Summary
Overview
Work History
Education
Skills
Certification
Timeline
RegisteredNurse

Michele Wallace

Norwalk,CA

Summary

Dedicated and compassionate Registered Nurse with 26 years comprehensive experience providing direct patient care to geriatric and adults patients in critical care settings. Seeking to assist new nurses in an educator role. Skilled in delivering high-quality patient care, education and counseling. Leadership skills that promote patient care, patient satisfaction and streamline safety protocols for comprehensive patient care. Proven to remain calm under pressure and skillfully handle difficult patients and high stress.

Overview

19
19
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification

Work History

Registered Nurse

Fountain Valley Regional Hospital
Fountain Valley, CA
11.2015 - Current


  • Collaborated with physicians to quickly assess patients and deliver appropriate treatment while managing rapidly changing conditions.
  • Delivered age-appropriate medical care for adult, and geriatric ICU patients.
  • Completed comprehensive patient assessments for geriatric and adults patients to determine individual needs, formulating plans of care in collaboration with multidisciplinary healthcare professionals, including physicians, case managers and social workers
  • .Planned and managed patient care in alignment with hospital standards of care.
  • Provided direct patient care to stabilize patients and determined next course of action.
  • Educated patients, families and caregivers on diagnosis and prognosis, treatment options, disease process and management and lifestyle options.
  • Trained and precepted new staff nurses, and students proper techniques to provide quality patient care, achieve patient goals, and follow protocols safely
  • Assisted in developing and updating policies and procedures, maintaining compliance with statutory, regulatory and local, state and federal guidelines.
  • Trained all staff, providing direct supervision, ongoing staff development and continuing education to employees.

Registered Nurse

Pacifica Health Care
Long Beach, CA
01.2009 - 11.2015

Nursing Registry. Telemetry, Step Down Units

Registered Nurse

Lakewood Regional Medical Center
Lakewood, CA
04.2010 - 05.2012

Registered Nurse, Telemetry Unit

Registered Nurse

First Class Nurses
Cypress, CA
05.2005 - 12.2008

Nursing Registry. Telemetry, Step Down Units

Education

Associate of Science - Nursing

Los Angeles County College of Nursing And Allied Health
Los Angeles, CA

General Education

Cerritos College
Cerritos, CA

Bachelor of Science - Nursing

Western Governors University
Salt Lake City, UT
02.2021

Skills

  • Triaging patient concerns
  • Critical care
  • Direct patient care
  • Patient education
  • Reliable, ethical, with ability to remain calm and intervene quickly
  • Patient advocate
  • Compassionate and Caring

Certification

  • BLS Certification - Expires February 2021
  • ACLS Certification -Expires February 2021


Timeline

Registered Nurse

Fountain Valley Regional Hospital
11.2015 - Current

Registered Nurse

Lakewood Regional Medical Center
04.2010 - 05.2012

Registered Nurse

Pacifica Health Care
01.2009 - 11.2015

Registered Nurse

First Class Nurses
05.2005 - 12.2008

Associate of Science - Nursing

Los Angeles County College of Nursing And Allied Health

General Education

Cerritos College

Bachelor of Science - Nursing

Western Governors University
  • BLS Certification - Expires February 2021
  • ACLS Certification -Expires February 2021


Michele Wallace