Lillian Turner
Fairburn,GA
Summary
Hardworking nursing professional 9+ years of experience delivering exceptional care to acute care patients in the med-surg telemetry setting. Skilled at maximizing patient comfort and safety while meeting strict cost control standards. Well-organized and forward-thinking in managing patient needs. Agile and responsive to dynamic patient needs and environmental conditions. Team-oriented and reliable with expert healthcare knowledge, clear verbal and written communication skills and sound clinical judgment.
Overview
9
9
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification
Work History
Travel Nurse
TotalMed Staffing
10.2021 - Current
- Administered medications and treatment to patients and monitored responses while working with healthcare teams to adjust care plans.
- Documented all elements of care and updated patient charts and confidential files to reflect changes in care plans, interventions applied, and observations.
- Collaborated with interdisciplinary teams to develop impactful treatment plans.
- Delivered outstanding care to patients with various diagnoses and managed care from treatment initiation through to completion.
- Traveled to Grady Memorial Hospital and Emory Midtown Hospital in Atlanta, Georgia; Atrium Mercy Healthcare in Charlotte, North Carolina, and Nash General Hospital in Rocky Mount, North Carolina.
Travel Nurse
RN Network
07.2020 - 10.2021
- Administered medications and treatment to patients and monitored responses while working with healthcare teams to adjust care plans.
- Documented all elements of care and updated patient charts and confidential files to reflect changes in care plans, interventions applied, and observations.
- Collaborated with interdisciplinary teams to develop impactful treatment plans.
- Delivered outstanding care to patients with various diagnoses and managed care from treatment initiation through to completion.
- Traveled to Rochester General Hospital in Rochester, New York, Houston Methodist Hospital in Houston, Texas, and Nash General Hospital in Rocky Mount, North Carolina.
Registered Nurse, Clinical Training Specialist
SUNY Upstate Medical University Hospital
06.2017 - 07.2020
- Organizes orientation for Support Pool Float RNs (graduate RNs who float to various units for a period of time, usually 4-6 weeks), Medicine-Surgical Travel RNs, New Medicine-Surgical Grade 18 Float Pool RNs, Agency Unit Support Technicians (nurse assistants), State Unit Support Technicians (nurse assistants) and Health Care Technicians (nurse assistants), and Student Clinical Assistants (Nursing students who completed at least one semester of nursing school)
- Coordinates with floor nurse managers and clinical trainers to find preceptors for new staff
- Teaches staff how to do orientation checklists, use Blackboard, use Kronos, use Groupwise, and the proper protocol for time off requests, call-ins, and various other Upstate protocol
- Ensures that required blackboards and annual skills competency are completed by staff
- Serves as Float Staff Nurse (see description under Unit6A below) and Charge Nurse on medicine-surgical units.
Registered Nurse
Float Pool
12.2016 - 06.2017
- Med-Surg Grade 18, Joined the Grade 18 Med-Sure Float Pool, able to float to all medicine and surgery acute care floors at Upstate Downtown and Community Campus, able to serve as Clinical Leader on all medicine and surgery floors, serves as Staff Nurse (see description under Unit6A below) and Charge Nurse on medicine-surgical units.
Registered Nurse
07.2014 - 12.2016
- Served as a staff nurse on 6A, responsible for passing medications, patient assessments, wound care, placing IVs, phlebotomy, communicating with doctors to ensure safe patient care, advocating for patients, worked with inpatient inmate population, provided care for stable ventilator patients, monitored telemetry, trained in chemotherapy, experience with wound vacs, complicated dressing changes, chest tubes, peritoneal dialysis, colostomies, PEG tubes, difficult admissions/discharge, significant charge nurse and preceptor role experience
- Provided consistently empathetic care, actively listens, and establishes rapport quickly with patients to deliver unbiased, satisfactory care.
Education
Masters of Nursing Education - Nursing
Excelsior College
Albany, NYBachelor of Nursing Science -
Onondaga Community College
Syracuse, NYHistory Double
Colgate University
Hamilton, NYSkills
- Privacy and Confidentiality
- Medication Administration
- Patient Assessments
- Regulatory Compliance
- Telemetry Monitoring
- Patient Assessment
- Medical-Surgical Nursing
- Wound Care
- Direct Patient Care
- Patient Needs Assessment
- Chronic Disease Management
- Training Staff
Certification
, Med Surg Certifcation, ANA -March 2019- March 2014
- ACLS Provider June 2022-June 2024
- BLS Provider June 2022-June 2024
Work Availability
monday
tuesday
wednesday
thursday
friday
saturday
sunday
morning
afternoon
evening
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Quote
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Timeline
Travel Nurse
TotalMed Staffing
10.2021 - Current
Travel Nurse
RN Network
07.2020 - 10.2021
Registered Nurse, Clinical Training Specialist
SUNY Upstate Medical University Hospital
06.2017 - 07.2020
Registered Nurse
Float Pool
12.2016 - 06.2017
Registered Nurse
07.2014 - 12.2016
Masters of Nursing Education - Nursing
Excelsior College
Bachelor of Nursing Science -
Onondaga Community College
History Double
Colgate University
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