Carl Hood
Conyers,Ga
Summary
Hardworking nursing professional bringing 8+ years of experience delivering exceptional care to critical care patients. Knowledgeable about the critical care setting, requirements and skilled at maximizing patient comfort and safety while meeting strict cost control standards. Well-organized and forward-thinking in managing patient needs.
Compassionate critical care with comprehensive background in providing end-of-life care and managing patient cases. Known for effectively coordinating care plans and offering emotional support to patients and their families. Demonstrates expertise in pain management and seamless collaboration with multidisciplinary teams.
Overview
7
7
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification
Work History
Hospice Registered Nurse Case Manager PRN
Compassus Hospice And Palliative Care
09.2025 - Current
- Coordinated comprehensive care plans for hospice patients, ensuring alignment with individual needs and preferences.
- Conducted thorough patient assessments to evaluate conditions and develop tailored interventions.
- Educated families on end-of-life care options and bereavement support services available through hospice programs.
- Collaborated with interdisciplinary teams to optimize patient care and improve quality of life outcomes.
- Provided emotional support to patients and their families during the end-of-life process, promoting dignity and comfort.
- Collaborated with physicians to optimize medication regimens for symptom control in terminally ill patients.
- Served as a liaison between patients, families, and healthcare providers to ensure seamless delivery of hospice services.
- Established hospice care services for elderly and disabled patients.
- Provides prescription medications to patient's with narcotics and chronic pain to keep them comfortable.
ICU Nurse
Piedmont Rockdale Hospital
Conyers, GA
03.2025 - Current
- Monitored critical patient conditions, adjusting care plans based on real-time data and assessments.
- Administered medications and treatments in accordance with established protocols and physician orders.
- Collaborated with interdisciplinary teams to develop and implement comprehensive care strategies for patients.
- Trained and mentored new nursing staff on best practices and emergency response procedures.
- Implemented evidence-based practices to enhance patient outcomes in critical situations.
- Provided emotional support to patients and families during difficult medical situations, fostering trust and rapport.
- Monitored patients' respiratory status and ventilator operation and made adjustments to promote stabilization.
- Recorded patients' medical status and treatment details in electronic charts to accurately document medical care.
- Coordinated interdisciplinary team meetings to enhance patient care strategies and outcomes.
- Facilitated open communication between nursing staff and management, promoting a positive work environment conducive to learning and growth.
- Implemented evidence-based practices within the organization, improving patient outcomes and satisfaction rates.
- Managed critical care patients with complex medical conditions, providing compassionate care and support to families.
- Administered medications safely and effectively, following established protocols and guidelines for dosage calculations and administration techniques.
- Trained and coached new employees on protocols and best practices to promote ideal patient outcomes.
Charge Nurse/Staff Nurse/Preceptor/Discharge Coordinator
Emory University Hospital Midtown, SICU
Atlanta, GA
10.2018 - 03.2025
- Provides inpatient nursing care for patients receiving treatment for post-operative care as well as Covid-19
- Patient population varies from ENT surgeries to basic medical surgical patients
- Coordinate treatment with multidisciplinary healthcare team members to provide optimal continuity of care during team rounds
- Initiate/titrate critical care medication drips based on the patient’s hemodynamics
- Perform sterile techniques when inserting foley catheters, central line dressing changes, flushing/patency of IV maintenance
- Perform BLS/ACLS as needed on unstable patients
- Assist respiratory therapist with management of ventilators and tracheostomies
- Assist attendings and APPs with central line insertions
- Perform arterial line and CVP transducer set up
- Perform CRRT based on nephrology consults
- Administer and titrate sedatives on ventilated patients
- Maintaining GI tubes, GU tubes, and surgical drains
- Proning patients and maintaining paralytics/sedation during Covid-19
- Able to interpret dysrhythmias and perform necessary treatment
- Advocated for patients' needs post-discharge, connecting them with community resources for continued support.
- Performed various nursing interventions such as wound dressing, vital sign monitoring, and specimen collection.
- Assessed physical, psychological, physiologic, and cognitive status of patients.
- Monitored patients' conditions and reported changes in physical presentation, appearance, and behavior to discuss treatment with physicians.
- Assisted with patient discharges and coordinating with interdisciplinary teams such as case management, social work, doctors and APPs.
- Coordinated transportation services for patients, ensuring seamless transfers from hospital to their next destination or in-home care provider.
- Collaborated with interdisciplinary teams to ensure optimal patient care and smooth transitions between healthcare providers.
Travel Registered Nurse, ICU
Houston Healthcare
Warner Robins, GA
03.2023 - 08.2023
- 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.
- 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.
