Latoya Head
Nashville ,Tennessee
Summary
Experienced ICU and PACU nurse with a strong dedication to delivering exceptional patient care in a dynamic healthcare setting. Leveraging years of expertise in critical care and surgical nursing. Committed to providing evidence-based practice and fostering patient well-being. Collaborating with interdisciplinary teams to optimize outcomes and contribute to the overall success of the healthcare team.
Overview
9
9
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification
Work History
Travel Pacu RN
WellStar Kennestone Hospital Level I
Marietta, GA
07.2024 - Current
- Administered medications accurately and safely, reducing medication errors and adverse reactions.
- Enhanced patient satisfaction through effective communication, empathy, and timely response to their needs.
- Collaborated with interdisciplinary teams for comprehensive patient care plans, resulting in better health outcomes.
- Administered medications via oral, IV, and intramuscular injections and monitored responses.
PACU
Favorite Staffing
08.2022 - Current
- Monitoring post-operative patients’ levels of recovery and consciousness from anesthesia and providing updates to the treatment team as needed
- Treating pain, nausea, and other post-operative symptoms of anesthesia and administering medication as prescribed
- Regularly checking vital signs to quickly intercept any potential issues and ensure a smooth recovery
- Keeping bandages, dressings, etc
- Clean, dry, and safe
- Educating patients and their families on post-surgery care, as well as answering questions
- Updating charts, patient files, and medical records
Strike Registered Nurse, PACU
US Nursing
Portland, OR
06.2024 - 06.2024
- Utilized critical thinking skills to prioritize nursing interventions based on patients'' acuity levels and individual needs.
- Conducted thorough patient assessments to identify changes in condition, promptly notifying physicians and initiating appropriate interventions when necessary.
- Administered medications safely according to established guidelines while closely monitoring for side effects or adverse reactions requiring intervention.
- Enhanced patient satisfaction by providing compassionate, holistic nursing care that addressed physical, emotional, and spiritual needs.
Registry Critical Care Registered Nurse
Healthtrust
Woodland Hills, CA
03.2023 - 06.2024
- Provide continuous, high-level care for critically ill patients and their families
- Monitoring life support equipment, attending to wounds, responding to changing patient conditions and providing advanced life support
- Documents all patient care
- Acting as a patient advocate
- Responsible for managing medication doses, anesthesia and ventilatory support
Strike Critical Care/ Stepdown Registered Nurse
US Nursing
Santa Clara, California
04.2024 - 04.2024
- Documents all patient care
- Acting as a patient advocate
- Regularly checking vital signs to quickly intercept any potential issues and ensure a smooth recovery
- Keeping bandages, dressings, etc
- Clean, dry, and safe
- Educating patients and their families on post-surgery care, as well as answering questions
- Monitoring life support equipment, attending to wounds, responding to changing patient conditions and providing advanced life support
Strike Pain Clinic
Prolink-Continnuum Healthcare
Joliet, IL
02.2024 - 02.2024
- Regularly checking vital signs to quickly intercept any potential issues and ensure a smooth recovery
- Keeping bandages, dressings, etc
- Clean, dry, and safe
- Educating patients and their families on post-surgery care, as well as answering questions
- Updating charts, patient files, and medical records
- Assist with sterile setup and monitoring during the procedure
Strike CV Stepdown Registered Nurse
US Nursing
Thousand Oaks, California
11.2023 - 11.2023
- Documents all patient care
- Acting as a patient advocate
- Regularly checking vital signs to quickly intercept any potential issues and ensure a smooth recovery
- Keeping bandages, dressings, etc
- Clean, dry, and safe
- Educating patients and their families on post-surgery care, as well as answering questions
