Neil Russell Rook
New Bern,United States
Summary
IV insertion, lab draws, IM and sub Q medication injection. Monitored vital signs and oxygen sats. Assisted provided with procedures or treatments.
Overview
31
31
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification
Work History
NA-1 Assistant Nursing Instructor
Craven Community College
06.2021 - 04.2023
- Registered Nurse instructor for Craven Community College for the CNA 1 (certified nurse assistant) class utilizing lecture instruction, proctored quizzes and tests, skill laboratory hands on instruction, and clinical site practicum competencies for young adult to senior adult learners. Maximum student/instructor ratio: 10:1 Position includes day/night class schedules. Primary communication contact that includes: Class notification, missed assignments, and any health/weather issues. Utilizing personal nursing knowledge/experience to enhance learning experience of nursing subject for clarification or more lay man approach was needed for student(s).
- Supervisor: katie jenkins
- Ok to contact: Yes
- 26.00 per hour
Specialty Care Float RN
San Antonio VA medical center
01.2021 - 03.2021
- Employed as a specialty care clinic float RN. Position rotated throughout: Dermatology clinic which assisted with Mohs procedures, removing moles and skin grafts. Diabetic clinic: download the patient’s personal diabetic monitor. Hepatology clinic: Monitor patient’s lab that had been treated for hepatitis or are being treated at current encounter. Infectious disease clinic: Monitored patient’s that had HIV, STD, syphilis, or gonorrhea. If patients had been prescribed medications for treatment of these diseases, sure they were taking those medications as prescribed by provider.
- Supervisor: Nancy Cano
- Okay to contact: Yes
- 46.50 hourly
- 40 hours weekly
PACT-RN
Greenville VA HCC Pact-RN
04.2018 - 04.2020
- Employed as a Float Registered Nurse as patient access care team in the primary care clinic (total of 12 teams). Approximately a little over 14000 Veterans receiving health care. Duties include: .Initial patient profile, continuance of established care, co-ag monitoring, and specialty medical referrals. Rotated as a charge nurse for 13 different PACT teams. As a charge nurse, would assign additional duties if someone was off or call in sick, in which to provide adequate health care coverage for daily Veteran appointments, triage all walk-in Veterans in which to assess for appropriate health care, assist with nurse phone triage, and providing help with any checking patients in/out as needed.
- Supervisor: Wes Stiles
- Okay to contact: Yes
- 38.80 per hour
- 40 hours weekly
Endoscopy Nurse
Carolina East Outpatient endoscopy unit
01.2018 - 04.2018
- Employed as endoscopy nurse, I performed conscious sedation, admission and discharge of patients. Patient has monitored during all endoscopy procedures.
- Supervisor: Vivian Howard
- Okay to contact: yes
- 25.82 hourly
- 40 hours weekly
Phone triage nurse
Susquehanna Health Care
09.2017 - 10.2017
- Employed as an triage nurse for new born to elderly patient’s. These patient’s where either sent to emergency room, or contacted the physican on call or scheduled the patient for an appointment the next day. This was an closed unit. We had register nurse coverage 24 hours a day for 7 days a week.
- Supervisor: Andre Dale
- Okay to contact supervisor: no
- 35.60 hourly
- 40 hours
RN PACT
Morehead City VA Clinic
05.2014 - 09.2017
- Employed as a Registered Nurse in the role of a patient access care team in a primary care clinic (3 Doctors, 3 Mid-level professionals). Patient care consists of primary care for approximately 300 veterans. Duties include Initial patient profile, continuance of established care, co-ag monitoring, and specialty medical referrals. As a charge nurse I would PACT team duty assignments for 5 different providers and mental health clinic Charge duties also seeing assigned patients by triaging them, I would insure the paperwork was in order prior to the patient (veteran) being transferred to the nearest medical center. assist with transfer to nearest medical center.