- Assisted in diagnosis and treatment of conditions such as unstable angina, cardiomyopathy, coronary artery disease and cardiac dysrhythmia.
- Conducted initial assessments, documented findings in patient records and notified physicians of abnormal findings.
- Floated to med-surg floors and ICA step down unit
Travel Registered Nurse, Oncology ICU
Atrium Health Wake Forest Baptist Medical Center
Winston-Salem, NC
12.2022 - 02.2023
- 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.
- 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.
- Assessed patients during course of treatment to identify concerning reactions.
- Educated patients on such topics as nutrition, medication side effects and proper skin treatments after radiation.
- Counseled patients and provided listening ear and emotional support.
Travel Registered Nurse, ICU
Ascension Columbia St. Mary’s Hospital, Float
Milwaukee, WI
10.2022 - 11.2022
- Provides inpatient nursing care for post-transplant patients receiving treatment for post-transplant procedures
- Perform sterile techniques when inserting/removing foley catheters, central line dressing changes, flushing/patency of IV maintenance
- Insertion of peripheral IV and IV maintenance
- Performing EKG
- Performing bladder scan
- Able to draw labs via central line maintaining sterility
- Float to all ICUs in hospital med-surg ICU, CVICU, Neuro ICU, and Burn ICU
- 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.
- Assisted in diagnosis and treatment of conditions such as unstable angina, cardiomyopathy, coronary artery disease and cardiac dysrhythmia.
- Conducted initial assessments, documented findings in patient records and notified physicians of abnormal findings.
Travel Registered Nurse, ICU
Piedmont Atlanta Hospital
Atlanta, GA
12.2021 - 09.2022
- Initiate/titrate critical care medication drips based on the patient’s hemodynamics
- 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.
- Taught patients how to improve lifestyle choices, dramatically reducing chance of symptom reoccurrence.
- Assessed patient conditions by taking vital signs and evaluating symptoms to determine appropriate treatment.
- Documented patient interactions and interventions in EPIC EMR.
- Perform sterile techniques when inserting foley catheters, central line dressing changes, flushing/patency of IV maintenance
- Perform BLS/ACLS as needed on unstable patients
- Assist respiratory therapist with management of ventilators and tracheostomies
- Perform arterial line and CVP transducer set up
- Perform CRRT based on nephrology consults
- Administer and titrate sedatives on ventilated patients
- Floats to CVICU, CCU, and Neuro ICU to assist other units
Travel Registered Nurse, ICU
Grady Memorial Hospital, SICU
Atlanta, GA
09.2021 - 11.2021
- Provides inpatient nursing care for patients receiving treatment for post-operative care as well as Covid-19
- Assessing trauma patients and managing wounds
- Coordinate treatment with multidisciplinary healthcare team members to provide optimal continuity of care during team rounds
- Initiate/titrate critical care medication drips based on the patient’s hemodynamics, and titrate sedatives to ventilated patients
- Perform sterile techniques when inserting foley catheters, central line dressing changes, flushing/patency of IV maintenance
- Perform BLS/ACLS as needed on unstable patients
- Assist attendings and APPs with central line insertions
- Perform arterial line and CVP transducer set up
- Perform CRRT based on nephrology consults
- Maintaining GI tubes, GU tubes, and surgical drains
- Proning patients and maintaining paralytics/sedation with Covid-19 patients
- Able to interpret dysrhythmias and perform necessary treatment
Travel Registered Nurse, ICU
Kendall Regional Medical Center Trauma/Burn ICU
Miami, FL
06.2021 - 09.2021
- Assess and provide wound care for patient’s burn wounds
- Stabilize critically burned patients
- Administer medications through IV, oral, subcutaneous or IM including emergency medications
- Assess and treat patient’s pain based from numeric pain scale
- Administer fluids depending on fluid balance and status
- Perform BLS/ACLS during emergencies with critical patients
- Triage patients to determine priority in critical patients
- Administer IV fluids and blood products
- Work independently alongside providers to make sure patient gets proper treatment and care
- Administered medications and treatment to patients and monitored responses while working with healthcare teams to adjust care plans.
- Assisted in diagnosis and treatment of conditions such as unstable angina, cardiomyopathy, coronary artery disease and cardiac dysrhythmia.
- Conducted initial assessments, documented findings in patient records and notified physicians of abnormal findings.
- Assessed patient conditions by taking vital signs and evaluating symptoms to determine appropriate treatment.
Travel Registered Nurse, ICU
Miami Transplant Institute
Miami, FL
04.2021 - 06.2021
- Collaborated with physicians to quickly assess patients and deliver appropriate treatment while managing rapidly changing conditions.
- 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.
- Prep proper immunoglobulin medications for transplant patients
- Evaluated patient histories, complaints, and current symptoms.
