CHRISTINE ROSS
San Antonio,Texas
Summary
Seasoned nursing professional offering proven clinical knowledge, natural interpersonal strengths and technical abilities. Knowledgeable about EMR charting, medication administration and interdisciplinary collaboration focused on optimizing patient care and support. Quality-focused and efficiency-driven leader.
Healthcare professional, well-versed in delivering comprehensive patient care across diverse clinical environments. Recognized for ability to adapt to changing needs and work collaboratively to achieve optimal patient outcomes. Known for strong organizational skills and compassionate approach, ensuring highest standard of care.
Overview
21
21
years of professional experience
Work History
Registered Nurse Traveler
TNAA
Mesa, AZ
07.2025 - Current
- Delivered patient-centered care in diverse clinical settings, ensuring high-quality treatment and support.
- Collaborated with multidisciplinary teams to develop and implement individualized care plans for patients.
- Administered medications and treatments, monitoring patient reactions and adjusting care as necessary.
- Mentored junior nursing staff, enhancing skill development and fostering a collaborative environment.
- Conducted thorough assessments to identify patient needs, coordinating appropriate interventions promptly.
- Advocated for patients' rights while educating families on health conditions and treatment options.
Registered Nurse
Laurel Ridge Treatment Center
San Antonio, TX
06.2022 - 07.2025
- Administered medications and monitored patient responses to ensure optimal treatment outcomes.
- Responded to numerous volatile situations and violent outbreaks to restore safety and security of patients and staff.
- Built trust with patients from various cultural backgrounds through culturally competent care practices tailored to individual needs.
- Demonstrated adaptability by providing coverage in various psychiatric units as needed, maintaining high standards of care across diverse patient populations.
- Promoted a therapeutic environment by establishing rapport, maintaining boundaries, and fostering open communication with patients and families.
- Improved patient outcomes by developing and implementing tailored nursing care plans for individuals with psychiatric disorders.
Travel RN
St. David's South Austin Medical Center
Austin, TX
02.2022 - 05.2022
- Highly experienced and well-trained nursing professional with sound clinical knowledge and judgment honed over 16-year career
- Offering the knowledge and abilities necessary to deliver exceptional care to every patient
- SKILLS
- Skilled in patient assessment
- Adult ICU patient monitoring
- Adult Trauma
- Patient care
- EMR systems
- Care planning
- Team coordination
- Multitasking
- Wound care
- Administer medication
- Monitor vital signs
- Update electronic charts
- Ventilation support
- EXPERIENCE
- Adult ICU and PCU with varying beds dependent on acuity
- Nurse to patient ratio 1:3 to 1:1 depending on acuity
- Provided top-notch care, implementing infection control procedures to protect patients and staff
- Maintained accurate and complete records
- Recognized changes requiring nursing intervention and implemented appropriate care to reduce risks
- Monitored patients closely to spot problems and reported serious concerns to treating physicians for timely interventions
- Educated patients, family members, and caregivers on conditions and treatment protocols to aid in compliance and improve outcomes
- Complied with HIPAA guidelines in all areas of work.
- Administered medications via oral, IV and intramuscular injections and monitored responses.
- Delivered outstanding care to patients with various diagnoses and managed care from treatment initiation through to completion.
Travel RN
Baylor Scott & White Round Rock
Round Rock, TX
11.2021 - 01.2022
- Delivered outstanding care to patients with various diagnoses and managed care from treatment initiation through to completion.
- Administered medications via oral, IV and intramuscular injections and monitored responses.
- Taught patients how to improve lifestyle choices, dramatically reducing chance of symptom reoccurrence.
- Administered medications and treatment to patients and monitored responses while working with healthcare teams to adjust care plans.
- Evaluated healthcare needs, goals for treatment and available resources of each patient and connected to optimal providers and care.
- Worked with interdisciplinary healthcare team to develop, implement and manage care plans, ensuring inclusion of patients' individual needs.
- Provided exceptional care to high-acute patients needing complex care such as ventilator management, extensive wound care and rehabilitation.
- Educated family members and caregivers on patient care instructions.
Travel RN
Jewish Hospital
Louisville, KY
05.2021 - 09.2021
- Delivered outstanding care to patients with various diagnoses and managed care from treatment initiation through to completion.
- Administered medications via oral, IV and intramuscular injections and monitored responses.
- Taught patients how to improve lifestyle choices, dramatically reducing chance of symptom reoccurrence.
- Administered medications and treatment to patients and monitored responses while working with healthcare teams to adjust care plans.
- Worked with interdisciplinary healthcare team to develop, implement and manage care plans, ensuring inclusion of patients' individual needs.
