Dedicated Registered Nurse with 9 years experience in acute care and operating room setting providing strong nursing care to a wide variety of specialties. Certified in pediatrics with experience ensuring culturally competent care for a wide variety of patients with diverse needs.
Prepare operating rooms according to surgery and surgeon preference within a wide variety of specialties. Collaborate with physicians and other health care providers to develop a plan of care according to AORN standards of perioperative practice. Orient new nursing staff and able to perform charge nurse duties when needed. Able to adapt when faced with diverse challenges including staffing shortages, equipment malfunctions, or patient emergencies.
Provided basic health assessments to children in a group home setting. Administered daily scheduled mediations as well as assessing the need for PRN medications. Trained to deal with intense emotional states of children and deescalating situations to maintain everyone's safety.
Travel nurse for 2.5 years at various hospitals throughout Texas, Washington, California, Florida, New York and Colorado. Quickly became an integral part of the team with less than 3 shifts of orientation. Learned to be flexible and float to other units including PICU and NICU.
Dallas, TX at Medical City Children's Hospital on a medical/surgical unit. This unit specialized in cardiology and nephrology.
Registered Professional Nurse, New York State (689705-1) Expires 6/2025