Christina Pitman
Burnsville,NC
Summary
Highly efficient Nurse well established in fast-paced and challenging healthcare environments. Eager to learn with aptitude for applying new knowledge with skill and efficiency. Enjoys teaching and leading others. Organized and dependable candidate successful at managing multiple priorities with a positive attitude. Willingness to take on added responsibilities to meet team goals. Detail-oriented team player with strong organizational skills. Ability to handle multiple projects simultaneously with a high degree of accuracy. Enjoys professional challenges utilizing interpersonal skills, excellent time management and problem-solving skills.
Overview
17
17
years of professional experience
Work History
RN Supervisor
Harmony Reynolds Mountain
04.2022 - Current
- Trained new nurses in proper techniques, care standards, operational procedures, and safety protocols.
- Administered medications via oral, IV, and intramuscular injections and monitored responses.
- Evaluated healthcare needs, goals for treatment, and available resources of each patient and connected to optimal providers and care.
- Audited charts and reviewed clinical documents to verify accuracy.
- Managed infection control and critical incidents and made procedural changes and improvements.
- Advocated for patients by communicating care preferences to practitioners, verifying interventions met treatment goals and identifying insurance coverage limitations.
- Provided clinical instructions to orient new care team staff as well as all incoming new hires in clinical training and infection control to achieve the highest most effective training outcomes.
- Led successful team comprised of RNs, LPNs, and ancillary staff.
RN Supervisor
Execusearch
06.2020 - 12.2021
- Trained new nurses in proper techniques, care standards, operational procedures, and safety protocols.
- Collected laboratory specimens and prepared for lab testing.
- Managed infection control and critical incidents and made procedural changes and improvements.
RN Staff Nurse/Supervisor
CarePartners Hospice Solace Center
10.2018 - 06.2020
- Help patients and their families manage the symptoms and emotions associated with terminal illness and death
- Communicate with IDG team members as well as with patients and families, developing personalized care
- Constantly evaluating patients needs to determine their appropriate needs
- As a hospice nurse you work closely with dying patients of all ages and cultural diversities
- Monitor vital signs and assess pain, making frequent notes in patient charts, and often medicating patients as often as every 15 minutes.
Registered Nurse Supervisor
Madison Health and Rehab
05.2016 - 12.2018
- Supervise staff of 101 bed facility, ensure resident and staff safety at all times, keep staff encouraged, administer medication and do treatments as ordered, charting per facility policy, scheduling-staffing sheets
- Evaluated healthcare needs, goals for treatment, and available resources of each patient and connected to optimal providers and care.
- Trained new nurses in proper techniques, care standards, operational procedures, and safety protocols.
- Collaborated with physicians to quickly assess patients and deliver appropriate treatment while managing rapidly changing conditions.
- Led successful team comprised of RNs, LPNs, and ancillary staff.
Instructor
RN CNA, Mayland Community College - Spruce Pine, NC
09.2014 - 03.2017
- Trained students on quality control and infection control procedures
- Effectively manage multiple students while in a busy clinical setting
- Processes monthly and PRN Reports as requested to demonstrate class performance
- Optimized learning plans based on student performance and feedback.
- Tested students to assess progress and adapted learning plans in alignment with performance.
- Maintain all confidential, personal files licenses and CPR compliance records
- Ensure HIPPA compliance
- Tracked student progress, frequently checking in with struggling students and identifying root causes of problems.
RN Nurse Manager
Mountain Medical Arts
01.2006 - 08.2015
- Patient triage, phone triage, OSHA compliance officer, medication reconciliation, IV infusions, assist doctors with procedures, lab draws, medical coding reviews, chart audits, patient counseling, provide care at local jail for inmates, immunizations for all age levels
- Provided exceptional care to high-acute patients needing complex care .
- Collaborated with physicians to quickly assess patients and deliver appropriate treatment while managing changing conditions.
- Administered medications via oral, IV, and intramuscular injections and monitored responses.
- Contributed substantially to successful OSHA compliance by consistently operating to highest standards of care.
- Conferred with physicians to discuss diagnoses and devise well-coordinated treatment approaches.
- Organized and managed care of patients undergoing various therapies and procedures.
- Updated patient charts with data such as medications to keep records current and support accurate treatments.
- Collected blood, tissue, and other laboratory specimens and prepared for lab testing.
- Educated patients, families and caregivers on diagnosis and prognosis, treatment options, disease process, and management and lifestyle options.
Education
LMBT - Massage Therapy
Mayland Community College
Spruce Pine, NC09.2022
Bachelor of Science - Nursing
Western Governors University
08.2018
Associate of Science - Nursing
Mayland Community College
Spruce Pine, NC05.1999
Skills
- Microsoft Windows
- Patient Evaluation
- Multiple Priorities Management
- Issue Resolution
- Practice Management
- EMR Charting
- New Hire Training
- Microsoft Office
- Microsoft Excel
- Attention to Detail
- Policy Implementation
- Performance Evaluations
Affiliations
National Nurses Assoc
AMTA
Who's Who Among Nurses
Timeline
RN Supervisor
Harmony Reynolds Mountain
04.2022 - Current
RN Supervisor
Execusearch
06.2020 - 12.2021
RN Staff Nurse/Supervisor
CarePartners Hospice Solace Center
10.2018 - 06.2020
Registered Nurse Supervisor
Madison Health and Rehab
05.2016 - 12.2018
Instructor
RN CNA, Mayland Community College - Spruce Pine, NC
09.2014 - 03.2017
RN Nurse Manager
Mountain Medical Arts
01.2006 - 08.2015
LMBT - Massage Therapy
Mayland Community College
Bachelor of Science - Nursing
Western Governors University
Associate of Science - Nursing
Mayland Community College
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