- Supervisor: Marion Cumbo (252-240-2349)
- Okay to contact this Supervisor: Yes
- 37.41 USD Per Hour
- Hours per week: 40
Staff Nurse
Geisinger Medical Center Woodbine
12.2004 - 05.2014
- EMPLOYED AS A FULL TIME PHONE ASSESSMENT NURSE AT A SAME DAY 6 OR ROOM 2 AND 3 ENDO SUITES SURGERY CENTER. THE DUTIES OF THE ASSESSMENT NURSE IS TO INSURE EACH IN COMING PATIENT FOR THE FOLLOWING: ORTHO, EYE, GI, PLASTIC, PEDS, AND UROLOGY SURGICAL PROCEDURES TO HAVE A CURRENT AND UPDATED HEALTH ASSESSMENT AND MEDICATION REVIEW ALONG WITH INSTRUCTING THE PATIENT ON ALL PRE-OP PROCEDURES AND POLICIES. INVOLVED WITH INITIAL IMPLEMENTATION OF PRE-OP SURGICAL OUT-PATIENT ASSESSMENT COMPUTER PROGRAMING WHEN WOODBINE OUTPATIENT SURGICAL CENTER OPENED. COLLABORATES WITH THE DEVELOPMENT AND ADVANCEMENT OF THE OUTPATIENT PRE-OP SURGICAL IMPLEMENTATION FOR ALL PATIENT ASSESSMENT COMPUTER PROGRAMING. LAST NINE YEARS HAS BEEN A SUPER USER FOR OUTPATIENT PRE-OP SURGICAL ASSESSMENT. FOR THE LAST 2.5 YEARS HAS COLLABORATED WITH THE EHR ANALYSIS ON DEVELOPING AND INSURING CORRECT DATA IMPLEMENTATION WITHIN THE EPIC NOTE WRITER.
- Supervisor: Kim Wintersteen (570-214-9800)
- Okay to contact this Supervisor: Contact me first
- 31.60 USD Per Hour
- Hours per week: 40
Staff Nurse
Evangelical Community Hospital
11.2007 - 02.2010
- Employed as a flex nurse in a 12 bed community emergency room hospital. Provided nursing care for all types of acute and emergent cases ranging from Peds to Adult age. Assisting the emergency room doctors with intubations, splinting, and casting along with calling report to the in house hospital floors. Then
- 32.00 USD Per Hour
- Hours per week: 12
Flex nurse
Sunbury Community Hospital
12.2003 - 12.2006
- Employed as a float nurse in the following units: Emergency room, intensive care unit along with the PACU. Worked with all medical doctors’ hospital wide. Assisted the doctors with all procedures including intubation and extubation of patients when called upon.
- 24.00 USD Per Hour
- Hours per week: 15
Staff Nurse
Evangelical Community Hospital
08.2004 - 12.2004
- Employed as a recovery room staff nurse in a part time position. Responsibilities include: Recover, stabilize and then transport patient to in house bed. Keep the anesthetist updated on any changes of patient’s condition as needed. Patient assignments range from PEDS to Geriatrics who are having minor to major orthopedics surgery. Assist the doctor with spinal and shoulder blocks as needed. On December 19, 2004, entered into the occasional stand-by RN in the PACU.
- 23.00 USD Per Hour
- Hours per week: 15
Staff Nurse
Hershey Medical Center
01.2004 - 07.2004
- Employed in 30, bed SICU as a staff nurse. Providing care with heart transplants, CABG’s, Multiple Trauma, GI, Neuro, and Vascular surgeries. Worked well with all members involving patient care from doctors to dietary. Kept families members involved with patient care to promote a holistic care.
- Supervisor: Bobbi Fisher (717-531-8521)
- Okay to contact this Supervisor: Yes
- 27.00 USD Per Hour
- Hours per week: 40
Staff Nurse
Martinsburg Veterans Medical Center
07.2003 - 12.2003
- Employed as a Registered Nurse in the intensive care unit. Cared for congested heart patients, Pre and post MI patients. Assisted with all invasive procedures as needed. Example: air line placement by the attending doctor.