Strike Critical Care/CV Stepdown Registered Nurse
US Nursing
New Brunswick, NJ
08.2023 - 09.2023
- Documents all patient care
- Acting as a patient advocate
- Regularly checking vital signs to quickly intercept any potential issues and ensure a smooth recovery
- Keeping bandages, dressings, etc
- Clean, dry, and safe
- Educating patients and their families on post-surgery care, as well as answering questions
ICU Neuro
Carerev
St Louis
06.2022 - 11.2022
- Provide continuous, high-level care for critically ill patients and their families
- Monitoring life support equipment, attending to wounds, responding to changing patient conditions, and providing advanced life support
- Documents all patient care
- Acting as a patient advocate
- Responsible for managing medication doses, anesthesia and ventilatory support
Strike Rapid Response Nurse
Aya Healthcare
Minnesota
09.2022 - 09.2022
- Documents all patient care
- Lent critical care experience and thinking to streamline rapid response team operations
- Provided direct patient care, stabilized patients and determined next course of action
- Collected blood, tissue and other laboratory specimens and prepared for lab testing
- Monitored patient reactions to drugs and carefully documented findings
- Collaborated with physicians to quickly assess patients and deliver appropriate treatment while managing rapidly changing conditions
- Implemented medication and IV administration, catheter insertion and airway management
Covid ICU Rapid Response
Krucial Staffing
Arlington, Texas
08.2021 - 02.2022
- Provide continuous, high-level care for critically ill patients and their families
- Monitoring life support equipment, attending to wounds, responding to changing patient conditions, and providing advanced life support
- Documents all patient care
- Acting as a patient advocate
- Responsible for managing medication doses, anesthesia and ventilatory support
Critical care, Stepdown
Kaiser Santa Clara
01.2021 - 08.2021
- Provide continuous, high-level care for critically ill patients and their families
- Monitoring life support equipment, attending to wounds, responding to changing patient conditions, and providing advanced life support
- Documents all patient care
- Acting as a patient advocate
- Responsible for managing medication doses, anesthesia and ventilatory support
Critical Care Nurse
Angel Staffing
ST Joseph Medical Center
11.2020 - 12.2020
- Provide continuous, high-level care for critically ill patients and their families
- Monitoring life support equipment, attending to wounds, responding to changing patient conditions and providing advanced life support
- Documents all patient care
- Acting as a patient advocate
- Responsible for managing medication doses, anesthesia and ventilatory support
Covid-19 Critical Care/Pacu Nurse
AMI Healthcare
Curacao
05.2020 - 08.2020
- Frequently check PACU patients, monitoring their vital signs and other post-surgical factors
- Review each patient’s medical history, taking note of important information
- Perform post-operative tasks, such as changing bandages and giving patients medications
- Provide patients and their family members or caretakers with information about home recovery, including any restrictions on diet or activity
- Determine if patients are ready to leave the facility or if they need more specialized care in the ICU
- Collaborate with physicians, surgeons, anesthesiologists, technologists, and other hospital personnel as necessary to provide quality patient care
Covid-19 Rapid Response Nurse
Krucial Staffing
North Central Bronx Hospital
03.2020 - 05.2020
- Provide continuous, high-level care for critically ill patients and their families
- Monitoring life support equipment, attending to wounds, responding to changing patient conditions and providing advanced life support
- Documents all patient care
- Acting as a patient advocate
- Responsible for managing medication doses, anesthesia and ventilatory support
Registry Critical Care Registered Nurse
Healthtrust
San Jose, Ca
03.2019 - 10.2021
- Provide continuous, high-level care for critically ill patients and their families
