Brett Alexander
Lathrop,CA
Summary
Daisy award winning registered nurse with 23 years experience. Areas of expertise include medical surgical, telemetry, and orthopedics.
Overview
2025
2025
years of professional experience
Work History
Travel RN
Healthsource Global/AMN
03.2022 - Current
- Administered medications and treatment to patients and monitored responses while working with healthcare teams to adjust care plans.
- Delivered outstanding care to patients with various diagnoses and managed care from treatment initiation through to completion.
- Taught patients how to improve lifestyle choices, dramatically reducing chance of symptom reoccurrence.
- Documented patient interactions and interventions in EPIC EMR.
- Updated patient charts with data such as medications to keep records current and support accurate treatments.
- Documented all elements of care and updated patient charts and confidential files to reflect changes in care plans, interventions applied and observations.
- Quickly responded to situations impacting safety and security to unit, actualizing crisis prevention interventions to control and de-escalate situations.
- Provided exceptional care to high-acute patients needing complex care such as ventilator management, extensive wound care and rehabilitation.
Assistant Nurse Manager
Dameron Hospital
08.2021 - 02.2022
- Performed real-time chart audits for patients ensuring accuracy and completeness of information while capitalizing on opportunities for process improvement.
- Kept organized records of facility's services and utilization of inpatient beds.
- Communicated with members of medical staff and department heads during weekly update meetings.
- Integrated evidence-based nursing into practice environment for Number nurses.
- Supervised, directed and motivated high-quality performance from nursing staff.
- Trained new nurses in proper techniques, care standards, operational procedures and safety protocols.
- Supervised professional and paraprofessional nursing staff and delegated tasks to maintain continuum of care.
Registered Nurse/Supervisor Registered Nurse
California Health Care Facility
10.2018 - 06.2021
- Monitored patient condition, including interpreting and tracking EKG readings, identifying irregular telemetry readings and updating team members on changes in stability or acuity
- Observed and documented patient factors such as diets, physical activity levels and behaviors to understand conditions and effectively modify treatment plans
- Quickly responded to situations impacting safety and security to unit, actualizing crisis prevention interventions to control and de-escalate situations
- Delivered medications via oral, IV and intramuscular injections, monitoring responses to catch and address new concerns
- Managed patients recovering from medical or surgical procedures, including facilitating wound care, ostomy care, pressure ulcer prevention and pain management
- Provided skilled, timely and level-headed emergency response to critically-ill patients
- Administered medications and treatment to patients and monitored responses while working with healthcare teams to adjust care plans
Assisted Nurse Manager
Dameron Hospital Association
06.2013 - 10.2018
- Demonstrated ability to lead and motivate outstanding healthcare teams.
- Self-directed with astute judgment skills. High level of personal accountability.
- Effectively supervised 5-6 LVNs, NAs and non-clinical staff.
- Experience with various medical conditions including Parkinson's, Dementia, Diabetes, Cancer, Alzheimer's and Paget's disease.
- Closely monitored acute conditions.
- Pharmacological and non-pharmacological management and treatment of various disorders and diseases.
- Strong leader for nursing personnel assigned to the unit/shift.
- Charge nurse on medical/surgical/telemetry floor. Oversaw average of 20 patients per shift.
- Chronic patient care in med-surg unit, or telemetry unit adeptly handling all aspects of treatment from medication to wound care.
- Developed and implemented nursing care plans.
- Followed infection control procedures.
Staff Registered Nurse
Doctors medical Center
06.2007 - 07.2013
- Strong leader for nursing personnel assigned to the unit/shift.
- Developed and implemented nursing care plans.
- Ensured safety and well-being of patients.
- Performed head-toe physical assessments of med surg/telemetry patients.
- Instructed patients and family members on proper discharge care.
- Followed infection control procedures.
- Assisted residents with bathing, dressing, feeding, lifting and transferring.
- Chronic patient care in med-surg or telemetry unit, adeptly handling all aspects of treatment from medication to wound care to monitoring for 4-5 patients per shift.
- Interviewed patients to obtain medical information, weight and height measurements and vital signs.
