Experienced and compassionate nurse bringing leadership skills,technical knowledge and clinical expertise.Committed to lifelong, ongoing education and professional development.
Overview
9
9
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification
Work History
Staff Nurse
UCSF
San Francisco, CA
05.2016 - 01.2021
Helped open 2 brand new medical surgical TCU units and served as preceptor to several new graduate RN’s & MEPN nursing students
Charge RN who provided care to a wide range of medical and surgical patients on a 9-bed Surgical TCU unit.
Telemetry, ACLS, and CPO trained
Trained in specific surgical procedures incl. plastic, urology, thoracic & cardiology.
Served as charge RN overseeing three registered nurses & patient care technicians.
Staff Nurse
Rush University Medical Center, RUMC
Chicago, IL
05.2014 - 05.2016
Charge RN who provided patient care on a 32-bed cardiovascular, thoracic, neurology & neurosurgical floor.
Trained in specific neurological assessment & analyzing telemetry strips.
Several certifications received such as; CMSRN, NIHSS stroke scale & ACLS.
Served as a charge RN overseeing 7 Registered nurses & patient care technicians participating in telemetry reading, patient flow & staff assignments.
Staff Nurse
Northwestern Memorial Hospital
Chicago, IL
07.2012 - 05.2014
Provided direct patient care on a 30-bed urology/trauma/surgery/vascular unit.
Served as Charge RN overseeing 6 Registered Nurses & several Patient Care Technicians participating in service recovery, patient flow & staff assignments.
Precept new staff members into successful practice including graduate nurses & senior nursing students.
Education
Advanced Life Support -
AHA
01.2016
Certified Medical Surgical Registered Nurse -
University of California
01.2014
Bachelor of Science - Nursing
Eastern Illinois University
Charleston, IL
12-2011
Professional Telehealth Nursing Course - Telephone Triage
University of California
12-2023
Basic Life Support -
AHA
01-2023
Skills
12 years of clinical Training in a wide variety of nursing specialties including gastroenterology,neurology, cardiology and orthopedics
35 years of extensive Telephone Triage in an ambulatory setting and remotely
Able to develop and create standardization of documentation, nursing policies and workflows for the covid patients and pediatric gastroenterolgy patients
12 years of precepting new graduate nurses and MEPN students at multiple academic institutions
Telephone Triage Experience
3.5, 07/2023-Present,Nurse Clinician, GASTROENTEROLOGY, UNIVERSITY OF SAN FRANCISCO Benioff Children's Hospital, Oakland, CA, Providing case management for a wide variety of pediatric patients with gastroenterology issues.
01/2021-04/2023, STAFF NURSE, CATCH TEAM, UNIVERSITY OF SAN FRANCISCO MEDICAL CENTER, San Francisco, CA, Coordination, case management and planning of covid testing for patients with upcoming UCSF procedures. Helping ensure new workflow processes using EPIC, technology implementations and communication between multiple UCSF locations
04/2020-06/2020, STAFF NURSE, UCSF EMPLOYEE COVID HOTLINE, BRISBANE, Brisbane, CA, Helped utilize the nursing process for the assessment, evaluation and planning of employees with symptoms of COVID and helped with return to work protocols.