- Supervisor: Sony Racey (304-263-0811)
- Okay to contact this Supervisor: Yes
- 23.00 USD Per Hour
- Hours per week: 40
Staff Nurse
167th Aero Medical Evacuation Squadron
04.1999 - 05.2003
- As a Registered Nurse, performs appropriate patient care and safety from cardiac pediatric to geriatric, alongside of the Electro physiologist during pacemaker, ICD device and lead insertions. Provides technical assistance of the physician with evaluation of pacemaker implant and post implant. Assists with cardioversion as directed by the physician. Performs scrub and x-ray tech duties, including but not limited to, preparing patient for procedure and assisting physician with sterile procedures. Responsible for duties of a medication nurse which includes monitoring and providing conscious sedation for the patient during all procedures under the direct guidance of the attending electrophysiologist. Performs all paperwork and computer data required for all procedures. Assists the physician with the operation of the Electrophysiology Computer System and Medtronic Stimulator during the EP studies.
- 23.00 USD Per Hour
- Hours per week: 40
Flight Nurse
Geisinger Medical Center
09.1999 - 10.2001
- Employed full time from July 1999 to August 1999 as a flight nurse trainee in a military training course. Then employed part-time as a flight nurse in West Virginia Air Guard. Provided nursing care for persons assigned to the military transport system, by caring for any of the following patients from cardiac, Ortho, medical, OB, pediatrics and surgical. Managed and administered the prescribed treatment from doctor’s orders such as antibiotics and pain medications as needed. As a nurse in charge of all medical crew members and the medical care provided to the patients on the flight, learned how to care for patients in both aircraft and medical emergencies.
- 20.50 USD Per Hour
- Hours per week: 40
Staff Nurse
University of Virginia Medical Center
03.1998 - 06.1999
- Employed as a staff nurse in fifteen bed unit. Cared for Medical, Surgical, Pulmonary, Cardiac, and Neurology patients. Provided nursing care to patients with multiple fractures such as pelvis, femur, and cervical. Educated families and patients on the care that will be provided while in the intensive care unit. Assisted physicians for special procedures as needed. Cared for ventilated and trached patients and followed unit weaning protocol. Involved in patient care decisions during physicians rounds, by providing updates and changes as needed. Provided assistance to other staff members as needed. Notified physicians of any changes in the patient’s condition.
- 24.50 USD Per Hour
- Hours per week: 40
Staff Nurse
Good Samaritan Medical Center
06.1997 - 02.1998
- Employed as a Clinician II in a ten bed TCV-PO intensive care unit. Cared for Coronary Artery Graft Bypass (CAGB), Mitral Valve Replacement/Repair (MVR), Aortic Valve Replacement/Repair (AVR), Abdominal Aortic Aneurysm repair (AAA), Thoracic Aortic Aneurysm repair (TAA), Bi-femoral (fem-fem), Femoral-Popliteal (fem-pop), Esophagectomy, Heart or Lung transplant. Organized and provided critical care to TCV-PO patients’ who have a potential of developing into emergent situation that require immediate appropriate action. Used intra-aortic balloon (IABP) Ecmo, and continuous arteriovenous hemofiltration-dialysis as needed. Assisted in numerous code situations. Provided education information to family members and patients’ on care and exceptions while in the unit. Administered medications as needed per unit protocols. Cared for ventilated and trached patients’ and weaned per unit protocol. Assisted physicians with special procedures as needed. Participated in patient care decisions during doctors’ rounds and shift reports.
- 21.00 USD Per Hour
- Hours per week: 80
Staff Nurse
Saint Joseph Medical Center
10.1996 - 06.1997
- Employed as staff nurse on eighteen bed unit. Cared for CABG, MVR, AVR, TAA, AAA, fem-fem and fem-pop patients’. Provided and organized critical care to cardiovascular patients; who have the possibly of developing into emergent situation that require immediate action. Administered medications as needed per unit policy. Assisted doctors and physician assistants as needed for special procedures. Educated patients and family members on information about the unit and care being provided. Cared for ventilated and trached patients’. Provided shift reports and doctors information on rounds. Provided assistance to other staff members as needed. Assisted in code situations.
