Blake Bittner
American Fork,UT
Summary
Qualified Charge Nurse offers extensive and positive experience in leadership roles. Expert in diverse aspects of patient care with success in overseeing shift activities.
Overview
4
4
years of professional experience
Work History
Charge Nurse
Intermountain Healthcare
01.2023 - 01.2024
- Enhanced patient care by implementing evidence-based nursing practices and protocols.
- Collaborated with interdisciplinary teams to develop individualized care plans for patients.
- Optimized patient satisfaction through timely response to concerns and effective communication among staff members.
- Participated in quality improvement initiatives, contributing to the development of best practices within the department.
- Served as a liaison between nursing staff, physicians, and management, fostering open communication channels among all parties involved in patient care.
Charge Nurse
Trinity Health
02.2022 - 11.2022
- Assessed and assisted patients with diverse range and comorbid chronic diagnoses
- Built and maintained strong working relationships between nursing department and other disciplines
- Coordinated and performed patient admissions, transfers and discharges
- Oversaw medication administration, monitored distribution and documented responses
- Collaborated with multidisciplinary healthcare specialists to devise, implement and modify plans of care defining patient outcome goals
- Distributed assignments to RNs, LPNs and resident advisors, guided work and delivered training to promote proper care standards for patients
- Trained and mentored new RNs on best practices, hospital policies and standards of care.
Travel Registered Nurse
Liquid Agents
10.2021 - 01.2022
- Medication management and administration
- Discharge planning and team connections
- Disease process teaching and management
- Assessed and prepared patients for procedures, performing initial and ongoing patient assessments.
Travel Registered Nurse
Healthtrust Workforce Solutions
12.2020 - 10.2021
- Assess patients and document progress for visit
- Establishing plans with patients and appropraite care teams for discharge
- Monitoring vital signs, and reporting any abnormalities
- Monitoring telemetary readings and running any critical drips for HR, glucose, ect
- Educating the patient on care plans and any lines, tubes, or drains as well as procedures
RN
Alta View Hospital
10.2020 - 04.2021
- Triage of patients based on presenting issues both obkectively and subjectively
- The placement of IV catheters, monitoring of vital signs, and ensuring
- Summary
- Skills
- Experience orders are carried through
- Ensuring medications were passed and physicians notified of any changes in the patient or abnormal labs/vitals signs
- Helping in emergency situations with EMS and other nurses
- Education of discharge home or transfer to floor
RN
McKay-Dee Hospital
09.2019 - 10.2020
- Assess patient progress and manage care accordingly
- Ensure patients receive medications necessary for healing
- Educate the patients on care for after the hospital stay
- Contact all necessary resources for admission and discharge planning
- Check charts and ensure all orders are carried out
- Monitor patients telemetry and CPO
- Create a safe and calming environment for healing
Education
AHA BLS -
AHA ACLS -
NIHSS Stroke Certification -
Bachelor of Science - Nursing
Western Governors Universtiy
Salt Lake City, UT01.2023
Associate of Science - Professional Nursing
Rasmussen College
New Port Richey, FL06.2019
Skills
- Care Plan Management
- Patient Care Assignment
- Team Leadership
- Process Evaluation
- Interdisciplinary Collaboration
- Staff Supervision
Timeline
Charge Nurse
Intermountain Healthcare
01.2023 - 01.2024
Charge Nurse
Trinity Health
02.2022 - 11.2022
Travel Registered Nurse
Liquid Agents
10.2021 - 01.2022
Travel Registered Nurse
Healthtrust Workforce Solutions
12.2020 - 10.2021
RN
Alta View Hospital
10.2020 - 04.2021
RN
McKay-Dee Hospital
09.2019 - 10.2020
AHA BLS -
AHA ACLS -
NIHSS Stroke Certification -
Bachelor of Science - Nursing
Western Governors Universtiy
Associate of Science - Professional Nursing
Rasmussen College
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