Melvina Boynes
Justice,IL
Summary
- Excellent Qualifications for any Registered Nursing Position
- 10+ years of progressive and diversified experience in providing patient care
- Excellent time management and organizational skills
- Able to communicate effectively with medical professionals, patients and the public
- Extensive knowledge of medical procedures and terminology
- Proven record of flexibility and adaptability to any assignment or position
Overview
34
34
years of professional experience
Work History
Registered Nurse—Staff Nurse
Nursing Temporary Staffing Agencies
06.1990 - Current
- Work as temporary staff at different hospitals providing various types of nursing care according to that particular institutions policies and procedures for the following areas: Medical-Surgical, Telemetry, and Emergency Room.
Registered Nurse
Beverly Walk In Care
09.2009 - 09.2016
- Maintain patient care of standards, perform assessments, appropriate nursing interventions in various areas, transferring patients, discharging patients, collecting specimens, and following up on patients results
- Assisting supervisor in keeping unit organized, making schedule, and assisting with time management of team members.
Registered nurse - Charge Nurse
Bethany Hospital
05.2008 - 01.2009
- Maintaining patient care, performing patient assessments, wound care, admissions, universal precautions, isolation techniques, discharges, transfers, implementing appropriate nursing interventions, trach care, proper ALS (code blue team) of patient if needed, assisting doctors in procedures and PIC Line insertions.
Transfered from Sykes Walk In Care to Beverly Center as team lead R.N. wa later promoted to Clinical Leader of Internal Medicine
Advocated Beverly Center
03.2004 - 05.2005
Worked in walk in care as registered nurse
Advocate Sykes Walk In Care
07.2003 - 03.2004
Registered Nurse—Charge Nurse
Provident Hospital of Cook County
06.1993 - 01.2003
- Maintained patient care standards, performed patient assessments, accountable for admissions, transfer, and discharge of patients, implemented appropriate nursing interventions, consulted with physicians, worked in management level planning, and organizing, including, scheduling, time management and organization of team members, established priorities in multiple demanding situations, received specific training and performance in Recovery Room, Specialty Nurse GI-Endoscope, Radiology intervention nurse, Emergency Room, Medical Surgical, and Mother-Baby Care.
Clinical Nurse Supervisor
Advocate Medical Group
09.2016 - 12.2023
- Conducted in-service training sessions for nursing staff to enhance their skills and stay up-to-date on best practices in the field.
- Established a culture of continuous improvement by encouraging staff members to share ideas and participate in the development of new nursing initiatives.
- Managed staff schedules, assignments, and time-off requests to maintain adequate coverage while minimizing overtime expenses.
- Served as a mentor to new hires, contributing to higher levels of competency among nursing staff members over time.
- Enhanced staff performance by conducting regular performance evaluations and providing constructive feedback.
- Ensured regulatory compliance by staying current on industry standards and integrating them into daily practice.
- Maximized patient satisfaction through empathetic listening, addressing concerns, and fostering strong nurse-patient relationships.
- Supported organizational growth goals by participating in recruitment efforts including interviewing candidates, extending job offers, and facilitating orientation programs.
- Increased staff retention rates by offering professional development opportunities and creating a supportive workplace culture.
- Administered performance evaluations and probationary reviews to assess nursing personnel.
- Collaborated with physicians and interdisciplinary teams to devise and manage individualized plans of care.
- Oversaw training, staffing and education of all nurses and Type staff.
- Supervised professional and paraprofessional nursing staff and delegated tasks to maintain continuum of care.
Education
Associates Degree in Nursing -
Olive Harvey College
Skills
- Medication and IV administration
- Medication Administration
- Direct Patient Care
- Patient Assessments
- Documentation and Charting
- Strong Clinical Judgment
- Patient education and counseling
- Clinical judgment
- Infection control measures
- Compassion and Empathy
- IV setup
- Intravenous therapy
- Licensed RN
- Taking vitals
- Collecting vitals
- Nursing staff leadership
- Medication Distribution
- EMR Systems
- Performing EKGs
- Diabetes and nutrition education
- Emergency Procedures
- HIPAA Education
Affiliations
- Illinois Nurses Association
- Black Nurses Association
Licenseandcertification
- Licensed Registered Nurse, Illinois, Chicago, IL
- Current Basic Life Support (BLS) Certification
- Current Advance Cardiac Life Support (ACLS) Certification
- Current Pediatric Advance Life Support (PALS) Certification
References
Available upon Requests
Timeline
Clinical Nurse Supervisor
Advocate Medical Group
09.2016 - 12.2023
Registered Nurse
Beverly Walk In Care
09.2009 - 09.2016
Registered nurse - Charge Nurse
Bethany Hospital
05.2008 - 01.2009
Transfered from Sykes Walk In Care to Beverly Center as team lead R.N. wa later promoted to Clinical Leader of Internal Medicine
Advocated Beverly Center
03.2004 - 05.2005
Worked in walk in care as registered nurse
Advocate Sykes Walk In Care
07.2003 - 03.2004
Registered Nurse—Charge Nurse
Provident Hospital of Cook County
06.1993 - 01.2003
Registered Nurse—Staff Nurse
Nursing Temporary Staffing Agencies
06.1990 - Current
Associates Degree in Nursing -
Olive Harvey College