DOROTHY P KINGSTON RN BSN
Brooklyn ,NY
Summary
Compassionate and exceptionally organized Registered Nurse with 4 years of professional nurse experience. Highly motivated, reliable, Critical Care Registered Nurse with excellent patient-care skills gained, with years of experience in the Nursing Field. Advanced understanding of patient's needs with diligent attention to detail, resulting in outstanding patient care. Honest, determined individual with strong communication skills and great multitasking abilities.
Overview
4
4
years of professional experience
Work History
Registered Nurse
Favorite Staffing
Moreno Valley, CA
06.2021 - 06.2021
- ICU Travel Nurse
- Providing critical Care to ICU patients.
- Utilized telemetry to monitor patients cardiac status.
- Maintained optimal ventilator settings and operations to meet patient care needs.
- Monitored vital signs for critically ill patients using advanced technologies and equipment.
- Administered medications in proper dosages as detailed by physicians orders
- Utilized EMR to document all patient interventions, such as evaluations, care plans and observations.
Critical Care Registered Nurse
The Brooklyn Hospital Center
Brooklyn, NY
11.2018 - 05.2021
- Give Compassionate care to critically ill patients in ICU, CPCU, CSCU.
- Provide professional care and assistance to all aged patients in intensive care unit.
- Assess, analyze, and treat complex patients based on diagnosis.
- Maintain, monitor, and analyze various patient status
- Monitoring equipment such as arterial lines, central lines, temporary pacemakers and ICP.
- Titrate and monitor critical medicated drips.
- Manage and care for patients on mechanical ventilator, tracheostomy, and other lifesaving equipment.
- Monitor telemetry, interpret telemetry rhythm strip, and respond to calls and emergent, life saving situations.
- Follow physician orders and report changes of condition
- Ability to maintain sound judgment and poise under the pressure of rapid response and code blue situation.
- Educate patients and families and provide caring support.
- Assisted physicians with procedures and treatment protocols
- TPN feedings, enteral tube feedings, Ostomy care, Trach suctioning, Wound care, Foley insertion and care.
- Performed Venipuncture, accessed, implanted ports, initiated and maintained peripheral lines.
Travel Registered Nurse
Krucial Staffing
Dallas, TX
12.2020 - 02.2021
- ICU Travel Nurse
- Covid-19 Crisis Assignment.
- Handled telemetry monitoring of patients cardiac rhythms.
- Utilized telemetry to monitor patients cardiac status.
- Maintained optimal ventilator settings and operations to meet patient care needs.
- Monitored vital signs for critically ill patients using advanced technologies and equipment.
- Administered medications in proper dosages as detailed by physicians on patient charts.
- Utilized EMR to document all patient interventions, such as evaluations, care plans and observations.
- Cared for patients recovering from Covid-19 and provided personalized daily assistance.
Registered Nurse
Affiliated Physicians
New York, NY
07.2020 - 12.2020
- Registered Nurse Covid tester
- Patient registration, data collection and recording.
- Nasopharyngeal and oropharyngeal Swab testing
- Venipuncture and Phlebotomy
- Specimen collection, labeling and packaging.
- Vaccine clinics
Visiting Nurse
Excellent Home Care
Brooklyn, NY
10.2018 - 11.2019
- Assumes individual responsibility for professional competence and professional nursing practice.
- Performs patient admission assessment, recertification, subsequent visits, and discharge visits.
- Performs nursing assessments and develops, implements and evaluates plans of care in conjunction with the physician, patient and caregivers.
- Implements a plan of care and instructs the patient/caregiver on signs/symptoms of complications and home management related to the patient's disease process.
Registered Nurse Manager
Metro Community Health Center
Brooklyn, NY
07.2017 - 11.2018
- Coordination of Clinical Care for all members of the health care facility
- Administer medications, therapies and vaccinations in accordance with physicians orders
- Supervise Medical Assistants and Licensed Practical Nurses
- Provided training and supervision to Clinical and non clinical staff members
- Staffing Management
Education
Bachelor of Science - Nursing
Western Governors University
Salt Lake City, UT2021
Associate of Applied Science - Nursing
Helene Fuld College Of Nursing
New York, NY2017
Skills
- Experience in the Critical Care Setting (ICU, CSCU, CPCU)
- Triple lumen CVP
- AV fistulas
- Vital Signs & patient monitoring
- IV drug therapy management and various types of medication administration
- Specimens collection and processing
- Catheter change and preparation
- Strong critical thinking skills
- Ability to work independently and collaboratively
- Patient Advocacy and support
- HIPPA Regulations
- Computer Skills and Proficiency with various electronic medical records
- Great oral and written communication
- Current ACLS and BLS Certification
Timeline
Registered Nurse
Favorite Staffing
06.2021 - 06.2021
Travel Registered Nurse
Krucial Staffing
12.2020 - 02.2021
Registered Nurse
Affiliated Physicians
07.2020 - 12.2020
Critical Care Registered Nurse
The Brooklyn Hospital Center
11.2018 - 05.2021
Visiting Nurse
Excellent Home Care
10.2018 - 11.2019
Registered Nurse Manager
Metro Community Health Center
07.2017 - 11.2018
Bachelor of Science - Nursing
Western Governors University
Associate of Applied Science - Nursing
Helene Fuld College Of Nursing
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