Dorinda King
Lindon,UT
Summary
Highly experienced nursing professional with exceptional leadership skills, clinical knowledge and sound judgment developed over a seven year career in multiple nursing settings with specialty in ICU.
Overview
6
6
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification
Work History
Nursing House Supervisor
Holy Cross Mountain Point
Lehi, Utah
10.2023 - Current
- Assisted staff with policies and paperwork for patient events.
- Assisted and responded to all codes.
- Assisted with patient and staff requests and answered questions to improve overall satisfaction.
- Promoted exceptional patient care by resolving problems in a knowledgeable and friendly manner.
- Reviewed requests from doctors, nurses, and other departments for additional beds when needed.
- Conducted regular audits of beds in use to ensure compliance with regulations and policies.
- Maintained accurate records of bed availability and patient census data.
- Collaborated with medical teams to improve the efficiency of patient flow through the system.
- Monitored daily admissions, discharges, and transfers to ensure proper bed utilization.
Registered Nurse, Critical Care Float (ICU, ED)
Holy Cross Mountain Point
Lehi, UT
10.2021 - 10.2023
- Observed strict safety measures, including checking medication dosages before administration to patients.
- Helped patients and families feel comfortable during challenging and stressful situations, promoting recovery and reducing compliance issues.
- Identified abnormal and critical respiratory patterns through direct pulmonary assessments.
- Evaluated patient vital signs and laboratory data to assess needs and provide emergency interventions.
- Delivered optimum treatments to critical-care patients following prescribed rules, policies, protocol, and procedures.
- Instructed new nurses on proper techniques when caring for critically ill patients in the ICU setting.
- Demonstrated leadership skills by delegating duties appropriately among staff members.
- Detected emerging problems by monitoring patients' behavior, vital signs and fluid intake and output.
- Checked on patients regularly to track progress with treatments, changes in symptoms and need for emergency interventions.
- Performed triage, prioritizing treatment of incoming patients based on acuity level.
- Assessed patient needs, prioritized treatment, maintained patient flows and assisted physicians with non-invasive procedures.
Registered Nurse, Float Pool
Steward Healthcare
Salt Lake City, UT
01.2020 - 10.2021
- Traveled to 5 different Steward Hospitals and various units, Including, ICU, Step Down, Telemetry, and Behavioral Health.
- Treated staff with respect while showing flexibility and independence to each facility and unit as it varied. Asked appropriate questions to collaborate when needed.
- Maintained strict patient data procedures to comply with HIPAA laws and prevent information breaches.
- Utilized evidence-based practice guidelines to ensure high quality nursing care.
- Demonstrated excellent communication skills when interacting with patients, families and healthcare team members.
- Respected an understood each facilities policies and procedures to ensure proper patient care was given.
Registered Nurse, Medical-Surgical Unit, Telemetry
Mountain Point Medical Center
Lehi, UT
08.2017 - 01.2020
- Administered oral, IV and intra-muscular medications and monitored patient reactions.
- Assessed patient conditions, monitored behaviors and updated supervising physicians with observations and concerns.
- Maintained personal and team compliance with medication administration standards and patient care best practices.
- Achieved departmental goals and objectives by instituting new processes and standards for in-patient care.
- Evaluated effectiveness of interventions through ongoing assessment of patient responses.
- Monitored patients after surgery, answered questions and provided home care strategies.
- Advocated for patient needs with interdisciplinary team and implemented outlined treatment plans.
- Coordinated discharge planning activities including arranging follow up appointments or referrals for additional services.
- Administered medications and treatments, monitoring patients for reactions and side effects.
- Monitored diet, physical activity, behaviors and other patient factors to assess conditions and adjust treatment plans.
- Actively participated in quality improvement initiatives within the department.
- Documented patient progress notes accurately and efficiently in the electronic medical record system.
- Maintained a safe environment for all patients by adhering to infection control policies and procedures.
Education
Bachelor of Science - Nursing
Ameritech College of Healthcare
Draper, UT05-2020
Associate of Nursing
Ameritech College of Healthcare
Draper, UT04-2017
Skills
- Critical Drip Protocols
- Arterial Line Management
- Critical I&O's
- Targeted Temperature Management
- Post Cath Lab Care
- Compassionate Care
- Clinical Leadership
- HIPAA Compliance
- Critical Thinking
- Patient Advocacy
- Training and Mentoring
- Codes Compliance
- Seizure Management
- Respiratory Assessment
- Tracheostomy Care
- Ventilator Management
- Diabetes Management
- Medical Device Monitoring
- Medical Equipment Setup
- Vitals Monitoring
- Advanced Life Support
Certification
- ALS, BLS
- PALS
References
References available upon request.
Timeline
Nursing House Supervisor
Holy Cross Mountain Point
10.2023 - Current
Registered Nurse, Critical Care Float (ICU, ED)
Holy Cross Mountain Point
10.2021 - 10.2023
Registered Nurse, Float Pool
Steward Healthcare
01.2020 - 10.2021
Registered Nurse, Medical-Surgical Unit, Telemetry
Mountain Point Medical Center
08.2017 - 01.2020
Bachelor of Science - Nursing
Ameritech College of Healthcare
Associate of Nursing
Ameritech College of Healthcare
- ALS, BLS
- PALS
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