Eric Gibson
Lubbock
Summary
Dedicated nursing leader with excellent unit management skills. Proficient in quality, cost and care standards focused on maximizing resources and patient satisfaction.
Overview
28
28
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification
Work History
Supervisor - PACU and DSU
Covenant Medical Center
2023.01 - Current
- Oversaw daily operations of the department, ensuring smooth workflow and timely completion of tasks.
- Applied strong leadership talents and problem-solving skills to maintain team efficiency and organize workflows.
- Improved customer satisfaction with timely response to inquiries, addressing concerns, and finding effective solutions.
- Increased team productivity by implementing efficient workflows and setting clear expectations for staff members.
- Reviewed documentation and identified financial discrepancies where applicable.
- Increased revenue by identifying and resolving billing errors in a timely manner.
Charge Nurse, PACU
Covenant Medical Center
2000.01 - 2023.01
- Charge nurse
- Advise patients and caregivers of proper wound management, discharge plan objectives, safe medication use and disease management.
- Participate in nursing simulation activities, evidence-based practice project implementation and competency development to further nursing education.
- Contribute substantially to successful department JCAHO accreditation by consistently operating to highest standards of care.
- Provide didactic and clinical instructions to orient new nurses and potential student nurses to achieve training outcomes.
- Provide direct patient care, stabilized patients and determined next course of action.
- Monitor patient condition by interpreting and tracking EKG readings, identifying irregular telemetry readings and updating team members on changes in stability or acuity.
- Confer with physicians to discuss diagnoses and devise well-coordinated treatment approaches.
- Lead successful team comprised of RNs, LPNs and ancillary staff.
- Coordinated nursing care on unit through staff assignments, assisting and rounding with physicians, monitoring patient orders, and communicating with ancillary departments.
Registered Nurse - PACU
Covenant Medical Center
2000.01 - 2020.01
- Provided timely interventions to address airway management complications such as respiratory depression or obstruction in post-operative patients.
- Reduced complications by promptly identifying and addressing post-operative issues in PACU patients.
- Enhanced patient recovery by providing comprehensive post-anesthesia care and monitoring vital signs.
- Decreased medication errors by meticulously administering medications following proper protocols and verifying dosages.
- Prevented complications from anesthesia side effects such as nausea or vomiting using effective medication administration techniques.
- Assisted physicians with bedside procedures in the PACU setting, such as wound care, dressing changes, and insertion of invasive monitoring devices.
Registered Nurse, Medical-Surgical Unit/Orthopedic
Covenant Medical Center
1998.12 - 2000.01
- Conferred with physicians to discuss diagnoses and devise well-coordinated treatment approaches.
- Reviewed post-operative orders and continuously monitored patients' post-operative vitals, set up PCA and fluids and oriented patients to unit.
- Educated patients, families and caregivers on diagnosis and prognosis, treatment options, disease process and management and lifestyle options.
- Monitored patient reactions to drugs and carefully documented findings.
- Provided direct patient care, stabilized patients and determined next course of action.
Licensed Vocational Nurse
Covenant Medical Center
1998.08 - 1998.12
- Assessed patients' temperature, pulse and blood pressure and recorded in electronic medical records.
- Documented patient vitals, behaviors and conditions to communicate concerns to supervising.
- Responded to patient requests with appropriate clinical and personal assistance.
- Prepared patients for surgery, educating patients and family members on surgical procedures.
Nursing Care Technician
Covenant Medical Center
1996.12 - 1997.05
Education
Bachelor of Science - Nursing
Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center
Lubbock, TX12.1998
Skills
- Manage and Report Productivity
- Perioperative Management
- Patient Recovery Assessment
- Customer Service
- Nursing staff management
- Training and mentoring
- Employee Motivation
- Staff Management
- Data Analysis
- Project Management
- Workflow Optimization
- Job Applicant Interviews
Certification
- CPAN, Certified Post Anesthesia Nurse - American Board of Perianesthesia Nursing: Expiration 4/2026
- ACLS - Advanced Cardiac Life Support
- PALS - Pediatric Advanced Life Support
- BLS - Basic Life Support
Licensure
- Registered Nurse - License Number 658456, Expiration Date 12/31/2024
References
Andrew Johnston RN
Manager Nursing
(806) 445-4265
Andrew.Johnston@covhs.org
Andrew is my current Nurse Manager and mentor in the perioperative area.
Eric Vaughan, RN
Northstar Anesthesia Practice Manager
(806) 543-8233
Eric.vaughan@northstaranesthesia.com
Eric and I coordinate rooms running in the operating room, electrophysiology laboratory, interventional radiology, MRI and CT and the plan for the day.
Timeline
Supervisor - PACU and DSU
Covenant Medical Center
2023.01 - Current
Charge Nurse, PACU
Covenant Medical Center
2000.01 - 2023.01
Registered Nurse - PACU
Covenant Medical Center
2000.01 - 2020.01
Registered Nurse, Medical-Surgical Unit/Orthopedic
Covenant Medical Center
1998.12 - 2000.01
Licensed Vocational Nurse
Covenant Medical Center
1998.08 - 1998.12
Nursing Care Technician
Covenant Medical Center
1996.12 - 1997.05
Bachelor of Science - Nursing
Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center
- CPAN, Certified Post Anesthesia Nurse - American Board of Perianesthesia Nursing: Expiration 4/2026
- ACLS - Advanced Cardiac Life Support
- PALS - Pediatric Advanced Life Support
- BLS - Basic Life Support
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