George Sefa
Vernon Hills,IL
Summary
Compassionate registered nurse with expertise in emergency and critical care, seeking career advancement. Proficient in high-pressure environments, focusing on patient needs and delivering exceptional care. Strong communication skills facilitate effective teamwork within healthcare settings. Enhanced patient satisfaction through dedicated service and advocacy efforts.
Overview
19
19
years of professional experience
Work History
Registered Nurse, ER
Alexian Brothers Medical Center
Elk Grove Village, IL
06.2023 - Current
- Work collaboratively with providers to ensure quality and efficient care are delivered
- Precept new nursing students to enjoy their chosen career and learn nursing practice as it relates to theory
- Managed critical care patient and provided advance life support to improve patient survivability
- Enhanced patient care by utilizing evidence base nursing practice in all of my affairs
- Assisted in implementation of new triage protocol by providing input to improve throughput throughout patient’s ER experience
Charge Nurse
Surgical Care Affiliates
Libertyville, IL
07.2021 - 04.2022
- Resource for nurses
- Managed patient appropriately during pre- and post-surgical care
- Identified and assist with performance improvement activities on the unit
- Maintain safe and therapeutic environment for patient care
- Provided emotional support to patient and family, educating both the patient and family regarding immediate care after their procedure.
- Monitored Phase I and Phase II post operative patients
Emergency Room Charge Nurse
Vista Health Systems
Waukegan, IL
02.2014 - 09.2019
- Manage a team of nurses to provide intensive emergency care and medical support in crisis situations.
- Perform patient intake for crisis and physical trauma cases administering first-response care and giving pain management medication.
- Support medical professionals including surgeons, physicians and various other treatment specialists.
- Collaborate with other ER professionals to ensure effective patient care delivery – Identify patients’ conditions and address nursing care
- Experience in staff development, process improvement, and regulatory compliance to provide and perform superior patient care.
- Efficiently and knowledgeably handle intubations, defibrillations, auto-transfusions, IV starts, A-line setups, splinting, suturing and more.
- Leverage interpersonal communication strengths to establish rapport and build trust with collaborative teams, patients and families.
Per Diem Nurse
Bright Star Holding Group
Gurnee, IL
11.2013 - 02.2015
- Provide in home head to toe assessment and evaluation for patients and clients
- Wound check specialist
- Provide on continual daily care to dependent patient
- Encourage and teach ADL and perform range of motions per care plan
- Medicate patient per care plan and physician orders
Post Anesthesia Care Unit – Charge Nurse
NorthShore University Health System, Skokie Hospital
Skokie, IL
02.2010 - 10.2013
- Provide patient care per NorthShore policies and procedures
- Perform continual monitoring of patient condition
- Initiate and modify patient care plans with strict attention to accurate documentation
- Provide patient safety, privacy and comfort always
- Assist with pre-operative patient assessment
- Partner with OR team on patient transitions
- Provide verbal and written discharge instructions
- Perform duties of charge nurse
- Act as point person and Council representative for the Electronic Health System
- Aggregate and analyze monthly chart audits for Pain, Hand Washing, Anesthesia Handoff report, and Relationship Base Care and recommended opportunities for improvement to leadership
- Act as critical care resource for expertise in workflow and patient care processes impacted by NorthShore policies, procedures, and clinical care based on 10 years of experience in a variety of critical care areas
- Safety and Pain Champion for the Unit
Cardiac Cath and Neurol Intervention Lab – Charge Nurse
Resurrection HealthCare, Resurrection Medical Center
Chicago, IL
09.2008 - 02.2010
- Cross trained in Electrophysiology and Peripheral Interventions
- Act as charge nurse when scheduled
- Serve as resource for medical professionals and nursing staff
- Responsible for patient assessment and formulation of nursing diagnosis
- Establish and execute patient care plans
- Rotate between pre, intra and post procedure care
- Utilize intra-aortic balloon pump therapy when warranted
- Educate patients and families on post procedure plan of care
Post-Surgical Unit – Staff Nurse
NorthShore University Health System, Evanston Hospital
Evanston, IL
11.2006 - 09.2008
- Manage patient care for up to seven patients
- Assess patient status and notify physicians of clinical changes
- Interact with interdisciplinary team to improve patient care
- Educate patient and families on health care needs, conditions, and available options for pain management
- Facilitate as charge nurse and preceptor and leverage skill set in triaging priorities and patient medical risk
Education
Masters Certificate - Health Informatics
University of Illinois At Chicago
Chicago, IL01.2019
Bachelor of Science - Nursing
University of Illinois At Chicago
Chicago, IL01.2006
Master of Science - Health Administration
University of Illinois At Urbana-Champaign
Urbana, IL01.2004
Bachelor of Science - Health Education, Planning and Administration
University of Illinois At Urbana-Champaign
Urbana, IL01.2002
Skills
- Epic and Cerner EHR expertise
Electronic health record management
Data entry and retrieval
Patient information accuracy
- Microsoft Office expertise
Excel data manipulation
PowerPoint presentation skills
Memberships And Certifications
- American Public Health Association
- American Nurses Association
- American Heart Association Certifications
- Basic Life Support for Healthcare Worker
- Advanced Cardiovascular Life Support Certification
- Pediatric Advanced Life Support Certification
Timeline
Registered Nurse, ER
Alexian Brothers Medical Center
06.2023 - Current
Charge Nurse
Surgical Care Affiliates
07.2021 - 04.2022
Emergency Room Charge Nurse
Vista Health Systems
02.2014 - 09.2019
Per Diem Nurse
Bright Star Holding Group
11.2013 - 02.2015
Post Anesthesia Care Unit – Charge Nurse
NorthShore University Health System, Skokie Hospital
02.2010 - 10.2013
Cardiac Cath and Neurol Intervention Lab – Charge Nurse
Resurrection HealthCare, Resurrection Medical Center
09.2008 - 02.2010
Post-Surgical Unit – Staff Nurse
NorthShore University Health System, Evanston Hospital
11.2006 - 09.2008
Masters Certificate - Health Informatics
University of Illinois At Chicago
Bachelor of Science - Nursing
University of Illinois At Chicago
Master of Science - Health Administration
University of Illinois At Urbana-Champaign
Bachelor of Science - Health Education, Planning and Administration
University of Illinois At Urbana-Champaign
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