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Mary Catherine Egan

Summary

Patient-oriented registered nurse with 4 1/2 years of diverse experience in direct patient care. Skilled at multitasking and prioritizing patient needs and daily assignments. Offering expertise with medical-surgical, telemetry, and pre-post surgery nursing specialties. Pursuing role that presents professional challenges and leverages interpersonal skills, effective time management, and problem-solving expertise.

Overview

4
4
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification

Work History

Pre/Post Surgery RN

Ascension St. Joseph
01.2025 - Current
  • Provided pre-surgery intake screening for patients receiving surgery and minor procedures
  • Provided direct patient care, stabilized patients, collaborated with anesthesia providers, and determined next course of action after surgery and minor procedures
  • Advised patients and caregivers of proper wound management, discharge instructions, and safe medication use after surgery

Per Diem Registered Nurse

Rush University Medical Center, RUMC
11.2024 - Current
  • Served as RN under per diem status on general medicine floor.
  • Provided inpatient care to diverse population of adult medical patients.

Contract RN

Aya HealthCare, Host HealthCare and Atlas MedStaff
03.2023 - 11.2024
  • Performed 13 week nursing contracts and upheld best practices and abided the policies specific to each of the facilities where contracts were held.
  • March 2023-June 2023: Medical-Surgical Unit at Barnes Jewish Hospital in St. Louis, MO
  • October 2023-December 2023: Cardiac Telemetry unit at Ascension Alexian Brothers in Elk Grove Village, IL
  • January 2024-April 2024: Medical-Surgical unit at Humboldt Park Health in Chicago, IL
  • April 2024-July 2024: Medical Surgical and orthopedic/trauma unit at John Stroger Jr. Hospital of Cook County, a level one trauma center.
  • August 2024-November 2024: Pulmonary/Cardiac PCU at Northwestern Memorial Hospital in Chicago, IL.

RN Staff Nurse

University Of Kansas Health System
02.2021 - 09.2023
  • Helped aid the hospital staff by working in the acute care float pool from August 2022-September 2023. Provided patient care for various areas of patient populations including trauma, oncology, neurology, burn victims, cardiology, BMT, solid organ transplant and orthopedics.
  • Precepted student nurses and oriented new hires, providing guidance and mentorship when teaching on hospital policies, and nursing best practices.
  • Worked in a medical-surgical unit from February 2021-August 2022 while completing new graduate nurse residency. Served as practice council chair of the unit, a hospital wide committee that helped enforce and revise policies specific to the health system.

Education

Bachelor of Science in Nursing -

Baker University School of Nursing
Topeka, KS
12-2020

Skills

  • Patient Care
  • Discharge planning/teaching
  • Precepting
  • Medication administration
  • Patient assessment
  • Telemetry monitoring
  • Epic and Cerner use
  • Clinical judgment
  • Compassion and empathy
  • Lab result interpretation
  • IV therapy/Phlebotomy

Certification

  • Licensed RN in Missouri and Illinois - 2021-present
  • PALS - Pediatric Advanced Life Support
  • ACLS - Advanced Cardiac Life Support
  • BLS - Basic Life Support

Timeline

Pre/Post Surgery RN

Ascension St. Joseph
01.2025 - Current

Per Diem Registered Nurse

Rush University Medical Center, RUMC
11.2024 - Current

Contract RN

Aya HealthCare, Host HealthCare and Atlas MedStaff
03.2023 - 11.2024

RN Staff Nurse

University Of Kansas Health System
02.2021 - 09.2023

Bachelor of Science in Nursing -

Baker University School of Nursing