- Provided exceptional care to high-acute patients needing complex care such as ventilator management, extensive wound care and rehabilitation.
Travel RN
Alta Bates Summit Medical Center Berkeley Campus
Berkeley, CA
01.2021 - 03.2021
- Delivered outstanding care to patients with various diagnoses and managed care from treatment initiation through to completion.
- Administered medications via oral, IV and intramuscular injections and monitored responses.
- Taught patients how to improve lifestyle choices, dramatically reducing chance of symptom reoccurrence.
- Administered medications and treatment to patients and monitored responses while working with healthcare teams to adjust care plans.
- Documented all elements of care and updated patient charts and confidential files to reflect changes in care plans, interventions applied and observations.
- Provided exceptional care to high-acute patients needing complex care such as ventilator management, extensive wound care and rehabilitation.
- Adhered to strict safety measures by carefully determining proper dosages before administering medications.
- Conducted ongoing monitoring and evaluations of behaviors and conditions, and updated clinical supervisors with current information.
- Provided skilled, timely and level-headed emergency response to critically-ill patients.
Staff RN
Valley Regional Hospital
Brownsville, TX
09.2020 - 01.2021
- Administered medications via oral, IV and intramuscular injections and monitored responses.
- Effectively prioritized assignments, executing care based on each patient's relative condition and delegating tasks to available personnel deliver safe and efficient care.
- Worked within interdisciplinary health care team to develop, implement and make adjustments to patient care plans, individualizing strategies and methods to improve health and meet recovery goals.
- Updated patient charts with data such as medications to keep records current and support accurate treatments.
- Performed various nursing interventions such as wound dressing, vital sign monitoring and specimen collection.
- Implemented medication and IV administration, catheter insertion and airway management.
Travel RN
Wisconsin Children's Hospital
Milwaukee, WI
01.2020 - 03.2020
- Delivered outstanding care to patients with various diagnoses and managed care from treatment initiation through to completion.
- Administered medications via oral, IV and intramuscular injections and monitored responses.
- Taught patients how to improve lifestyle choices, dramatically reducing chance of symptom reoccurrence.
- Administered medications and treatment to patients and monitored responses while working with healthcare teams to adjust care plans.
- Informed patients and families of effective treatment options and at-home care strategies, enhancing long-term outcomes.
- Worked with interdisciplinary healthcare team to develop, implement and manage care plans, ensuring inclusion of patients' individual needs.
- Provided exceptional care to high-acute patients needing complex care such as ventilator management, extensive wound care and rehabilitation.
- Educated family members and caregivers on patient care instructions.
- Performed frequent checks on life support equipment and made necessary adjustments to preserve optimal patient conditions.
Travel RN
PeaceHealth Sacred Heart Medical Center At Riverbend
Eugene, OR
10.2019 - 01.2020
- Delivered outstanding care to patients with various diagnoses and managed care from treatment initiation through to completion.
- Administered medications via oral, IV and intramuscular injections and monitored responses.
- Taught patients how to improve lifestyle choices, dramatically reducing chance of symptom reoccurrence.
- Administered medications and treatment to patients and monitored responses while working with healthcare teams to adjust care plans.
- Worked with interdisciplinary healthcare team to develop, implement and manage care plans, ensuring inclusion of patients' individual needs.
- Provided exceptional care to high-acute patients needing complex care such as ventilator management, extensive wound care and rehabilitation.
- Educated family members and caregivers on patient care instructions.
- Monitored patient reactions after administering medications and IV therapies.
- Performed frequent checks on life support equipment and made necessary adjustments to preserve optimal patient conditions.
Transport RN, Charge RN
North Central Baptist Hospital
San Antonio, TX
05.2012 - 10.2019
- Monitored nursing care, patient assessment processes and treatment implementations.
- Provided didactic and clinical instructions to orient new nurses and potential student nurses to achieve training outcomes.
- Built rapport with patients and family members to deliver exceptional care.
- Identified unit areas of inadequacy and adjusted procedures to close gaps and improve policies.
- Educated patients, families and caregivers on diagnosis and prognosis, treatment options, disease process and management and lifestyle options.
- Provided direct patient care, stabilized patients and determined next course of action.
- Strengthened unit care standards and policies with focus on patient safety and dignity.
- Implemented medication and IV administration, catheter insertion and airway management.
- Conferred with physicians to discuss diagnoses and devise well-coordinated treatment approaches.
- Collaborated with physicians to quickly assess patients and deliver appropriate treatment while managing rapidly changing conditions.
- Trained new nurses in proper techniques, care standards, operational procedures and safety protocols.
- Vaccinated patients to protect individuals from measles, pneumonia, influenza and other illnesses of concern.
