Deirdre Rae McQueen Younglove
Monroe,MI
Summary
Compassionate and energetic RN with 8 years of nursing experience; known for high productivity and efficient task completion. I am a team player who is respected by coworkers, has developed excellent time management skills, works independently but understands the importance of duty delegation and its role in the hospital setting, excels in punctuality, and continues to have an interest in new education to improve my skills. I have a natural ability fostering collaborative relationships within healthcare teams, as well as strong communication skills that allow me to build report with patients and families. My positions within the emergency department are reflective of leadership and education including but not limited to ultrasound IV insertion and instruction, sexual assault nursing, charge nurse, and precepting.
Overview
8
8
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification
Work History
RN
Promedica Monroe Regional Hospital
Monroe , MI
11.2016 - Current
- Participated in continuing education programs related to nursing practice.
- Collaborated with physicians in developing patient-specific treatment plans.
- Attended continuing education courses to stay up-to-date on current trends in nursing practice.
- Ensured compliance with infection control policies and procedures.
- Monitored vital signs, such as blood pressure, temperature, respiration rate, pulse rate and weight.
- Provided direct nursing care to patients, including administering medications, wound care, and IV therapy.
- Educated patients on health maintenance, disease prevention, and treatment options.
- Identified potential safety hazards in the environment or among patients' behaviors.
- Performed physical examinations and assessments of patients' medical histories.
Registered Nurse
- Rapid focused assessment through ESI triage for immediate treatment of emergent patients
- Strong analytical skills, ability to think critically, examine information gathered from testing, using basic nurse process as well as current data driven applications for patient safety and responses to changes in patient condition
- Knowledge to recognize patient deterioration and apply immediate interventions for safety and stabilization
- Coordinates patient flow while adjusting to staff fluctuations and increases in acuity
- Understands limitations of new staff members and advantages in utilization of experienced staff while maintaining a positive environment for learning
- Understands the importance of duty delegation in the medical profession, and adheres to scope of practice guidelines with all ancillary staff
- Excellent communication skills with peers, patients, and family
- Leadership with a natural ability to form rapport with others while maintaining the integrity of the department
- Maintains infection control standards based on current evidence-based practice and company policy to keep patients and staff safe
- Independent development of nursing knowledge through continuing education units, practice and observation, literature review, and networking
- Excels working independently and with team dynamics, exceptional time management skills, accepts constructive critique and feedback with a strong desire for continual personal development
- Prioritizes and works effectively, coordinates patient flow process from admission to discharge or transfer
- Ability to maintain quality control standards while working with complete compliance of core measures.
- Ability to oversee and run traumas, cardiac and respiratory arrests, Stemi/Stroke, and multiple variances of ESI level one patients
- Advanced preceptor; training new and experienced nurses, precepting for leadership in charge nurse capacity
- Basic nursing skills: IV insertion with exceptional competency in US IV insertion, foley insertion, medication administration including but not limited to emergent meds, sedations meds, and titratable meds, blood draws, head to toe assessments, prep for testing, vital sign assessments
- Suicidal and mental health screening on all patients with immediate intervention when required
- Leadership role as charge nurse, preceptor
- Education role in development and implementation of ultrasound IV instruction and proctoring.
Education
Associate of Science - Nursing
Monroe County Community College
Monroe, MI04-2016
Bachelor of Science - Political Science And Psychology
Eastern Michigan University
Ypsilanti, MI12-2000
Skills
- Rapid focused assessment
- Strong analytical skills
- Critical thinking
- Patient safety
- Patient condition monitoring
- Patient flow coordination
- Duty delegation
- Communication skills
- Infection control
- Continuing education
- Time management
- Quality control
- Trauma management
- Cardiac and respiratory arrest management
- Preceptorship
- IV insertion
- Foley insertion
- Medication administration
- Blood draws
- Head to toe assessments
- Suicidal and mental health screening
- Leadership
- Ultrasound IV instruction
- IV/oral/IM medication administration
- Sedative medication administration
- IV drip titration
- EPIC familiarity
- Triage
- IV and venipuncture certified
- Trauma recovery
- ADL Assistance
- Basic Life Support
- Compassion and Empathy
- Health Promotion
- Supply Restocking
- Data Collection
Accomplishments
- Ultrasound IV instructor
- Lead SANE RN
- Interim Charge Nurse
- Daisy award
- Excellence in Nursing award
Personal Information
Title: Registered Nurse
Certification
- BLS/ACLS/PALS
- TNCC/ENPC
- SANE
- Ultrasound IV insertion and precepting
- RN precepting
- NIHSS
- Stemi
- Aegis
- FEMA
- EKG interpretation
References
References available upon request.
Timeline
RN
Promedica Monroe Regional Hospital
11.2016 - Current
Registered Nurse
Associate of Science - Nursing
Monroe County Community College
Bachelor of Science - Political Science And Psychology
Eastern Michigan University
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