Felicia Thomas
Winter Haven,FL
Summary
Caring, hardworking and service-oriented Registered Nurse 28 years of nursing experience. Organized and knowledgeable RN experienced in treating and caring for surgical patients in the POCU and PACU setting. Returning resident to Florida with goal of continuing career in the inpatient hospital setting or possibly an outpatient setting that specializes in personalized care.
Overview
30
30
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification
Work History
Registered Nurse
Same Day Surgicenter Orlando
Orlando, FL
01.2024 - 07.2025
- PACU nurse, charge nurse
- Pre-op nurse
- PAT nurse
- Provided patient care and education to patients during their outpatient surgery.
Registered Nurse
Brookwood Baptist Medical Center
Birmingham, AL
03.2023 - 10.2023
- Prepped patients for surgery
- Oriented in PACU
Registered Nurse
Ascension Sacred Heart Bay Medical
Panama City, FL
12.2020 - 11.2022
- Trained and mentored new RNs on best practices, hospital policies and standards of care.
- Evaluated patients, recognized and addressed complications and coordinated treatment with other members of critical care team.
- Administered medications and treatments, monitoring patients for reactions and side effects.
- Monitored and managed various treatment and care interventions.
- Collected lab specimens, ordering and interpreting diagnostic tests and lab results.
- Recorded patient condition, vital signs, recovery progress and medication side effects.
Registered Nurse
North Georgia Physician's Group Urgent Care
Cleveland, GA
01.2015 - 12.2020
- Coordinated care with physicians and other clinical staff to effectively triage, monitor and manage various urgent illnesses and injuries in an outpatient clinical setting.
- Performed interventions such as IV administration, laceration repairs and wound care, stabilization of cardiac patients and arranging their emergent transport to a cardiac care emergency department.
- Managed many daily clinic responsibilities: autoclave maintenance, ordering medical supplies, training new nurses. Also managed the yearly Flu Clinic and TB Skin test/reading for Urgent Care staff.
- Proficient in the triage and outpatient care of potential Covid-19 patients.
Registered Nurse
Northeast Georgia Health System Inc.
Gainesville, GA
08.2013 - 01.2015
- Bid on shifts and floated to all Northeast Georgia Physicians Groups Urgent Cares and to the specialty clinics: Urology, OB/GYN, Ortho/Trauma, Sports Medicine, Pain Management, Neurology and Neurosurgery.
Registered Nurse, Medical-Surgical Unit
Stephens County Hospital
Toccoa, GA
08.1995 - 08.2013
- Coordinated care with physicians and other clinical staff to prepare for treatment, carry out interventions and enhance continuum of care to deliver comprehensive services.
- 2006-2013 Worked at SCH on PRN schedule while holding position of Lead Nurse White County School System. Managed care of 500+ students ages 5-8 during school hours at Jack P. Nix Primary School, supervised nurses at the four other elementary and middle schools within the county, organized and taught BLS/First Aid training for all school staff (administration, educators, food service, bus drivers)
Education
Associate of Science - Nursing
University of North Georgia
Dahlonega, GA05.1995
Skills
- Unit administration (charge nurse on Surgical Unit and PACU)
- Strong team nurse and charge nurse in level 2 trauma hospital PACU
- Patient monitoring
- Preparing and assisting with procedures
- Removing stitches and staples
- Catheters
- Strong medical ethic
- IV drug therapy management
- Monitoring vital signs
- Epic and Cerner EHR proficient in documentation
- Medication and IV administration
- Triaging patient concerns
Affiliations
- National Association of School Nurses: School Nurse of the Year for the State Of Georgia (10/2012)
- Employee of the Year for White County School System
Certification
- Pediatric Advanced Life Support (PALS) Certification and Advanced Cardiac Life Support (ACLS) Certification
- Basic Life Support (BLS) Certification
Timeline
Registered Nurse
Same Day Surgicenter Orlando
01.2024 - 07.2025
Registered Nurse
Brookwood Baptist Medical Center
03.2023 - 10.2023
Registered Nurse
Ascension Sacred Heart Bay Medical
12.2020 - 11.2022
Registered Nurse
North Georgia Physician's Group Urgent Care
01.2015 - 12.2020
Registered Nurse
Northeast Georgia Health System Inc.
08.2013 - 01.2015
Registered Nurse, Medical-Surgical Unit
Stephens County Hospital
08.1995 - 08.2013
Associate of Science - Nursing
University of North Georgia
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