Emily Kirk RN
Grants Pass,OR
Summary
Goal-oriented nurse with strong knowledge of critical care and disease processes. Experienced in new grad preceptorship, charge nurse roles, and travel nursing. Talented in IV placement, drug administration and titration, and central venous access devices. Patient focused and team-oriented with proficiency in electronic medical records. Adaptable and driven with strong work ethic and ability to thrive in both team-based or individually motivated environments.
Overview
9
9
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification
Work History
Registered Nurse, PACU
Asante Three Rivers Medical Center
Grants Pass, Oregon
11.2023 - Current
- Monitored vital signs, administered medication, and documented changes in patient condition in both the pre-op and post-op setting.
- Provided post-operative care to patients recovering from anesthesia, ensuring their safety and wellness.
- Responded quickly to emergency situations by administering oxygen, CPR or other life saving measures as needed.
- Collaborated with physicians and other healthcare professionals to develop individualized plans of care for each patient.
- Assessed post-anesthesia complications such as nausea, vomiting, pain, airway obstruction and bleeding.
- Educated patients on proper self-care techniques after discharge from the PACU.
- Identified potential risk factors associated with anesthesia use and took appropriate action to reduce risks when necessary.
- Assisted in the transfer of critically ill patients from operating room beds to intensive care units.
- Initiated communication between anesthesiologists, surgeons, nurses, respiratory therapists and other healthcare personnel involved in the post-surgical and PACU process.
- Employed nursing best practices and clinical judgment to continuously evaluate patients' progress and employed intervention to achieve desired outcomes.
Travel Registered Nurse, ICU
St Joseph's Healthcare System
Eureka, CA
02.2023 - 12.2023
- Assessed and prepared patients for procedures, performing initial and ongoing patient assessments.
- Collected lab specimens, ordering and interpreting diagnostic tests and lab results.
- Maintained personal and team compliance with medication administration standards and patient care best practices.
- Collaborated with doctors to plan post-treatment home care and prevent return hospitalization.
- Assessed patient needs, prioritized treatment, maintained patient flows and assisted physicians with non-invasive procedures.
Travel Registered Nurse, ICU
Sutter Coast Hospital
Crescent City, CA
12.2021 - 02.2023
- Assessed patient needs, prioritized treatment, maintained patient flows and assisted physicians with non-invasive procedures.
- Administered medications and treatments, monitoring patients for reactions and side effects.
- Adhered to infection control procedures to facilitate safe, clean patient environment.
- Evaluated patients, recognized and addressed complications and coordinated treatment with other members of critical care team.
- Maintained thorough, accurate and confidential documentation in electronic medical records.
Registered Nurse, CVICU
Enloe Medical Center
Chico, CA
09.2020 - 12.2021
- Develop and maintain a professional relationship with members of health care team, the patient and the patient's family.
- Perform nursing care following prescribed rules, policies, protocol and procedures.
- Participate in monitoring, maintaining and improving nursing sensitive indicators, core measures and other identified outcome measures.
- Achieve best possible outcomes for nursing sensitive indicators, core measures, HCAPS, patient satisfaction and associate satisfaction.
- Monitor patients' respiration activity, blood pressure and blood glucose levels in response to medical administration.
- Provide 1:1 nursing care for patient's undergoing CVVHD, therapeutic hypothermia, impella therapy, intra-ortic balloon pump therapy, etc.
- Display critical thinking skills under high stress situations to provide positive patient outcomes.
Registered Nurse, ICU/Stepdown Unit Charge Nurse
Oroville Hospital
Oroville, CA
01.2019 - 09.2020
- Educate patients and families on treatment strategies and at-home care.
- Monitor and record patient condition, vital signs, recovery progress and medication side effects.
- Train and mentored new RNs on best practices, hospital policies and standards of care.
- Guide therapeutic communication, conflict resolutions and interventions by deflecting undesirable behaviors to assist patients with developing and amplifying coping skills.
- Perform ultrasound guided IV placement.
- Assess patient health needs by reviewing and tracking EKG readings to address telemetry readings and quickly inform teammates on stability or acuity changes.
- Assist with insertion and manage central, arterial and PICC lines.
