Kendall Dowdy
Richmond,VA
Summary
Dedicated and compassionate Registered Nurse (RN) with experience in critical care seeking a position in private duty/home health nursing. Excels at fostering therapeutic relationships with patients and families and remaining calm while skillfully handling high-stress patient situations.
Overview
5
5
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification
Work History
Psychiatric Registered Nurse
VCU Health
02.2025 - Current
- Internally transferred to Adult Inpatient Psych.
- Currently undergoing a standard 2 month long orientation process but seeking a different career.
Surgical Trauma ICU Registered Nurse
VCU Health
08.2023 - 02.2025
- First job as a new graduate nurse taking care of critically ill surgical/trauma patients at a level 1 trauma center.
- Experience with independently managing 1:1 trauma patients, fresh liver and kidney transplant recipients, Continuous Renal Replacement Therapy (CRRT), titrating life sustaining IV medications, Massive Transfusion Protocol (MTP), Continuous Bladder Irrigation (CBI), emergent intubations/codes, ventilator management, and end-of-life care.
- Completed a year-long nurse residency program to include a unit-based performance improvement project and advancement to Clinical Nurse II.
ICU Patient Care Technician
St. Mary’s Hospital
08.2021 - 05.2023
- My primary responsibilities were ensuring that all patients get their daily CHG baths, Q2 hour turns, drawing labs, and assisting nurses with additional tasks as needed.
- I worked PRN hours on the weekends while being a full-time nursing student.
Cardiac Telemetry Patient Care Technician
St. Mary’s Hospital
06.2020 - 08.2021
- My primary job responsibilities were taking patient vital signs, blood sugars, drawing labs, assisting with ADLs, and helping nurses with other tasks as requested.
- I was also a Monitor Technician during this time spending half of my shifts working as a PCT on the floor and the other half in the monitor tech room.
- As a monitor tech, I was responsible for interpreting heart rhythms and reporting abnormalities.
Education
Bachelor of Science - Nursing
Randolph-Macon College
Ashland, VA05.2023
High School Diploma -
Goochland High School
Goochland, VA06.2019
Skills
- Strong clinical judgment
- Patient and family advocacy
- Complex problem-solving
- Attention to detail
- Highly motivated
- Compassion and empathy
Certification
- Registered Nurse (RN)
- Emergency Medical Technician (EMT)
- ACLS, BLS/RQI
- ECCO (Essentials of Critical Care Orientation)
- ELNEC (End-of-Life Nursing Education Consortium)
- 3 DAISY award nominations during time on STICU
- Volunteer Rescue Member of the Year for Goochland County, 2021
- Volunteer Rescue Member of the Year for Company 5, 2020 & 2021
Timeline
Psychiatric Registered Nurse
VCU Health
02.2025 - Current
Surgical Trauma ICU Registered Nurse
VCU Health
08.2023 - 02.2025
ICU Patient Care Technician
St. Mary’s Hospital
08.2021 - 05.2023
Cardiac Telemetry Patient Care Technician
St. Mary’s Hospital
06.2020 - 08.2021
Bachelor of Science - Nursing
Randolph-Macon College
High School Diploma -
Goochland High School
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