Mylah Keller
Reno,NV
Summary
Dedicated, hardworking, highly skilled and compassionate PACU nurse with 30+ years experience in critical care setting (NICU and PACU). Motivated and passionate about maintaining high standards of patient care and safety.
Overview
34
34
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification
Work History
Staff Registered Nurse PACU
Prime Healthcare, St. Mary's Regional Medical Ctr
Reno, NV
11.2023 - Current
- Provide direct post-operative patient care in the Post Anesthesia Care Unit.
- Relief Charge Nurse.
- Facilitator of Surgical Services' annual competency days for the past three years.
- Instructor during Surgical Services' annual competency days, with topics on blood administration and critical drip calculations.
- Chairperson of the PACU scheduling committee, utilizing the Shiftwizard application.
- Designed multiple tools and processes that are essential for improving communications, ensuring optimal workflow, and maintaining standards of safety.
- Initiated and presently conducting PACU length-of-stay audits, generating statistics to help determine factors in transfer delays, and identify post-operative complications.
- Created a discharge resource book to aid staff with the process of discharging patients from the PACU.
- Constructed a chart audit tool specific to the PACU to help identify areas of improvement in patient care and documentation.
- Superuser for the Sapphire PCA pump.
- Collaborates and provides assistance to OR staff during minimal staffing on weekends.
Staff Registered Nurse NICU
Prime Healthcare, St. Mary's Regional Medical Ctr
Reno, NV
03.2022 - 11.2023
- Provided direct patient care on a Level III Neonatal ICU.
- Relief Charge Nurse.
- Neonatal PICC insertion team, 9/22 - 11/22
Staff Registered Nurse NICU, Neonatal Transport RN
Renown Health, Renown Regional Medical Center
Reno, NV
10.2002 - 03.2022
- Provided direct patient care on a Level III Neonatal ICU.
- Neonatal Transport RN (Air/ Ground) from 2002-approx 2005.
- Neonatal PICC insertion Team from 2002 - 2009.
- Attended High Risk Deliveries.
- Preceptor to new graduates and new hires.
- Provided direct patient care in Pediatric ICU, Pediatric and Newborn Nursery as ocassional Float RN.
- Received the Daisy Award in December 2003.
Travel RN
Medical Express
04.2002 - 10.2002
- Travel Nurse at Level III Neonatal ICUs (Children's Hospital of King's Daughters in Norfolk, Virginia and St. Mary's Regional Medical Center in Reno, NV).
Staff Registered Nurse NICU, Neonatal Transport RN
Novant Health, Forsyth Medical Center
Winston-Salem, NC
06.2001 - 04.2002
- Provided direct patient care in a Level III Neonatal ICU.
- Neonatal Transport RN (Ground only).
Staff Registered Nurse NICU, Neonatal Transport RN
St. Mary's Regional Medical Center
Reno, NV
10.1997 - 06.2001
- Provided direct patient care in a Level III Neonatal ICU.
- Neonatal Transport RN (Air/Ground).
- Neonatal PICC Insertion Team.
- Relief Charge Nurse.
- Attended high risk deliveries.
- Preceptor for new hires.
- Nominee for Nurse of the Year Award.
Staff Registered Nurse NICU
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Chapel Hill, NC
06.1996 - 10.1997
- Provided direct patient care in a Level III Neonatal ICU.
Staff Registered Nurse NICU
Kapiolani Medical Center for Women and Children
Honolulu, HI
06.1992 - 05.1996
- Provided direct patient care in a Level III NICU.
Education
Bachelor of Science - Nursing
University of Nevada - Reno
Reno05.1992
Certification
- BLS
- ACLS
- PALS
Languages
Spanish
Limited
Tagalog
Professional
Ilonggo
Full Professional
Associations
- ASPAN
- NevPANA
Timeline
Staff Registered Nurse PACU
Prime Healthcare, St. Mary's Regional Medical Ctr
11.2023 - Current
Staff Registered Nurse NICU
Prime Healthcare, St. Mary's Regional Medical Ctr
03.2022 - 11.2023
Staff Registered Nurse NICU, Neonatal Transport RN
Renown Health, Renown Regional Medical Center
10.2002 - 03.2022
Travel RN
Medical Express
04.2002 - 10.2002
Staff Registered Nurse NICU, Neonatal Transport RN
Novant Health, Forsyth Medical Center
06.2001 - 04.2002
Staff Registered Nurse NICU, Neonatal Transport RN
St. Mary's Regional Medical Center
10.1997 - 06.2001
Staff Registered Nurse NICU
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
06.1996 - 10.1997
Staff Registered Nurse NICU
Kapiolani Medical Center for Women and Children
06.1992 - 05.1996
Bachelor of Science - Nursing
University of Nevada - Reno