Jennifer Karlson
Troup,TX
Summary
Compassionate and dedicated Registered Nurse with over 20 years of experience in emergency and critical care. Demonstrates strong clinical skills, exceptional critical thinking, and efficient decision-making in high-pressure environments. Contributes to positive work environment, willingness to learn, excellent communication and team building skills. Ready to tackle new challenges and advance organizational objectives with dedication and enthusiasm.
Overview
23
23
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification
Work History
Emergency Department RN, Traveler
Holy Cross Hospital
08.2024 - Current
- Provide comprehensive care to patients with acute illnesses and injuries in the emergency department
- Treat patients suffering from trauma, injury, or severe medical conditions and require urgent treatment
- Perform triage assessments to prioritize patient care based on acuity
- Supervised staff, delegated tasks, organized workflow, and ensured quality standards and patient safety
- Facilitated patient transfers to appropriate facilities, ensuring all documentation meets regulatory standards, is complete and accurate, provide patient report to receiving facility, obtain air or ground ambulance transportation and consult with treating physician to ensure transfer of care is appropriate for patient needs
- Administer medications, treatments, and interventions in accordance with established protocols
- Collaborate with interdisciplinary teams to ensure optimal patient outcomes and ensure safety while in the ED
- Educate patients and their families on discharge instructions and follow-up care
- Maintain accurate and timely documentation of patient care in electronic health records (EHR)
- Precepted junior nurses, improving their critical clinical skills and acted as a resource nurse to new hires and other ER team members
- Establish and maintain difficult IV access, collected specimens for ordered labs, perform bedside EKGs and other ordered diagnostics including tele-neuro consultations
Emergency Dept. RN, Traveler
AVRH
05.2023 - 08.2024
- Delivered nursing care in a critical access ER for a daily average of 55-85 patients ranging in age from newborn to geriatric with chief complaints of simple laceration repair to multi-system trauma, cardiac complaints including chest pain, STEMI, A-Fib with RVR and heart blocks, stroke/CVA, orthopedic injuries, sepsis and psychiatric complaints
- Facilitated and expedited patient transfers to higher level of care, ensuring all required documentation was complete and adhering to EMTALA regulations, improving transfer times from an average of 8 hours to 2 hours for critical patients.
- Conducted initial assessments and continuously monitored patients' conditions, communicating changes in patient status with attending physicians and treatment team.
- Assisted in emergency procedures such as intubation, central line placement, and chest tube insertion.
- Utilized evidence-based protocols to prevent hospital-acquired infections, reducing % of UTI's.
- Participated in quality improvement initiatives to enhance patient care and safety, reducing patient falls in the ED from 17% to 4% in a 6 month period.
Emergency Care Center, RN
Trinity Mother Frances
12.2004 - 06.2022
- Administered and assisted in life-saving emergency procedures for critical care patients including CPR, intubations, thoracotomies, central line placement, ventriculostomies, and chest tube placement
- Managed care for ER and ICU patients on ventilations, vasopressors, sedation and other life support interventions and devices
- Collaborated with ER physicians to quickly diagnose and treat patients in age from newborn to advanced geriatric with life threatening conditions including sepsis, stroke and MI in a 55 bed ER, Level 1 and 2 Trauma Center, Accredited Chest Pain and Stroke Center of a 500+ bed hospital
- Treat patients and victims of sexual assault and domestic violence, collecting evidence and maintaining chain of custody while ensuring patient safety and privacy
- Perform triage assessments to prioritize patient care based on acuity and changes in status
- Initiate interventions for triaged patients prior to bed assignment when appropriate
- Adhere to established physician ordered protocols and complete documentation reflecting comprehensive assessment, intervention and response
- Call patient report to receiving unit or facility within 5 minutes of bed assignment, expediting transfer of patient care to appropriate unit within 15 minutes, resulting in increased patient satisfaction, decreased patient complaints for length in ED and facilitating in decompression of ED
- Provide patient and family education regarding infection prevention, complications of disease process necessitating emergency care and importance of adhering to prescribed treatment regimen
- Completed Critical Care Residency program
- Completed Sexual Assault Nurse Examiner training
Emergency Department, RN
Hospitality ER
05.2022 - 12.2023
- Delivered nursing care in a fast-paced emergency department, triaging, treating, transferring and discharging an average of 180-200 patients per day
- Partnered with interdisciplinary teams to provide timely and efficient care, improving customer satisfaction scores from 88% to 98%
