Alyson Madrid
Chicago,IL
Summary
Knowledgeable Registered Nurse with over 7 years of experience in delivering comprehensive patient care. Advanced skill working with diverse patient populations. Demonstrated fostering relationships and coordinate with healthcare professionals to advance patient care. Transitions into operations smoothly and flexes to meet differing routines and protocols. Proven history of leveraging critical thinking, analysis and medical knowledge to deliver superior care in high-pressure environments.
Overview
7
7
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification
Work History
Contract Travel RN
Aya Healthcare
08.2021 - Current
- Able to quickly adapt to new environments with little training and perform with expertise skills.
- As agency staff, have been put in leadership roles such as charge and preceptor on various occasions.
- Collaborated with physicians to quickly assess patients and deliver appropriate treatment while managing rapidly changing conditions.
- Administered medications via oral, IV, and intramuscular injections and monitored responses.
- Educated patients, families and caregivers on diagnosis and prognosis, treatment options, disease process, and management and lifestyle options.
- Trained new nurses in proper techniques, care standards, operational procedures, and safety protocols.
- Implemented medication and IV administration, catheter insertion, and airway management.
- Evaluated healthcare needs, goals for treatment, and available resources of each patient and connected to optimal providers and care.
- Orchestrated quality-driven, cost-effective care in high-volume trauma setting.
- Documented all elements of care and updated patient charts and confidential files to reflect changes in care plans, interventions applied, and observations.
- Quickly responded to situations impacting safety and security to unit, actualizing crisis prevention interventions to control and de-escalate situations.
RN Staff Nurse
Advocate Trinity Hospital
Chicago, IL
03.2018 - 08.2021
- Served as Lead Charge of the department, implementing new procedures, advocating for the nurses, and improving staff moral.
- Trained new nurses in proper techniques, care standards, operational procedures, and safety protocols.
- Coordinated nursing care on unit through staff assignments, assisting and rounding with physicians, monitoring patient orders, and communicating with ancillary departments.
- Collaborated with other healthcare professionals to provide quality patient care.
- Worked with patients diagnosed with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD), asthma, congestive heart failure (CHF), cerebrovascular accidents (CVA), diabetes or sepsis to asses needs and determine best options for care.
- Led teams in driving successful patient outcomes by prioritizing standard of care and best practices.
- Collaborated with leadership to devise initiatives for improving nursing satisfaction, retention and morale.
- Used first-hand knowledge and clinical expertise to advocate for patients under care and enacted prescribed treatment strategies.
- Performed triage on incoming patients and determined severity of injuries and illnesses.
- Participated in evidence-based practice project implementation, nursing competency development and nursing simulation activities.
RN Staff Nurse
Community First Medical Center
Chicago, IL
03.2017 - 03.2018
- Crossed trained in Emergency Department and ICU
- Monitored patients' respiratory status and ventilator operation and made adjustments to promote stabilization.
- Observed patients' vital signs and administered physician-prescribed medications and treatments.
- Delivered age-appropriate medical care for adult, adolescent, and geriatric ICU patients.
- Proven ability to learn quickly and adapt to new situations.
- Worked well in a team setting, providing support and guidance.
- Excellent communication skills, both verbal and written.
- Delivered high level of quality care to diverse populations while overseeing patient admission and triaging based on acuity and appropriate department admission.
Education
Bachelor of Science - Nursing
Resurrection University
Chicago, IL12.2016
Skills
- Adaptive and responsive to changing patient assessments through use of critical thinking in waiting room
- Self-starter and resourceful due to work in low resource and remote settings
- Pediatric critical care and pediatric triage
- Concise patient triage and timely response and communication with team regarding urgent cases
- Direct patient care expertise and clear communication with patients and health care personnel
- Helped train and implement EPIC charting system from Cerner as a Certified Epic Trainer across 5 different hospitals
Certification
- BLS - Expiration June 2024
- ACLS - Expiration June 2024
- PALS - Expiration June 2024
- TNCC - Expiration November 2026
Additional Information
Travel Assignments
- NYU Langone Hospital Brooklyn - Level 1 Trauma Center
- University of New Mexico Hospital - Level 1 Trauma Center
- MUSC Health Charleston - Level 1 Trauma Center
- Hillsboro Medical Center
- Tucson Medical Center - Pediatric ER
- UMass Memorial Medical Center University Campus - Level 1 Trauma Center
- John H. Stroger Junior Hospital of Cook County - Level 1 Trauma Center
Timeline
Contract Travel RN
Aya Healthcare
08.2021 - Current
RN Staff Nurse
Advocate Trinity Hospital
03.2018 - 08.2021
RN Staff Nurse
Community First Medical Center
03.2017 - 03.2018
Bachelor of Science - Nursing
Resurrection University