- Treat patients using pharmacological and non-pharmacological treatment modalities to address various disorders, diseases and injuries.
- Monitor and manage various treatment and care interventions, including IV administration, wound and ostomy care and catheter insertion.
- Act as patient advocate and implemented total patient care through team nursing process covering 2 to 16 high acuity patients per shift.
Sterile Processing Technician/OR Aide
Enloe Medical Center
Chico, CA
01.2016 - 01.2019
- Care and maintenance of reusable surgical instruments and patient care equipment.
- Decontamination, packaging, sterilization, handling and storage of surgical instruments.
- Selecting appropriate cleaning and sterilization methods and maintaining accurate documentation of all processes.
- Assisting the RN with patient care and transfers in the OR.
- Acting as a runner for supplies and instruments needed during surgeries.
- Transferring blood products/specimens to and from the lab during surgery.
- Organize all supplies for surgical cases while referencing surgeon's preference cards.
- Transfer patients throughout the hospital to and from surgery.
- Cleanliness, organization and transportation of equipment to the OR, and ancillary departments.
- Perform room turnovers and replenishing stock in Sterile Processing and surgery areas.
- Perform room set-ups before each surgery.
- Perform routine and terminal housekeeping duties.
- Assist anesthesia team with the set-up of anesthesia circuits.
Education
Associate Degree of Nursing - Registered Nursing
Shasta College
Redding, CA12.2018
Associates of Allied Health Degree - Health Sciences
Shasta College
Redding, CA05.2015
Skills
- Multitasking in high stress situations
- Code blue and rapid response
- Empathetic patient-centered care
- Leadership skills - Charge RN experience
- New graduate preceptor
- Multilevel teamwork
- Unbiased and sensitive patient care
- Unit morale and welfare
- Surgical and sterile procedure assistance
- Sterile technique
- Ventilator care
- Peripheral IV placement
- Medication and IV administration
- IV drug titration and management
- Central Venous Access Devices
- End of life care
References
- Lyndsey Burrescia, RN - (530) 519-6352 - ICU Manager, Sutter Coast Hospital
- Laura Rodriguez, RN - (530) 844-4028 - Charge Nurse, Oroville Hospital
- Sarah Gibbs, RN - (936) 234-1294 - Preceptor, ADN Program
- Kaci Madsen, RN - (605) 670-3923 - Charge Nurse, St Joseph's Hospital
- Robert Kincade, MD - (916) 452-8291 - Director of Mechanical Circulatory Assist and Heart Transplantation, Sutter Medical Center
Certification
- Advanced Cardiac Life Support (ACLS)
- Pediatric Life Support (PALS) Certification
- Basic Life Support (BLS) Certification
- National Institutes of Health Stroke Scale (NIHSS)
- ECG Recognition
- Advanced arrythmia recognition and treatment
- Impella management
- Continuous Renal Replacement Therapy
- Therapeutic Hypothermia
Volunteer Work
Enloe Medical Center Volunteers - 100 hours: Neuro-Trauma ICU, Medical Surgical Unit (2015-2016)
Sutter Medical Center Cardiothoracic Surgery - 48 hours (2018-2019)
Timeline
Registered Nurse, PACU
Asante Three Rivers Medical Center
11.2023 - Current
Travel Registered Nurse, ICU
St Joseph's Healthcare System
02.2023 - 12.2023
Travel Registered Nurse, ICU
Sutter Coast Hospital
12.2021 - 02.2023
Registered Nurse, CVICU
Enloe Medical Center
09.2020 - 12.2021
Registered Nurse, ICU/Stepdown Unit Charge Nurse
Oroville Hospital
01.2019 - 09.2020
Sterile Processing Technician/OR Aide
Enloe Medical Center
01.2016 - 01.2019
Associate Degree of Nursing - Registered Nursing
Shasta College
Associates of Allied Health Degree - Health Sciences
Shasta College
- Advanced Cardiac Life Support (ACLS)
- Pediatric Life Support (PALS) Certification
- Basic Life Support (BLS) Certification
- National Institutes of Health Stroke Scale (NIHSS)
- ECG Recognition
- Advanced arrythmia recognition and treatment
- Impella management
- Continuous Renal Replacement Therapy
- Therapeutic Hypothermia
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