Kristy McDowell
Chester,MD
Summary
Extensive experience with patient care and leadership roles in a wide variety of settings within a hospital.
Overview
11
11
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification
Work History
Evening Clinical Supervisor
Luminis Health Anne Arundel Medical Center
03.2023 - Current
- Post Anesthesia Care Unit: 20 Bay unit and a outpatient facility with 12 bays
- Developed and adjusted work schedules for staff while managing day to day operations of the unit.
- Established and maintained effective communication with staff, physicians and community organizations to promote high quality patient care.
- Liaised with other healthcare professionals to develop comprehensive patient care plans and provide highest quality of care.
- Responded to crisis situations with calm and professional approach to optimize support.
Staff nurse
Luminis Health Anne Arundel Medical Center
01.2019 - 03.2023
- Post Anesthesia Care Unit: 20 bay unit
- Monitored patients' conditions and reported changes in physical presentation, appearance, and behavior to discuss treatment with physicians.
- Provided care to the community hospital population; ambulatory, floor, intermediate and critical care patients in a wide array of specialties, both pediatric and adult
- Managed postoperative pain and surgical sites
- Acted as a relief charge nurse and preceptor to new nurses on the unit
- Implemented medication and IV administration, catheter insertion, and airway management.
Travel RN
UM Shore Medical Center
10.2018 - 12.2018
- Emergency Department
- 32 beds with 1 trauma room
- Provides nursing care to patients with strokes and neurological issues, cardiac related issues, mental health issues, head injuries, lacerations and cardiac and respiratory arrest
- Efficiently starts IV’s, administers PO/IV medications in emergent and non-emergent patients, provides education to patients and families throughout their entire stay in the ED and various emergency procedures as required
Staff Nurse
Virginia Hospital Center
05.2018 - 09.2018
- Cardiac catheterization lab
- Circulating nurse for diagnostic and interventional cardiac catheterizations, electrophysiology studies and pacemaker/ ICD implants
- Administers conscious sedation medications under physician supervision
- Monitors patients vital signs during procedure and administers any IV medications as needed
Staff nurse
Virginia Hospital Center
05.2017 - 05.2018
- Cardiac Catheterization recovery
- Prep and recover patients for specialty procedures including diagnostic and interventional cardiac catheterizations, electrophysiology studies and pacemaker/ICD placement
- Assists the doctor with cardioversions and transesophageal echocardiogram procedures
- Provide instructions and education to the patient and their family before discharge
- Maintains and monitors patients vital signs, performs EKG’s, places IV access, maintains groin and arterial sheaths with pressure tubing
Staff Nurse
Virginia Hospital Center
11.2013 - 05.2017
- Emergency Department
- Acted a charge, nurse, preceptor and triage nurse
- Experienced in a busy community hospital caring for patients from pediatrics through geriatrics
- Exposure to a wide range of patients including acute myocardial infarction, hemorrhagic and ischemic stroke, hemodynamic instability, sepsis, and mental health
- Administration of a variety of high risk medications including vasopressors, TPA, conscious sedation, and code medications
- Maintains and monitors multiple devices such as telemetry, capnography, central lines, arterial lines, endotracheal tubes, chest tubes, OG/NG tubes and transvenous pacing.
Staff nurse
Kennedy Krieger Institute
02.2013 - 10.2013
- Rehabilitation Unit
- Performed duties of a registered nurse at a comprehension rehabilitation facility for children
- Provide care for infants to teenagers with ventilator dependence, tracheostomy dependence, spinal cord injury, traumatic brain injury, feeding disorders, and a variety of other disorders/disease processes
Education
Bachelor of Science - Nursing
Marymount University
Arlington, VA12.2012
Bachelor of Science - Recreation Administration
York College of Pennsylvania
York, PA08.2008
Skills
- Facility Oversight
- Unit Leadership
- Staff Training
- Direct Patient Care
- Problem Identification
- EMR Systems
- Clinical Staff Management
- Unit Supervision
Certification
- Registered Nurse: Maryland, Licensed # R205222, Expires 01/28/2024
- ACLS - Expires 9/30/2023
- BLS- Expires 01/31/2025
- PALS- Expires 4/30/2024
Timeline
Evening Clinical Supervisor
Luminis Health Anne Arundel Medical Center
03.2023 - Current
Staff nurse
Luminis Health Anne Arundel Medical Center
01.2019 - 03.2023
Travel RN
UM Shore Medical Center
10.2018 - 12.2018
Staff Nurse
Virginia Hospital Center
05.2018 - 09.2018
Staff nurse
Virginia Hospital Center
05.2017 - 05.2018
Staff Nurse
Virginia Hospital Center
11.2013 - 05.2017
Staff nurse
Kennedy Krieger Institute
02.2013 - 10.2013
Bachelor of Science - Nursing
Marymount University
Bachelor of Science - Recreation Administration
York College of Pennsylvania
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