Linda Goulet
Ocala
Summary
Experienced healthcare professional skilled in patient care, critical thinking, and communication. Strong focus on team collaboration and achieving optimal patient outcomes. Reliable and adaptable, ensuring efficient and compassionate care in dynamic environments. Equipped with expertise in medical procedures, patient assessments, and care coordination.
Overview
35
35
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification
Work History
RN Nurse Therapist
Take Charge Cardiac Rehab
06.2023 - 11.2025
- Telemetry monitored and prioritized multiple patients, demonstrating strong attention to detail and efficiency under pressure.
- Guided and educated patients, illustrating patience, interpersonal skills, and adaptability.
- Collaborated with interdisciplinary teams to achieve share goals, showcasing teamwork and cooperation.
- Maintained accurate documentation and reports, highlighting reliability and organizational skills.
- Adapted quickly to changing circumstances, making timely decisions in fast-paced environments.
Registered Nurse
Cardiac Surgical Specialists
09.2019 - 04.2023
- Sole nurse for a cardiothoracic surgery practice.
- Analyze lab and test results that come into the office. When concerns are noted, bring issues to the attention of the providers and follow through with orders.
- Triage clinical calls from patients and utilize nursing assessment skills to address problems that occur, and notify providers as needed.
- Extensive chart preparation for cardiothoracic surgery patients.
- Obtain thorough patient histories.
- Developed professional relationships with skilled nursing facility nurses and home health nurses. Communicate with them on a daily basis regarding patients post op care, orders, questions and concerns.
Peritoneal Dialysis Nurse
Davita Home Division
09.2018 - 05.2019
- Train patient and caregivers to perform home dialysis treatments independently with care giver support, assess patient's ability to learn PD modality and create training plan.
- Provide un-supervised patient care including vital signs, initiation and termination of dialysis, documentation, physical assessment of patients and patient's treatment.
- Utilize nursing assessment skills to address problems that occur for home therapy patients.
- Analyzes patient assessment, laboratory data and when concerns are noted, bring issues to the attention of the physician.
Nurse Clinician
Minnesota Lung Center/Minnesota Sleep Institute
01.2012 - 05.2018
- Interview patients to collect patterns of symptoms and behaviors and synthesize a sequential presentation of the history of the present illness, and correlate it with the prior medical history.
- Perform a basic physical assessment for the physician.
- Phone triage, refill medications via pharmacy and/or electronic submission and complete prior authorizations.
- Responsible for monitoring patients on controlled substances in the MN Prescription Monitoring Program.
Staff Nurse
Sanger Heart and Vascular Institute
07.2007 - 10.2010
- Perform nuclear stress tests, stress echos, treadmill stress tests, and bubble studies.
- Coumadin clinic and Lovenox bridging instructions.
- Nurse patient schedule for BP checks, EKGs, event monitors and education of new medications and/or disease processes.
- Start IV's and venipuncture. Administer IV meds, i.e. Cardizem, Lopressor, Adenosine, and Lasix.
- Responsible for staff schedules, insuring yearly job competencies of RN's and MOA's, handling questions and/or concerns from staff and patients, assisting MD's with orders and requests.
Dialysis Charge Nurse
Gambro Healthcare Center
07.2001 - 10.2004
- Supervise direct patient care given by LPNs and PCTs.
- Perform hemodialysis and thorough assessments pre/post dialysis.
- Analysis of patient lab results.
- Extensive education to patient and family regarding disease process and medications, prescribed dialysis treatment, access care.
- Responsible for staff education of infection control and correct cannulation techniques.
Staff Nurse
Southwest Florida Regional Medical Center
09.2000 - 07.2001
- Surgical Progressive Care Unit (Open-heart and Kidney Transplant)
- Proficient assessment and evaluation of open-heart and renal transplant patients.
- Telemetry monitoring.
- Administration of IV cardiac antiarrhythmics, IV start and venipuncture.
Staff Nurse and Charge Nurse
Hennepin County Medical Center
05.1991 - 08.2000
- Post-Coronary/Cardiovascular Surgery/Renal Telemetry Unit
- Proficient assessment and evaluation of cardiac and renal patients.
- Telemetry monitoring.
- Administration of IV cardiac antiarrhythmics, IV start and venipuncture.
- Recover heart cath and renal biopsy patients.
- Responsible for delegation of job duties, communication and collaboration with Physicians/House Supervisor on bed availability, staffing.
- Mentor for new nurses
Staff Nurse
Metropolitan Mount Sinai Medical Center
06.1990 - 05.1991
- Proficient assessment and evaluation of orthopedic patients.
- IV start and venipuncture. CPM machines. Discharge planning
Education
Associate of Science degree - Nursing
Anoka Ramsey Community College
Coon Rapids, MN06.1990
Skills
- Clinical decision-making
- Medical record documentation
- Effective leadership
- Detail-oriented organization
- Compassionate listener
- Building patient rapport
Certification
- Registered Nurse (RN) - FL
- Basic Life Support (BLS)
- Advanced Cardiac Life Support (ACLS)
Timeline
RN Nurse Therapist
Take Charge Cardiac Rehab
06.2023 - 11.2025
Registered Nurse
Cardiac Surgical Specialists
09.2019 - 04.2023
Peritoneal Dialysis Nurse
Davita Home Division
09.2018 - 05.2019
Nurse Clinician
Minnesota Lung Center/Minnesota Sleep Institute
01.2012 - 05.2018
Staff Nurse
Sanger Heart and Vascular Institute
07.2007 - 10.2010
Dialysis Charge Nurse
Gambro Healthcare Center
07.2001 - 10.2004
Staff Nurse
Southwest Florida Regional Medical Center
09.2000 - 07.2001
Staff Nurse and Charge Nurse
Hennepin County Medical Center
05.1991 - 08.2000
Staff Nurse
Metropolitan Mount Sinai Medical Center
06.1990 - 05.1991
Associate of Science degree - Nursing
Anoka Ramsey Community College