- 20.00 USD Per Hour
- Hours per week: 40
Staff Nurse
193rd Medical Squadron
10.1992 - 06.1997
- Employed as a staff nurse on thirty-three bed floor. Cared for post-op CABG, AVR, MVR, pre-op CABG, hip/knee repair/replacement, post cerebrovascular accident (CVA) and abdominal surgery post-op. Provided care to numerous types of post operative and preoperative patients. Educated patient and family members on care and medications used. Assisted in code situations. Provided on call physician, attending physician, and charge nurse up-dates and any changes in patients’ status. Assisted physicians as needed for special procedures. Assisted other staff members as needed.
- 24.00 USD Per Month
- Hours per week: 5
Staff Nurse
Bloomsburg Hospital
07.1996 - 10.1996
- Employed full-time as a staff nurse on ten to twelve bed floor. Cared for hip/knee repair/replacement, pre/post cerebrovascular accident (CVA), and abdominal post/re operative surgery. Provided care for different types of postoperative and preoperative patients. Administered medications, blood, and blood products as prescribed by physician. Educated patient and family members’ on treatment plan, care being provided, and answered all questions. Provided physician and charge nurse with all up-dates and changes in patients’ status. Assisted physician with all treatments and procedures. Assisted other staff members as needed.
- 16.50 USD Per Hour
- Hours per week: 40
Education
Associate's Degree - Applied Science in Allied Health
Community College of The Air Force
mobile, AL, United States07.1996
Master of Science - Master in Nursing with an Emphasis in Health Care Informatics
Grand Canyon University
Phoenix, AZ, United States05.2014
Bachelor of Science - Nursing
Bloomsburg University
Bloomsburg, PA, United States05.1996
Skills
- Patient care coordination
- HIPAA regulations
- Sanitation procedures
- Direct patient care
- Infection control protocols
- Specimen collection
- Patient monitoring
- Medication administration
- Medical record documentation
- Specimen handling
- Suture removal
- Medical terminology expertise
- Urine drug screening
- Infection‐control policy adherence
Certification
- Medical Technician course, Critical Care Course, Intr-aortic Balloon Pump Course, Basic Life Support Course, Flight Nurse Course, Battlefield Nursing Course, Advanced Cardiac Life Support, NCO Leadership Course
- ACLS 06/2020
- BLS 11/2022
Additional Information
Service Hero Award, April 1012, Geisinger Medical Center.
Timeline
NA-1 Assistant Nursing Instructor
Craven Community College
06.2021 - 04.2023
Specialty Care Float RN
San Antonio VA medical center
01.2021 - 03.2021
PACT-RN
Greenville VA HCC Pact-RN
04.2018 - 04.2020
Endoscopy Nurse
Carolina East Outpatient endoscopy unit
01.2018 - 04.2018
Phone triage nurse
Susquehanna Health Care
09.2017 - 10.2017
RN PACT
Morehead City VA Clinic
05.2014 - 09.2017
Staff Nurse
Evangelical Community Hospital
11.2007 - 02.2010
Staff Nurse
Geisinger Medical Center Woodbine
12.2004 - 05.2014
Staff Nurse
Evangelical Community Hospital
08.2004 - 12.2004
Staff Nurse
Hershey Medical Center
01.2004 - 07.2004
Flex nurse
Sunbury Community Hospital
12.2003 - 12.2006
Staff Nurse
Martinsburg Veterans Medical Center
07.2003 - 12.2003
Flight Nurse
Geisinger Medical Center
09.1999 - 10.2001
Staff Nurse
167th Aero Medical Evacuation Squadron
04.1999 - 05.2003
Staff Nurse
University of Virginia Medical Center
03.1998 - 06.1999
Staff Nurse
Good Samaritan Medical Center
06.1997 - 02.1998
Staff Nurse
Saint Joseph Medical Center
10.1996 - 06.1997
Staff Nurse
Bloomsburg Hospital
07.1996 - 10.1996
Staff Nurse
193rd Medical Squadron
10.1992 - 06.1997
Associate's Degree - Applied Science in Allied Health
Community College of The Air Force
Master of Science - Master in Nursing with an Emphasis in Health Care Informatics
Grand Canyon University
Bachelor of Science - Nursing
Bloomsburg University