DEBORAH A. SHIPP
Cameron,TX
Summary
A dedicated, compassionate, and experienced nurse consistently developing strong relationships with patients and families through empathetic communication, respectful attitude and excellent customer service.
Overview
25
25
years of professional experience
Work History
Registered Nurse, Supervisor, Cardiac Unit
Ascension Providence Hospital
Waco, TX
06.2023 - Current
- Conducted regular chart audits and assisted with identifying areas for improvement.
- Streamline communication between healthcare providers, ensuring continuity of care for each patient.
- Conduct thorough patient assessments to identify changes in condition, promptly notifying physicians and initiate appropriate interventions when necessary.
- Assign, direct, educate and monitor nursing and support associates during assigned shifts.
- Provide high-quality, compassionate care to cardiac patients and their families during critical moments and emergencies.
- Assess daily patient care needs and exercise independent judgement to develop and distribute patient care assignments, ensuring that appropriate patient care is given.
- Monitor patients on telemetry and identify rhythms that need to be escalated.
- Evaluate, monitor, and treat patients by following physician's treatment plan.
- Monitor and provide postoperative care to patients returning from a surgical procedure.
Registered Nurse, Cardiac Unit
Ascension Providence Hospital
Waco, TX
09.2019 - 06.2023
- Evaluate, monitor, and treat the progress of patients by following the physician's treatment plan.
- Streamlined communication between healthcare providers, ensuring continuity of care for each patient.
- Conduct thorough patient assessments to identify changes in condition, promptly notifying physicians and initiate appropriate interventions when necessary.
- Monitor and provide postoperative care to patients returning from a surgical procedure.
- Monitor patients on telemetry and identify rhythms that need to be escalated.
- Educate patients and their families about the management of their disease process.
- Provided high-quality, compassionate care to cardiac patients and their families during critical moments and emergencies.
- Served as a preceptor for nursing students during their clinical rotations, providing valuable real-world experience and guidance to foster professional growth.
Assistant Vice President
Classic Bank
09.1999 - 02.2014
- Worked with peers to ensure compliance and best practices, facilitated team meetings, created new policy/procedure manual, provided expertise to branch locations, handled customer complaints, communicated with upper management and leadership teams to assist in teaching and implementing new policies and procedures
Education
Associate Degree - Nursing
Temple College
Temple05.2019
Skills
- Advanced Cardiac Life Support (ACLS)
- Basic Life Support (BLS)
- National Institutes of Health Stroke Scale (NIHSS)
- Charge Nurse
- Staff Supervision
- Nursing Staff Leadership
- Critical Care
- Patient Assessments and Monitoring
- Empathetic Communication
- Patient and family advocacy
- Cardiac Surgical Procedure Preparation / Coronary Artery Bypass Graft / Heart Catheterization / Stenting
- Telemetry Monitoring
- Arrhythmias / Heart Failure / Myocardial Infarction
- Cardiac Drip Administration / Medication Side Effects
- Chest Tubes / NG, PEG Tubes / PICC Lines
- Blood Product Transfusion / Blood Draw and Sample Collection
Accomplishments
- Culture of Safety, Temple College Health Science Division (2018)
- Professional Behavior and Lateral Violence, Chain of Command, Temple College ADN Dept (2017)
- Effective Communications and Human Relations, Dale Carnegie (2009)
- Leadership, Team-Building, and Coaching Skills, Fred Pryor Affiliations (2009)
Timeline
Registered Nurse, Supervisor, Cardiac Unit
Ascension Providence Hospital
06.2023 - Current
Registered Nurse, Cardiac Unit
Ascension Providence Hospital
09.2019 - 06.2023
Assistant Vice President
Classic Bank
09.1999 - 02.2014
Associate Degree - Nursing
Temple College