ANDREA SANDERS
Registered Nurse
New Caney,TX
Summary
Seasoned and hardworking nursing professional bringing 17+ years of offering proven clinical knowledge, natural interpersonal strengths and technical abilities. Eager to seek and maintain a full-time position that offers professional challenges to ensure optimized patient care. Quality-focused and efficiency-driven leader committed to change and a continued need for an expanding knowledge base.
Overview
17
17
years of professional experience
Work History
School Nurse
Aldine ISD: Calvert Elementary
08.2017 - 07.2023
- Promote health and safety education for students and preventive health practices
- Assess student problems, communicate with parents regarding individual students, and ensure appropriate referrals and follow up as needed
- Ensure that medications are administered to students according to district policy and procedures
- Served as liaison between families, school personnel and other healthcare providers on behalf of students.
- Establish and implement effective procedures for carrying out mandatory screening programs
- Developed care plans and made referrals as necessary for students with health concerns or injuries.
- Provide and promote education that enables children to become and live productive and healthy lives.
- Participated in development of school safety plans to address areas of concern.
Staff ICU RN
Paris Regional Medical Center
03.2015 - 07.2017
- Maintained patient safety, care standards, and confidentiality according to both unit procedure and hospital policy
- Worked as a collaborative team member with nurses, physicians, and other allied health professionals
- Effectively prioritized assignments, executing care based on each patient's relative condition and delegating tasks to available personnel deliver safe and efficient care.
- Verified patients had information necessary for ongoing care, providing guidance on diagnoses, management of medications and prevention methods.
- Conferred with physicians to discuss diagnoses and devise well-coordinated treatment approaches.
- Experience in educating patients and families on medications, disease process, therapies provided, prevention of disease, and overall health.
- Administered medications via oral, IV and intramuscular injections and monitored responses.
- Minimized hospital stays with recovery-centered approaches, reducing average in-patient stay length.
House Supervisor
East Texas Medical Center
05.2013 - 12.2014
- Optimized productivity of personnel in the nursing department, and conducted quality reviews of their assessments
- Collaborated with physicians regarding patient conditions, updates and necessary care changes.
- Acted as patient advocate and implemented total patient care through a team nursing process.
- Fostered excellence by example by "setting pace" and being hands on mentor to clinical staff.
- Created customized care plans, working with hospital staff and families to assess and meet individual needs.
RN Case Manager
Mays Hospice
06.2012 - 05.2013
- Completed initial assessments of patients and family to determine and address individual home care needs
- Provided emotional and spiritual support to terminally ill patients and their families.
- Conducted comprehensive reviews of medical records to ensure 100% compliance with documentation standards.
- Coordinated with interdisciplinary professionals to develop plans of care, administer tests and monitor patient status.
- Advocated for patients by communicating care preferences to practitioners, verifying interventions met treatment goals and identifying insurance coverage limitations.
- Created individualized care plans based on nursing diagnosis and incorporated appropriate nursing methods to achieve positive outcomes.
Education
Bachelor of Science - Nursing
University of Texas At Tyler
Tyler, TX12.2005
Skills
- Great Communication: verbally, written, and non-verbally
- Works independently and collaboratively
- Electronic Health Records Management with accurate documentation and computer literate
- Policy, procedure and quality Compliance
- Critical Thinking and strong problem-solving
- Ethical adherence and Maintain Confidentiality ex: HIPAA & FERPA compliant
- Detail oriented and organized
- Provides empathic, culturally and age competent care
- Great customer service skills
- Self motivated and adaptable
- Coaching and Mentoring
Certification
Registered Nurse in the State of Texas 2024
Basic Life Support (BLS) Certification 2024
First Aid/CPR/AED Instructor Certification 2024
Timeline
School Nurse
Aldine ISD: Calvert Elementary
08.2017 - 07.2023
Staff ICU RN
Paris Regional Medical Center
03.2015 - 07.2017
House Supervisor
East Texas Medical Center
05.2013 - 12.2014
RN Case Manager
Mays Hospice
06.2012 - 05.2013
Bachelor of Science - Nursing
University of Texas At Tyler
Registered Nurse in the State of Texas 2024
Basic Life Support (BLS) Certification 2024
First Aid/CPR/AED Instructor Certification 2024
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