Charon Gibson
Lithonia
Summary
Diligent Registered Nurse with comprehensive background in patient care and acute medical settings. Successfully managed diverse patient cases, demonstrating knack for quick decision-making and compassionate care. Proven ability to utilize advanced nursing techniques and foster supportive healthcare environment.
Brings hands-on experience in patient care, including administering medications and managing treatment plans. Known for strong team collaboration, adaptability, and achieving optimal patient outcomes. Skilled in critical thinking, patient education, and maintaining calm demeanor in high-pressure environments.
Overview
13
13
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification
Work History
Ridgeview Institute
10.2024 - 04.2025
- Worked effectively in fast-paced environments.
- Proven ability to learn quickly and adapt to new situations.
- Skilled at working independently and collaboratively in a team environment.
- Excellent communication skills, both verbal and written.
- Worked well in a team setting, providing support and guidance.
- Demonstrated respect, friendliness and willingness to help wherever needed.
- Passionate about learning and committed to continual improvement.
- Worked flexible hours across night, weekend, and holiday shifts.
- Used critical thinking to break down problems, evaluate solutions and make decisions.
Medical Surgical Cardiac/Inpatient Rehab
Grady Hospital
03.2024 - 06.2024
- Provided care and treatment to patients who were ill, injured, recovering, or undergoing surgical procedures
- Worked closely with physicians, surgeons, and other healthcare professionals to ensure patients receive comprehensive care
- Conducting physical examinations and reviewing medical histories to assess and check patients' health conditions
- Carrying out the necessary monitoring testing and treatments after a created care plan
- Documenting patients' vitals, symptoms, and progress in Epic
- Coordinating care with other members of the patient's medical team, providing education and emotional support to patients and their family members
- Administering medications, inserting catheters, starting IVs, changing dressings, and adjusting specialized medical equipment
- Attending to patient's needs during hospital stay, helping and supporting patients when they are dealing with fear, pain, and uncertainty
- Provided education and teaching to patients and family members for continuation of care when they returned into the community
RN Unit Manager
East Cobb Nursing Center
12.2023 - 01.2024
- Oversees assessments of Resident/Patient admission process
- Participates in implementation of new policies and procedures based on identified needs
- Attend daily morning meetings providing updates on patients transferred out to hospital
- Assessments of new admissions head to toe and following up with the necessary departments to ensure quality healthcare in all aspects are given
- Overseeing staff development offering educational processes as needed
- Bloodwork/retrieving specimens needed for completion of labs and reporting lab results to the Doctors/NPs
- Making frequent rounds of the unit ensuring patient safety and offering support to the staffing team
- Filling in as the On-Call Supervisor addressing patients' emergencies
- Aiding with scheduling making sure staff is available to meet the needs for patients and filling in gaps when needed
- Advocated for patients by communicating care preferences to practitioners, verifying interventions met treatment goals and naming insurance coverage limitations
- Supervises and directs nursing/health care personnel, or unit
- Participates in resolving grievances
RN Staff Nurse
Tidelands Rehab Hospital (Encompass Health)
10.2023 - 11.2023
- Performed complete head to toe Admission Assessment focusing on Braden Risks and preventable skin issues
- Pain management assessing levels of pain and the outcome of pain relief
- Assess patient's limitations upon admission creating an idealistic approach for the therapy department
- Initiate Care Plans targeting the patient's goals for return to the community
- Participated in ongoing patient assessments ensuring patient needs were met
- Performing walking rounds with handoff communication for the continuation and safety of patient's care
- Practicing infection control through standard precautions
- Adhering to the policy and procedures per hospital guidelines
- Participating in emergency codes offering hands on assistance when needed
- Maintained an open line of communication with the doctors and family members
