Dawn Pike
Summerville,South Carolina
Summary
Accomplished Respiratory Care Practitioner offering 20 years of experience providing outstanding respiratory healthcare to patients. Talented in assessing patients, developing comprehensive respiratory treatment plans, carefully monitoring treatment effectiveness and educating patients for better health condition maintenance.
Overview
21
21
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification
Work History
Respiratory Care Practitioner
Medical University Of South Carolina Musc
Charleston , SC
04.2004 - Current
- Educated patients about respiratory conditions, treatment plans and medication use.
- Administered appropriate respiratory treatments to patients.
- Served as a preceptor and mentor to students and new hires
- Cooperated and communicated with physicians to deliver patient satisfaction and meet compliance with set standards.
- Managed and operated mechanical ventilators to deliver airway management.
- Helped implement the vent management protocol in the NICU
- Served on the ethics committee for two years
- Awarded the star fish award by nurses for being helpful and positive
- Yearly performance scores were always a mentor
- 1.5 years working in outpatient pulmonary clinics both adult and pediatrics doing pulmonary function testing.
Respiratory Care Practitioner
Baptist Medical Center
Winston Salem, NC
07.2003 - 03.2004
Education
Bachelor Of Health Science - Health Administration
Medical University of South Carolina
Charleston, SC04.2009
Associate Of Applied Science - Respiratory Therapy
The University of Montana
Missoula, MT05.2003
Skills
- Professional Bedside Manner
- Patient Advocate
- Strong Epic user skills for both inpatient and outpatient settings
- Hard worker
- Highly motivated
- Attention to detail
- Medication Side Effect Knowledge
- Patient and Caregiver Education including asthma education
- Patient Assessments
- Airway Management
- Cystic Fibrosis treatment management
- Strong Clinical Judgment
- Verbal and Written Communication
- Excellent organizational skills
- Critical care experience (adult ICU experience for 1 year) PICU, NICU, PCICU
- Team Collaboration
- Breathing Treatments
- Ventilation Management
- Pulmonary function testing
Certification
- RRT - Registered Respiratory Therapist
- NRP
- BLS
- PALS
Timeline
Respiratory Care Practitioner
Medical University Of South Carolina Musc
04.2004 - Current
Respiratory Care Practitioner
Baptist Medical Center
07.2003 - 03.2004
Bachelor Of Health Science - Health Administration
Medical University of South Carolina
Associate Of Applied Science - Respiratory Therapy
The University of Montana
- RRT - Registered Respiratory Therapist
- NRP
- BLS
- PALS