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JULIE MERRELL

Registered Nurse
MATTHEWS,NORTH CAROLINA

Summary

Experienced nursing professional bringing demonstrated clinical expertise, leadership skills and technical knowledge. Proficient in updating charts, monitoring medications and working with multidisciplinary teams to optimize patient care. Quality-driven and efficient with strong interpersonal abilities.

Overview

16
16
years of professional experience

Work History

Registered Nurse- Charge Nurse

Matthews Glen Retirement Community
Matthews, North Carolina
02.2023 - Current
  • The charge nurse on the short-term rehabilitation unit.
  • Care for up to 15 acute Medicare A residents.
  • Case manage residents with discharge planning to ensure residents return to the appropriate level of care.
  • Coordinate the plan of care with the providing physician, therapy, social worker, resident, and family.
  • Implemented multiple organizational systems for required documentation by Medicare.
  • Created a system to seamlessly make outside appointments for residents and set up transportation as needed.
  • Created name boards for six units, for residents and family to know the names of staff.
  • To show inclusion and diversity; created a wall with names of staff and their country or state flags.

Registered Nurse

Autumn Care of Cornelius
Cornelius, North Carolina
10.2022 - 02.2023
  • Provide care to 24 residents, oversee care provided by LPN and Med Aides.
  • Provide wound care as ordered, administer intravenous and subcutaneous medications.

Registered Nurse III

Atrium Health
Charlotte, North Carolina
03.2021 - 09.2022
  • Travel to multiple Atrium Hospital facilities and work on various patient floors in need of help.
  • Ability to work on various Med/Surg units, post-surgical, progressive care, COVID units, Telemetry, etc.
  • Care for 5-7 patients.
  • Delegate appropriate tasks to LPN and CNA.

Registered Nurse

Well Care Home Health
Advance, North Carolina
08.2018 - 03.2021
  • Provide nursing care in the home setting.
  • Complete admissions into home health, establish care plans, perform wound care, administer medications through central lines and provide central line care.
  • Collect various labs, communicate with doctors regarding patient care and plan, provide care at home to help avoid hospital admission or emergency room visit.

Registered Nurse

American Mobile Travel Nursing
San Diego, California
03.2016 - 08.2018
  • Travel to various hospitals and work on telemetry units, surgical trauma stepdown, neuro stepdown, ortho, renal units etc.
  • Ability to titrate various drips such as Insulin, Heparin and Cardizem.
  • Nurse to patient ratio is typically 1:5.
  • Read and interpret cardiac rhythms.
  • Work as Charge Nurse on a neurology unit.
  • Work in the epilepsy monitoring unit and care for up to 6 patients.

Registered Nurse

W.G. (Bill) Hefner VA Medical Center
Salisbury, North Carolina
08.2014 - 02.2016
  • Registered Nurse in the float pool.
  • Ability to float to different floors such as Medical/Surgical, Mental Health, Community Living Center and Hospice.
  • While working in the community living center, nurse acted as the Charge Nurse for 28 residents.
  • Performed direct patient care for 7 patients on the Medical/Surgical floor.
  • Ability to perform as a 1:1 sitter on various wards for patient safety.
  • Nurse Navigator/Case Manager in the Non-VA Care Department.
  • Work as a liaison between vendors in the community and veterans to facilitate care in the community for specialties not available at our facility.
  • Specialties include; Interventional Radiology, Radiation Oncology, Cardiology, Orthopedics, Pain Management, Certain surgical procedures, Hematology Oncology, etc.
  • Ability to case manage various consults to ensure veteran gets proper care at appropriate time and place.

Registered Nurse

CALL-A-NURSE
Winston-Salem, North Carolina
06.2014 - 10.2014
  • Registered Nurse for telephone triage.
  • After hours triage for various providers and healthcare practices.
  • Give nurse advice for pediatric, OB/GYN and adult patients.
  • Communicate directly with Pharmacists for calls regarding medication issues and for calling in medication orders per Physician standing orders.
  • Communicate directly with on call Physicians as needed.
  • Receive laboratory results for patients.
  • Schedule Physician appointments as needed for patients.

Registered Nurse

CAROLINAS MEDICAL CENTER-LINCOLN
Lincolnton, North Carolina
06.2013 - 10.2014
  • Registered Nurse on a 38 bed telemetry unit.
  • Directly care for five telemetry patients.
  • Care for patients receiving Heparin, Cardizem, and Amiodarone drips.
  • Communicate directly with telemetry monitor tech for patient readings.
  • Interpret own telemetry monitor strips.

