Emily Yamashita
Albuquerque,NM
Summary
Master's-prepared RN with 8+ years of clinical experience and training in nursing education. Skilled in simulation-based teaching, adult learning strategies, and clinical instruction. Led a PCU delirium education initiative improving staff recognition and documentation, and facilitated 10+ educational sessions, including onboarding and interprofessional training. Seeking a BSN Clinical and Simulation Instructor role at Brookline College to support student success through evidence-based, learner-centered education.
Overview
10
10
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification
Work History
Nurse Educator Practicum
UNM Hospital- Level I Trauma Center
08.2025 - 12.2025
- Formed and led a PCU delirium education initiative utilizing bCAM screening, simulation, and workflow enhancement to improve staff recognition and documentation.
- Designed and evaluated instructional materials, needs assessments, and NLN-aligned evaluation tools.
- Facilitated more than 10+ education sessions, including onboarding and interprofessional training.
- Collaborated with unit-based educators during ICU Boot Camp, CRRT training, and Super Blitz orientation to support competency development and staff readiness.
- Assessed the educational needs of trainees and researched clinical instruction trends to develop an educational curriculum and competency tools for clinical procedures.
Trauma Surgical Subacute Staff RN
UNM Hospital- Level I Trauma Center
01.2019 - Current
- Provides high-acuity care in a Level I Trauma Center, including hemodynamic monitoring, post-operative trauma management, and complex care coordination on a 20 bed unit.
- Serves as a relief charge nurse for the past five years, mentors new staff, participates in interdisciplinary rounds, and supports quality improvement initiatives.
- Worked within interdisciplinary health care team to develop, implement, and make adjustments to patient care plans, individualizing strategies and methods to improve health and meet recovery goals.
Intermediate Care/Progressive Care RN Staff Nurse
Lovelace Medical Center
07.2017 - 12.2018
- Caring for this high-acuity patient population provided the opportunity to gain clinical expertise and acquire specialized knowledge and skills to care for patients with various comorbidities on a 30-bed unit.
- Demonstrates professionalism by advocating for patients and their families and ensuring that the patient's values and preferences drive healthcare decisions.
- Educated patients, families, and caregivers on diagnosis and prognosis, treatment options, disease process, and management and lifestyle options.
Emergency Room Staff RN
Lovelace Women's Hospital
07.2016 - 08.2017
- Able to function in complex and unpredictable situations in a focused and timely manner in a 10-bed unit and fast track patient area.
- Ensures safety by identifying critical cues, such as changes in vital signs, and applying skilled interventions to support healing.
- Able to perform ER tasks, including starting IVs, applying splints, assisting in moderate to deep sedation procedures, and managing resuscitation efforts to revive the patient from potential or apparent death.
- Educated patients and answered questions about health condition, prognosis, and treatment.
Education
Master of Science - Nursing Education
Grand Canyon University
Phoenix, AZ12.2025
Bachelor of Science - Nursing
Brookline College
Albuquerque, NM05.2016
Skills
- Nursing Education & Curriculum Development
- Simulation-Based Instruction & Skills Lab Facilitation
- OSCE & Competency Assessment/Verification
- Adult Learning Strategies in Clinical Education
- Needs Assessment & Program Evaluation
- Staff Training & Professional Development Coaching
- Nursing process implementation
- Charting and documentation
- Infection control measures
- Clinical leadership and supervision
- Clinical judgment
- Evidence-based practice
Certification
- BLS Provider American Heart Association 05/30/2025
- ACLS Provider American Heart Association 05/30/2025
- TNCC Provider Emergency Nurses Association 07/29/2025
Timeline
Nurse Educator Practicum
UNM Hospital- Level I Trauma Center
08.2025 - 12.2025
Trauma Surgical Subacute Staff RN
UNM Hospital- Level I Trauma Center
01.2019 - Current
Intermediate Care/Progressive Care RN Staff Nurse
Lovelace Medical Center
07.2017 - 12.2018
Emergency Room Staff RN
Lovelace Women's Hospital
07.2016 - 08.2017
Master of Science - Nursing Education
Grand Canyon University
Bachelor of Science - Nursing
Brookline College