Aurora Gaines

Compassionate registered nurse with experience in various clinical settings and all stages of life. Skills include patient education, health assessment and triage, medication administration, and health care advocacy and navigation. Proven ability to handle high-stress situations and maintain composure, always prioritizing patient safety and comfort. In previous role, contributed significantly to improving patient satisfaction scores. Dedicated and compassionate with a desire to continue to grow in my career. Consistently developing strong relationships with patients and families through empathetic communication, respectful attitude and excellent customer service.

• President, SPECTRUM LGBTQIA+ club, Created an inclusive, fun, educational group to discuss gender and identity, host workshops, and work to create enhanced understanding of diversity within the healthcare system.
• Public Relations, Nursing Students Without Borders, Club dedicated to understanding and helping to heal international health disparities and socio political determinants of health.
• Cohort Representative, Nominated by my colleagues to act as the liaison between the student body and administration. Regularly acting as a mediator and advocate.
• Chair, Racial Justice Task force, Education Committee, Committee at Duke School Of Nursing dedicated to examining racial biases and practices within the school and creating a systematic plan to correct these practices.
• Member, Duke Emergency Nursing Students
• Mentor, Cald Program, 01/01/21, Present, Mentoring underclassman who speak English as a second language and/or immigrated to the United States and who are looking for extra guidance.

• Basic Life Support, American Heart Association, 01/01/26
• Advanced Cardiac Life Support, 05/01/25
• Pediatric Advanced Life Support, 06/01/25
• RedCross Disaster Health Services Simulation
• TNCC, Emergency Nurses Association, 09/01/26
• ENPC, Emergency Nurses Association, 05/01/26
• CPI Nonviolent Prevention Institute, 09/01/23
• Registered Nurse, NC, 10/01/26, 334813

• Emergency Nursing Association, Current
• Beta Epsilon, Current

• Covid-19 Vaccine Clinics, 02/01/21, Assisted with organization of volunteers for the first vaccine clinic. Assisted individuals 65 years and older to designated vaccine locations.
• Patient Liaison - Emergency Department, 03/01/17 - 10/01/17, New Orleans, LA, Shadowed and aided nurses with intake of critical information. Observed Emergency Room Procedures. Escorted and allowed access to family members to designated rooms.
• Troop Leader - Girl Scouts of America, 02/01/14 - 01/01/16, Grand Isle, LA, Restarted a chapter of Girl Scouts of America in Grand Isle Louisiana, a remote and isolated community of the gulf. Recruited over 25 girls to join and taught them the principles of Girl Scouts while acting as a positive female role model.

• Annie Beery Bieber Award for Outstanding Leadership, 2021
• Peer Recognition Award for Duke School of Nursing, 2021
• Beta Epsilon, 2021

• USCG Achievement Medal, 02/01/16, 05/01/18
• Humanitarian Service award, 06/01/17
• Armed Forces Service Medal, 05/01/18
• CG Meritorious Team Command Ribbon, 08/01/16