Military Veteran with over 12 years of experience in a multitude of pre-hospital and in-hospital roles. Experienced in providing exceptional evidence based care to patients with wide range of diagnoses and acuity. Practiced in providing high-quality education and teaching to medical and non-medical personnel. Passionate about the development and implementation of evidence-based systems to improve patient care. Continuously developing professionally and personally to remain current with up to date standards of care.
Served department as trained Behavioral Nurse certified Crisis Intervention Team member with high utilization in bio-behavioral patient population.
Provided quality evidence-based care to trauma patients utilizing the TNCC standards of care in coordination with the trauma team.
Served as emergency departments clinical representative for house councils in the following committees: Nursing Practice Peer Review, Shared Leadership, Wellness in Nursing, Quality Initiatives, Nursing Research and Evidence Based Practices, Daisy Committee, RN Experience/Retention, Clinical Informatics, Hospital Acquired Pressure Injury/Pneumonia, Patient Experience.
Acted as Better Together Campaign coordinator and representative for the Emergency Department for employee sponsored giving.
Served as a member of the Hospital Emergency Response Team to develop and publish standard operating procedures.
Served as FEMA certified HERT trainer to train and prepare staff members for disaster and mass casualty response scenarios.
Assisted in the development and implementation of drill scenarios involving prehospital EMS, ED staff, Trauma staff, and operating room staff.
Function as member of Maricopa County's Correctional Health Team and serve with the partnership of Maricopa County Sheriff's Detention Officers both as a staff LPN and as a Registry employee.
Perform specialized nursing functions, including administering medications, therapeutic treatments, provide extensive patient care, participate in the planning, implementation, and the overall evaluation of nursing care.
Developed and implemented system for distributing and managing LPN workload at the Lower Buckeye Jail to reduce nurse burnout and improve collaboration among staff.
Worked under the direction and is supervision of a Clinical Nurse to perform a variety of direct patient care services to assist in the implementation of selected portions of the care plan in accordance with the regulations established by the Arizona Emergency Medical Services laws.
Functioned in role of Emergency Department EMT to care for pediatric Trauma, resuscitation, and code patients.
Served on hospital First Responder Operation Team for mass casualty and DECON scenarios.
Provided first responder care to a vast variety of illness/injury and coordinated urgent evacuation and patient transfer to a higher echelon of care.
Provided patient care in various environments to include: urgent care facility, ambulance transport, emergency department of Tripler Army Medical Center, and army field units.
Trained Army medical personnel and non-medical personnel in Combat Life Saver course as well as designed and implemented training scenarios to evaluate and identify areas of deficiency for additional training.
Maintained, organized, and assisted in managing basic daily needs of the main office.
Provided IT support and troubleshooting of office equipment
Answered phone calls, took messages, reported and relayed information to necessary staff.
Available upon request.