Twenty nine years as a Registered Nurse with excellent communication, organizational and teaching skills, military background in the United States Air Force, and proficient in the Spanish language.
Overview
29
29
years of professional experience
12
12
years of post-secondary education
Work History
Registered Nurse
Alliance Healthcare Solutions
Independence, OH
07.2015 - Current
Used critical care, step down, transitional, and telemetry skills at a long term critical care facility called Select Specialty Hospital.
Used step down, transitional and telemetry skills at a long term critical care facility called Vibra.
Registered Nurse
The James Cancer Hospital, Ohio State University
Columbus , Ohio
01.2018 - 04.2018
Travel Registered Nurse
Medical/Surgical telemetry using skills in a busy post gastrointestinal and breast cancer surgeries.
Often floated to the Leukemia, and other blood oncology units throughout the hospital.
Registered Nurse
Ketchikan Medical Center-Peace Health
Ketchikan, AK
05.2017 - 08.2017
Travel Registered Nurse
Used med/surg telemetry skills on patients who were a mixture of the native Alaskan indigenous population, and the differing tribes.
Registered Nurse
Advent Health- Lake Placid
Lake Placid, FL
01.2017 - 04.2017
Travel Registered Nurse
Used Medical/Surgical telemetry skills and PCU skills in this community hospital.
Often floated to Advent Health-Sebring hospital which is a neighboring facility.
Registered Nurse
Hancock Regional Medical Center
Greenfield, IN
09.2010 - 06.2015
Used Medical/Surgical telemetry skills.
Worked on the orthopedic unit taking care of pre/post operative hips, knees, backs, and other acute bone illnesses, replacements and fractures.
Often floated to geriatric psychiatry-closed unit behavioral health, and Alzheimer's patients.
At times, floated to hospice care for end of life care.
Registered Nurse
Forum Health Medical Center
Youngstown, OH
02.2000 - 08.2010
Float Registered Nurse.
Used my skills in Medical/Surgical telemetry.
Gave high quality care in step down units such as the post cardiothoracic surgeries, heart catheterizations, acute unstable angina, and other cardiac conditions/illnesses
Delivered compassionate care in the acute pulmonary PCU, dealing with pulmonary embolus, COPD, and a wide variety of lung dysfunctions.
Used my skills in orthopedics with pre/post operative hips, knees, backs, ankles, shoulders, and other bone illnesses/fractures and replacements.
Worked in the adult behavioral psych closed unit to give compassionate care and counseling for patients with diseases of the mind.
Education
Associate of Science - Nursing
Chaffey College
Alta Loma, CA
08.1991 - 05.1993
Associate of Science - Licensed Practical Nurse
United States Air Force
Wichita Falls, TX
11.1985 - 05.1989
Associate of Science - Licensed Practical Nurse
United States Air Force Reserves
Pittsburgh, PA
05.1989 - 05.1994
BLS, ACLS
American Heart Association
Youngstown, OH
09.2021 - 09.2023
Skills
Medical/Surgical telemetry
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Timeline
BLS, ACLS
American Heart Association
09.2021 - 09.2023
Registered Nurse
The James Cancer Hospital, Ohio State University
01.2018 - 04.2018
Registered Nurse
Ketchikan Medical Center-Peace Health
05.2017 - 08.2017
Registered Nurse
Advent Health- Lake Placid
01.2017 - 04.2017
Registered Nurse
Alliance Healthcare Solutions
07.2015 - Current
Registered Nurse
Hancock Regional Medical Center
09.2010 - 06.2015
Registered Nurse
Forum Health Medical Center
02.2000 - 08.2010
Associate of Science - Nursing
Chaffey College
08.1991 - 05.1993
Associate of Science - Licensed Practical Nurse
United States Air Force Reserves
05.1989 - 05.1994
Associate of Science - Licensed Practical Nurse
United States Air Force
11.1985 - 05.1989
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