CASSANDRA HAWKINS
Fruitland Park,FL
Summary
Compassionate Registered Nurse (RN) with experience offering comprehensive patient care in both inpatient and outpatient environments. Proven leadership focused on increasing and enhancing patient safety and satisfaction. Efficiently coordinate with healthcare professionals to advance patient care and ensure optimal patient outcomes. Skilled at multitasking and prioritizing patient condition and needs to ensure timely and effective nursing interventions.
Overview
7
7
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification
Work History
Registered Nurse, Infusion Services
Advent Health Waterman
08.2021 - Current
- Charge nurse in outpatient setting
- Administered medications (oral, IV, and intramuscular) and monitored patient responses
- IV therapy nursing duties include patient assessment/interventions, central line care, and charge nurse/departmental responsibilities
- Management of central lines: accessing/deaccessing ports, PICC line/midline care including sterile dressing changes and flushing
- Interpreting and reporting laboratory results
- Outpatient responsibilities include receiving paper, verbal, and telephone orders via physician's office and entering information into the EMAR
- Communication with providers and their staff to ensure optimal and timely patient care
- Aid and coordinate the department with scheduling, prescribed treatments, and support physicians and team members to ensure timely and complete patient care.
Registered Nurse, Medical-Surgical/Oncology Unit
AdventHealth Waterman
02.2017 - 08.2021
- Night relief charge nurse of a thirty bed unit, duties included: addressing staff concerns such as staffing ratios, provided clinical support as needed, resource management, and optimized workload management
- Collaborated with physicians to quickly assess patients and deliver appropriate treatment while managing rapidly changing conditions.
- Prevented the spread of infections by consistently adhering to strict infection control protocols and hospital policy.
- Provided exceptional care to oncology patients and families including: delivering chemotherapy infusions, adjunct medications, symptom control, education, and emotional/physical support.
- Performed sterile procedures: inserting catheters, central line dressing changes, and management of indwelling drains post-procedure.
- Improved patient outcomes by implementing evidence-based nursing interventions and individualized care plans.
- Trained new nurses in proper techniques, care standards, operational procedures, and safety protocols.
- Managed patients recovering from procedures.
- Managed care from admission to discharge.
Education
Bachelor of Science - Nursing
AdventHealth University
Orlando, FL12.2024
Associate of Science - Nursing
Lake Sumter State College
Leesburg, FL01.2016
Associate of Arts - General
Lake Sumter State College
Leesburg, FL01.2014
Skills
- Team supervision and leadership
- Complete and thorough patient assessments
- Implementation of interventions based on assessment
- Patient and family education about plan of care
- Critical and independent decision making
- Medication and IV administration
- IV therapy/central line maintenance
- Lab result interpretation
- Team Coordination
- Compassion and Empathy
- Experience in palliative and end-of-life care
- BLS Certified
Accomplishments
- 2019 Daisy award recipient for exceptional, compassionate, and meaningful nursing
Certification
- BLS
Timeline
Registered Nurse, Infusion Services
Advent Health Waterman
08.2021 - Current
Registered Nurse, Medical-Surgical/Oncology Unit
AdventHealth Waterman
02.2017 - 08.2021
Bachelor of Science - Nursing
AdventHealth University
Associate of Science - Nursing
Lake Sumter State College
Associate of Arts - General
Lake Sumter State College
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