Dawn McKay
Burlington,Wisconsin
Summary
Dedicated nursing professional with more than 24 years of experience caring for patients in ICU, stepdown, PCU, IMCU, med/surg, ortho, oncology, and COVID-19 units. Well-versed in Joint Commission standards and typical hospital procedures focused on maximizing patient safety, delivering safe patient care and maintaining strict cost controls. Highly organized and proactive in managing patient needs.
Overview
28
28
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification
Work History
Travel RN
Aureus Medical Staffing
Bangor, Maine
06.2024 - Current
Eastern Maine Medical Center
489 State Street
Bangor, ME 04401
(207) 973-7000
6/16/2024 to 11/16/2024
References:
Myra Mueller
Renee Sanchez
Med/Surg/Tele/Psych
411 inpatient beds
44 bed unit
Trauma Level 2
Travel RN
Alegiant Health Service
Anderson, SC
07.2023 - 05.2024
AnMed Health Medical Center
800 North Fant Street
Anderson, SC 29621
(864)512-1420
7/24/2023 to 5/18/2024
references:
Jatrese Brownlee
Ashley Trotter
Sue Geer
Heather Thompson
Nancy McDougall
Med/Surg/oncology/renal
461 inpatient beds
30 unit beds
Teaching hospital
Trauma level 2
Travel RN
Alegiant Health Service
Orlando, FL
04.2023 - 07.2023
Orlando Regional Medical Center
52 West Underwood Street
Orlando, FL 32806
(321) 841-8425
4/17/2023 to 7/15/2023
References:
Kim
PCU/oncology/medical/cardiac
808 bed hospital
36 bed units
Teaching hospital
Level 1 trauma
Travel RN
FlexCare Medical Staffing
Burlington, WI
10.2021 - 04.2023
Advocate Aurora Burlington
252 McHenry Street
Burlington, WI 53105
262-767-6025
10/18/2021 to 04/05/2023
Reference:
Todd Boneck, House Supervisor (414) 573-6040
Piper Bratz, House Supervisor (210) 210-7182
Peggy Held, House Supervisor (262) 903-8488
Dawn Greeson, Director of Nursing (262) 719-4794
Med/Surg Telemetry
House Supervisor
inpatient beds 37
Med/surg inpatient beds 27
Trauma level 3
Travel RN
Totalmed Staffing
Albany, GA
10.2020 - 10.2021
Phoebe Putney Memorial Hospital
417 West Third Avenue
Albany, GA 31701
(229)312-1000
10/11/2020 to 10/6/2021
Reference:
Casie Darley, Unit Manager (229) 376-9376
Telemetry/PCU
691 inpatient bed
Teaching Hospital
Trauma Level 2
36 bed PCU
Travel RN
Totalmed Staffing Inc.
Palm Springs, CA
08.2020 - 09.2020
Desert Regional Medical Center
1150 N Indian Canyon Drive
Palm Springs, CA 92262
760-323-6511
8/3/20-9/26/20
Reference:
Kim Johnson 760-323-6869
Telemetry/PCU
387 inpatient beds
33 telemetry/PCU bed unit
Trauma level 2
Teaching Hospital
Travel RN
SnapNurse
Brockton, MA
04.2020 - 07.2020
Brockton Hospital
680 Centre Street
Brockton, MA 02302
508-941-7000
4/27/20-7/4/20
Reference:
Sharon Morande 617-605-3218
Crisis Covid Contract
ICU
216 inpatient beds
16 ICU beds
teaching Hospital
Travel RN
Republic Health Services
Baldwin Park, CA
02.2020 - 04.2020
Kaiser Permanente, Baldwin Park
1011 Baldwin Park
Baldwin Park, CA 91706
626-851-1011
2/24/20-4/17/20
References:
Rosalind Dang 661-754-1291
Mickolai Balibay 626-340-7468
Covid-19 contract
Floated between Med/Surg, ortho, CHF unit, Covid-19 unit, telemetry/PCU unit
Trauma Level 2
269 inpatient beds
26 Covid-19 beds
32 Telemetry beds on each of the tele floors
Travel RN
Westways Staffing Services Inc.
