Amber Chance
Leslie,MI
Summary
Experienced healthcare professional skilled in patient care, critical thinking, and communication. Strong focus on team collaboration and achieving optimal patient outcomes. Reliable and adaptable, ensuring efficient and compassionate care in dynamic environments. Equipped with expertise in medical procedures, patient assessments, and care coordination
Overview
8
8
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification
Work History
Registered Nurse
McLaren Greater Lansing Intensive Care Unit
03.2022 - Current
- Administered critical care interventions to stabilize patients in life-threatening conditions.
- Collaborated with interdisciplinary teams to develop and implement individualized patient care plans.
- Monitored vital signs and interpreted data to assess patient status, ensuring timely interventions.
- Assisted physicians with bedside procedures, ensuring accurate treatment administration and timely patient recovery.
- Demonstrated advanced critical thinking skills while managing complex clinical situations involving multiple organ systems failures in critically ill patients.
- Conducted thorough assessments and formulated nursing diagnoses for critically ill patients.
- Managed complex medication regimens, ensuring accuracy in administration and documentation.
- Led emergency response efforts during critical events, coordinating team activities for optimal patient outcomes.
- Handled ventilator support, feeding tubes and central lines.
Registered Nurse
McLaren Greater Lansing, Progressive Care Unit
07.2020 - 03.2025
- Administered medications and monitored patient responses to ensure optimal recovery.
- Mentored junior nursing staff, fostering professional development and enhancing team performance.
- Implemented evidence-based practices to elevate standards of nursing care across the unit.
- Conducted thorough patient assessments to identify changes in condition, promptly notifying physicians and initiating appropriate interventions when necessary.
- Collaborated with interdisciplinary teams to develop comprehensive treatment plans for complex patients with multiple comorbidities.
- Enhanced patient satisfaction by providing compassionate, holistic nursing care that addressed physical, emotional, and spiritual needs.
Patient Care Technician
Henry Ford Allegiance, SICU
12.2018 - 05.2020
- Provided direct patient care under supervision of the nursing staff
- Assisted patient with activities of daily living and ensured best possible quality of life
- Performed skills such as venipuncture, IV insertion, straight catheterization, obtained and recorded vital signs with EPIC electronic medical record
Phlebotomist / Inpatient Laboratory Assistant
Henry Ford Allegiance
08.2017 - 12.2018
- Obtained blood specimens from inpatients on lab collect units
- Had thorough knowledge and ability to receive and distribute all specimens that come to the laboratory
- Communicated with healthcare team about orders and results
Education
Associate Degree - Nursing
Lansing Community College
Lansing, Michigan04.2020
Skills
- IV medication administration and titration
- Critical prioritization
- Return of open heart patients
- Patient assessments
- Expert user of devices such as impella, intra-aortic balloon pump, continuous renal replacement therapy, artic sun
- Patient education and counseling
- Strong clinical judgment
- Documentation and charting
- Patient and family advocacy
- Advanced cardiac life support (ACLS) certification
- Critical care
- Basic Life Support (BLS) certification
Certification
- Registered Nurse - Michigan, #4704364180 Exp. 7/2022
- Basic Life Support | American Heart Association Exp. 4/2022
- Advanced Life Support | American Red Cross Exp. 4/2023
Timeline
Registered Nurse
McLaren Greater Lansing Intensive Care Unit
03.2022 - Current
Registered Nurse
McLaren Greater Lansing, Progressive Care Unit
07.2020 - 03.2025
Patient Care Technician
Henry Ford Allegiance, SICU
12.2018 - 05.2020
Phlebotomist / Inpatient Laboratory Assistant
Henry Ford Allegiance
08.2017 - 12.2018
Associate Degree - Nursing
Lansing Community College
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