- Participated in nursing simulation activities, evidence-based practice project implementation and competency development to further nursing education.
- Educated family members and caregivers on patient care instructions.
- Managed care from admission to discharge.
- Provided exceptional care to high-acute patients needing complex care such as ventilator management, extensive wound care and rehabilitation.
- Administered different therapies and medications in line with physician orders and treatment plan.
NURSE/CHARGE NURSE
SOUTHWEST GENERAL HOSPITAL
San Antonio, Texas
01.2011 - 05.2012
- Adult ICU
- Nurse to Patient Ratio- 1:1 - 1:3 depending on acuity Set up and monitor medical equipment and devices such as cardiac monitors, mechanical ventilators and alarms, oxygen delivery devices, transducers, and pressure lines
- Administer medications intravenously, by injection, orally, through gastric tubes, or by other methods
- Evaluate patients' vital signs and laboratory data to determine emergency intervention needs
- Prioritize nursing care for assigned critically ill patients based on assessment data and identified needs
- Document patients' medical histories and assessment findings
- Advocate for patients' and families' needs, or provide emotional support for patients and their families
- Informed physicians of changes in patient conditions and nursing needs
- Maintained accurate and complete records
- Complied with HIPAA guidelines in all areas of work
- Provided top-notch care, implementing infection control procedures to protect patients and staff
- REGISTERED NURSE/ CHARGE NURSEREGISTERED NURSE/ CHARGE NURSEREGISTERED NURSE/ CHARGE NURSEREGISTERED NURSE/ CHARGE NURSEREGISTERED NURSE/
NURSE/ CHARGE NURSE
Baptist Medical Center
San Antonio, Texas
01.2005 - 01.2011
- 24 bed, Level III NICU Nurse to Patient Ratio- 1:1 - 1:3 depending on acuity Set up and monitor medical equipment and devices such as cardiac monitors, mechanical ventilators and alarms, oxygen delivery devices, transducers, and pressure lines
- Administer medications intravenously, by injection, orally, through gastric tubes, or by other methods
- Evaluate patients' vital signs and laboratory data to determine emergency intervention needs
- Prioritize nursing care for assigned critically ill patients based on assessment data and identified needs
- Document patients' medical histories and assessment findings
- Advocate for patients' and families' needs, or provide emotional support for patients and their families.
Education
No Degree - Nursing
Palo Alto College
San Antonio, TXDIPLOMA - Nursing Practice
Baptist Health System School of Health Professions
San Antonio, TX12-2004
No Degree - Nursing
Northwest Vista College
San Antonio, TXBachelor of Science Nursing - Nursing
Baptist Health System School of Health Professions
San Antonio, TX04-2018
Skills
- EMR Systems
- Patient Care Assessment
- Medication Side Effect Knowledge
- Patient Examination
- Patient assessments
- Wound care
- Immunization administration
- Medication administration
- Cardiac monitoring
- Care plan development
- Patient assessment
- Discharge planning
- Patient needs assessment
- Family education
- Joint commission compliance
- Teamwork and collaboration
- Medical Procedure Preparation
- Charting and Clinical Documentation
- PICC Lines
- Patient Condition Monitoring
- Compassionate and Caring
- Monitoring Vital Signs
- Acute Illness
- Quality Improvement Activities
- Psychiatric nursing
Timeline
Registered Nurse Traveler
TNAA
07.2025 - Current
Registered Nurse
Laurel Ridge Treatment Center
06.2022 - 07.2025
Travel RN
St. David's South Austin Medical Center
02.2022 - 05.2022
Travel RN
Baylor Scott & White Round Rock
11.2021 - 01.2022
Travel RN
Jewish Hospital
05.2021 - 09.2021
Travel RN
Alta Bates Summit Medical Center Berkeley Campus
01.2021 - 03.2021
Staff RN
Valley Regional Hospital
09.2020 - 01.2021
Travel RN
Wisconsin Children's Hospital
01.2020 - 03.2020
Travel RN
PeaceHealth Sacred Heart Medical Center At Riverbend
10.2019 - 01.2020
Transport RN, Charge RN
North Central Baptist Hospital
05.2012 - 10.2019
NURSE/CHARGE NURSE
SOUTHWEST GENERAL HOSPITAL
01.2011 - 05.2012
NURSE/ CHARGE NURSE
Baptist Medical Center
01.2005 - 01.2011
No Degree - Nursing
Palo Alto College
No Degree - Nursing
Northwest Vista College
Bachelor of Science Nursing - Nursing
Baptist Health System School of Health Professions
DIPLOMA - Nursing Practice
Baptist Health System School of Health Professions