- Monitoring life support equipment, attending to wounds, responding to changing patient conditions and providing advanced life support
- Documents all patient care
- Acting as a patient advocate
- Responsible for managing medication doses, anesthesia and ventilatory support
Critical Care Registered Nurse
Advantage RN
Nashville, Tennessee
08.2018 - 02.2019
- Provide continuous, high-level care for critically ill patients and their families
- Monitoring life support equipment, attending to wounds, responding to changing patient conditions and providing advanced life support
- Documents all patient care
- Acting as a patient advocate
- Responsible for managing medication doses, anesthesia and ventilatory support
ICU Registered Nurse
Aventura Hospital and Medical Center
Miami, Fl
09.2016 - 08.2018
- Assessing a patient’s condition and planning and implementing patient care plans
- Treating wounds and providing advanced life support
- Acting as a patient advocate
- Providing education and support to patient families
- Administering intravenous fluids and medications
- Following protocol and providing standardized patient care
Registered Nurse
Correct Care Solutions
Nashville, TN
01.2016 - 01.2018
- Physical assessment & triage of new patients
- Acute mental health assessment & responder
- Acute patient (substance-ETOH& Drugs) triage & responder
- Clinical, dental & psychiatric referral coordination
- Administer & prepare medication & immunization
- Developed & implement medical electronic charting data system
- Utilization nurse-chronic illness referral management with the civil sector
- Documentation-Narcotics medication & Sharps count; Daily DM records
- Provide assistance to patients for referral & coordination
Education
Bachelor of Science - Nursing
Cumberland University
Lebanon, TN08.2015
High School Diploma -
Hunters Lane Comprehensive High School
Nashville, TN05.2008
Skills
- Critical thinker
- Excellent time management
- Adaptable learner
- Strong research skills
- Planning/coordinating
- Proficiency in Microsoft Word
- Proficiency in Excel
- Proficiency in PowerPoint
- Leadership abilities
- Self-starter
- Honest employee
- Excellent communication skills
- Attention to detail
- Leadership experience
Certification
- BLS, 09/26
- ACLS, 09/26
- PALs,04/26
- NIH Certification expires 11/24
- California Registered Nurse, RN9561846, 01/26
- Tennessee Registered Nurse, RN 210722, 12/25
- New York Registered Nurse, RN759725, 11/26
- Michigan Registered Nurse, 4704396946, 09/24
- Minnesota Registered Nurse, 2503698, 12/25
- Illinois Registered Nurse, 041.493517, 05/26
- Oregon Registered Nurse, 10013013, 12/25
- Connecticut Registered Nurse, 218559, 12/24
- Hawaii Registered Nurse, RN-117378-0, 06/25
- Massachusetts Registered Nurse RN10001319 12/24
- Nevada Registered Nurse RN Temp879720, 12/24
References
Available upon request
Timeline
Travel Pacu RN
WellStar Kennestone Hospital Level I
07.2024 - Current
Strike Registered Nurse, PACU
US Nursing
06.2024 - 06.2024
Strike Critical Care/ Stepdown Registered Nurse
US Nursing
04.2024 - 04.2024
Strike Pain Clinic
Prolink-Continnuum Healthcare
02.2024 - 02.2024
Strike CV Stepdown Registered Nurse
US Nursing
11.2023 - 11.2023
Strike Critical Care/CV Stepdown Registered Nurse
US Nursing
08.2023 - 09.2023
Registry Critical Care Registered Nurse
Healthtrust
03.2023 - 06.2024
Strike Rapid Response Nurse
Aya Healthcare
09.2022 - 09.2022
PACU
Favorite Staffing
08.2022 - Current
ICU Neuro
Carerev
06.2022 - 11.2022
Covid ICU Rapid Response
Krucial Staffing
08.2021 - 02.2022
Critical care, Stepdown
Kaiser Santa Clara
01.2021 - 08.2021
Critical Care Nurse
Angel Staffing
11.2020 - 12.2020
Covid-19 Critical Care/Pacu Nurse
AMI Healthcare
05.2020 - 08.2020
Covid-19 Rapid Response Nurse
Krucial Staffing
03.2020 - 05.2020
Registry Critical Care Registered Nurse
Healthtrust
03.2019 - 10.2021
Critical Care Registered Nurse
Advantage RN
08.2018 - 02.2019
ICU Registered Nurse
Aventura Hospital and Medical Center
09.2016 - 08.2018
Registered Nurse
Correct Care Solutions
01.2016 - 01.2018
Bachelor of Science - Nursing
Cumberland University
High School Diploma -
Hunters Lane Comprehensive High School