Brenda Hawkins
Palm Harbor,FL
Summary
Efficient Emergency Room Registered Nurse with 33 years of experience. Successful at providing fast and accurate assessments and working calmly under pressure. Adept at collaborating with doctors for top-of-the-line healthcare practices.
Overview
27
27
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification
Work History
Registered Nurse, Emergency Department
AdventHealth North Pinellas
Tarpon Springs, FL
09.2022 - Current
- Administered medications, tracked dosages and documented patient conditions.
- Monitored and recorded patient condition, vital signs, recovery progress and medication side effects.
- Coordinated care with physicians and other clinical staff to prepare for treatment, carry out interventions and enhance continuum of care to deliver comprehensive services.
- Guided therapeutic communication, conflict resolutions and interventions by deflecting undesirable behaviors to assist patients with developing and amplifying coping skills.
- Advocated for patient needs with interdisciplinary team and implemented outlined treatment plans.
Registered Nurse
HCA
Largo, FL
03.2019 - 09.2022
- Administered medications and treatments, monitoring patients for reactions and side effects.
- Observed strict safety measures, including checking medication dosages before administration to patients.
- Advocated for patient needs with interdisciplinary team and implemented outlined treatment plans.
- Developed educational materials for use in teaching sessions with patients or their families.
- Assessed patient conditions, monitored behaviors and updated supervising physicians with observations and concerns.
- Participated in multidisciplinary team meetings to discuss patient care plans.
- Documented patient progress notes accurately and efficiently in the electronic medical record system.
Registered Nurse Emergency Department
Maryview Medical Center
Portsmouth, VA
06.1998 - 03.2019
- Instructed patients, caregivers and families on diagnoses, treatment options and self-management to maintain continuity of care.
- Performed blood and blood product transfusions and intravenous infusions
- Trained and precepted nursing professionals and ancillary staff to achieve patient care goals
- Evaluated patients presenting with acute conditions such as asthma, appendicitis and hernia
- Collected lab specimens, ordering and interpreting diagnostic tests and lab results
- Trained and mentored new RNs on best practices, hospital policies and standards of care
- Managed clinical and support staff to ensure a high level of staff morale, patient care and overall professionalism.
- Assessed patients in active withdrawal and provided interventions to manage physical and psychological withdrawal symptoms
- Delivered quality care and comfort to patients with heart failure, pulmonary hypertension, pulmonary embolisms and end-stage renal disease
Registered Nurse
Branch Medical Clinic Naval Station Norfolk
Norfolk, VA
03.2010 - 06.2015
- Instructed patients, caregivers and families on diagnoses, treatment options and self-management to maintain continuity of care.
- Provided necessary health education training for patients.
- Treated patients using pharmacological and non-pharmacological treatment modalities to address various disorders, diseases and injuries.
- Delivered quality care and comfort to patients with heart failure, pulmonary hypertension, pulmonary embolisms and end-stage renal disease.
- Provided organizational leadership to establish patient care benchmarks, standards and best practices to deliver consistent care.
- Took and recorded patients' temperature, pulse and blood pressure.
Registered Nurse Emergency Department
Sentara Obici Hospital
Suffolk, VA
04.2007 - 07.2011
- Used individualized instruction techniques to educate students on patient observation, assessment, decision-making and health teaching.
- Monitored patients with acute conditions.
- Communicated extensively with patients to provide assistance, support and instructions.
- Treated patients with strokes, head traumas, comas and intracranial hematomas.
Registered Nurse Emergency Department
Portsmouth Naval Medical Center
Portsmouth, VA
06.2006 - 03.2010
- Provided diagnoses and treated patients with chronic and acute health problems, including MI, arrhythmias, asthma, COPD, pneumonia.
- Evaluated nursing notes to confirm accuracy of described care provided and patient responses.
- Evaluated patient care needs, prioritized treatment and maintained patient flow.
- Instructed patients and family members on proper discharge care.
Education
Bachelor of Science - Nursing
Western Governor's University
Salt Lake City, UT07.2019
Associate of Applied Science - Nursing
Queensborough Community College of The City University of New York
Bayside, NY01.1992
Skills
- Patient management
- Diagnostic tools experience
- Maintaining quality assurance standards
- Seizure management
- Treatment of conditions
- Medication administration expert
- Patient-oriented
- Personal and professional integrity
- Tracheostomy care
- IV drug therapy management
- ACLS Instructor
- Advanced Cardiac Life Support (ACLS) certification
- Extensive ER experience
- Strong clinical judgment
- Computerized charting specialist
- Ventilator care
- Team development
Certification
- AHA Healthcare Provider CPR Certification
- Advanced Cardiac Life Support (ACLS)
- Pediatric Life Support (PALS) Certification
- Advanced Cardiac Life Support (ACLS) Instructor
Timeline
Registered Nurse, Emergency Department
AdventHealth North Pinellas
09.2022 - Current
Registered Nurse
HCA
03.2019 - 09.2022
Registered Nurse
Branch Medical Clinic Naval Station Norfolk
03.2010 - 06.2015
Registered Nurse Emergency Department
Sentara Obici Hospital
04.2007 - 07.2011
Registered Nurse Emergency Department
Portsmouth Naval Medical Center
06.2006 - 03.2010
Registered Nurse Emergency Department
Maryview Medical Center
06.1998 - 03.2019
Bachelor of Science - Nursing
Western Governor's University
Associate of Applied Science - Nursing
Queensborough Community College of The City University of New York
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