Ilisa Williams
Nashville,TN
Summary
Hardworking Registered Nurse with success providing individualized patient care in both inpatient and outpatient settings. Committed to delivering top notch patient care through evidence based care, critical thinking, effective education, and compassion.
Overview
11
11
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification
Work History
Registered Nurse
Vanderbilt Medical Center
12.2021 - Current
- Collaborated with physicians Dr. David Slosky, Dr. Jennifer Kelley, Dr. Kathryn Lindley, and Dr. Leah Raj to quickly and efficiently manage 10-20 clinic visits to include imaging orders, procedure scheduling & teaching, medication management & coverages, and record tracking.
- Primarily focused on Women's heart disease, heart disease in pregnancy, pediatric lipid management, Autonomic dysfunction, congenital heart defects, interventional cardiology, and cardio-oncology.
- Educated patients, families, and caregivers on diagnosis and prognosis, treatment options, disease process, procedural & diagnostic scheduling, and management & lifestyle options.
- In-office skills included triaging, EKGs, phlebotomy, and IV therapy.
Registered Nurse
Saint Thomas West Hospital
03.2021 - Current
- Worked as a part of a multidisciplinary team to recover patients from cardiac surgery (CABG, TAVR, EP procedures) and general acute cardiac conditions
- Managed a six-patient workload while coordinating care with case management and cardiac rehab
- Assessed patients with a wide variety of skills used including, catheterization, cardiac monitoring, managing medication drips, dressing changes, chest tubes, JP drains, phlebotomy, tube feeds, managing I/Os, and assisting with ADLs while maintaining legal charting with Cerner EMR
- Participated in monthly skills sessions to increase positive patient outcomes and achieve maximum patient satisfaction
Patient Care Technician
Saint Thomas West Hospital
04.2020 - 03.2021
- Transitioned to hospital care during a global pandemic to aid inpatient staff manage increased patient load and complexity
- Assisted nurses in the field with skills like vital signs, phlebotomy, glucometers, emptying drainage bags, responding to personal and emergent patient calls, feeding patients, recording I/Os, patient sitting, and notifying nursing staff of patient changes
- Collaborated the transition of the cardiac unit to a covid unit during the fall 2020 peak and was both nominated and won employee of the month for dedication to the practice, staff and patients
Certified Medical Assistant
Saint Thomas Medical Partners - Express Care
11.2018 - 04.2020
- Dual Role-maintaining both front desk and clinical assistant in a disadvantaged community walk-in clinic setting
- Triaged patients in waiting room, scheduled patients, processed insurance, collected payments or applications for charitable financial assistance, all while balancing being the sole clinical resource of facility
- Clinical duties include vital signs, patient histories, medications, allergies, and preparing patients for exams
- Assisted NPs in room for STD testing, flu/covid/strep swabs, PICC line dressing changes, woods lamp exams, basic I/D of abscesses, laceration cleansing, and dressing, lab collection of various specimens, phlebotomy, and medication administration
- Helped develop initial Covid-19 response in the Nashville community and became one of the first swab sites in Nashville
Certified Medical Assistant
Saint Thomas Medical Partners
01.2013 - 11.2018
- Primary position managing daily clinics of 20-30 patients on behalf of cardiologist Dr. Evans Kemp specializing in valvular disease, Marfans, HOCM, CAD, HTN
- Managed the clinic & procedure schedule, medication management, vitals
- EKG, charting, telephone calls, orders, medication authorization, patient education; Athena EMR
- Developed and integrated new work processes to increase productivity and eliminated duplicate tasks for support staff and physician
Education
Associate of Applied Science - Nursing
Columbia State CommunityCollege
Franklin, TN12.2020
Skills
- Clinical Judgement
- Phlebotomy and IV insertion
- Sterile Technique
- Clinical Documentation
- Critical Thinking
- Medication Side effect knowledge
- Educational skills
- Rapid assessment skills
Certification
Sterile Technique
EKG and Telemetry Monitoring
Critical Thinking
LICENSES
Registered Nurse (RN) - TN
Advanced Cardiac Life Support (ACLS)
Basic Life Support (BLS)
Timeline
Registered Nurse
Vanderbilt Medical Center
12.2021 - Current
Registered Nurse
Saint Thomas West Hospital
03.2021 - Current
Patient Care Technician
Saint Thomas West Hospital
04.2020 - 03.2021
Certified Medical Assistant
Saint Thomas Medical Partners - Express Care
11.2018 - 04.2020
Certified Medical Assistant
Saint Thomas Medical Partners
01.2013 - 11.2018
Associate of Applied Science - Nursing
Columbia State CommunityCollege
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