- Performed venous blood draws for labs, reporting critical results to the doctor
RN Unit Manager
Deerfield Beach Health and Rehabilitation
06.2023 - 08.2023
- Supervises and directs nursing/health care personnel, or unit
- Observes staff and visits residents/patients to ensure that proper nursing care is provided
- Oversees assessments of Resident/Patient admission process
- Perform routine rounds on assigned unit-including resident care area, dining area, recreational areas, and resident rooms and staff areas
- Participates in implementation of new policies and procedures based on identified needs
- Oversees resident care to promote highest level of physical, mental, and psychosocial functioning possible
- Ensures assigned work area (nurse station, med carts, medication room) and treatment areas are kept in a clean and sanitary manner
- Participates in resolving grievances
- Reassigns employees from one area to another area as facility needs dictate
- Participates in Interdisciplinary Plan of Care
- Reviews nursing report upon reporting in and ending shift duty hours
- Trained new nurses in proper techniques, care standards, operational procedures, and safety protocols
- Managed care from admission to discharge
- Updated patient charts with data such as medications to keep records current and support accurate treatments
- Advocated for patients by communicating care preferences to practitioners, verifying interventions met treatment goals and naming insurance coverage limitations
- Conferred with physicians to discuss diagnoses and devise well-coordinated treatment approaches
- Monitored patient condition by interpreting and tracking EKG readings, finding irregular telemetry readings, and updating team members on changes in stability or acuity
- Oversaw delivery of care for patients on medical-surgical unit, providing direct care, delegating nursing assignments, and supervising team formed of nurses, LPNs, technicians, and unit clerks
Staff Nurse LPN
Deerfield Beach Health and Rehabilitation
10.2022 - 06.2023
- Evaluated patients to identify and address wounds, behavioral concerns, and medically relevant symptoms
- Monitored, tracked, and conveyed important patient information to healthcare staff to help optimize treatment planning and care delivery
- Cared for wounds, provided treatments, and assisted with procedures
- Managed patient care through closely monitoring respiration, blood pressure, and blood glucose levels
- Administered controlled narcotics, inserted IVs, and performed catheterizations
- Performed routine evaluations of each patient's status, needs, and preferences
- Obtained patient vital signs and input/output measurements from inpatients
- Documented accurate and complete patient information to address patient problems and expected outcomes
- Delivered updates in patient status to charge nurse, recording changes in medical records
- Offered immediate assistance in emergency and routine paging situations to evaluate needs and deliver care
- Comforted and counseled patients and families throughout care process
- Administered medications and injections to patients
- Coordinated patient transfers to other facilities
- Reviewed patient history to verify conditions and current medications
- Responded to patient requests with appropriate clinical and personal assistance
- Helped long-term care residents with bathing, dressing, feeding, and other daily living activities
LPN Clinical Nurse
South Florida State Hospital
02.2021 - 10.2022
- Cared for wounds, provided treatments, and assisted with procedures
- Assisted with admissions, appointments, transfers, and discharges
- Documented accurate and complete patient information to address patient problems and expected outcomes
- Performed routine evaluations of each patient's status, needs, and preferences
- Managed patient care through closely monitoring respiration, blood pressure, and blood glucose levels
- Monitored, tracked, and conveyed important patient information to healthcare staff to help optimize treatment planning and care delivery
- Evaluated patients to identify and address wounds, behavioral concerns, and medically relevant symptoms
- Collaborated with interdisciplinary team of healthcare and social service providers to address patients' needs through effective intervention and care planning
- Offered immediate assistance in emergency and routine paging situations to evaluate needs and deliver care
- Administered medications and injections to patients
- Monitored patient health conditions to report changes to assigned physician