- Completed comprehensive and accurate documentation of patient histories, medication lists, assessments, interventions, and response to treatment
- Collect blood, tissue and other specimens and prepare them for laboratory diagnostic testing
- Participated in daily interdisciplinary team huddles, reducing communication errors, ensuring comprehensive and coordinated patient care, and promoted teamwork with care team
Post Anesthesia Care Unit, RN
Trinity Mother Frances
05.2008 - 08.2012
- Managed arterial lines, ventilators, and CVP lines; monitored vitals, airways, and sedation and pain levels; administered medications and therapies via IV lines and drew blood from central lines
- Provide post-operative care to patients recovering from various forms of anesthesia within a 24 bed surgical unit of a Level 1 and 2 Trauma Center and 500+ bed hospital
- Monitor patient vitals and status using ECGs and other equipment, administer medication and extubate
- Perform assessments to determine patient readiness for transfer to private room from recovery unit
- Enter patient data and recovery notes into EHR with efficiency and accuracy
- Adhere to JACHO regulations and ASPAN's Peri-anesthesia Nursing Standards, Practice Recommendations and Interpretive Statements (Standards)
Emergency Department, RN
BUMC
03.2008 - 12.2009
- Delivered nursing care in a Level 1 Trauma Center, 95 bed Emergency Department of a large 914 bed University Hospital
- Completed comprehensive assessments, collaborated with residents and attending physicians to determine appropriate care plan specific to patient needs, implemented care plan and completed orders, facilitated transfer of care to designated unit or discharged patient home
- Managed care for up to 4 critical care patients including intubated, combative, intoxicated and otherwise labor-intensive patients while in ED
- Adhered to facility policy and procedure, acted within scope of nursing practice per Texas BON, maintained all certifications and credentialing required by BUMC ER administrators, reported to Charge Nurse, ED Director and House Supervisor, followed employee Code of Conduct and did not deviate from attendance requirements
Emergency Department, RN, Seasonal Contract
Medical Center of Lewisville
10.2007 - 05.2008
- Provided emergent nursing care to patients in a Level 3 Trauma Center, 35 bed Emergency Department
- Established IV access, obtained ordered lab specimens for diagnostic testing, performed point of care testing for specific labs, provided education to patient and families regarding diagnostic tests, expected outcomes, adjustments to plan of care and infection prevention
- Provided seasonal assistance and relief to emergency department and nursing staff during Flu season
- Transported patients to assigned inpatient rooms and to ancillary departments when necessary
- Assisted in educating ED staff on use and application of new EMR charting system while transitioning to paperless charting
Emergency Care Center, Nurse Tech II
Trinity Mother Frances
05.2002 - 12.2004
- Complete all duties and tasks as assigned by supervising RN in a busy, Level II Trauma Center, averaging >250 patients per day.
- Perform bedside 12 lead EKGs, communicate results to ER physician and assigned nurse
- Assist patients with ambulation, provide personal care including hygiene maintenance
- Perform blood draws observing aseptic technique
- Place urinary catheters observing sterile technique
- Aid with NGT placement when competency meet
- Assist ER staff with trauma codes, CPR and other critically ill patients
- Act as patient advocate and express patient concerns to attending physician and RN
- Place patients on bedside monitoring equipment, chaperone for specific exams, assist physician with laceration repairs, I&Ds and other bedside procedures
Education
Associate Degree in Allied Health and Science - Nursing
Nursing School, Tyler Junior College
Tyler, TX12.2004
Skills
- Emergency care and critical care nursing
- Patient assessment and triage
- IV therapy and medication administration
- Rapid response and emergency procedures
- Patient and family education
- Electronic health records (EHR) management
- Excellent communication and teamwork
- Team leadership
- Staff training and education
- HIPAA compliance
- Duty delegation and assignments
Certification
- Registered Nurse (RN) License, Texas, compact
- Basic Life Support (BLS) Certification
- Advanced Cardiac Life Support (ACLS) Certification
- Pediatric Advanced Life Support (PALS) Certification
- Trauma Nursing Core Course (TNCC) Certification
Affiliations
- Emergency Nurses Association (ENA), Member
- American Nurses Association (ANA), Member
Timeline
Emergency Department RN, Traveler
Holy Cross Hospital
08.2024 - Current
Emergency Dept. RN, Traveler
AVRH
05.2023 - 08.2024
Emergency Department, RN
Hospitality ER
05.2022 - 12.2023
Post Anesthesia Care Unit, RN
Trinity Mother Frances
05.2008 - 08.2012
Emergency Department, RN
BUMC
03.2008 - 12.2009
Emergency Department, RN, Seasonal Contract
Medical Center of Lewisville
10.2007 - 05.2008
Emergency Care Center, RN
Trinity Mother Frances
12.2004 - 06.2022
Emergency Care Center, Nurse Tech II
Trinity Mother Frances
05.2002 - 12.2004
Associate Degree in Allied Health and Science - Nursing
Nursing School, Tyler Junior College
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