Registered Nurse

LAKE NORMAN REGIONAL MEDICAL CENTER
Mooresville, North Carolina
11.2012 - 06.2013
  • Registered nurse in the float pool.
  • Work on telemetry/oncology/medical surgical floor and the ortho/nero/spine floor at Lake Norman medical center and work between two medical surgical floors at Davis Regional Medical Center.
  • Able to float to critical care and emergency room and help with tasking.
  • Able to titrate Cardizem infusion drips.
  • Care for post-operative total hip, total knee, total shoulder patients.
  • Care for patients after receiving Gastric Bypass, Gastric Sleeve and Lap Band surgery.
  • Care for seven to eight patients.

Registered Nurse

CAROLINAS MEDICAL CENTER-MERCY
Charlotte, North Carolina
10.2011 - 02.2013
  • Registered nurse on a 24 bed telemetry unit.
  • Directly care for six telemetry patients.
  • Interpret own telemetry readings.
  • Pre procedure teaching for cardiac catheterizations, and pacemaker placement.
  • Post procedure care of cardiac catheterization without intervention patients, and post pacemaker placement.
  • Monitor patients on various cardiac related IV drips requiring no titration.
  • Participate in peer interviews and peer evaluations.

Registered Nurse

TRUSTAFF TRAVEL NURSING
04.2011 - 10.2011
  • Travel to different areas as a telemetry registered nurse.
  • Care for patients in inpatient Hospice.

Registered Nurse

TRIDENT MEDICAL CENTER
Charleston, South Carolina
06.2009 - 04.2011
  • Registered nurse on a 44 bed telemetry unit.
  • Educate patients before having procedures such as coronary artery bypass, cardiac catheterization, pacemaker placement, cardiac ablation, and other cardiac related surgeries.
  • Post operative care after cardiac catheterization, pacemaker placement, cardiac ablation, carotid endarterectomy, femoral popliteal bypass.
  • Monitor and educate patients with congestive heart failure.
  • Ability to remove arterial or venous sheath after cardiac catheterization.
  • Monitor patients on various drips like Cardizem, Nitroglycerin, Integrilin, Heparin and Amiodarone.
  • Monitor and care for six cardiac patients.
  • Communicate directly with the telemetry monitor techs for patient rhythm readings.

Education

Associate of Science - Nursing

Trident Technical College
Charleston, SC
05-2009

Skills

Infectious disease control

Lab result interpretation

Vaccine administration

Diabetes management

Discharge coordination

IV management

Chronic disease management

Patient care

Coordinating referrals

Taking vitals

IV drug therapy management

Neurology

Rehabilitation support

Patient discharge

Strong medical ethic

Body mechanics

Oxygen saturation standards

Indirect patient care

Direct patient care

EMR / EHR

Call triaging

Removing sutures

Proper catheter insertion/removal

Acute care expertise

Patient discharging

Medication and IV administration

Team coordination

Appointment scheduling

Professional bedside manner

SBAR communication

Palliative care awareness

Home visits

Patient assessments

Documenting vitals

Work Availability

monday
tuesday
wednesday
thursday
friday
saturday
sunday
morning
afternoon
evening
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Work Preference

Work Type

Full TimePart Time

Location Preference

Remote

Salary Range

$45000/yr - $100000/yr

Important To Me

Work-life balanceHealthcare benefitsWork from home optionPaid time off401k matchCompany Culture

Software

Epic

PCC

Meditech

HCHB

Cerner

Timeline

Registered Nurse- Charge Nurse

Matthews Glen Retirement Community
02.2023 - Current

Registered Nurse

Autumn Care of Cornelius
10.2022 - 02.2023

Registered Nurse III

Atrium Health
03.2021 - 09.2022

Registered Nurse

Well Care Home Health
08.2018 - 03.2021

Registered Nurse

American Mobile Travel Nursing
03.2016 - 08.2018

Registered Nurse

W.G. (Bill) Hefner VA Medical Center
08.2014 - 02.2016

Registered Nurse

CALL-A-NURSE
06.2014 - 10.2014

Registered Nurse

CAROLINAS MEDICAL CENTER-LINCOLN
06.2013 - 10.2014

Registered Nurse

LAKE NORMAN REGIONAL MEDICAL CENTER
11.2012 - 06.2013

Registered Nurse

CAROLINAS MEDICAL CENTER-MERCY
10.2011 - 02.2013

Registered Nurse

TRUSTAFF TRAVEL NURSING
04.2011 - 10.2011

Registered Nurse

TRIDENT MEDICAL CENTER
06.2009 - 04.2011

Associate of Science - Nursing

Trident Technical College

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