinical judgment
- Complex Problem-Solving
- Patient Monitoring
- Patient Assessments
- Chart Audits
- Compassion and Empathy
- Group and individual instruction
- Patient Advocacy
- Patient care planning
- Quality Improvement
- Care management
- Resource Utilization
Accomplishments
- Analyze performance metrics and lead process improvement changes to facilitate better outcomes for patient and staff
- Review patient charts to analyze events and find room for care and documentation development
- Liaison between nursing team and physicians for education and process refinement
- Facilitated and implemented multiple research based change projects to improve nursing practice and patient care
- Secondary charge roles in ED and ICU positions
- Preceptor/Educator to new graduate RNs and new hires
- Perform additional bedside training and troubleshooting related tasks on an ongoing basis at WMC, RRMC, and TCH.
- Preventive care and discharge education at bedside and follow up calls, reviewing lab results and medication reconciliation
Certification
Registered Nurse, VA (Compact) license number: 0001235253
Basic Life Support (BLS) Certification
Pediatric Life Support (PALS) Certification
Advanced Cardiac Life Support (ACLS) Certification
Trauma Nursing Core Course (TNCC) Certification
National Institutes of Health Stroke Scale (NIHSS) Certification
Timeline
Physician Office Assistant and Liasion (remote)
Winchester Emergency Physicians Group
10.2023 - Current
Registered Nurse, PICU
Texas Children Hospital
09.2022 - Current
Travel RN, Emergency Room
RN Network
02.2021 - 10.2022
Registered Nurse, CVICU
Winchester Medical Center
01.2019 - 01.2020
Registered Nurse, Emergency Department
Winchester Medical Center
07.2015 - 07.2021
Registered Nurse, ICU
Riverside Regional Medical Center
05.2013 - 07.2015
Registered Nurse, Float Pool
Riverside Regional Medical Center
03.2013 - 10.2014
Registered Nurse, Cardiovascular Telemetry
Riverside Regional Medical Center
01.2012 - 05.2013
Bachelor of Science - Nursing
Virginia Commonwealth University
Diploma - Nursing
Riverside College of Health Careers
No Degree - Biology
Christopher Newport University