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Bunnell,FL
Summary
Dynamic Nursing Development Practitioner at AdventHealth Palm Coast Parkway, recognized for enhancing departmental education and competency through innovative training strategies. Proven leader in emergency management and care team collaboration, delivering exceptional patient outcomes while fostering a culture of continuous learning and critical thinking among staff.
Overview
11
11
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification
Work History
Nursing Development Practitioner
AdventHealth Palm Coast Parkway
Palm Coast, FL
07.2024 - Current
- Identifying the education and competency needs of the department.
- Providing education based on the needs of the department.
- Lecturing for educational classes.
- Being a subject matter expert in various competencies, and providing education to staff.
- Assisting in mock code training and simulations. Developing new lectures and training materials.
- Helped with designing effective training strategies.
- Provided expertise across several nursing specialties.
Interim Emergency Department Nurse Manager
AdventHealth Palm Coast Parkway
Palm Coast, FL
04.2024 - 07.2024
- Manage and lead the daily operations of the emergency department.
- Optimized department patient flow.
- Maintained greater than the 85th percentile in patient experience.
- Met the monthly productivity goal of greater than 102%.
- Supervise and support registered nurses, patient care staff, and support staff of the emergency department.
- Work with other leadership to ensure proper inter-hospital collaboration between all units.
- Collaborate with physicians, and other department leaders, to optimize patient care.
- Monitor compliance with healthcare regulations, safety standards, and policies.
- Conduct regular one-on-ones with staff to go over performance evaluations.
- Developed a schedule based on the department's needs.
- Resolve patient care issues and conduct patient experience rounding to ensure patient needs are met.
- Facilitated regular meetings with nursing staff to discuss performance metrics and best practices.
Assistant Nurse Manager, Emergency Department
AdventHealth Palm Coast Parkway
Palm Coast, FL
08.2023 - 07.2024
- Ensure optimal patient flow.
- Supervise and support the nursing staff.
- Provide and assist with superb patient care.
- Evaluate patient experience to ensure staff is providing a whole care patient experience.
- Ensure that proper hospital safety and policies are being implemented by the staff.
- Assist with the nursing schedule, and attend leadership meetings.
- Collaborate with interdisciplinary teams to ensure compassionate care implementation.
- Assist with training and orientation to the department.
- Delivered clinical assistance to team members.
- Provided guidance on best practices for infection control measures.
- Improved patient outcomes through peer groups and facilitating continuing education.
Registered Nurse-Emergency Department
AdventHealth
Palm Coast, FL
07.2021 - 08.2023
- Provide high-quality, patient-centered care in a fast-paced environment.
- Administer medications following patient safety protocols.
- Perform diagnostic tests. Collaborate with interdisciplinary teams to provide optimal patient care.
- Monitor and document patient progress, vital signs, and response to treatment.
- Assist in life-saving procedures.
- Provide education to patients and families.
- Provide a safe, organized, and clean environment.
- Participate in continuing education.
- Ensure compliance with hospital safety guidelines and procedures.
- Precept and support newly graduated nurses and new nurses in the organization.
- Relief charge for the department.
- Upheld patient safety standards by preventing unauthorized access or incorrect dosage administration.
- Recorded patient condition, vital signs, recovery progress and medication side effects.
- Advocated for patient rights and ethical treatment, ensuring respect and dignity in patient care.
- Administered critical IV medications to stabilize patients for assessment and treatment.
Emergency Department Trauma Nurse
Hospital Of Central Connecticut
New Britain, CT
01.2019 - 05.2021
- Provide care to trauma patients in a high-acuity, fast-paced inner-city emergency department in a level two trauma center.
- Conduct rapid assessments using TNCC protocols.
- Administer medications using patient safety protocols.
- Coordinate patient care with interdisciplinary teams.
- Perform comprehensive assessments based on patients' injuries.
- Ensure proper documentation.
- Provide patient-centered care to patients and families.
- Adhere to hospital safety guidelines.
- Ensure continuing education to provide high-quality care.
- Documented all treatments given to trauma patients according to hospital standards and regulations.
- Managed resources efficiently while providing care to multiple trauma victims at once.
Emergency Department Patient Cate Tech
Hospital Of Central Connecticut
New Britain, CT
09.2018 - 01.2020
- Provide direct patient care in a fast-paced, high-volume, and high-acuity trauma emergency department.
- Perform tasks such as vital signs, intake and output, repositioning, and activities of daily living.
- Assisted in coding to provide high-quality CPR.
- Assisted the registered nurse with needs.
- Obtained EKGs, phlebotomy, and assisted the team with preparing patients for procedures.
- Maintain a clean and organized environment.
- Support patients and their families.
- Worked effectively in team environments to make the workplace more productive.
- Prioritized and organized tasks to efficiently accomplish service goals.
- Managed time effectively to ensure tasks were completed on schedule and deadlines were met.
Certified Nursing Assistant
Gaylord Specialty Healthcare
Wallingford, CT
12.2013 - 09.2018
- Assisted in specialty spinal cord, traumatic brain injury, and acute illness units.
- Assisted patients with daily living activities, including bathing, dressing, and grooming.
- Rendered hands-on nursing care under direct RN supervision, adhering to medical center policies and procedures.
- Looked for physical, emotional, and symptomatic changes in patient condition and obtained necessary care for medical concerns.
- Monitored vital signs including blood pressure, pulse rate, respiration rate.
- Assisted with bathing, dressing, and feeding.
- Documented activities in the chart.
- Adhere to all safety regulations.
- Support patients and their families.
- Adhere to infection prevention protocols.
- Collaborate with interdisciplinary teams.
Education
Bachelor of Science - Nursing
Daytona State College
Daytona Beach, FL08-2024
Associate of Science - Nursing
Goodwin College
East Hartford, CT12-2019
Skills
- Team leadership
- Critical thinking
- Teaching and mentoring
- Emergency management
- Care team collaboration
- Patient rounds
- Clinical decision making
- Organizational skills
- Verbal and written communication
- Ultrasound IV trained
Certification
- TNCC-Trauma Nurse Core Course
- ENPC-Emergency Nursing Pediatric Course
Accomplishments
- Current member of the Emergency Nurses Association
- Served on the Nursing Advisory Panel for AdventHealth Central region board from 2022-2023
- Served on the Unit Practice Council from 2022-2023
Timeline
Nursing Development Practitioner
AdventHealth Palm Coast Parkway
07.2024 - Current
Interim Emergency Department Nurse Manager
AdventHealth Palm Coast Parkway
04.2024 - 07.2024
Assistant Nurse Manager, Emergency Department
AdventHealth Palm Coast Parkway
08.2023 - 07.2024
Registered Nurse-Emergency Department
AdventHealth
07.2021 - 08.2023
Emergency Department Trauma Nurse
Hospital Of Central Connecticut
01.2019 - 05.2021
Emergency Department Patient Cate Tech
Hospital Of Central Connecticut
09.2018 - 01.2020
Certified Nursing Assistant
Gaylord Specialty Healthcare
12.2013 - 09.2018
Bachelor of Science - Nursing
Daytona State College
Associate of Science - Nursing
Goodwin College
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