Cathleen King
Falmouth,ME
Summary
Highly skilled dialysis nurse with seven years inpatient and outpatient experience. Team player, adaptable, with strong focus on patient safety.
Overview
16
16
years of professional experience
Work History
Travel Nurse: Acute and Chronic Dialysis Nurse
Monument Health
04.2024 - 11.2024
- Provided all aspects of hemodialysis procedures in both chronic and acute settings for Monument Health, who recently joined with DCI
- Provided all aspects of hemodialysis procedures in both chronic and acute settings
- Performed assessments, monitored and responded to patient condition changes, set up and cleaning/disinfection of machines, programmed machines with order parameters, performed water checks (chlorine and hardness), checked conductivity, administered meds such as calcitriol, albumin, midodrine, Zemplar, Parsabiv, epogen, and other medications including as needed Tylenol, Zofran, diphenhydramine, etc
- 1:3 ratio for hospital, 1:8 for outpatient clinic
- Monument Health, who joined forces with DCI 11/1/2024
- Darwin Direct computer program on the Fresenius 2008T BlueStar machines
Travel Nurse, Dialysis, Inpatient
Regional West Medical Center
01.2024 - 04.2024
- Performed all aspects of acute dialysis for acute and chronic kidney failure for adults
- Setup and operation of Fresenius 2008T machines, connecting patient to machine, assessments, medication administration, monitoring treatment, treatment modification/adjustments as necessary and machine cleanup
- Alaris pumps utilized for IV medication/blood administration, and Cerner for charting
- Travel to ICU using Mar Cor Rover RO (reverse osmosis) machines
- Attended to any other patient needs during treatment, such as repositioning, treating pain and nausea, toileting, and patient education
- Machines use crit line monitors to aid in safe fluid removal
- Facility Type: Short Term Acute Care
- Charting System: Cerner
Travel Nurse, Dialysis, Inpatient
Banner University Medical Center Phoenix
02.2023 - 12.2023
- Performed all aspects of acute dialysis at Banner University Medical Center, including BBraun machine setup and operation, connecting pt
- To machine, assessments, medication administration, monitoring treatment, modifying treatment as needed, and machine cleanup
- Alaris IV pumps used for medication/blood administration, and Cerner for charting
- Travelled to ICU and emergency department to perform dialysis using Mar Cor reverse osmosis machines with the Bbraun machines
- Facility Type: Short Term Acute Care
- Charting System: Cerner
RN, Dialysis and Hemotherapeutics
Maine Medical Center
09.2017 - 02.2023
- Performed all aspects of safe hemodialysis care, including assessment, implementation and alteration (as needed) of care plan, troubleshooting BBraun machine issues, consulting with multi-disciplinary team members, accessing and assessing catheters and fistulas, etc
- In an inpatient 8-bay unit at Maine Medical Center
- Plum Pumps used for medication/blood administration, and EPIC for charting
- Used AMERWATER reverse osmosis machines to travel to ICU and pediatric floors
- Dialyzed newborn, pediatric, adolescent, and adult acute (AKI) and chronic (CKD) kidney disease patients
- Set up continuous renal replacement therapy (CRRT) for ICU patients using Baxter PrismaFlex and Prismax machines
- Performed red cell blood exchange and apheresis/plasma exchange using Spectra Optia machines
- Also while working for Mainehealth, performed hemodialysis in a 2-bed rehabilitation unit at New England Rehabilitation Hospital in Portland, Maine 3 days/week
- Facility Type: Short Term Acute Care
- Charting System: Epic
- Position Discipline: RN
- Float Nurse Experience: No
- Trauma Level: Level I
- Unit Bed Count: 8
- Position Specialty: Dialysis
- Charge Nurse Experience: No
- Facility Attributes: Magnet hospital, Teaching hospital, Critical access facility
- Nurse-to-patient ratio: 1:2
- Shift: Day
Clinical Nurse II, Pulmonary Medical Floor and PCU
Maine Medical Center Bramhall
06.2008 - 09.2017
- Performed all nursing aspects of care for adult patients on a pulmonary medical-surgical telemetry floor with step-down/PCU
- Fast-paced floor with patients having various diagnoses/issues, including tracheostomies, g.i
- Issues, strokes, cardiac issues, pneumonia, cystic fibrosis, TURPS, kidney disease and renal failure, and more
- Facility Type: Short Term Acute Care
- Float Nurse Experience: No
- Charge Nurse Experience: No
Education
Associate Degree In Nursing - Nursing
Southern Maine Community College
South Portland, ME05.2008
Bachelor Of Arts - Psychology
Colby College
Waterville, ME01.1998
Skills
- Blood pressure monitoring
- Vascular Access management
- Teamwork and cooperation
- Professionalism and ethics
- Hemodialysis Experience
- Apheresis Experience
Timeline
Travel Nurse: Acute and Chronic Dialysis Nurse
Monument Health
04.2024 - 11.2024
Travel Nurse, Dialysis, Inpatient
Regional West Medical Center
01.2024 - 04.2024
Travel Nurse, Dialysis, Inpatient
Banner University Medical Center Phoenix
02.2023 - 12.2023
RN, Dialysis and Hemotherapeutics
Maine Medical Center
09.2017 - 02.2023
Clinical Nurse II, Pulmonary Medical Floor and PCU
Maine Medical Center Bramhall
06.2008 - 09.2017
Associate Degree In Nursing - Nursing
Southern Maine Community College
Bachelor Of Arts - Psychology
Colby College
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