Edmonds, WA
06.2019 - 02.2020
Swedish Edmonds
21601 76th Avenue, West
Edmonds, WA 98026
425-640-4000
6/5/19-2/22/20
Reference:
Patty Palmer 425-640-4935
Floated between ICU, IMCU, PCU
Level 2 trauma
217 inpatient beds
13 bed ICU
28 bed IMCU
20 bed PCU
Travel RN
Total Med
Walnut Creek, CA
02.2019 - 06.2019
Kaiser Permanente, Walnut Creek
1425 Main Street
Walnut Creek, CA 94596
925-295-4000
2/4/19-6/1/19
Reference:
Joshua Vigil
Floated between IMCU, PCU, med/surg
Level 2 trauma
233 inpatient beds
IMCU 30 beds
PCU 30 beds
Med/Surg 30 beds
Travel RN
Total Med
Riverside, CA
10.2018 - 01.2019
Kaiser Permanente, Riverside
10800 Magnolia Avenue
Riverside, CA 92505
951-353-2000
10/29/18-1/26/19
Reference:
Tasha Waller
floated between ICU, PCU, med/surg
Level 2 trauma
inpatient beds 226
ICU 24 beds
PCU 30 beds
med/surg 30 beds
Travel RN
MSSI
Marshfield, WI
08.2018 - 10.2018
Marshfield Medical
611 St Joseph's Avenue
Marshfield, WI 54449
715-387-5511
8/20/18-10/13/18
Reference:
Heather Stork
floated between PCU and ortho
Level 2 trauma
238 inpatient beds
PCU 32 beds
ortho 30 beds
Travel RN
Total Med
West Bend, WI
02.2018 - 08.2018
St Josephs Community Hospital
3200 Pleasant Valley Road
West Bend, WI 53095
262-334-5533
2/6/18-8/18/18
Reference:
Sandy Winnemueller 920-256-0817
Stepdown Unit
Trauma level 3
208 inpatient beds
stepdown unit 18 beds
Travel RN
American Traveler
Reno, NV
11.2017 - 02.2018
Renown Regional
1155 Mill Street
Reno, NV 89502
775-982-4100
11/16/17-2/2/18
Reference:
Rendee Perry
Stepdown unit
Level 2 trauma
808 inpatient beds
stepdown unit 48 beds
Travel RN
American Traveler
Weston, Wisconsin
04.2017 - 10.2017
St Claires Ministry
3400 Ministry Parkway
Weston, WI 54476
715-393-3000
4/17/17-10/21/17
Reference:
Stephan King
floated between ICU and PCU
Level 3 trauma
104 inpatient beds
ICU 18 beds
PCU 24 beds
Travel RN
American Traveler
Goodyear, AZ
01.2017 - 04.2017
Abrazo West, Goodyear
13677 W. McDowell Rd
Goodyear, AZ 85395
623-882-1500
1/16/2017-4/9/2017
Reference:
Cami Thurlby
Stepdown Unit 40 beds
Level 1 trauma
179 inpatient beds
Staff Registered Nurse
Aurora Memorial Hospital
Burlington, Wisconsin
05.1996 - 01.2017
Aurora Memorial Hospital Burlington
252 McHenry Street
Burlington, WI 53105
5/28/96-1/3/17
262-767-6477
Reference:
Stephanie Betts 262-210-1898
Peggy Held 262-903-8488
floated between ICU, tele, med/surg/ortho
House Supervisor
Assistant Manager
Unit Charge Nurse
trauma level 3
41 inpatient beds
ICU 10 beds
tele 10 beds
med/surg 30 beds
Education
Master of Science - Nursing
Concordia University Wisconsin
Mequon, WI05.2013
Bachelor of Science - Nursing
University of Green Bay
Green Bay, WI08.2008
Associate of Science - Nursing
Gateway Technical College
Kenosha, WI05.2000
Skills
- Point-Click-Care EMR
- Charting and documentation
- EPIC EMR
- Cerner EMR
- Meditech EMR
- Pyxis
- Omnicell
- Medication and IV administration
- Taking vital signs
- Intake and discharge
- Patient education
- Dispensing medication
- Wound care
- Building trust and rapport
- HIPAA and confidentiality
- Ventilator care
- Wound cleaning/care expertise
- Colostomy care familiarity
- Medication administration expert
- Geriatric treatment knowledge
- Computerized charting specialist
- Triaging patient concerns
- Diabetes management
- IV drug therapy management
- Care planning
- Body mechanics knowledge
- Diagnostic tools experience
- Broad medical terminology knowledge
- Seizure treatment
- CVA and TIA treatment and knowledge
- ETOH and drug withdrawal
- SEPSIS
- Shock
- Heart failure
- Pneumonia, ARDS, respiratory failure
- DKA, diabetes
- Arrhythmias
- MI, CAD, PVD, NSTEMI, STEMI
- Kidney failure, kidney disease
- Pancreatitis, liver failure
- Delerium, alzheimers, dementia, depression
- Post op CABG, thoracotamies, valve replacements
- GI bleed
- Covid-19 patients
- IV insertion, central line insertion assistance, arterial line insertion assistance
- COVID CRISIS
Certification
- Advanced Cardiac Life Support (ACLS) expires 4/2026
- BLS - Basic Life Support (BLS) exires 6/2025
- NIHSS Group E DUE 3/2025
- Registered Nurse in State of Wisconsin 8/22/00 to 2/29/25
- Registered Nurse in State of California 3/6/18 to 11/30/26
- Registered Nurse in State of Nevada 10/19/17 to 10/25/25
Timeline
Travel RN
Aureus Medical Staffing
06.2024 - Current
Travel RN
Alegiant Health Service
07.2023 - 05.2024
Travel RN
Alegiant Health Service
04.2023 - 07.2023
Travel RN
FlexCare Medical Staffing
10.2021 - 04.2023
Travel RN
Totalmed Staffing
10.2020 - 10.2021
Travel RN
Totalmed Staffing Inc.
08.2020 - 09.2020
Travel RN
SnapNurse
04.2020 - 07.2020
Travel RN
Republic Health Services
02.2020 - 04.2020
Travel RN
Westways Staffing Services Inc.
06.2019 - 02.2020
Travel RN
Total Med
02.2019 - 06.2019
Travel RN
Total Med
10.2018 - 01.2019
Travel RN
MSSI
08.2018 - 10.2018
Travel RN
Total Med
02.2018 - 08.2018
Travel RN
American Traveler
11.2017 - 02.2018
Travel RN
American Traveler
04.2017 - 10.2017
Travel RN
American Traveler
01.2017 - 04.2017
Staff Registered Nurse
Aurora Memorial Hospital
05.1996 - 01.2017
Master of Science - Nursing
Concordia University Wisconsin
Bachelor of Science - Nursing
University of Green Bay
Associate of Science - Nursing
Gateway Technical College
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