CJ Howerton

• Relief charge nurse
• Managed emergency room patients in critical access facility
• Assisted ER physician in procedures
• Stabilized patients for transport to definitive care

36+ hrs/WK

• Performs wide range of assessments and emergency treatment of patients transported by fixed-wing aircraft.
• Maintains flight medicine knowledge base by attending mandatory meetings, performing chart and equipment reviews, skills labs and clinical rotations and participating in continuing education sessions for care and transport of critically ill and injured patients

48+hrs/wk

• Collaborates with physicians, quickly assessing patients and delivering appropriate treatment while managing rapidly changing conditions.
• Provides consults to requesting primary RN's on decompensating patients and organizes appropriate interventions.

Per Diem 12+hrs/wk

• Accepted leadership position of step-down overflow unit to assist in managing in-patients during census surge
• Participated in leadership meetings and bed planning, to appropriately designate room assignments to support acuity level and isolation needs
• Organized unit rounds with attending physicians, care managers, and primary RNs

48+hrs/wk

• Transported high acuity patients between facilities for definitive care
• Selected and performed appropriate medical interventions during transport, within county EMS protocols

48+hrs/wk, Per Diem Sept 2021

• Crisis response assignment. Responsible for the care of high acuity ICU patients.
• Collaborated with other departments and medical staff to support provision of highest standard for total patient care.

48+hrs/wk

• Delivered high level of quality care to diverse populations
• Provided holistic care to high-acuity patients needing complex interventions such as ventilator and invasive lines management
• Assisted intensivists with insertion of chest tubes and invasive lines

60+hrs/wk

• Utilized as a resource nurse for the entire facility
• Primarily worked in critical care and the emergency department
• Additional units included PCU, MedSurg, and Post partum women's services

36+hrs/wk

• Provided nursing care to incarcerated population at medium security state prison
• Executed nursing interventions during clinic services, emergency response, and infirmary care

40+hrs/wk

• Trained in high acuity medical ICU to expand knowledge and skill base in critical care
• Managed needs of chronically ill and acutely ill patients with comprehensive treatment strategies.

36+hrs/week

• In home care of high acuity pediatric oncology patients
• Independent management of nursing care, life supportive equipment, and emergency interventions
• Educated parents and guardians on home care interventions

36+hrs/wk, Per Diem in 2017

• Participated in nurse residency program on medical/pediatrics unit
• Cross-trained in ER, ICU, surgical, chemical dependency/mental health, and post-partum women's services units

40+hrs/wk