Kayla S. Gibson
Brooklyn,NY
Summary
Organized and knowledgeable Registered Nurse experienced in treating and caring for patients. Successful in providing fast and accurate assessments and working calmly under pressure. Recognized for collaborating well with doctors to maintain top-notch healthcare practices.
Overview
4
4
years of post-secondary education
5
5
years of professional experience
Work History
Registered Nurse
Maimodes
Brooklyn
06.2026 - Current
- Assessed, planned, implemented, and evaluated comprehensive nursing care for assigned patients, ensuring quality outcomes.
- Administered medications and treatments to diverse patient populations.
- Utilized critical thinking skills to assess clinical situations quickly and accurately.
- Collaborated with multidisciplinary healthcare team to develop and implement individualized treatment plans, enhancing patient care.
- Provided emotional support to patients and families, fostering resilience and positive coping during the care process.
Registered Nurse, School Nurse
Horizon HealthCare Staffing
12.2022 - Current
- Develop and enforce school health management protocols and procedures, particularly for emergency situations.
- Assessed and addressed specific health care needs of students requiring tracheostomy, urostomy, and g/tube support.
- Assessed and identified necessary changes and drainage needs for urostomy and ostomy patients to maintain their health.
- Monitor the health of medically fragile and handicapped students.
- Performed vision, hearing, scoliosis, anaphylaxis, and pediculosis screening; managed regular medication administrations and patient care.
- Identify needs for Urostomy/Ostomy changes and drainage.
- Collaborated with counselors to deliver health education programs, enhancing student awareness of social and physical hygiene.
- Acted as a liaison to facilitate communication between parents, the school, and community resources for student well-being.
- Connected students with outside health facilities and notified Child Protective Services.
Registered Nurse
New York Presbyterian Brooklyn Methodist
02.2022 - Current
- Assessed, planned, implemented, and evaluated patient care plans in consultation with healthcare professionals on a 30-bed unit to ensure optimal patient outcomes.
- Assessed medical information and delivered individualized bedside nursing care to pre- and post-surgery patients.
- Monitoring patients vitals and reporting adverse reactions to medications in a timely manner.
- Changed dressings to promote healing and prevent infection, inserting catheters, and starting IVs.
- Changed wound dressings, inserted catheters, and initiated IV therapy for patient care.
- Adjusted specialized medical equipment and interpreted measurements.
- Collaborated on discharge planning with healthcare team to facilitate smooth transitions and improve patient satisfaction.
- Answering questions and educating patients and their families on surgical procedures and post-surgery care.
Registered Nurse
Bellevue Hospital
10.2023 - 09.2024
- Experience in diverse cardiovascular procedures, catheter and tool handling, and intra-aortic balloon pump management.
- Proficiency in the management of complex cardiovascular conditions and post-procedural care.
- Operated and troubleshot cath lab equipment to ensure optimal functioning during procedures.
- Provided comprehensive care to cardiac patients, managing acute conditions and post-procedural recovery.
- Administered medications, monitored vital signs, EKGs, and hemodynamic parameters.
- Performed comprehensive assessments of patients with cardiac conditions, developed care plans, and implemented nursing interventions.
- Stabilized patients using life-saving measures, including defibrillation and cardiopulmonary resuscitation, during emergencies.
- Provided individualized support to address patient needs during cardiac studies. during cardiac studies and monitor conditions for signs of distress or complications.
- Monitored patient conditions during cardiac studies, promptly addressing signs of distress or complications to enhance safety and care quality.
- Respond to emergency situations with speed, expertise and level-headed approaches to provide optimal care, support and life-saving interventions.
- Interview patients, perform physical assessments, monitor behaviors and update supervising physicians with observations and concerns.
- Assist in circulating as a nurse for procedures including: cardiac ablations and implantation of pacemakers and implantable cardiac defibrillators, loop recorder implantation, and tilt table testing.
- Delivered specialized care for both inpatient and outpatient cardiac patients. of patients with cardiac arrhythmias, pacemakers and implantable cardiac defibrillators.
- Leadership experience as a nursing preceptor, guiding new nurses in the clinical setting.
- Maintains continuity among nursing teams by documenting and communicating actions, irregularities, and continuing needs, friends, and families.
- Established personal rapport with patients and families to accurately identify care requirements and foster trust in the clinical setting.
- Establishes a compassionate environment by providing emotional, psychological, and spiritual support to the patient.
- Record patients' medical history, vital statistics and test results in medical records.
Registered Nurse
Mt Sinai Morningside - Morningside Heights
01.2023 - 09.2023
- Restores and promotes the patient's health by completing the nursing process.
- Executed EKG procedures to assist in diagnosing cardiac conditions., executed lab blood draws, and provided IV therapy to ensure patient care.
- Worked closely with physicians to develop and implement patient care plans. and multidisciplinary team to enhance patient care.
- Ensured quality of care by adhering to therapeutic standards and measuring health outcomes against patient care goals.
- Resolves patient problems and needs by utilizing multidisciplinary team strategies.
- Addressed patient concerns by coordinating with interdisciplinary teams and needs by utilizing multidisciplinary team strategies.
- Maintains a safe and clean working environment by complying with procedures, rules, and regulations.
- Protects patients and employees by adhering to infection-control policies and protocols; medication administration and storage procedures; and controlled substance regulations.
- Utilized telemetry systems to observe and record patient heart rhythms for medical assessment.
Education
Bachelor of Science - Nursing
Drexel University
Philadelphia, PA 09.2021 - 09.2022
Bachelor of Science - Health Sciences
University of Bridgeport
Bridgeport, CT 01.2017 - 05.2020
Skills
- Registered Nurse
- Medication administration
- Patient assessment
- ECG monitoring
- IV therapy
- BLS Basic Life Support
- ACLS Advanced Cardiac Life Support
- Crisis management
- Cardiovascular procedures
- Cardiac care management
- Care planning
- Epic, Microsoft, SafetyNet
- Dec2022
Affiliations
- Sigma Gamma Rho Sorority Inc.
- 2019
- Rho Alpha Chapter Parliamentarian
- 2019-2021
- Eta Nu Sigma Chapter
Timeline
Registered Nurse
Maimodes
06.2026 - Current
Registered Nurse
Bellevue Hospital
10.2023 - 09.2024
Registered Nurse
Mt Sinai Morningside - Morningside Heights
01.2023 - 09.2023
Registered Nurse, School Nurse
Horizon HealthCare Staffing
12.2022 - Current
Registered Nurse
New York Presbyterian Brooklyn Methodist
02.2022 - Current
Bachelor of Science - Nursing
Drexel University
09.2021 - 09.2022
Bachelor of Science - Health Sciences
University of Bridgeport
01.2017 - 05.2020