- Documented treatments delivered, medications and IVs administered, discharge instructions, and follow-up care.
- Explained course of care and medication side effects to patients and caregivers in easy-to-understand terms.
Travel Registered Nurse, ICU
Mount Sinai Medical Center
Miami Beach, FL
01.2021 - 04.2021
- Initiate/titrate critical care medication drips based on the patient’s hemodynamics
- Perform sterile techniques when inserting foley catheters, central line dressing changes, flushing/patency of IV maintenance
- Perform BLS/ACLS as needed on unstable patients
- Assist respiratory therapist with management of ventilators and tracheostomies
- Perform arterial line and CVP transducer set up
- Perform CRRT based on nephrology consults
- Administer and titrate sedatives on ventilated patients
- Maintaining GI tubes, GU tubes, and surgical drains
- Proning patients and maintaining paralytics/sedation during Covid-19
- Able to interpret dysrhythmias and perform necessary treatment
- Provided emotional support and guidance to patients and family members to help cope with emotional challenges of illness.
- Administered medication, pain management and analysis of patient responses to interventions to improve individual performance.
- Administered nursing care to cardiac patients undergoing diagnostic, therapeutic or emergency services.
- Cared for culturally-diverse patients, liaising with family members and specialists to address changing needs and enhance individual experience.
Education
Bachelor of Science - Nursing
Jacksonville State University
Jacksonville, AL08.2018
Skills
- Patient Care and Monitoring
- Nursing Process
- Pain Management Techniques
- Protocol and Procedure Improvement
- Chest Tubes
- Interdisciplinary Care
- Intramuscular Injections
- Medication Side Effect Knowledge
- Cardiac Arrest
- Sedation Management
- Blood Transfusions
- Personal Care Needs
- Patient Coping Mechanisms
- Compliance Issues
- Patient Health Information Access
- Central Line Placement
- Treatment Planning and Implementation
- Disease Processes
- Endotracheal Intubation
- Seizure Disorders
- Complex Information Interpretation
- Intravenous Injections
- Universal Precautions
- Patient Needs Assessment
- Client Satisfaction
- Acute and Chronic Pain
- Respiratory Failure
- Interpreting EKGs
- Ng Tube
- Heart Failure
- Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome
- EMR Systems
- Central Venous Lines
- Catheter Monitoring
- Workflow Coordination
- Tracheotomy Equipment
- Nurse Collaboration
- Ventilator Management
- Dressing Changes
- Patient Education
- HIPAA and Confidentiality Compliance
- Mechanical Ventilators
- Cerebrovascular Accidents
- IV Administration
- Patient Ventilation
- PICC Lines
- Specimen Results Interpretation
- Foley Catheter Insertion and Removal
- Pressure Wound Treatment
- CRRT
- IV insertion
- Home care management
- Compassionate care
- End-of-life care
- Patient education
- Care coordination
- Family support
Accomplishments
Recipient of the Daisy Award in 2020
Affiliations
- American Association of Critical Care Nurses (AACN)- November 2020- current
Certification
- ACLS- American Heart Association, April 2023-2025
- BLS- American Heart Association, April 2023-2025
- NIHSS- November 2022-current
Timeline
Hospice Registered Nurse Case Manager PRN
Compassus Hospice And Palliative Care
09.2025 - Current
ICU Nurse
Piedmont Rockdale Hospital
03.2025 - Current
Travel Registered Nurse, ICU
Houston Healthcare
03.2023 - 08.2023
Travel Registered Nurse, Oncology ICU
Atrium Health Wake Forest Baptist Medical Center
12.2022 - 02.2023
Travel Registered Nurse, ICU
Ascension Columbia St. Mary’s Hospital, Float
10.2022 - 11.2022
Travel Registered Nurse, ICU
Piedmont Atlanta Hospital
12.2021 - 09.2022
Travel Registered Nurse, ICU
Grady Memorial Hospital, SICU
09.2021 - 11.2021
Travel Registered Nurse, ICU
Kendall Regional Medical Center Trauma/Burn ICU
06.2021 - 09.2021
Travel Registered Nurse, ICU
Miami Transplant Institute
04.2021 - 06.2021
Travel Registered Nurse, ICU
Mount Sinai Medical Center
01.2021 - 04.2021
Charge Nurse/Staff Nurse/Preceptor/Discharge Coordinator
Emory University Hospital Midtown, SICU
10.2018 - 03.2025
Bachelor of Science - Nursing
Jacksonville State University
Daisy Award Recipient 2025
A patient's family nominated me for being compassionate and comforting towards her husbands' death. Not only did I take care of the patient but the family as well. I pride myself in taking care of the families just as well as the patient because in my eyes the families are just as important.