Courtney Corrao
Pace,FL
Summary
Driven Registered Nurse with clinical practicum experience and passion for delivering quality healthcare. Seeking new and challenging nursing field to expand knowledge and career opportunities as well as provide services to the community. Skilled at establishing care plans and educating patients and families. Highly organized and proactive in managing patient needs. Dedicated to providing caring bedside manner, patient-centric focus, and top quality care within multidisciplinary team environment.
Overview
12
12
years of professional experience
Work History
Registered Nurse, Progressive Care Unit (PCU)
Ascension Sacred Heart
Pensacola, FL
01.2020 - Current
- Performed nursing care following prescribed rules, policies, protocol and procedures.
- Maintained optimal ventilator settings and operations to meet patient care needs.
- Administered oral, intramuscular and IV medications to patients and monitored responses.
- Titrated critical drips appropriately when indicated.
- Coordinated care with physicians and other clinical staff to prepare for treatment, carry out interventions and enhance continuum of care to deliver comprehensive services.
- Advocated for patients by supporting and respecting basic rights, values and beliefs.
- Created, implemented and evaluated patient care plans with medical team.
- Instructed patients on disease, treatment and care plan to enhance quality of life and promote positive attitude.
- Performed relief charge RN duties as needed.
- Evaluated patients, recognized and addressed complications and coordinated treatment with other members of critical care team.
Registered Nurse
Santa Rosa Medical Center
Milton, FL
12.2017 - 08.2019
- Coordinated the care of 5-7 patients on a 38-bed medical telemetry unit.
- Provided care to moderately ill patients in a clinical setting needing medications, IV therapy, wound care, assistance with activities, etc.
- Communicated with physicians and families about patient treatments/outcomes.
- Rapid Response Team: Responded and quickly assessed patient condition for warning signs of clinical deterioration or crisis.
- Participated in and fostered collaboration between members of the health care team in the care of patients through assessment, communication, immediate interventions, support, and education.
- Charge Nurse: Managed, supervised, and assisted the nursing staff, as well as provided administrative support and patient care.
- Trained and mentored new RNs on best practices, hospital policies and standards of care.
- Consistently assessed and evaluated patients' health needs by coordinating across medical disciplines to create, implement and modify personalized care plans.
- Monitored and recorded patient condition, vital signs, recovery progress and medication side effects.
Customer Relations Representative
Sandy Sansing Nissan
Pensacola, FL
08.2014 - 10.2015
- Conducted assessments of the dealership in relation to the CEE (Customer Excellence Experience) standards and monitored/communicated the results.
- Developed, implemented and monitored strategies to enable managers to use all customer satisfaction reports and other analysis data to bring about change.
Education
Bachelor of Science - Nursing
The University of West Florida
Pensacola, FLAssociate of Applied Science - Nursing
Coastal Alabama Community College
2017
Emergency Medical Technician -
Pensacola State College
2014
General studies
University of West Florida
2012
Florida State University
2010
Skills
- SBAR communication
- Compassionate
- Dedicated
- Basic Life Support (BLS) Certification
- Advanced Cardiac Life Support (ACLS) certification
- NIHSS Certified
- Telemetry
- Tracheostomy care
- IV drug therapy management
- Ventilator care
Affiliations
Two-time Daisy Award Honoree
References
References
Available upon request
Timeline
Registered Nurse, Progressive Care Unit (PCU)
Ascension Sacred Heart
01.2020 - Current
Registered Nurse
Santa Rosa Medical Center
12.2017 - 08.2019
Customer Relations Representative
Sandy Sansing Nissan
08.2014 - 10.2015
Bachelor of Science - Nursing
The University of West Florida
Associate of Applied Science - Nursing
Coastal Alabama Community College
Emergency Medical Technician -
Pensacola State College
General studies
University of West Florida
Florida State University