Per Diem Registered Nurse
Alta Bates Medical Center
2010 - 2013
- Chronic patient care in med-surg unit, adeptly handling all aspects of treatment from medication to wound care to monitoring for 5 patients per shift.
- Assisted patients with daily functions.
- Developed and implemented nursing care plans.
- Pharmacological and non-pharmacological management and treatment of various disorders and diseases.
- Assessed need for, ordered, obtained and interpreted appropriate lab tests.
- Developed patient care plans, including assessments, evaluations and nursing diagnoses.
Travel Registered Nurse
On Assignment Healthcare Agency
06.2004 - 06.2007
- Primary care, assessment and evaluation of med/surgical patients.
- Experience with various medical conditions including Parkinson's, Dementia, Diabetes, Cancer, Alzheimer's and Paget's disease.
- Accurately documented all elements of nursing assessment, treatments, medications, discharge instructions, and follow-up care.
- Chronic patient care in med-surg unit, adeptly handling all aspects of treatment from medication to wound care to monitoring for 5 patients per shift
- treated patients with chronic and acute health problems such as MI, arrhythmias, asthma, COPD and pneumonia.
- Developed patient care plans, including assessments, evaluations and nursing diagnoses.
Staff Registered Nurse
CHRISTUS St. Frances Cabrini Hospital
05.2001 - 09.2002
- Chronic patient care in med-surg unit, adeptly handling all aspects of treatment from medication to wound care to monitoring for 6-7 patients per shift.
- Diagnosed and treated patients with chronic and acute health problems such as MI, arrhythmias, asthma, COPD and pneumonia.
- Monitored fluid intake and output levels.
- Experience with various medical conditions including Parkinson's, Dementia, Diabetes, Cancer, Alzheimer's.
- Took and recorded patients' temperature, pulse and blood pressure.
- Treated patients suffering from asthma, appendicitis and hernias.
- Assessed patients and documented their medical histories.
- Primary care, assessment and evaluation of medical/surgical patients.
Travel RN
Valley Healthcare Staffing
10.2002 - 05.2004
- Managed care for post-operative patients through discharge.
- Instructed patients and family members on proper discharge care.
- Chronic patient care in med-surg unit, adeptly handling all aspects of treatment from medication to wound care to monitoring for 5 patients per shift.
- Experience with various medical conditions including Parkinson's, Dementia, Diabetes, Cancer, Alzheimer's and Paget's disease.
- Developed patient care plans, including assessments, evaluations and nursing diagnoses.
- Assisted patients with daily functions.
- Closely monitored acute conditions.
Education
Bachelor of Science - Social Science
Northwestern State University of Louisiana
Natchitoches, LA1998
ADN - Nursing
Louisiana State University at Alexandria
Alexandria, LA2001
Skills
- Nurse Management
- High level of autonomy
- Chest pain management
- Palliative care awareness
- Preceptor
- Foley catheter insertion/removal familiarity
- Successfully directs staff meetings
- Patient and family advocacy
- Neurology awareness
- Patient positioning competency
- Thorough physical assessments
- Professional bedside manner
- Patient evaluation/intervention
Timeline
Travel RN
Healthsource Global/AMN
03.2022 - Current
Assistant Nurse Manager
Dameron Hospital
08.2021 - 02.2022
Registered Nurse/Supervisor Registered Nurse
California Health Care Facility
10.2018 - 06.2021
Assisted Nurse Manager
Dameron Hospital Association
06.2013 - 10.2018
Staff Registered Nurse
Doctors medical Center
06.2007 - 07.2013
Travel Registered Nurse
On Assignment Healthcare Agency
06.2004 - 06.2007
Travel RN
Valley Healthcare Staffing
10.2002 - 05.2004
Staff Registered Nurse
CHRISTUS St. Frances Cabrini Hospital
05.2001 - 09.2002
ADN - Nursing
Louisiana State University at Alexandria
Per Diem Registered Nurse
Alta Bates Medical Center
2010 - 2013
Bachelor of Science - Social Science
Northwestern State University of Louisiana
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