Kristine R. Gates
Jacksonville,FL
Summary
Hardworking Registered Nurse with success providing individualized patient care. Committed to delivering best-in-class patient care through effective education and counseling. Proven leadership focused on increasing and enhancing patient care and satisfaction. Streamline safety protocols for comprehensive patient care. Proven to remain calm under pressure and skillfully handle difficult patients and high-stress situations. Consistently developing strong relationships with patients and families through empathetic communication, respectful attitude and excellent customer service.
Overview
14
14
years of professional experience
Work History
RN, Surgery
Clinic
Jacksonville, FL
08.2019 - Current
- Assist providers with gynecological examinations and act as a chaperone to assist with biopsies, pelvic exams, and minor procedures
- Assist MDs, Fellows, and PA’s with pap smears, vaginal exams, colposcopy, removal of IUD and Nexplanon birth controls, and assist with endometrial biopsies as needed
- Working closely with insurance companies to obtain authorizations for medications and surgical procedures with experience with CPT, ICD-9 codes
- Act as a liaison for patient in getting their medications, procedures and surgical procedures approved by insurance
- Fax notes, call to start appeals, and speak to representatives to provide appropriate medical necessity letters
- Women’s health Registered Nurse obtain vitals, check patients in and out, report any abnormal findings to fellows, PA’s and MDs
- Educate patients on self care, pre and post operative instruction, self cathing for urinary retention, pessary use and education
- Performed urodynamic studies and assist MD with cystoscopy procedures utilizing sterile procedure
- Answer phone calls and triage patient needs and use nursing skills and experience to assess the situation, and route to appropriate provider.
- Expertly managed planning, scheduling and coordination of outpatient procedures.
- Reviewed medical histories and current information to provide accurate information to surgeons.
- Advocated for patients by communicating care preferences to practitioners, verifying interventions met treatment goals and identifying insurance coverage limitations.
- Collected blood, tissue and other laboratory specimens and prepared for lab testing.
RN Coordinator, Health Clinical RN
St. Vincent’s Family Medicine Residency Clinic
Jacksonville, FL
01.2019 - 07.2019
- Clinical Programs/Women’s, Perform obstetrical intake for newly pregnant patients for admission into the practice
- Assist with keeping track of number of deliveries, procedures, and continuity of care patients for resident doctors
- Coordinate ongoing care referrals for high risk pregnancies
- Work closely with surgery schedulers in hospital to get clinic patients added to surgical schedule
- Working closely with insurance companies to obtain authorizations for medications and surgical procedures
- Women’s health Registered Nurse obtain vitals, check in and out patients, report any abnormal findings to resident doctors and MDs
- Assist MDs and resident doctors with pap smears, vaginal exams, colposcopy, removal of IUD and Nexplanon birth controls, and assist with endometrial biopsies as needed.
- Onboarded new employees through orientation meetings and training sessions before deployment to different departments.
- Enforced nursing practice standards and recommended unit and institution policies and procedures to boost medical care quality.
Travel Postpartum Mother Baby RN
Tallahassee Memorial Hospital
Tallahassee, FL
10.2018 - 01.2019
- Assess postpartum patients’ physical condition and monitor parameters for fresh vaginal and c-section deliveries
- Manage pain control for postpartum patients
- Assessing and continuing care for high risk neonates (LGA, SGA, late preterm) and healthy term neonates and report any abnormal findings to physician
- Proficient in reading and reporting any abnormality in non-stress tests
- AWONN Intermediate Fetal Monitoring course obtained
- Develop, implement, and evaluate an individualized and specific discharge plan of care based on assessment of the patient and family/significant other’s needs
- Promotes a philosophy of maternal/infant care that advocates breastfeeding and supports the normal physiological development of neonate and postpartum patient
- Experience in working at Baby Friendly Facility
- Experience with Cerner Maternity charting system
- Coordinate and assist in providing medical care for the high-risk obstetrical patients presenting with obstetrical complications and conditions
- (Pre-eclampsia, eclampsia, premature rupture of membranes, late preterm infants, small for gestational age, large for gestational age, IV antibiotics administration in neonates)
Postpartum and Baby Nurse
North Florida Regional Medical Center
Gainesville, FL
01.2018 - 10.2018
- PRN employee working as needed
- Assess postpartum patients’ physical condition and monitor parameters for fresh vaginal and c-section deliveries
- Monitor parameters for antepartum patients and report any deviation from normal pregnancy findings
- Manage pain control for postpartum and antepartum patients
- Attend deliveries and work with registered respiratory therapist to directly care for newborn baby, APGAR score baby, initial assessment, ballard and dubowitz scoring on newborn baby during 1st 2 hours of life
- Assessing and continuing care for high risk neonates (LGA, SGA, late preterm) and healthy term neonates and report any findings to physician
- Proficient in reading and reporting any abnormality in non-stress tests
- AWONN Intermediate Fetal Monitoring course obtained
- Develop, implement, and evaluate an individualized and specific discharge plan of care based on assessment of the patient and family/significant other’s needs
- Promotes a philosophy of maternal/infant care that advocates breastfeeding and supports the normal physiological development of neonate and postpartum patient
- Coordinate and assist in providing medical care for the high-risk obstetrical patients presenting with obstetrical complications and conditions
- (Pre-eclampsia, eclampsia, premature rupture of membranes, late preterm infants, small for gestational age, large for gestational age, IV antibiotics administration in neonates)
- ACLS certification current, NRP certified, AWONN Intermediate Fetal Monitoring course, BLS, and proficient in MEDITECH and CPN Centricity charting systems.
