Amanda Watson BSN RN
Scottsdale,AZ
Summary
Proactive Clinical Coordinator excited to transition into a new position where superb leadership and clinical coordination abilities can be utilized. Skilled in task delegation, staff recruitment and scheduling. Committed to ensuring staff is compliant with all safety and health standards and protocols.
Overview
16
16
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification
Work History
Charge Nurse/Clinical Coordinator
Abrazo Arrowhead Medical Center
2023.05 - 2023.08
- Central Intake RN, supervised and managed activities of the night shift ER team consisting of 15 RNs, and support staff.
- Working closely with physicians and other providers to provide the best possible care for patients
- Implemented quality patient care techniques to align with safety, health, and organizational regulations.
- 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 physicians to quickly assess patients and deliver appropriate treatment while managing rapidly changing conditions.
Banner Behavioral Hospital, Central
2023.01 - Current
- Responsible to review charts of different clientele across the Banner health system, in order to place the patients in the most appropriate facility in the Banner system
- Working closely with all aspects of the admitting team, including physicians, nurses and other staff members
- Using critical thinking skills in order to interpret lab values, physician notes and other imaging in order to provide the patient with the best care possible
- Registered RN
Assistant Nurse Manager
Banner Desert Medical Center
2021.06 - 2023.01
- Part of the Trauma team
- Crossed trained in both pediatrics and behavioral health
- Dealing with multiple critical patients with various co-morbidities
- Working closely with both surgeons and ER physicians and providers
- Also being a resource for the newly graduated RNs
- Using critical thinking skills in during situations.
Registered Nurse
St Vincent Charity Hospital
2020.09 - 2021.05
- Help manage 5 different floors of behavioral health
- Including 1 of only 7 psychiatric emergency room in the nation
- Work with team members to resolve any issues between other staff members
- Help with staffing of the behavioral health units
- Work to educate all staff members on new policies and procedures
- Being a resource for other team members
- Respond to emergencies in house when needed
Registered Nurse PRN, Travel Registered Nurse
UH Bedford Medical Center, Supplemental Health Care
2018.07 - Current
- Helping provide Emergency care to the community of Bedford, Maple Heights, etc
- Taking role of charge on occasion
- Taking care of patients varying in age and level of acuity
- Being able to delegate to paramedics and other ancillary staff
- Providing a role and the team aspect of medicine
2018.05 - 2020.09
- Years 4 months | Various locations
- Provide staffing relief to hospitals in dire need of RNs
- Specializing in ER, including trauma centers
- Able to adapt and change to new and different facilities, as well as provide excellent care to patients and families
- Help support other staff members at facilities
- Have been asked at multiple facilities to extend or stay on as a staff member.
Registered Nurse/Clinical Coordinator, Clinical Nurse
Summa Akron City Medical Center, UH Cleveland Medical Center
2011.11 - 2018.05
- In charge of a level 1 trauma center, controlling the flow of the ER, Dealing with patients and family members
- In addition to my role as Clinical Coordinator, I do still pick up shifts in the staffing in order to keep up my skills
- Some of the roles in the ER I work extra include, triage, behavioral health, minor ER, regular nursing assignments, and trauma/resuscitation rooms
Clinical Nurse
UH Cleveland Medical Center
2014.01 - 2014.09
- Transporting critically ill neonates, pediatric and adult patients from outside hospitals to University Hospitals
Clinical Nurse
UH Ahuja Medical Center
2012.04 - 2014.01
- STEMI call on weekday and weekend nights
- Trained to scrub both implants and ablation procedures
Charge nurse
AAA
2010.10 - 2012.04
- Heart Catheterization, Electrophysiology, Interventional Radiology and Neurologyweeks training Electrophysiology
- STEMI call on weekends and weeknights, of 24 bed unit
- Cared for STEMIs, , (both type A and type B), NSTEMIs and Cardiogenic Shock patients
- Assisted in placing IABPs, Swan-Ganz catheters, and ECMO
- Set up and used ventriculostomies, arterial lines, as well as CVPs
- Cer6fica6ons:
- ACLS (Advanced Cardiac Life support) expires 10/2024
- PALS (Pediatric Advanced Life Support) Expires 10/2024
- BLS (Basic Life Support) Expires 10/2024
- TNCC (Trauma Nurse Core Curricuum ) Expires 10/2026
- ENPC (Emergency Nurse Pediatric Curriculum) Expires 10/2026
- ATCN (advanced Trauma Care for Nurses) Expires 07/2026
Staff Nurse
Cleveland Clinic Foundation
2007.07 - 2011.02
Education
Bachelor of Science - Nursing
Youngstown State University
Youngstown, OH05.2007
Skills
- Unit Leadership
- Manage Records]
- Patient Care Assessment
- Clinical Documentation
- Operational Standards
- Patient Flow Coordination
Certification
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Registered Nurse/Clinical Coordinator
Clinical Nurse - Critical Care Transport
UH Cleveland Medical Center | January 2014 - September 2014 | 8 months | Cleveland Ohio
Transporting critically ill neonates, pediatric and adult patients from outside hospitals to University Hospitals.
Clinical Nurse - Cath Lab RN
Clinical Nurse - Interventional Suites
Staff Nurse-J31 Coronary ICU
ACLS (Advanced Cardiac Life support) expires 10/2024
PALS (Pediatric Advanced Life Support) Expires 10/2024
BLS (Basic Life Support) Expires 10/2024
TNCC (Trauma Nurse Core Curricuum ) Expires 10/2026
ENPC (Emergency Nurse Pediatric Curriculum) Expires 10/2026 ATCN (advanced Trauma Care for Nurses) Expires 07/2026
Timeline
Charge Nurse/Clinical Coordinator
Abrazo Arrowhead Medical Center
2023.05 - 2023.08
Banner Behavioral Hospital, Central
2023.01 - Current
Assistant Nurse Manager
Banner Desert Medical Center
2021.06 - 2023.01
Registered Nurse
St Vincent Charity Hospital
2020.09 - 2021.05
Registered Nurse PRN, Travel Registered Nurse
UH Bedford Medical Center, Supplemental Health Care
2018.07 - Current
2018.05 - 2020.09
Clinical Nurse
UH Cleveland Medical Center
2014.01 - 2014.09
Clinical Nurse
UH Ahuja Medical Center
2012.04 - 2014.01
Registered Nurse/Clinical Coordinator, Clinical Nurse
Summa Akron City Medical Center, UH Cleveland Medical Center
2011.11 - 2018.05
Charge nurse
AAA
2010.10 - 2012.04
Staff Nurse
Cleveland Clinic Foundation
2007.07 - 2011.02
Bachelor of Science - Nursing
Youngstown State University
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Registered Nurse/Clinical Coordinator
Clinical Nurse - Critical Care Transport
UH Cleveland Medical Center | January 2014 - September 2014 | 8 months | Cleveland Ohio
Transporting critically ill neonates, pediatric and adult patients from outside hospitals to University Hospitals.
Clinical Nurse - Cath Lab RN
Clinical Nurse - Interventional Suites
Staff Nurse-J31 Coronary ICU
ACLS (Advanced Cardiac Life support) expires 10/2024
PALS (Pediatric Advanced Life Support) Expires 10/2024
BLS (Basic Life Support) Expires 10/2024
TNCC (Trauma Nurse Core Curricuum ) Expires 10/2026
ENPC (Emergency Nurse Pediatric Curriculum) Expires 10/2026 ATCN (advanced Trauma Care for Nurses) Expires 07/2026
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