Hi, I’m
Gail Rotante
NORTHGLENN,CO
Summary
Highly experienced and dedicated nurse with 39 years of expertise in various healthcare settings, including 20 years in labor and delivery, 17 years in the perioperative setting and 2 years in nursing education as a clinical instructor and lead faculty for maternal/newborn. Seeking a challenging position to utilize extensive knowledge, skills and passion for providing exceptional educational experience for nursing students.
Overview
3
years of professional experience
1
Certification
Work History
Front Range Community College - Westminster Campus
Faculty Instructor
03.2023 - Current
Job overview
- Created and developed lesson plans to meet students' academic needs.
- Helped students explore concepts with engaging, learning-focused activities.
- Communicated frequently with students, and faculty to provide feedback and discuss instructional strategies.
- Participated in department meetings to provide input to colleagues about student achievement and improvement.
- Developed and implemented classroom routines to address varying student needs.
- Managed classroom of 40 students from diverse backgrounds.
Front Range Community College Westminster Campus
Adjunct Nursing Clinical Instructor
09.2022 - Current
Job overview
- Contributed educational and clinical expertise to help optimize training courses and boost student learning.
- Assessed student knowledge levels and abilities with detailed assessments.
- Supported student educational and vocational planning to help each optimize learning strategies and reap long-term career benefits.
- Educated nursing students on successful methods for performing urinary catheterizations and Intravenous placement techniques.
- Trained 20 students to identify signs of patient health deterioration and clinical equipment malfunction to promote achievement of course objectives
Cherry Hills Surgery Center
Registered Nurse, PACU
01.2021 - Current
Job overview
- Participated in nursing simulation activities, evidence-based practice project implementation and competency development to further nursing education.
- Advocated for patients by communicating care preferences to practitioners, verifying interventions met treatment goals and identifying insurance coverage limitations
- Collaborated with physicians to quickly assess patients and deliver appropriate treatment while managing rapidly changing conditions.
- Audited charts and reviewed clinical documents to verify accuracy.
- Maintained quality care and comfort for patients with heart failure, pulmonary hypertension and other conditions.
- Conferred with physicians to discuss diagnoses and devise well-coordinated treatment approaches.
- Taught patients how to improve lifestyle choices, dramatically reducing chance of symptom reoccurrence.
- Advised patients and caregivers of proper wound management, discharge plan objectives, safe medication use and disease management.
- Monitored patient condition by interpreting and tracking EKG readings, identifying irregular telemetry readings and updating team members on changes in stability or acuity.
- Educated patients, families and caregivers on diagnosis and prognosis, treatment options, disease process and management and lifestyle options.
- Updated patient charts with data such as medications to keep records current and support accurate treatments.
- Managed care from admission to discharge.
- Reviewed post-operative orders and continuously monitored patients' post-operative vitals, set up PCA and fluids and oriented patients to unit.
- Provided didactic and clinical instructions to orient new nurses and potential student nurses to achieve training outcomes.
- Administered medications via oral, IV, and intramuscular injections and monitored responses
- Administered medications and treatment to patients and monitored responses while working with healthcare teams to adjust care plans
- Educated patients, families and caregivers on diagnosis and prognosis, treatment options, disease process, and management and lifestyle options
- Provided direct patient care, stabilized patients, and determined next course of action
- Managed care from admission to discharge
Medley Staffing Agency
Registered Nurse
03.2022 - 09.2022
Job overview
- Collaborated with physicians to quickly assess patients and deliver appropriate treatment while managing rapidly changing conditions.
- Educated patients, families and caregivers on diagnosis and prognosis, treatment options, disease process and management and lifestyle options.
- Trained new nurses in proper techniques, care standards, operational procedures and safety protocols.
- Provided direct patient care, stabilized patients and determined next course of action.
- Administered medications via oral, IV and intramuscular injections and monitored responses.
- Implemented medication and IV administration, catheter insertion and airway management.
- Managed care from admission to discharge.
- Advocated for patients by communicating care preferences to practitioners, verifying interventions met treatment goals and identifying insurance coverage limitations.
- Educated patients, families and caregivers on diagnosis and prognosis, treatment options, disease process, and management and lifestyle options.
- Administered medications and treatment to patients and monitored responses while working with healthcare teams to adjust care plans.
- Collaborated with physicians to quickly assess patients and deliver appropriate treatment while managing rapidly changing conditions
Education
United States University , Chula Vista, CA
Master of Science from Nursing Education
06.2022
University Overview
- 3.68 GPA
Regis University , Denver, CO
Bachelor of Science from Nursing
08.2017
University Overview
- 3.89 GPA Magna Cum Lade
Mount Royal College , Calgary ,AB.
Associate of Science from Nursing
08.1984
Skills
- Medical Procedure Preparation
- Medical Recordkeeping
- Nursing Consultation
- Compassionate and Caring
- Patient Condition Monitoring
- Accurate Documentation
- Monitoring Vital Signs
- Patient and Family Advocacy
Accomplishments
- Surgical Preparation - Assisted in patient surgery preparation by administering proper medication, monitoring patients' conditions and charting abnormalities.
- Documentation - Ensured charting accuracy through precise documentation.
- Perinatal Care - Assisted physicians in focus studies in prenatal basic physical assessments of newborns and infants.
- Skilled in documentation (EHR/EPIC)
- Taught clinical education for ADN students (med/surg, maternal/newborn)
Certification
- PALS - Pediatric Advanced Life Support
- CNOR
- ACLS
- BCLS
- NALS
Timeline
Faculty Instructor
Front Range Community College - Westminster Campus
03.2023 - Current
Adjunct Nursing Clinical Instructor
Front Range Community College Westminster Campus
09.2022 - Current
Registered Nurse
Medley Staffing Agency
03.2022 - 09.2022
Registered Nurse, PACU
Cherry Hills Surgery Center
01.2021 - Current
United States University
Master of Science from Nursing Education
Regis University
Bachelor of Science from Nursing
Mount Royal College
Associate of Science from Nursing
- PALS - Pediatric Advanced Life Support
- CNOR
- ACLS
- BCLS
- NALS
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