Summary
Overview
Work History
Education
Skills
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ADDITIONAL EXPERIENCE
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Bernadine Savage

Tinley Park,Illinois

Summary

Frequently selected to educate nursing staff and aides during annual skills training sessions in hospital

Overview

30
30
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification

Work History

Home Hospice Nurse

Advocate Aurora Healthcare
03.2023 - 11.2023
  • Provided end of life care for hospice patients in their home, including meds, wound care and emotional support based on needs and insurance.
  • Educated family members to be able to provide care for their loved ones.
  • Ordered supplies and medication based on insurance and patient’s condition.
  • Provided postmortem care when needed.

Staff Nurse, Intensive Care

Ingalls Memorial Hospital
10.2001 - 11.2022
  • Direct care of critically ill patients.
  • Monitoring cardiac rhythms for normal and irregularities.
  • Charge nurse duties, precepting new nurses to the unit, responding to emergencies house wide including rapid responses and Code situations.
  • Started my nursing career here in 1994 as a CNA while completing my license.

Staff Nurse, Gynecology Unit

University of Chicago Hospital
01.2001 - 10.2001
  • Care of patients in Gynecology unit post-up and requiring transfusions and chemotherapy.

Registered Nurse

Ingalls Hospital
11.1993 - 04.1999
  • Administered patient care plans tailored to individual needs, ensuring optimal health outcomes.
  • Evaluated patient conditions regularly, adjusting treatments based on clinical observations and best practices.
  • Administered medications safely according to established guidelines while closely monitoring for side effects .

Education

Associate Degree - Nursing

South Suburban College
South Holland, Illinois
01.1994

Skills

  • Critical care nursing care of ventilator dependent patients, trach patients, strokes, starting IVs training and precepting new nurses, responding to RRTs and Codes in hospital, and working as charge nurse

Certification

  • BLS
  • ACLS
  • Associates Degree in Nursing

ADDITIONAL EXPERIENCE

Also worked for Unicare Health Insurance for approximately two years providing authorization of outpatient procedures based on medical necessity and insurance coverage and Ford Motor Company as an occupational health nurse.

Timeline

Home Hospice Nurse

Advocate Aurora Healthcare
03.2023 - 11.2023

Staff Nurse, Intensive Care

Ingalls Memorial Hospital
10.2001 - 11.2022

Staff Nurse, Gynecology Unit

University of Chicago Hospital
01.2001 - 10.2001

Registered Nurse

Ingalls Hospital
11.1993 - 04.1999

Associate Degree - Nursing

South Suburban College
Bernadine Savage