Katie Wagner
Dallas,TX
Summary
Compassionate PACU Registered Nurse with experience offering comprehensive patient care in outpatient and inpatient environments. Works well with diverse patient populations and fosters trusting relationships to improve outcomes. Efficiently coordinate with healthcare professionals to advance patient care.
Overview
2
2
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification
Work History
Registered Nurse/Charge Nurse, PACU
HCA
03.2023 - Current
- Manage and assess patients' airway and breathing post-anesthesia.
- Monitored patient condition by interpreting and tracking EKG readings, identifying irregular telemetry readings and updating team members on changes in stability or acuity.
- Facilitated smooth transitions between surgical units through timely communication with preoperative and surgical suite staff.
- Evaluated patients' pain levels, implementing correct dosage of medication to alleviate discomfort.
- Improved patient satisfaction through compassionate nursing care and effective communication with patients, families, and healthcare teams.
- Collaborated with leadership to devise initiatives for improving nursing satisfaction, retention and morale.
- Enhanced patient recovery by providing comprehensive post-anesthesia care and monitoring vital signs.
- Used critical thinking to break down problems, evaluate solutions and make decisions.
- Fostered a positive work environment that encouraged teamwork, collaboration, and professional growth among nursing staff members.
Registered Nurse, Emergency Department
HCA
07.2022 - 03.2023
- Enhanced patient satisfaction by delivering compassionate, culturally sensitive care tailored to individual needs and preferences.
- Performed triage on incoming patients and determined severity of injuries and illnesses.
- Quickly responded to situations impacting safety and security to unit, actualizing crisis prevention interventions to control and de-escalate situations.
- Provided skilled, timely and level-headed emergency response to critically-ill patients.
- Collaborated with physicians to quickly assess patients and deliver appropriate treatment while managing rapidly changing conditions.
- Administered medications via oral, IV, and intramuscular injections and monitored responses.
- Documented treatments delivered, medications and IVs administered, discharge instructions, and follow-up care.
Education
Bachelor of Science - Nursing
Galen College of Nursing
Louisville, KY04.2024
Associate of Science - Nursing
Oklahoma City Community College
Oklahoma City, OK05.2022
Bachelor of Arts - Communications
University of Central Oklahoma
Edmond, OK12.2015
Skills
- Clinical judgment
- Organizational Skills
- Teamwork and Collaboration
- Effective Communication
- Patient recovery assessments
- Cardiac monitoring
- IV Insertion
Certification
- Basic Life Support (BLS)
- Advanced Cardiac Life Support (ACLS)
- Pediatric Advanced Life Support (PALS)
Timeline
Registered Nurse/Charge Nurse, PACU
HCA
03.2023 - Current
Registered Nurse, Emergency Department
HCA
07.2022 - 03.2023
Bachelor of Science - Nursing
Galen College of Nursing
Associate of Science - Nursing
Oklahoma City Community College
Bachelor of Arts - Communications
University of Central Oklahoma
- Basic Life Support (BLS)
- Advanced Cardiac Life Support (ACLS)
- Pediatric Advanced Life Support (PALS)
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