- Assessed patients' temperature, pulse, and blood pressure and recorded in electronic medical records
Staff LPN
Moody Manor
09.2018 - 02.2021
- Evaluated patients to identify and address wounds, behavioral concerns, and medically relevant symptoms
- Cared for wounds, provided treatments, and assisted with procedures
- Managed patient care through closely monitoring respiration, blood pressure, and blood glucose levels
- Monitor the effectiveness of medications given to TBI patients via peg tubes/nebulizer treatments
- Monitor signs and symptoms of Seizure Activities
- Ensure proper techniques were being followed during meals to prevent choking
LPN Nurse Supervisor
Nspire Of Miami Lakes
03.2016 - 09.2018
- Assisted with admissions, appointments, transfers, and discharges
- Obtained patient vital signs and input/output measurements from inpatients
- Performed routine evaluations of each patient's status, needs, and preferences
- Monitored, tracked, and conveyed important patient information to healthcare staff to help optimize treatment planning and care delivery
- Gathered lab specimens, ordered testing, and interpreted results to diagnose patients
- Answered incoming phone calls from patients to provide basic assistance and triage medical concerns
- Reviewed patient history to verify conditions and current medications
- Responded to patient requests with appropriate clinical and personal assistance
- Worked with multidisciplinary team to carry out successful treatment plans for diverse acute and chronic conditions
- Provided patient education on health care issues and prescribed medications
- Clearly and thoroughly explained diagnoses, treatment options and procedures to patients and loved ones, checking in to verify understanding
- Coordinated patient transfers to other facilities
- Managed 10 nurses and nursing activities in a 120-bed hospital by providing comprehensive nursing guidance and maintaining outstanding patient satisfaction and care standards
LPN Nurse Supervisor
Nspire of Plantation
01.2012 - 03.2016
- Administered controlled narcotics, inserted IVs, and performed catheterizations
- Clearly and thoroughly explained diagnoses, treatment options and procedures to patients and loved ones, checking in to verify understanding
- Evaluated patient histories, complaints, and current symptoms
- Evaluated patients to identify and address wounds, behavioral concerns, and medically relevant symptoms
- Educated patients and caregivers on medical diagnoses, treatment options, chronic disease self-management and wound management
- Reviewed patient history to verify conditions and current medications
- Used aseptic techniques to provide sterilized wound care and dressing applications
- Documented accurate and complete patient information to address patient problems and expected outcomes
- Cared for wounds, provided treatments, and assisted with procedures
- Managed 10 nurses and nursing activities in a 120-bed hospital by providing comprehensive nursing guidance and maintaining outstanding patient satisfaction and care standards
Education
Associate of Science - Registered Nurse
Hope College of Arts And Science
Pompano Beach, FL12-2019
Skills
- Mental health care
- Clinical judgment
- Geriatric nursing
- Quality improvement
- Palliative care
- Patient safety
- Wound care
- Intake and discharge
- Patient education
- Medication and IV administration
- Tracheostomy care
- Specimen collection
- Patient management
- Health promotion
- Vaccine administration
- Critical care
- Chronic disease management
- Accurate documentation
- Infection control
- Compassionate and caring
- Blood draw and sample collection
- Heartsaver CPR AED (CPR AED)
Certification
- Licensed Registered Nurse - June 2023
- Georgia Registered Nurse - January 2025
- CPI - 08/20/2024 - 09/30/2025
- CPR and AED - 03/2026
Timeline
Ridgeview Institute
10.2024 - 04.2025
Medical Surgical Cardiac/Inpatient Rehab
Grady Hospital
03.2024 - 06.2024
RN Unit Manager
East Cobb Nursing Center
12.2023 - 01.2024
RN Staff Nurse
Tidelands Rehab Hospital (Encompass Health)
10.2023 - 11.2023
RN Unit Manager
Deerfield Beach Health and Rehabilitation
06.2023 - 08.2023
Staff Nurse LPN
Deerfield Beach Health and Rehabilitation
10.2022 - 06.2023
LPN Clinical Nurse
South Florida State Hospital
02.2021 - 10.2022
Staff LPN
Moody Manor
09.2018 - 02.2021
LPN Nurse Supervisor
Nspire Of Miami Lakes
03.2016 - 09.2018
LPN Nurse Supervisor
Nspire of Plantation
01.2012 - 03.2016
Associate of Science - Registered Nurse
Hope College of Arts And Science
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