Melissa Johnson
Chester,SC
Summary
QUALIFICATION SUMMARY Driven, compassionate registered nurse with 1 year of professional experience in progressive care, looking to expand knowledge base and develop and utilize specialized nursing skills in a new environment. Experienced in quick, safe, and efficient responses to emergencies while ensuring compliance to institutional policies and regulations.
Overview
3
3
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification
Work History
Registered Nurse
Piedmont Medical Center, Progressive Care Unit
07.2022 - Current
- Skilled in IV insertion, telemetry monitoring, blood transfusions, ostomy and wound care, chest tube management, and NIH stroke assessment
- Deliver nursing care to chronically and acutely ill adults in a busy inpatient progressive care unit, caring for 4-5 patients per day
- Perform comprehensive, skilled assessments, documenting timely and accurately
- Communicate and collaborate with a multidisciplinary team, ensuring individualized, holistic care and the best possible outcomes for patients
- Delegate tasks and care to support staff and follow through for closed-loop communication.
- Provide direct patient care, stabilize patients, and determine next course of action.
Student Nurse
Self Regional Hospital
09.2020 - 04.2021
- Performed skillful assessments, recognized emergencies, and responded appropriately
- Created an individualized plan of care based on the nursing process, communicated with the healthcare team, and provided patient education based on developmental level
- Administered medications intravenously, subcutaneously, intramuscularly, and orally
- Completed insertions and removals of intravenous catheters and performed electrocardiograms
- Performed bladder scans and insertion of a foley catheter.
Student Nurse
Self Regional Hospital, L & D
01.2021 - 04.2021
- Administered medications, charted electronically, performed complete assessments, created individualized plans of care, and evaluated patient progress
- Inserted and removed intravenous catheters
- Ensured patient privacy, patient confidentiality and practiced proper techniques to prevent patient infection
- Communicated and involved patients and their families in the care provided
- Performed neonate assessments and postpartum assessments
- Learned to evaluate progress toward attainment of goals and outcomes
- Learned to recognize normal versus abnormal assessments and vital signs, and how to respond quickly and appropriately to neonatal and obstetric emergencies.
- Worked alongside experienced nursing professionals to learn new procedures.
Education
Bachelor of Science - Nursing
Lander University
Greenwood, SC05.2022
Skills
- Monitoring Telemetry
- Monitoring Vital Signs
- Physician Collaboration
- Patient Advocacy
- Pain Assessment
- Direct Patient Care
- Emergency Response
- Patient Education
- Standard Medical Equipment
- Continuous Education
- Delegation and Motivation
Certification
Experienced in utilizing Epic and Cerner, the electronic documentation systems. Certified in Basic Life
Support, ACLS, as well as basic EKG rhythms, CPI training, and EPIC nurse 100 & 200.
Timeline
Registered Nurse
Piedmont Medical Center, Progressive Care Unit
07.2022 - Current
Student Nurse
Self Regional Hospital, L & D
01.2021 - 04.2021
Student Nurse
Self Regional Hospital
09.2020 - 04.2021
Bachelor of Science - Nursing
Lander University
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