Hiking and outdoor activities, travel and cultural experiences, yoga, food!
Allison Nill
Registered Nurse
Andover,MA
Summary
Hardworking and highly-adaptable nursing professional bringing 12 years of experience delivering exceptional care to hospitalized patients in diverse settings across the United States. Agile and responsive to dynamic patient needs with knowledge and skills gained in 10 years of emergency room nursing and approximately 3 years of inpatient nursing. Friendly, team-oriented, and forward-thinking in managing patient needs. Passionate about traveling with short periods of time off spent visiting over 26 countries.
Overview
13
13
years of professional experience
4
4
years of post-secondary education
4
4
Certifications
2
2
Languages
Work History
Travel Nurse, Emergency Department
Sharp Grossmont Hospital/Host Healthcare
La Mesa, CA
12.2020 - 07.2021
- Delivered care to patients in the emergency room (ER) with various diagnoses in a 542-bed facility during COVID-19 pandemic.
- Adapted to several working environments within ER including acute ER, covid isolation tent, fast track, triage, and accelerated care areas.
- Administered medications and treatment to patients and monitored responses while coordinating care with other members of the healthcare team.
Travel Nurse, Emergency Department
Massachusetts General Hospital/Host Healthcare
Boston, MA
11.2019 - 12.2020
- Performed care for patients in a high-volume emergency department of a 999- bed teaching facility ranked as one of the top hospitals in the nation during a return travel nursing assignment over the COVID-19 pandemic.
- Rotated amongst various care areas within emergency department including pre-evaluation (waiting room, post triage), evaluation, urgent (monitored beds), fast track, and psych ER.
- Lead nursing staff as throughput nurse (charge RN) of the clinical decision unit and urgent (acute step-down) care area.
- Trained new-hire nurses.
Travel Nurse, Emergency Department
Oregon Health And Science University Hospital/Host
Portland, OR
02.2019 - 08.2019
- Provided outstanding care to an array of patients in the emergency department of a 576-bed teaching hospital.
- Rotated assignments between triage, main ER, and psych ER.
- Autonomously used critical thinking skills in providing treatments and monitoring responses of patients while communicating with other members of the healthcare team.
Travel Nurse, Emergency Department
Massachusetts General Hospital/Host Healthcare
Boston, MA
04.2017 - 02.2019
- As a travel nurse on an extended assignment provided care to patients within the emergency department at a similar capacity to experience listed above on return assignment.
Staff Nurse, Emergency Department
New York Presbyterian Hospital- Weill Cornell/AMN
New York, NY
01.2014 - 11.2016
- As a primary nurse in the emergency room administered treatments, monitored, and coordinated care for patients at a Level 1 trauma center within an 862-bed teaching hospital ranked amongst the nation's top hospitals. When surging, the ER held more than 160 patients. Patient care ratios as high as 1:11 in the acute ER.
- Floated within emergency department working in areas of trauma, acute adult bays, fast track, psych emergency, and pediatric emergency.
- As team leader (charge nurse) managed flow of bay holding 30-40 patients, at times serving as both primary nurse and team leader with staffing shortages.
- As a nurse preceptor provided guidance and education to new nurses in the ER.
Travel Nurse, Emergency, Medicine/Telemetry
New York Presbyterian Weill Cornell/Valley Health
New York, NY
03.2012 - 12.2014
- Administered treatments and monitored responses of patients, provided patient education, maintained patient advocacy and communicated and coordinated with healthcare team for patients admitted to the hospital and boarding in the emergency department, with lengths of stay from 24-100+ hours in the ED.
- Served as a primary nurse over 13 weeks on a 32-bed medical/telemetry unit with average patient ratios of 1:8. During this time was recognized for working extended hours as part of the Disaster Emergency Plan activated for Hurricane Sandy.
Travel Nurse, Medicine/Telemetry/Surgery Float
Kaiser Permanente Fontana Medical Center/Valley
Fontana, CA
11.2011 - 02.2012
- Rotated nursing assignments amongst medical, surgical and telemetry units in a 420-bed community hospital.
- Provided inpatient care as primary nurse for patients with various medical and primarily neurosurgical diagnoses.
Staff Nurse, Medicine Telemetry Unit
Hospital Of The University Of Pennsylvania
Philadelphia, PA
11.2009 - 11.2011
- Delivered high quality professional nursing care to inpatients with complex medical problems and primarily gastrointestinal or pulmonary diagnoses on a 40 bed medical/telemetry unit within a 776 bed academic teaching facility ranked amongst the nation's top hospitals.
- Successfully completed the Nurse Residency program as a new graduate nurse, which focused on developing critical thinking skills, leadership, evidence-based practice and professionalism.
Research Coordinator
Abramson Cancer Center Clinical Research Unit
Philadelphia, PA
09.2008 - 04.2009
- Organized data collected from chemotherapy trials within the University of Pennsylvania Healthcare System.
- Assisted in the grading of adverse events experienced by study participants.
Education
Bachelor of Science - Nursing
University of Pennsylvania
Philadelphia, PA 09.2005 - 05.2009
Skills
EMR / EHR
Patient Assessments
Patient and family advocacy
Acute care expertise
Strong clinical judgment
Certification
Active RN license-CA, MA, NY, OR, HI
Interests
Timeline
Travel Nurse, Emergency Department
Sharp Grossmont Hospital/Host Healthcare
12.2020 - 07.2021
Travel Nurse, Emergency Department
Massachusetts General Hospital/Host Healthcare
11.2019 - 12.2020
Travel Nurse, Emergency Department
Oregon Health And Science University Hospital/Host
02.2019 - 08.2019
Travel Nurse, Emergency Department
Massachusetts General Hospital/Host Healthcare
04.2017 - 02.2019
Staff Nurse, Emergency Department
New York Presbyterian Hospital- Weill Cornell/AMN
01.2014 - 11.2016
Travel Nurse, Emergency, Medicine/Telemetry
New York Presbyterian Weill Cornell/Valley Health
03.2012 - 12.2014
Travel Nurse, Medicine/Telemetry/Surgery Float
Kaiser Permanente Fontana Medical Center/Valley
11.2011 - 02.2012
Staff Nurse, Medicine Telemetry Unit
Hospital Of The University Of Pennsylvania
11.2009 - 11.2011
Research Coordinator
Abramson Cancer Center Clinical Research Unit
09.2008 - 04.2009
Bachelor of Science - Nursing
University of Pennsylvania
09.2005 - 05.2009