Candice Alke
Summary
Dedicated and compassionate Registered Nurse (RN) with a progressive career history in direct patient care, triage and care coordination in a fast-paced environment. Proven to remain calm under pressure and skillfully handle difficult patients and high-stress situations. Consistently developing strong relationships with co-workers, patients and families through empathetic communication, respectful attitude and excellent customer service.
Overview
18
18
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification
Work History
Staff Nurse, Anesthesia
Mercy Hospital Iowa City
08.2005 - Current
- Performs various nursing interventions such as wound dressing, vital sign monitoring, and specimen collection.
- Administers medications via oral, IV, and intramuscular injections and monitors responses.
- Assesses physical, psychological, physiologic, and cognitive status of patients.
- Monitors patients' conditions and reports changes in physical presentation, appearance, and behavior to discuss treatment with physicians.
- Implements medication and IV administration, catheter insertion, and airway management.
- Updates patient charts with data such as medications to keep records current and support accurate treatments.
- Collaborates with physicians, pharmacists and therapists to deliver quality, evidence-based care.
- Collects blood, tissue, and other laboratory specimens and prepares for lab testing.
- Educates patients, families and caregivers on diagnosis and prognosis, treatment options, disease process, and management and lifestyle options.
- Directs patient care by initiating and following through with plan of care, continuing care, and discharge instructions.
- Precepts student nurses and orients new hires, providing guidance and mentorship when teaching on hospital policies, emergency procedures, and nursing best practices.
- Developed and implemented individualized patient care plans for optimal outcomes.
- Maintains and cleans anesthesia machines by changing soda-lime, refilling vaporizers with anesthetic agents and replacing nitrous, oxygen and air cylinders.
- Stocks anesthesia supplies in anesthetizing locations, fiber optic carts and emergency airway bags.
- Maintains sterile anesthesia supplies within expiration date.
- Follows infection control procedures to maintain cleanliness of anesthesia monitors and apparatuses.
- Assists anesthesia personnel with airway management, insertion and setup of temporary pacemakers, catheters, invasive monitoring lines and central lines for hemodynamic monitoring.
- Operates invasive hemodynamic monitoring equipment, intubation bronchoscopes and ultrasonic scanning devices under the direction of licensed anesthesia providers.
- Assists with transports of invasively monitored O.R. and I.C.U. patients.
RN
Steindler Orthopedic Clinic
01.2012 - 05.2014
- Administered medications via oral, IV, and intramuscular injections and monitored responses.
- Administered medications and treatment to patients and monitored responses while working with healthcare teams to adjust care plans.
- Educated patients, families and caregivers on diagnosis and prognosis, treatment options, disease process, and management and lifestyle options.
- Implemented medication and IV administration.
- Updated patient charts with data such as medications to keep records current and support accurate treatments.
- Conferred with physicians to discuss diagnoses and devise well-coordinated treatment approaches.
Education
Associate Degree in Nursing -
Kirkwood Community College
Cedar Rapids, IA05.2008
Skills
- IV Drug Therapy Management
- Patient and Family Advocacy
- Strong Clinical Judgment
- Intravenous Therapy
- Direct Patient Care
- Team Coordination
- Physical Assessment
- Medical Supply Management
- Emergency Procedures
- Sanitation
- Pain Management
- Medication Administration
- Cesarean Section Preparation
- Anesthetic Administration and ER Experience
Certification
- PALS - Pediatric Advanced Life Support
- ACLS - Advanced Cardiovascular Life Support
- BLS - Basic Life Support
Timeline
RN
Steindler Orthopedic Clinic
01.2012 - 05.2014
Staff Nurse, Anesthesia
Mercy Hospital Iowa City
08.2005 - Current
Associate Degree in Nursing -
Kirkwood Community College
- PALS - Pediatric Advanced Life Support
- ACLS - Advanced Cardiovascular Life Support
- BLS - Basic Life Support
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