MELANIE CURTIS
Romulus,USA
Summary
Experienced nursing professional with a talent for delivering exceptional patient care, adapting to changing patient needs and environmental conditions. Collaborative team player with extensive healthcare knowledge, effective communication skills, and strong clinical decision-making abilities. Seeking to leverage my capabilities in the Registered Nurse role at your organization.
Overview
9
9
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification
Work History
REGISTERED NURSE
PASSPORT HEALTH
08.2022 - Current
- Provide comprehensive travel health consultations, including educating patients on travel recommendations, administering vaccinations, providing pre travel physicals, and providing medications as needed.
- Adhering to and staying up to date with CDC guidelines and recommendations.
- Conducting immigration physical assessments, verifying vaccination records, administering needed vaccinations, and ensuring that the required documentation is completed accurately and submitted to the appropriate authorities.
RN AMBULATORY CARE COORDINATOR
Corewell Health
02.2022 - Current
- Monitor and coordinate patients' treatment plans, educate them about their condition, connect them with health care providers, and evaluate their progress.
- Consult with patients and family members to discuss their health problems.
- Educate patients about their condition, medication, and give specific instructions.
- Develop and monitor a care plan to address their personal health needs.
- Consult and collaborate with other health care providers and specialists to set up patient appointments and treatment plans.
- Check in on patients to evaluate and document their progress.
- Assist the care team with developing and assessing health interventions.
- Billing appropriate PDCM patients.
POHA/PACU/ENDOSCOPY NURSE
Corewell Health
07.2017 - 02.2022
- Preop patients for surgical procedures.
- Verify that readmit testing has been completed.
- Obtain surgical and anesthesia consents on day of surgery.
- Draw labs, starts IVs, administer IV fluids and medications per physicians/ anesthesia protocols.
- Ensure vitals and labs are within normal limits and report any abnormalities to physician/ anesthesiologist before procedure.
- Taking role as charge nurse, making sure area runs appropriately, and assisting other team members as needed.
- Postoperatively receive patient from anesthesia and obtain report. Maintain airway, monitor vitals, monitor surgical site(s), and pain levels.
- Administer medications per protocols and physicians orders.
- Ensure patient safety until stable and and ready for discharge per protocol to go home or to inpatient setting.
- Go over full discharge instructions with patient and patient visitor and insure understanding. Implementing the teach back method when possible.
- Prepping endoscopy room for daily procedures.
- Assisting doctors with endoscopy procedures as both circulating and scrub nurse.
- Obtaining proper storage of any specimen obtained.
- Cleaning/ decontaminating endoscopes and proper storage.
COVID 19 ICU REDEPLOYMENT NURSE
Corewell Health
03.2020 - 06.2020
- Direct patient care.
- Monitored patients fluid intake and output to detect emerging problems such as fluid and electrolyte imbalances.
- Prioritized nursing care for assigned critically ill patients, based on assessment data and identified needs.
- Compiled and analyzed data obtained from monitoring and diagnostic tests.
- Administered medications intravenously, by injection, orally, through gastric tubes, and by other methods.
- Advocated for patients' and families' needs, or provided emotional support for patients and families.
- Conducted pulmonary assessments to identify abnormal respiratory patterns or breathing sounds that indicate problems.
- Collaborated with other health care professionals to develop and revise treatment plans, based on identified needs and assessment data.
- Documented patients' treatment plans, interventions, outcomes, or plan revisions.
- Evaluated patients' vital signs and laboratory data to determine emergency intervention needs.
- Identified patients at risk of complications due to nutritional status.
- Provided post-mortem care.
- Helped set up and monitored medical equipment and devices such as cardiac monitors, mechanical ventilators and alarms, oxygen delivery devices, transducers, and pressure lines.
- Assessed patients' pain levels and sedation requirements.
- Administered blood and blood products, monitoring patients for signs and symptoms related to transfusion reactions.
- Collected specimens for laboratory tests.
EMERGENCY ROOM REGISTERED NURSE
Corewell Health
02.2016 - 07.2017
- Performed physical examinations to make tentative diagnoses.
- Consulted and coordinated with healthcare team members to plan, implement, or evaluate patient care plans.
- Monitored, recorded, and reported symptoms or changes in patients' conditions.
- Assessed patient's physical and psychosocial status to determine readiness for discharge.
- Referred patients to specialized health resources and community agencies for further assistance.
- Followed infection control procedures to prevent or stop spread of infections.
- Administered medications to patients and monitored for reactions or side effects.
- Interviewed patients to obtain medical information and measure vital signs.
- Demonstrated ability to manage multiple tasks while remaining adaptable and flexible.
- Used computers to complete necessary patient charts and documentation on patients' progress.
- Reported test results and patient conditions to primary care doctors for review.
- Demonstrated awareness of patient and family rights, age-specific needs and cultural beliefs.
- Communicated test results and patient care needs to family members and caregivers.
- Treated emergency injuries by stopping bleeding areas and reducing swelling.
- Performed resuscitative and CPR techniques during emergency situations.
TELEPHONE TRIAGE NURSE
IHA Cares
08.2016 - 02.2017
- Educated individuals and families on health education and disease prevention.
- Consulted and coordinated with healthcare team members to plan, implement, or evaluate patient care plans.
- Ordered, interpreted, and evaluated diagnostic tests to identify and assess patient's condition.
- Used computers to complete necessary patient charts and documentation on patients' progress.
- Interviewed patients to obtain medical information and measure vital signs.
Education
Bachelor of Science (B.S.) - Nursing
Chamberlain College of Nursing
03.2017
Associate in Science (A.S.) - Nursing
Wayne County Community College
06.2015
Associate in Science (A.S.) - undefined
Wayne County Community College
06.2010
High School Diploma - undefined
Wayne Memorial High School
06.2005
Skills
- Medication and IV administration
- Direct patient care
- Patient assessments
- Documentation and charting in EMR
- Strong clinical judgment
- Patient and family advocacy
- Infection control measures
- Compassion and empathy
- Care planning
- Intravenous therapy
- Professional bedside manner
- Advanced cardiac life support (ACLS) certification
Certification
- Registered Nurse: Michigan State Board of Nursing: License # 4704317270
- Basic Life Support and CPR Certified by the American Heart Association
- Advanced Cardiovascular Life Support Certified
Timeline
REGISTERED NURSE
PASSPORT HEALTH
08.2022 - Current
RN AMBULATORY CARE COORDINATOR
Corewell Health
02.2022 - Current
COVID 19 ICU REDEPLOYMENT NURSE
Corewell Health
03.2020 - 06.2020
POHA/PACU/ENDOSCOPY NURSE
Corewell Health
07.2017 - 02.2022
TELEPHONE TRIAGE NURSE
IHA Cares
08.2016 - 02.2017
EMERGENCY ROOM REGISTERED NURSE
Corewell Health
02.2016 - 07.2017
Associate in Science (A.S.) - Nursing
Wayne County Community College
Associate in Science (A.S.) - undefined
Wayne County Community College
High School Diploma - undefined
Wayne Memorial High School
Bachelor of Science (B.S.) - Nursing
Chamberlain College of Nursing
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