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Melissa Whittington

Lake Mary,FL

Summary

Professional Registered Nurse with over 16 years experience with an advanced cardiac focus. Skilled in assessment, planning, development, implementation, and evaluation of clinical care. Passionate about enhancing performance, promoting professional development and supporting programmatic missions. Committed to utilizing teaching techniques that promote critical thinking and evidence-based practice incorporating principles of adult learning theory. Seeking a Nurse Educator position to utilize my skills and experience to make a positive impact on staff development and patient outcomes.

Overview

17
17
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification

Work History

RN - Invasive Procedures Cardiovascular, CVOU

AdventHealth Orlando
Orlando, FL
12.2014 - Current
  • Execute high level of collaborative patient care within an engaged team environment, while carrying out physician's orders regarding medication, and pre and post procedure recovery care.
  • Work with the interdisciplinary team to provide optimum safety and care to patients in an inpatient and outpatient procedural setting. Utilizing nursing care during the pre-procedural and post-procedural phases of Invasive Cardiac Procedures.
  • Provide guidance and support to staff and ensure the unit run smoothly and efficiently as Charge nurse.
  • Unit Chair of the Nurse Practice Council (NPC). Strong focus on educated and process improvement.
  • Precept and orient new nurses.

RN - Cardiac Surgical Step-down Unit, CVSD

Medstar Union Memorial Hospital
Baltimore, MD
07.2007 - 11.2014
  • Lead as Charge nurse on a Cardiovascular surgical unit. Participating in interdisciplinary rounds to develop and implement patient centered Whole Care plans.
  • Provided safe and efficient direct patient care with strong patient advocacy, in an inpatient cardiac surgical step-down unit.
  • Aquapheresis super-user, chosen to be apart of the new Congestive Heart Failure (CHF) unit.
  • Performed unit based skills per protocol, including epicardial pacing wire function and removal, blake drain removal, and arterial line maintenance and removal.

Education

Associate of Science - Nursing

Carroll Community College
Westminster, MD
05-2006

Bachelor of Science - Nursing

Grand Canyon University
Phoenix, AZ

Skills

  • Strong Clinical Judgement
  • Charge RN dedicated to Team Oriented Environment
  • Patient Advocacy and Safety
  • Ventricular Assist Device (VAD) competent
  • Skilled in Performing and Interpreting EKG
  • Life Pak 15 defibrillator competent
  • Femostop competent
  • Arterial and Venous sheath removal expert

Certification

State of Florida RN License RN 9393454 Expires July 31, 2024

Basic Life Support Expires June 2025

Advanced Cardiac Life Support Expires May 2024

RQI Expires March 2024

Accomplishments

Unit Employee of the Quarter -2023

Daisy Award Nominations

Nurse Excellence Nomination - 2017

NPC Chair - current

VAD Champion - current

Member of the Professional Excellence Program - current

Timeline

RN - Invasive Procedures Cardiovascular, CVOU

AdventHealth Orlando
12.2014 - Current

RN - Cardiac Surgical Step-down Unit, CVSD

Medstar Union Memorial Hospital
07.2007 - 11.2014

Associate of Science - Nursing

Carroll Community College

Bachelor of Science - Nursing

Grand Canyon University

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