Diana McReynolds
Lebanon,MO
Summary
Dynamic Registered Nurse with eight years nursing experience and strong clinical background in critical care. Proactively streamlines operations, initiating task and supporting healthcare team, while prioritizing excellent patient care. Champions patient and family education by providing compassionate, inclusive care that encourages self-sufficiency. Recipient of Daisy Award.
Overview
8
8
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification
Work History
Relief Charge Nurse Emergency Department
Phelps Health
01.2024 - Current
- Enhanced patient care by effectively managing nursing staff and delegating responsibilities.
- Reduced medication errors through thorough review of medication orders and close monitoring of administration procedures.
- Streamlined communication between interdisciplinary teams, optimizing patient treatment plans and outcomes.
- Ensured compliance with regulatory standards, conducting regular audits of nursing documentation and practices.
- Promoted a positive work environment through effective conflict resolution strategies and team-building activities among nursing staff members.
Emergency Room Registered Nurse
Phelps Health
01.2022 - Current
- Enhanced patient care by conducting thorough assessments and promptly addressing critical needs.
- Streamlined emergency room operations by efficiently triaging patients according to the severity of their condition.
- Deescalated tense situations involving agitated patients or family members through active listening skills and empathetic responses.
- Mentored new nursing staff in emergency room procedures and techniques, promoting team cohesion and a supportive learning atmosphere.
Registered Nurse
Bailey Cosmetic Surgery & Vein Centre
06.2020 - 12.2021
- Administered medications via oral, IV and intramuscular injections and monitored responses.
- Managed care from admission to discharge.
- Used aseptic techniques to maintain sterile fields and actively monitored situations to prevent breaches in aseptic techniques.
- Recorded observations, patient assessments and progress and physician's orders.
- Arranged supplies and instrumentation to meet needs of individual surgeons and enhance team efficiency.
- Kept views unobstructed by retracting, sponging and suctioning surgical sites.
Medical Surgical Intensive Care Registered Nurse
Mercy Hospital
03.2020 - 07.2020
- Monitored patients' respiratory status and ventilator operation and made adjustments to promote stabilization.
- Observed patients' vital signs and administered physician-prescribed medications and treatments.
- Provided skilled, timely and level-headed emergency response to critically-ill patients.
- Monitored patient condition, including interpreting and tracking EKG readings, identifying irregular telemetry readings and updating team members on changes in stability or acuity.
Charge Nurse/Rapid Responder
Blessing Hospital
08.2017 - 01.2020
- Responded to rapids, codes, STEMI, strokes in hospital with 300 beds
- Provided bedside nurse consultation at request of primary nurse or physician
- Rothman Index review provided with early intervention suggestions
- Documented patient information obtained from interviews concerning symptoms, medications and prior treatment
- Collaborated with physicians, nurses and respiratory therapist on evaluation of care plan outcomes, implementing or adjusting interventions accordingly
- Reviewed patient history to verify conditions and current medications
- Delivered oral medications, intramuscular injections and IV fluids to mitigate or resolve patient symptoms
- Assessed patients' temperature, pulse and blood pressure and recorded in electronic medical records
- Quickly responded to situations impacting safety and security to unit, actualizing crisis prevention interventions to control and de-escalate situations
Intensive Care Registered Nurse
Blessing Hospital
06.2016 - 01.2020
- Provided patient care, performed assessments, and interventions on 16-bed MICU, level II trauma, stroke certified, and regional chest pain center
- Educated patients and answered questions about health condition, prognosis and treatment
- Performed frequent checks on life support equipment and made necessary adjustments to preserve optimal patient conditions
- Monitored patient condition, including interpreting and tracking EKG readings, identifying irregular telemetry readings and updating team members on changes in stability or acuity
- Collected blood, tissue and other laboratory specimens and prepared for lab testing
- Provided direct patient care, stabilized patients and determined next course of action
- Implemented interventions, including medication and IV administration, catheter insertion and airway management
- Provided skilled, timely and level-headed emergency response to critically-ill patients
Education
Associate Degree in Nursing - Nursing
Hannibal LaGrange University
Hannibal, MO05.2016
Skills
- Rapid Response Team
- Code Blue Team
- Stroke Team
- Perawatch Rothman Index Review Nurse
- RN Consultation Nurse
- ICU Charge Nurse
- Relief Charge Nurse Emergency Department
- Transport Nurse
- SANE Nurse
- Nurse Preceptor
- Advance Cardiac Life Support (ACLS)
- Pediatric Life Support (PALS)
- Basic Life Support (BLS)
- Prehospital Trauma Life Support (PHTLS)
- CRRT setup, supervision, and mentoring
- Procedural assistance with bedside tracheostomies, intubation, central lines, artlines, and intravascular cooling line placement
- IV placement and consultation hospital wide
- CVICU cross trained
- Intra-abdominal pressure monitoring and set up
- CVP setup and monitoring
- Neuro drain management and ICP monitoring
- Circulate in OR
- Assist in surgery
- Post operation recovery
Certification
- Registered Nurse, MO 2020006670
- Basic Life Support (BLS)
- Prehospital Trauma Life Support (PHTLS)
- Advanced Cardiac Life Support (ACLS)
- Pediatric Advanced Life Support (PALS)
- Trauma Nurse Core Course (TNCC)
- Emergency Nurse Pediatric Course (ENPC)
Affiliations
- Member, American Association of Critical-Care Nurses
- Daisy Award September 2017
- Who's Your Angel Award 2020
- Cares Awards
Timeline
Relief Charge Nurse Emergency Department
Phelps Health
01.2024 - Current
Emergency Room Registered Nurse
Phelps Health
01.2022 - Current
Registered Nurse
Bailey Cosmetic Surgery & Vein Centre
06.2020 - 12.2021
Medical Surgical Intensive Care Registered Nurse
Mercy Hospital
03.2020 - 07.2020
Charge Nurse/Rapid Responder
Blessing Hospital
08.2017 - 01.2020
Intensive Care Registered Nurse
Blessing Hospital
06.2016 - 01.2020
Associate Degree in Nursing - Nursing
Hannibal LaGrange University
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