Denise Simms, RN.
Zebulon,US
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The positive thinker sees the invisible, feels the intangible, and achieves the impossible!
Christopher Day
Overview
18
18
Emergency and Critical Care Experience
15
15
Complex Wound Care Experience
15
15
Cardiology & Vascular Experience
Summary
Diligent nursing professional with demonstrated success in emergency and critical care. Agile and responsive to dynamic patient needs and environmental conditions. Reliable and intuitively skilled in strategic collaborations. Quality-focused and efficiency-driven leader with expert healthcare knowledge, clear verbal and written communication skills and sound clinical judgment.
Skills
- Emergency / Critical Care
- Team Collaboration
- Complex Problem-Solving
- Strong Communicator
- Multitask, Prioritize
- Operational Standards
- Staff Training / Development
- Flexible, Adaptable
Accomplishments
- Daisy Award Recipient for Nursing Ethics : October 2023
- Daisy Award Distinctions: 2017, 2018, 2019, 2020, 2021
- Perfect Serve, National Nursing Excellence Distinction: 2022
Work History
Registered Nurse, Emergency Department
Wellstar Spalding Medical Center
Griffin, GA
06.2016 - 10.2023
- Strong leader with strategic collaboration skills, adept at executing rapid and emergent care protocols in
high-pressure environments. - Proficient in non-invasive and invasive mechanical support ventilation.
- Skilled in advanced life support defibrillators for cardiac emergencies, cardioversion and external pacing (Phillips, Zoll).
- Managed emergency care of patients with LVAD devices.
- Patient care monitoring, cardiac rhythm interpretation, and bedside interrogation of implantable CRM devices
(Medtronic, Boston Scientific, St. Jude Medical). - Contributed substantially to successful department JCAHO accreditation through demonstrated knowledge of ED operations and policies.
- Educated patients, families, and caregivers on diagnosis, discharge plan objectives, safe medication use, disease management, and lifestyle options.
- Department preceptor, mentor, and resource clinician.
Local Contract, RN
Medical Staffing Network & Southern Travelers, Inc
06.2007 - 04.2016
- Orchestrated high-quality care for emergent and critical patients requiring trauma services, ventilation management, and cardiology services.
- Managed pre-op and post-op care for implantable CRM devices from leading manufacturers (Medtronic, Abbott, St. Jude, Boston Scientific), including PPM, ICD/AICD, CRT-P, CRT-D, and ICM.
- Managed pre-op, post-op care for cardiology procedures, including Cardiac Catheterization's with PCI, EP Ablations and vascular services such as arteriogram/angiogram with runoffs.
- Managed care for short-term MCS devices (Impella, IABP, ECMO) and long-term mechanical circulatory support devices (LVADs).
- Educated patients and caregivers on complex wound care, chronic disease processes, post-procedural instructions, and implantable medical devices.
Charge Nurse, Emergency Department
Upson Regional Medical Center
04.2007 - 01.2013
- Delivered high level of quality care to diverse populations while overseeing patient admission and triaging based on acuity and appropriate department admission.
- Quickly responded to situations impacting safety and security to unit, actualizing crisis prevention interventions to control and de-escalate situations.
- Enhanced quality assurance measures and departmental compliance by performing annual evaluations of required nursing competencies.
- Led "LEAN" projects to improve workflow strategies.
- Conducted daily leadership rounds to improve patient care experience.
Charge Nurse, Intensive Care Unit
Three Rivers Medical Center
05.2005 - 01.2007
- Coordinated nursing care on unit through staff assignments, assisting and rounding with physicians, monitoring patient orders, and communicating with ancillary departments.
- Managed telemetry as the shift supervisor for the central monitoring system, overseeing admissions, discharges, patient triaging, and escalating lethal arrhythmia alarms.
- Contributed to the unit's QA of National Core Measures, developing workflow strategies to improve timeliness and efficiency of patient care outcomes.
Certification
- Basic Life Support
- Advanced Cardiac Life Support
- Pediatric Advanced Life Support
- Trauma Nursing Core Course
- National Institutes of Health Stroke Scale Certification
Education
Associate of Applied Science - | Nursing
Ashland Community & Technical College
Ashland, KY.05.2004
BA Humanities - | Sociology, Criminology, Paralegal Studies
Morehead State University
Morehead, KY.05.1996
EHR / EMR Clinical Documentation
- Epic
- Cerner
- Meditech
- Allscripts
CRM Device Experience
Cardiac Rhythm Management Devices:
- Implantable Devices:
Medtronic, Abbott, St. Jude, Boston Scientific
- PPM: Single, Dual, Biventricular
- ICD / AICD
- CRT-P
- CRT-D
- ICM
- External / Non-Wearable Defibrillators:
Phillips, Zoll, Physio-Control
- Advanced life Support Defibrillators
- Automated External Defibrillators
MCS Device Experience
Mechanical Ventilation Support
- Emergency & Critical Care Experience:
- Non-invasive: CPAP, BiPAP
- Invasive Life Support Mechanical Ventilation
Mechanical Circulatory Support System
- Critical Care Experience:
- LVAD
- ECMO
- IABP
- Impella
Behavioral Health Experience
- Intake and Triage
- ED Crisis Stabilization of 1013/2013 Patients
- Clinical Assessment and Treatment of Voluntary and Non-Voluntary Mental Health and Substance Abuse Patients
- Facilitated therapeutic communication, conflict resolution and crisis intervention by redirecting negative behaviors and helping patients regain or improve coping abilities.
- Quickly responded to situations impacting safety and security to unit, actualizing crisis prevention interventions to control and de-escalate situations.
- Referrals and Outsourcing
- Discharge Planning
- Quality and Compliance
- Resource Clinician for JCAHO readiness and surveys
Wound Care Experience
Areas: ED, Trauma, Critical Care, LTAC, Palliative, SNF
Types: Trauma, Complex Surgical Wounds, Lacerations, Skin Tears; Diabetic Ulcers, Pressure Injuries; Burns, Animal Bites, Ostomies
Duties:
- Assessing, implementing treatment per Physician orders, and wound surveillance monitoring
- Initiating and Updating of Care plans and wound documentation on admission; post-treatment and discharge
- Collaborating with other healthcare professionals to determine the best treatment plan
- Educating patients, caregivers, and interdisciplinary staff on wound care, prevention, and lifestyle options
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