Summary
Overview
Work History
Education
Skills
Certification
Daisy Award Nominee June 2025
Timeline
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Dia Pryer

Columbus,OH

Summary

Registered Nursing professional with experience in high-stress emergency settings. Proven ability to deliver exceptional patient care while maintaining composure during medical crises. Highly reliable team member with adaptability to changing situations and commitment to collaborative success.

Overview

18
18
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification

Work History

Registered Nurse, Emergency Department

Ohio Health Riverside Hospital
07.2024 - Current
  • Demonstrated strong clinical reasoning skills when assessing patients'' conditions, initiating appropriate interventions, and escalating concerns to physicians as needed.
  • Collaborated with multidisciplinary healthcare teams to quickly assess patients and deliver appropriate treatment while managing rapidly changing conditions.
  • Improved patient outcomes by consistently providing high-quality emergency care and implementing evidence-based nursing practices.
  • Administered medications via oral, IV, and intramuscular injections and monitored responses.
  • Educated family members and caregivers on patient care instructions.

Pre-Licensed Clinical Extender

OHIO HEALTH
03.2023 - Current
  • Assist Registered Nurse in providing direct patient care
  • Insertion and Removal of IV
  • Insertion and Removal of Foley Catheter
  • Nasopharyngeal swab collection
  • Obtain and record vital signs, height, and weight documentation
  • Performing 12-lead EKG
  • Precept new employees.
  • Collaborated positively with peers and other staff members to maintain friendly, supportive, and cooperative work atmosphere.

Phlebotomist/Float/Client Services/Billing/PRN

PATHOLOGY LABORATORIES
12.2012 - Current
  • Interact closely with Practitioners and office staff
  • Floated between multiple work sites
  • Perform venipunctures and skin punctures to obtain a blood sample for laboratory testing
  • Collect urine drug screen specimens
  • Follow infection-control and safety procedures in carrying out daily phlebotomy functions
  • Obtaining correct billing information from patients
  • Training employees
  • Calling Critical/Stat results to clients
  • Correcting daily Issues (wrong tube drawn, expired tube, specimen not frozen, etc.)
  • Contacting clients and phlebotomy staff for missing billing information.

Technical Laboratory Assistant/PRN Float

OHIO HEALTH
11.2017 - 03.2023
  • Blood collection according to established procedures
  • Traveling to different sites as needed
  • Specimen labeling
  • Using Rover to identify patients
  • Receipting specimens into an EMR system
  • Delivering specimens to the appropriate department in the Lab.

Phlebotomy Services Representative

QUEST DIAGNOSTICS
04.2009 - 12.2012
  • Communicate appropriately with clients, patients, coworkers, the public and always remaining polite and courteous at all times
  • Collect specimens according to established procedures
  • Work independently and proficiently seeing as many as 30-50 patients/day
  • Provide training for new phlebotomy staff
  • Interact closely with physicians, mid-level providers, and office staff to confirm handwritten orders, verify tests ordered, and obtain accurate billing information
  • Check vital signs and record height, weight, blood pressure and hip to waist ratio measurements.

Phlebotomist

MEDLAB
10.2007 - 08.2008
  • Traveled to various nursing, retirement and group homes to obtain blood, and pick up specimens
  • Ensured that all requisitions contained pertinent information and documentation, including ICD-9 codes
  • Adhered to all OSHA regulations pertaining to universal precautions, blood borne pathogens and general infection control
  • Filled supply orders for clients and route phlebotomists as needed.

Education

Associate Degree in Nursing - Nursing

Columbus State Community College
Columbus, Ohio
05.2024

Skills

  • Patient assessments
  • Intravenous therapy
  • Compassionate and caring
  • Emergency triage
  • Advanced cardiovascular life support (ACLS)
  • Medication and IV administration
  • Blood draw and sample collection

Certification

BLS - Basic Life Support, American Heart Association, 10/01/21

Daisy Award Nominee June 2025

Nominated for providing outstanding compassionate care.

Timeline

Registered Nurse, Emergency Department

Ohio Health Riverside Hospital
07.2024 - Current

Pre-Licensed Clinical Extender

OHIO HEALTH
03.2023 - Current

Technical Laboratory Assistant/PRN Float

OHIO HEALTH
11.2017 - 03.2023

Phlebotomist/Float/Client Services/Billing/PRN

PATHOLOGY LABORATORIES
12.2012 - Current

Phlebotomy Services Representative

QUEST DIAGNOSTICS
04.2009 - 12.2012

Phlebotomist

MEDLAB
10.2007 - 08.2008

Associate Degree in Nursing - Nursing

Columbus State Community College

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