Elizabeth Adkins
Shelby
Summary
Compassionate registered nurse with sixteen years of registered nursing experience and three years of multifunctional tech experience while attending nursing school. I have experience in medical/surgical care, operating room, hospice care, school nursing grades K-12, rehabilitation and nursing home unit manager and well baby nursery.
Overview
19
19
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification
Work History
Registered Nurse-Nursery
Coosa Valley Medical Center
Sylacauga, AL
04.2025 - Current
- Delivered comprehensive patient assessments, formulating individualized care plans to enhance treatment outcomes.
- Implemented best practices in medication administration, significantly improving safety protocols and reducing adverse events.
- Monitored vital signs and patient conditions, promptly identifying changes that necessitated immediate interventions or escalations.
- Developed discharge planning strategies in collaboration with social services, ensuring seamless transitions for patients post-hospitalization.
Unit Manager-RN
NHS Management
Columbiana, AL
07.2024 - 04.2025
- High-Value Responsibility Gaps for Unit Manager Role at NHS Management.
- Coordinated patient care transitions between departments, ensuring continuity and adherence to discharge protocols.
- Conducted regular audits of nursing practices, aligning with NHS compliance standards and enhancing patient safety.
- Mentored junior nursing staff through clinical training sessions, promoting best practices in patient care delivery.
- Ensured compliance with regulations and standards through regular audits, staff education, and policy updates.
- Oversaw RNs, LPNs, nursing aides, medical clerks and support staff and performed staffing scheduling duties.
- Addressed clinical issues promptly to reduce risks associated with patient care or operational inefficiencies in the unit.
REGISTERED NURSE
Shelby Baptist Medical Center
Alabaster, AL
03.2022 - 07.2024
- Circulator in the operating room.
REGISTERED NURSE
Shelby County Schools
Columbiana, AL
03.2022 - 05.2024
- Assess students for sickness or injuries, gave medications, tube feedings, straight catheter care, tracheotomy care, diabetic care, seizure care.
REGISTERED NURSE
Amedysis Hospice
Sylacauga, AL
03.2021 - 03.2022
- Case manager. Assessed patients, performed wound care, comfort support, foley care, tracheotomy care.
REGISTERED NURSE
Shelby Baptist Medical Center
Alabaster, AL
09.2007 - 02.2021
- Started as a multifunctional tech until 2010. Started as a registered nurse in 2010 on a med/surg floor. Transferred to the operating room in 2013 where I started working as a circulator.
Education
ASSOCIATE DEGREE IN NURSING -
Central Alabama Community College
Childersburg, AL05.2010
HIGH SCHOOL DIPLOMA - undefined
Calera High School
Calera, AL05.2005
Skills
- Great with people
- Assessments
- Taking vital signs
- Wound care
- Medication and IV administration
- Direct patient care
- Documentation and charting
- Strong clinical judgment
- Patient education and counseling
- Patient and family advocacy
- Infection control measures
- Compassion and empathy
Certification
BCLS cert
LANGUAGES
English
Timeline
Registered Nurse-Nursery
Coosa Valley Medical Center
04.2025 - Current
Unit Manager-RN
NHS Management
07.2024 - 04.2025
REGISTERED NURSE
Shelby Baptist Medical Center
03.2022 - 07.2024
REGISTERED NURSE
Shelby County Schools
03.2022 - 05.2024
REGISTERED NURSE
Amedysis Hospice
03.2021 - 03.2022
REGISTERED NURSE
Shelby Baptist Medical Center
09.2007 - 02.2021
HIGH SCHOOL DIPLOMA - undefined
Calera High School
ASSOCIATE DEGREE IN NURSING -
Central Alabama Community College