Ethlyn Cowan
PARKVILLE,MD
Summary
Dynamic Critical Care Registered Nurse with thirty -three years of experience. Adept at collaborating with interdisciplinary medical teams. Dedicated to delivering best-in-class patient care and individualized plans for families and patients. Proven leader with great multitasking skills and a fantastic eye for detail
Overview
16
16
years of professional experience
Work History
TELECRITICAL NURSE
Veteran Administration Hospital
07.2022 - Current
- Demonstrates integration of biopsychosocial concepts, cognitive skills, and technically competency
- Provide care to patients with basic or complex needs
- Provides care and counseling of persons in the promotion and maintenance of health
- Prioritizes clinical problems accurately and in a timely manner
- Solve clinical patient problems independently and in a timely manner; communicates unresolved problems
ICU Nurse
Veterans Administration Hospital
07.2016 - 07.2022
- Monitored patients' respiratory status and ventilator operation and made adjustments to promote stabilization.
- Explained health care issues and ramifications to patients and families while collecting data for assessment, diagnosis and management
- Coordinated patients' post-discharge treatment plans with physicians and other team members to promote continuity of medical care.
- Developed and implemented patient care plans based on physicians' instructions and generally accepted nursing practices, re-evaluated care plans at appropriate intervals and made adjustments as necessary for individual patient
- Maintained respectful treatment environment that honored patients' and families' cultural and religious traditions and preferences.
- Delivered age-appropriate medical care for adult, adolescent and geriatric ICU patients.
- Uses critical thinking skills in diagnosing clinical problems by performing thorough and focused assessment of all physiological, psychological and medical record data
- Identifies changes in patient condition and acts quickly and appropriately, while demonstrating ability to identify issues, analyze them, develop and implement interventions
- Collaborates with colleagues and physician to identify most appropriate and ethical methodologies required to achieve best clinical outcomes
- Communicate effectively with all members of interdisciplinary team to ensure safe practice environment that is error free during routine care and in emergency situations
- Identify patients with potential problems, communicating concisely situation, background and assessment to physician
- Uses sound clinical judgement and decision making skills to prioritize clinical problems
- Participated in education and development of new nurses by being preceptor and unit resource
- 84hrs bi-weekly
Clinical Nurse
University Of Maryland, Baltimore
04.2008 - 10.2020
- Performed physiological, educational and of critically ill patient
- Managed and interpreted critical data for patients requiring hemodynamic monitoring in Medical Intensive Care , Surgical Intensive Care, Coronary Care and Cardio Thoracic Intensive care Units
- Maintained patent IV lines
- Establish IV access and perform phlebotomy service as needed
- Implemented nursing process and evaluated care according to unit standards
- Assisted MD during bedside procedures which included Gastrostomy tube placement, Bronchoscopy, Tracheostomy and wound debridement
- Administered conscious sedation at bedside during procedures performed by MD
- Performed bedside Electrocardiogram as warranted by patient's condition
- Fostered communication and team building among all staff, patients and families
- Transported critically ill patients from intensive care units to diagnostic tests and procedures
- Communicated hand-off information to oncoming nurse, receiving unit, including code team
- Maintain physical and emotional comfort for patients and families
- Provided adequate pain management by frequently assessing for pain
- 24hrs per week
Education
Master of Science - Global Health
George Mason University
Fairfax, VA05.2010
Bachelor of Science - Nursing
Columbia Union College(Now Washington Adventist )
Takoma Park, MD05.1998
Associate of Applied Science - Nursing
University of The District of Columbia
Takoma Park MD05.1990
Skills
- HIPAA education
- Family advocacy
- Sanitation
- Customer service
- Compassion
- Teamwork
- Adaptability
- Organization and Time management
Additional Information
VOLUNTARY WORK
Accompanied Doctors United Medical Mission(DRUMM) to Ghana West Africa, March 2004 as volunteer post-anesthesia nurse
Accompanied DRUMM to Jamaica June 2008 as volunteer post-anesthesia nurse
Volunteer in Kenya with Kenya Voluntary Development Association(KVDA) in a work camp, June 5th-June 27th , 2009
Voluntary Nurse with Ideal Nursing Medical Mission to Panama October 2009. Provided nursing care in remote village clinics
Volunteer at the Alexandria Health Department November 2009 to April 2010 as education coordinator for WIC(Women Infants and children) recipients in fulfillment of practicum experience
Voluntary Nurse with JAMII Outreach Center in Kenya, September 2010. Provided nursing care in remote village clinics and schools
Voluntary Nurse with Sam Sharpe Teachers College Past Students Association to Haiti, october 2010. Provided nursing care to post-earthquake victims in remote clinic setting
Voluntary Nurse with JAMII Outreach Center in Kenya, September 2011. Provided care in remote village setting
Monthly volunteer at Sarah's Hope Women and children Shelter in Baltimore Maryland from January 2013 to January 2019
Voluntary Nurse with Carol Gordon Ministry to Panama October 2013. Provided nursing care in local clinics
Voluntary Nurse and Organizer for Ethlyn's Hope Medical Mission to Kenya April 2014. Operated four day clinic in remote are, provided medical care to over 600 patients
Dedication of Ethlyn's Hope Center, September 15th, 2018, home to 24 orphans
AWARDS
Leadership Award granted by the University of the District of Columbia January 1990
One of the 2011 100 Extra ordinary Nurses awarded by the Honor Society of Nursing, Sigma Theta Tau International inc. May 2011
Associate Service Excellence Award, St Agnes Hospital, August 2013
Inducted into Sigma Theta Tau International, Gamma beta Chapter as Nurse Community Leader, March 29th, 2015
Nursing Excellence Award, Community Service awarded May 8th, 2015 by University of Maryland Medical Center
2019 SHERO UNSUNG AWARD , awarded by the National Coalition of 100 Black Women, Inc on April 13th, 2019
Employee of the Month award for customer service, awarded by Baltimore Veterans Administration Hospital, March 2021
Community Service Award, awarded by The Jamaica Association of Maryland(JAM), June19th, 2022
Recipient of THE PRESIDENT LIFETIME AWARD for voluntary service, November 18th, 2023
Timeline
TELECRITICAL NURSE
Veteran Administration Hospital
07.2022 - Current
ICU Nurse
Veterans Administration Hospital
07.2016 - 07.2022
Clinical Nurse
University Of Maryland, Baltimore
04.2008 - 10.2020
Master of Science - Global Health
George Mason University
Bachelor of Science - Nursing
Columbia Union College(Now Washington Adventist )
Associate of Applied Science - Nursing
University of The District of Columbia
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