Geordan Bergman
Registered Nurse
Carrollton,TX
Summary
Compassionate baccalaureate-prepared Registered Nurse with over 10 years of experience in pediatrics and 5 years in home health, offering expertise in caring for children with chronic and acute conditions. Demonstrates a proven ability to deliver high-quality care while fostering a supportive environment for patients and their families. Committed to joining a healthcare team that prioritizes excellence in patient care and satisfaction, ensuring every child receives the attention and support they deserve.
Overview
15
15
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification
Certification
RN License
Texas Board of Nursing - 08/2027
BLS Certification
American Heart Association - 03/2025 - 03/2027
Skills
- Proficient in Microsoft Office, secure email, researching via internet
- Electronic Medical Record Epic software experience
- Expert in pediatric telephone triage protocols
- Infection control and safety standards expert
- Strong medical ethic, HIPPA compliance
- Patient/caregiver education
- Culturally sensitive
- Accurate and thorough documentation
- Critical thinking and problem-solving skills
- Dedicated patient advocate
- Care coordination/collaboration
Work History
Pediatric Primary Care RN
Cook Children's Physician Network
Carrollton, TX
07.2016 - 12.2025
- Busy 10 room pediatric primary care office with 4 pediatricians seeing up to over 100 patients a day
- Communicate with patients, clerical, and clinical staff to assure patient visits run smoothly and satisfactorily
- Perform telephone triage with appropriate up-to-date pediatric protocols, and respond to patient messages, medication refill requests, and faxes from outside facilities
- Facilitate patient referrals
- Take vital signs, document chief complaint/HPI, review medications and allergies, administer PHQ-9 and Edinburg, screen vision and hearing
- Administer immunizations, TB skin tests, and medications
- Collect nasal, throat, nasopharyngeal, stool, urine, and blood samples and run lab tests/ send specimens to outside lab
- Lead medical emergency drills and lab in-services
- Expert in pediatric vaccine schedule and ordering vaccines at correct encounter
- Serve as preceptor for nursing students
Private Duty & Skilled Visit Nurse
Angels of Care Pediatric Home Health
Sherman, TX
04.2011 - 06.2016
- Provide nursing skills to medically fragile pediatric patients with multiple comorbidities in their homes
- Achieve exceptional ratings from all company departments on yearly employee evaluations
- Collaborate with therapists, healthcare providers, and caregivers in care plan and effectively communicate with families to ensure understanding, agreement, and compliance with patient's POC
- Monitor vital signs, I&O, weights, report change in status to MD, update addendum and MAR as needed
- Implement feeding therapy program techniques to successfully wean patients off GT feedings
- Assisted in switching a patient from Skilled Visit Nursing to Private Duty Nursing, created new patient's medication schedule and nursing schedule with allotted PDN hours
- Provide training to new nurses on patient's case as needed
- Tracheostomy, enteral access, wound care, parenteral access, PICC dressing change, oxygen therapy, nebulizer treatment, CPT, and nasal, oral, tracheal suctioning experience
- Complete patient intakes, reassessments, LVN supervisory visits, and company in-services
General Pediatrics Registered Nurse
Children's Health
Dallas, TX
11.2015 - 03.2016
- Fast-paced 28-bed pediatric medical-surgical unit housing patients with a variety of diagnoses in a 487-bed acute care hospital
- Named as one of the top pediatric hospitals in the country by U.S. News & World Report
- AIDET, Just Culture, patient safety program CNE, ISHAPED hand-off tool
- Provided evidence-based nursing care to patient assignment of 3 to 4 patients, along with up to 4 discharges/transfers and 4 admissions per shift; adjusted frequency of assessment depending on severity of patient's condition and escalated care when needed
- Created patient care plans and documented patient progression every shift
- Delegated appropriate tasks to PCTs and evaluated patient response
- Administered IV fluids, medications, and monitored IV site
- PICC cap change, lab draws, chest tube care and management, Optiflow, CAM monitoring, indwelling and straight catheter experience
Education
Bachelor of Science - Nursing
Texas Woman's University
Denton, TX05.2015
Associate of Applied Science - Nursing
Brookhaven College
Farmers Branch, TX12.2010
Timeline
Pediatric Primary Care RN
Cook Children's Physician Network
07.2016 - 12.2025
General Pediatrics Registered Nurse
Children's Health
11.2015 - 03.2016
Private Duty & Skilled Visit Nurse
Angels of Care Pediatric Home Health
04.2011 - 06.2016
Associate of Applied Science - Nursing
Brookhaven College
Bachelor of Science - Nursing
Texas Woman's University