Maternal Newborn Registered Nurse
Baptist Medical Center Jacksonville
Jacksonville, FL
10.2012 - 01.2018
- PRN working as needed
- Previously Full time employee 72 hours
- Excel RN program to continue education and further my skills and knowledge set as it applies to maternal newborn unit
- Helps to maintain hospital’s magnet status
- Active member on unit council for maternal newborn unit to discuss, plan, and better our unit for the good of the team
- Assess postpartum patients’ physical condition and monitor parameters for antepartum patients, vaginal and cesarean section deliveries through discharge from hospital
- Act as charge nurse relief for nursery and postpartum units, directly manage team for the day and report to nurse manager
- As charge nurse, act as resource for unit if any team member needing assistance with placing IVs, blood draws, and any issue unique to our unit
- Directly interact with interdisciplinary teams (social work, dietary, high risk fetal medicine) to better the needs for our patient
- Manage pain control for antepartum and postpartum patients
- Assessing and continuing care for antepartum patient and reporting any deviation in pregnancy to physician
- Assessing and continuing care for high risk neonates (LGA, SGA, late preterm) and healthy term neonates and report any findings to physician
- Proficient in reading and reporting any abnormality in non-stress tests
- AWONN Intermediate Fetal Monitoring course obtained
- Develop, implement, and evaluate an individualized and specific discharge plan of care based on assessment of the patient and family/significant other’s needs
- Promotes a philosophy of maternal/infant care that advocates breastfeeding and supports the normal physiological development of neonate and postpartum patient
- Coordinate and assist in providing medical care for the high-risk obstetrical patients presenting with obstetrical complications and conditions
- (Pre-eclampsia, eclampsia, premature rupture of membranes, late preterm infants, small for gestational age, large for gestational age, IV antibiotics administration in neonates)
- ACLS certification current 2/25/17, NRP certified, AWONN Intermediate Fetal Monitoring course 2018, BLS, and proficient in OBTV and Cerner Millennium charting.
Registered Nurse
Baptist Medical Center
Jacksonville, FL
01.2010 - 10.2012
- 23 Hour Observation Unit
- Chest pain certified hospital unit
- Assessing patients for signs and symptoms of chest pain, heart attack, or any other abnormality
- Act as charge nurse relief for unit, directly manage team for the day and report to nurse manager
- As charge nurse, act as resource for unit if any team member needing assistance with placing IVs, blood draws, and any issue unique to our unit
- Directly interact with interdisciplinary teams (social work, dietary, risk management) to better the needs for our patient, obtain placement for home health, obtain orders for any medical equipment needed for patient for home use
- Answering telephones and obtaining physician orders into Cerner Millennium Computer Charting system, ordering supplies as needed
- Collect, report, record basic objective and subjective data
- Observe and report change in signs and symptoms or deviations from normal status
- Provide basic patient information such as making lists of problems and needs and explaining all labs, tests and educating patients and families
- Perform phlebotomy and gather other lab samples
- Provide patients with assistance in doing ADLS
- Record and interpret EKG strips and provide effective communication with all interdisciplinary teams.
Graduate Nurse and Associate Care provider
Baptist Medical Center
Jacksonville, FL
07.2009 - 12.2009
- Assessing patients status post CABG, other heart surgeries, and critically ill patients
- Reporting any subjective and objective data to physician that may be abnormal
- Assisting RN care for post CABG and surgical patients
- Answering telephones and obtaining doctor’s orders, putting in orders into Cerner Millennium system, and ordering supplies
- Assisting RN collect, report and record basic objective and subjective data
- Observe and report any change in signs and symptoms or deviations from normal status
- Providing basic information, which assists the licensed nurse in making lists of problems and needs
- Providing basic information regarding the patient, which assists the licensed nurse in setting goals for patient
- Under supervision obtainaned perform phlebotomy and gather blood samples.
Associate Care Provider, Health Unit Coordinator
Baptist Medical Center
Jacksonville, FL
10.2005 - 03.2007
- Monitor Tech
- Assisting RN with basic care of critically ill patients and post intervention heart catheterization patients
- Assisting RN collect, report, and record basic objective and subjective data
- Observe and report change in signs and symptoms or deviations from normal status
- Provide basic information regarding the patient, which assists the licensed nurse in setting goals for patient
- Under supervision of nurse, perform phlebotomy and gather blood samples.
Education
Master of Science - Nursing Informatics
Jacksonville University
Jacksonville, FL12.2025
Bachelors Degree - Nursing
Jacksonville University
05.2009
Associate - undefined
Florida State College at Jacksonville
08.2005
Skills
- Flexible and Adaptable
- Collaboration
- Conflict Resolution
- Self-motivated professional
- Microsoft Office
- Excellent work ethic
- Active Listening
- Customer Service
- Decision Making
- Responsible
- Good listening skills
- Data Entry
Timeline
RN, Surgery
Clinic
08.2019 - Current
RN Coordinator, Health Clinical RN
St. Vincent’s Family Medicine Residency Clinic
01.2019 - 07.2019
Travel Postpartum Mother Baby RN
Tallahassee Memorial Hospital
10.2018 - 01.2019
Postpartum and Baby Nurse
North Florida Regional Medical Center
01.2018 - 10.2018
Maternal Newborn Registered Nurse
Baptist Medical Center Jacksonville
10.2012 - 01.2018
Registered Nurse
Baptist Medical Center
01.2010 - 10.2012
Graduate Nurse and Associate Care provider
Baptist Medical Center
07.2009 - 12.2009
Associate Care Provider, Health Unit Coordinator
Baptist Medical Center
10.2005 - 03.2007
Master of Science - Nursing Informatics
Jacksonville University
Bachelors Degree - Nursing
Jacksonville University
Associate - undefined
Florida State College at Jacksonville
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