DONNA FOLEY
Roslindale,MA
Summary
Versatile nursing professional with comprehensive experience across various medical specialties, adept at managing complex patient needs. Utilizes critical thinking and time management skills to enhance patient care delivery and workflow efficiency. Strong communicator, fostering collaboration among healthcare teams to achieve optimal patient care.
Overview
1
1
Certification
30
30
years of professional experience
Work History
Registered Nurse
Ascension St Thomas West
Nashville, TN
08.2025 - Current
- Assessed clinical situations quickly and accurately using critical thinking skills to inform patient care decisions.
- Administered medications for chemical stress tests and monitored patients for side effects and responses.
- Administered Treadmill Stress Tests
- Evaluated effectiveness of interventions through ongoing assessment of patient responses.
- IV placement for patients needing nuclear imaging tests.
- Documented patient progress notes accurately and efficiently in the electronic medical record system.
- Advocated for patients by supporting and respecting basic rights, values, and beliefs.
- Responded to emergency situations with speed, expertise and level-headed approaches to provide optimal care, support and life-saving interventions.
- Maintained fully stocked clinical workstations to support healthcare staff in delivering patient care. and procedure rooms with necessary supplies.
Registered Nurse (RN)
VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY MEDICALCENTER
NASHVILLE, TN
05.2013 - 05.2025
- 2013- 2015 Float Pool Supplemented staffing across multiple units to provide safe, holistic care to patients according to best practice standards.
- Administered medications and monitored patient responses effectively.
- Collaborated with interdisciplinary teams to develop care plans.
- 2015- 2025 Lead Transfer Nurse in ROCC Coordinated scheduling, admissions, transfers, and consultations for emergent, urgent, or elective patients between facilities.
Registered Nurse (RN)
Tufts Medical Center
Boston, MA
04.1996 - 06.2013
- 1999-2004: RN in busy outpatient primary care clinic, collaborating with 9 attending physicians, 16 resident physicians, and 3 nurse practitioners to deliver injections, treatments, manage flu clinics, conduct Coumadin Clinic, perform phone triage, handle clinic emergencies, process prior authorizations, and place IVs.
- Administered intravenous access for fluorescein angiography procedures and managed patient reactions to fluorescein.
- Provided safe, holistic care for complex, critically ill medical and surgical patients in 350-bed teaching hospital.
Education
Bachelor's Degree - Nursing
Northeastern University
Boston, MA05-2013
Registered Nurse -
State of TN
TN05-2013
Registered Nurse -
State of MA
MA07-1994
Skills
- Medication Administration
- IV insertion
- Advanced cardiac life support (ACLS) certification
- Diabetes care
- Stroke care
- Cardiac care nursing
- Palliative care
- Vascular Care
- Inpatient care
- Outpatient care
- Patient assessment
- Critical thinking
Occupational Licenses
- Registered Nurse, TN, 05/01/13
- Registered Nurse, MA, 07/01/94
Certification
- BLS
- ACLS
Timeline
Registered Nurse
Ascension St Thomas West
08.2025 - Current
Registered Nurse (RN)
VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY MEDICALCENTER
05.2013 - 05.2025
Registered Nurse (RN)
Tufts Medical Center
04.1996 - 06.2013
Bachelor's Degree - Nursing
Northeastern University
Registered Nurse -
State of TN
Registered Nurse -
State of MA