Elese Whiting
Louisville,KY
Summary
Registered Nurse and pivotal healthcare professional, delivering compassionate, high-quality care that truly impacts our patients' well-being and recovery.
Provide individualized, comprehensive care, making critical assessments, performing skilled procedures, and meticulously implementing patient care plans. Collaborate seamlessly within an interdisciplinary team, contributing to a dynamic environment focused on optimal patient outcomes.
Keen assessment skills, acute critical thinking, and a patient-first mindset, driven by a profound enthusiasm to help others. A Nurse with a sense of urgency and dedication to excellence who performs assessments and analyzes patient problems and conditions using critical decision-making to determine the need for standard, urgent, or emergent interventions.
Overview
10
10
years of professional experience
Work History
Charge Nurse
UofL Health Hospital
Louisville, KY
03.2024 - Current
- Act as a point of leadership. Cultivate a positive and well-functioning work environment.
- Proficient in timely admitting and discharging.
- Well practiced in collaboration with interdisciplinary care teams to promote patient wellbeing.
- Confident in assisting conflict resolutions and managing smooth shift transitions.
- Coordinate nursing care on unit through staff assignments, assisting and rounding with physicians, monitoring patient orders, and communicating with ancillary departments.
- Streamline nursing workflows for increased efficiency and improved patient outcomes.
Registered Nurse
UofL Health Hospital
Louisville, KY
05.2021 - Current
- Provide direct, professional nursing care by assessing and monitoring patients, administering treatments and medications, educating individuals.
- Confident in coordinating with provider and interdisciplinary teams to promote improved patient outcomes.
- Compassionate advocate for patient and family centered care.
- Team player committed to continually improving the work environment.
- BLS certified.
- Experience with colostomy, tracheostomy, g-tube, all central lines and complex wound care.
Server
Big Spring Country Club
Louisville, KY
09.2020 - 05.2021
- · Maintain customer expectations with open consultations and frequent communication.
- Work successfully with a diverse group of coworkers to accomplish goals and address issues related to our products and services.
- Motivate and encourage team members to communicate more openly and constructively with each other.
- Exceed customer satisfaction by finding creative solutions to problems.
Bridal Stylist
Rebecca's Wedding Boutique
Louisville, KY
05.2016 - 05.2021
- · Provide personalized, one-on-one fashion consultation and support to brides by building rapport, takingmeasurements and advising on trends to deliver a memorable, high-touch experience, while prioritizing customer satisfaction.
- · Combine retail sales skills with fashion expertise.
- · Handle all customer relations issues in a gracious manner.
- · Collaborate with team members effectively.
- · Foster a positive work environment.
Caregiver
Mattingly Center Inc.
Louisville, KY
09.2017 - 03.2018
- Help client with personal needs including, exercise, bathing, personal grooming.
- Maintain a clean and well-organized environment.
- Engage client in physical and mental activities to maintain and improve patient mental wellbeing, quality of life, and provide compassionate care.
- Document information in patient chart and communicate status updates to the interdisciplinary care team. .
Education
Associate Degree in Nursing - Nursing
Galen College Of Nursing
Louisville, KY03-2021
Timeline
Charge Nurse
UofL Health Hospital
03.2024 - Current
Registered Nurse
UofL Health Hospital
05.2021 - Current
Server
Big Spring Country Club
09.2020 - 05.2021
Caregiver
Mattingly Center Inc.
09.2017 - 03.2018
Bridal Stylist
Rebecca's Wedding Boutique
05.2016 - 05.2021
Associate Degree in Nursing - Nursing
Galen College Of Nursing