Maureen Lawless
RN, BSN
Peoria
Summary
Dedicated and compassionate registered nurse with diverse experience in direct patient care. Trained to triage patients, coordinate care, and respond quickly and effectively in emergency situations.
Overview
6
6
years of professional experience
5
5
years of post-secondary education
Work History
Registered Nurse
Carle Health Proctor Emergency Room
2 2023 - Current
- Collaborated with physicians to quickly assess patients and deliver appropriate treatment while managing rapidly changing conditions.
- Documented treatments delivered, medications and IVs administered, discharge instructions, and follow-up care.
- Optimized outcomes in critical care situations through advanced life-saving measures.
Registered Nurse
Nurses Caring For People Home Health Care Group
01.2023 - Current
- Responsible for medication administration, taking vital signs, wound care, and documenting patient's condition and activities of daily living.
- Assisted patients with bathing, dressing, oral hygiene, and meeting nutritional needs, while adapting to mobility restrictions.
- Assisted with end-of-life care by providing comfort care to preserve dignity of dying patients.
Aerospace Medical Technician
Illinois Air National Guard
02.2019 - Current
- Member of 182nd Chemical, Biological, Radiological, Nuclear and high-yield Explosive Enhanced Response Force Package unit, or CERFP, which is a medical team responsible for triaging victims, treating injuries, and stabilizing causalities for transfer to medical facility while being capable of operating in a contaminated environment.
- Complete over 80 patient contact hours annually in an emergency department or critical care unit.
- Administer immunizations, perform phlebotomy, take vitals and EKGs to ensure medical readiness of guardsmen.
- Taught Tactical Combat Causality Care as a Certified TCCC instructor to over 100 guardsmen on base.
Registered Nurse
Northwestern Memorial Hospital, Trauma Center
11.2021 - 01.2023
- Provide critical care to include titrating vasopressors, assisting with intubation and sedation, monitoring ventilator settings, assisting with placing arterial lines, obtaining and interpreting ABGs and VBGs.
- Trained to respond quickly and effectively in emergency situations to include cardiac arrest, anaphylaxis, myocardial infarction, trauma, sepsis, postpartum hemorrhage and hypertension, and various other medical emergencies.
- Trained to provide care to trauma patients to include performing rapid trauma assessments, IO placement, tourniquet application, administering TXA, setting up and operating level 1 infuser to quickly infusion blood products and fluids.
Emergency Department Technician
OSF Saint Francis Medical Center
10.2018 - 04.2020
- Responsible for taking vital signs, performing 12 lead EKGs, cardiac monitoring, phlebotomy, and bedside lab testing.
- Assisted with pelvic exams and Foley catheterization, basic respiratory therapy, wound care, performing CPR, and observing patients for any change in condition.
- Requires interpersonal skills to comfort patients and family members, analytical ability to prioritize workload, and ability to react calmly and effectively in emergency situations.
Emergency Medical Technician
Advanced Medical Transport
07.2018 - 01.2020
- Collaborated with paramedics and other EMTs to provide highest quality prehospital emergency care to each patient.
- Provided basic life support, obtained vital signs, performed 12 lead EKGs, administered medications, assessed each patient, and provided appropriate treatment based on assessment findings, and assisted paramedics in all advanced life support situations.
- Completed patient care reports to record primary and secondary impressions, assessment, chief complaint, and vital signs.
Education
Bachelor of Science - Nursing
Mennonite College of Nursing-Illinois State
Bloomington 05.2020 - 05.2021
Bachelor of Science - Molecular and Cellular Biology
University of Illinois At Urbana-Champaign
Champaign 08.2013 - 05.2017
Skills
Patient Assessments
Wound care
Medication Administration
Strong clinical judgment
Proper catheter insertion/removal
Critical care
Infection control measures
Intravenous therapy
Patient and family advocacy
Trauma recovery
EMR / EHR
Accomplishments
- AHA Basic Life Support
- AHA Advanced Cardiac Life Support
- AHA Pediatric Advanced Life Support
- Trauma Nurse Core Course Certification
- Nationally Certified Emergency Medical Technician, Registry Number: E3375821
- International Trauma Life Support and Basic Disaster Life Support
- Hazardous Materials Awareness and Operations
- Tactical Combat Casualty Care
- Neonatal Resuscitation Program
Timeline
Registered Nurse
Nurses Caring For People Home Health Care Group
01.2023 - Current
Registered Nurse
Northwestern Memorial Hospital, Trauma Center
11.2021 - 01.2023
Bachelor of Science - Nursing
Mennonite College of Nursing-Illinois State
05.2020 - 05.2021
Aerospace Medical Technician
Illinois Air National Guard
02.2019 - Current
Emergency Department Technician
OSF Saint Francis Medical Center
10.2018 - 04.2020
Emergency Medical Technician
Advanced Medical Transport
07.2018 - 01.2020
Bachelor of Science - Molecular and Cellular Biology
University of Illinois At Urbana-Champaign
08.2013 - 05.2017
Registered Nurse
Carle Health Proctor Emergency Room
2 2023 - Current