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Erica Stanhope RN, BSN

Langhorne,PA

Summary

Hardworking and driven nurse with clinical experience in a fast-paced emergency department and in a travel medical assistance company. Hands-on experience in treating acutely ill patients ranging from trauma, cardiac issues, strokes, and infections in patients of all ages with intravenous line placement skills. Experience in case management and phone call medical assessments of patients globally for a travel assistance company, requiring thorough presentation skills and professionalism with corporate clients and insurers. Leadership, training, and mentorship experience through positions held.

Overview

11
11
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification

Work History

Senior Coordinating Nurse (Part-Time)

International SOS
09.2023 - Current
  • Assist to manage the scheduling and day-to-day needs of the medical team (doctors and nurses)
  • Assisting to manage cases from a quality assurance and customer service analysis and perspective
  • Participating in meetings with corporate clients to help promote the company from a medical perspective and to work through case complaints or issues
  • Oversee other nurses on the team to review and provide feedback on their performance
  • Being a key point of reference for the team, assisting to manage high profile cases
  • Also still involved in responsibilities listed under role of 'Coordinating Nurse'.

Medical Trainer/Senior Coordinating Nurse

International SOS
01.2022 - 09.2023
  • Manage the training of new and existing members of the medical team (doctors and nurses)
  • Identifying performance trends and training needs of the medical team
  • Innovating and designing medical training and educational material relevant to global healthcare and case management
  • Delivering training (both via lecture and on the job/hands on) to nurses and doctors, including new and existing staff members
  • Performs evaluations for new staff members to ensure they are prepared for their roles and responsibilities
  • Involved in the creation, feedback, and implementation of new practices for the assistance center
  • Also still involved in responsibilities listed under role of 'Senior Coordinating Nurse' and 'Coordinating Nurse'.

Coordinating Nurse

International SOS
06.2019 - 01.2022
  • Provide medical assistance through phone calls including triaging and assessing various medical situations, and providing advice and recommendations
  • Providing recommendations on medical care based on understanding the severity of the situation and the location geographically
  • Providing pre-travel advice to patients, including a knowledge of recommended and required vaccines and an understanding of the standard of care to locations being traveled to
  • Working closely with colleagues globally in order to provide medical assistance worldwide
  • Facilitating calls to medical providers to coordinate care and obtain medical updates for patients
  • Assisting to speak with and provide written medical updates to insurance companies and clients
  • Assisting with the arrangements of medical evacuations and repatriations across the globe
  • Completing medical transport audits of cases involving evacuations and repatriations, to ensure compliance with corporate criteria
  • Organizing documentation for our medical escorts for compliance of our medical transport audits
  • Assisting to plan and coordinate certification classes for the medical team
  • Participated as a nurse escort for a patient flying from Sao Paulo, Brazil to Newark, NJ.

Registered Nurse

St. Mary Medical Center
07.2014 - 06.2019
  • Experience with a variety of patients from trauma alerts and critical patients to prompt care complaints in a fast-paced and high-volume department
  • Caring for stroke alerts, STEMI alerts, septic patients who need immediate care and patients requiring resuscitative efforts
  • Participating in the care of acute trauma patients in a Level 2 Trauma center, TNCC certified
  • Proficient in use of the Emergency Severity Index
  • Advanced skill in IV placement, phlebotomy, and accessing ports
  • Administering high-alert medications by IV push and drips
  • Orienting new nurses in the department and have acted as Charge RN when needed
  • Maintaining a calm demeanor in high-pressure situations
  • Caring for ventilated patients requiring medications for sedation
  • Assisting physicians with various procedures including conscious sedation, orthopedic reduction, chest tube insertion, and placement of central lines.

ER Technician

St. Mary Medical Center
03.2013 - 07.2014
  • Phlebotomy & intravenous catheter placement
  • Wound care, orthopedic splinting
  • Electrocardiograms, obtaining vital signs, involved in care of acute trauma patients
  • Transportation to necessary departments and to inpatient units
  • Assists with transport of ICU patients
  • Stock supplies and equipment in treatment areas.

Education

Bachelor of Science in Nursing -

La Salle University, School of Nursing and Health Sciences
Philadelphia, PA
05.2014

Community College of Philadelphia
Philadelphia, PA

Cairn University
Langhorne, PA

Skills

  • Emergency Care
  • Patient Assessments (physical and telephonic)
  • IV insertion skills
  • Leadership
  • Public Speaking
  • Clear Communicator
  • Calm Demeanor
  • Attention to Detail
  • Mentorship/Training
  • Quality Assurance
  • Computer/technology skills

Certification

  • Pennsylvania RN License, 07/2014
  • Advanced Cardiac Life Support and Basic Life Support (CPR & AED) Certified, 03/2025, Accredited through American Heart Association for the Healthcare Provider
  • Pediatric Advanced Life Support, 04/2025
  • Certified Emergency Nurse, 04/2017, 04/2021

Timeline

Senior Coordinating Nurse (Part-Time)

International SOS
09.2023 - Current

Medical Trainer/Senior Coordinating Nurse

International SOS
01.2022 - 09.2023

Coordinating Nurse

International SOS
06.2019 - 01.2022

Registered Nurse

St. Mary Medical Center
07.2014 - 06.2019

ER Technician

St. Mary Medical Center
03.2013 - 07.2014

Bachelor of Science in Nursing -

La Salle University, School of Nursing and Health Sciences

Community College of Philadelphia

Cairn University
Erica Stanhope RN, BSN