Nicole Thomas
Birmingham
Summary
Dedicated Registered Nurse with a strong track record of delivering individualized patient care and enhancing overall patient satisfaction. Committed to providing exceptional care through effective education and counseling, ensuring patients are well-informed and supported throughout their healthcare journey. Proven leadership skills have resulted in the successful implementation of streamlined safety protocols, fostering a comprehensive approach to patient care. Experienced in telehealth services, adept at monitoring patient progress and adapting care strategies to meet evolving needs.
Overview
8
8
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification
Work History
Registered Nurse
UAB Callahan
05.2024 - Current
- Administered medications and treatments per physician orders, ensuring patient safety and compliance with protocols.
- Collaborated with interdisciplinary teams to develop and implement individualized patient care plans.
- Monitored vital signs and assessed patient conditions to identify changes and escalate care as needed.
- Educated patients and families on health management, enhancing understanding of treatment options and self-care strategies.
- Conducted thorough patient assessments to identify changes in condition, promptly notifying physicians and initiating appropriate interventions when necessary.
Adjunct Clinical Instructor
The University of Alabama at Birmingham
08.2023 - Current
- Schedule and supervise students in clinical practice, observations, and other similar course and graduation requirements.
- Educate, debrief and evaluate students in clinical practice and articulate course learning outcomes in order to ensure student understanding of course learning objectives and expectations.
- Collaborated with faculty to align instructional strategies with accreditation standards and program objectives.
- Designed simulation exercises that replicate real-world scenarios, increasing student engagement and preparedness.
- Analyzed program data to assess curriculum effectiveness, recommending strategic adjustments based on findings.
- Supervised students during clinical rotations, ensuring adherence to policies and procedures while promoting patient safety and quality care delivery.
Registered Nurse
Short Term Premium Staff, St. Vincent’s
03.2023 - 01.2025
- Provide care and education to patients and their families on various illnesses
- Utilize clinical and communication skills to work with interdisciplinary teams to assist in acute patient care
- Mentored junior nursing staff on best practices in telehealth protocols and patient engagement.
- Provided education on disease management and health promotion to patients remotely.
- Prioritized patient safety through diligent monitoring of vital signs while discussing any concerning changes or trends with appropriate healthcare providers promptly.
- Demonstrated adaptability by quickly adjusting to new telehealth technologies and platforms for optimal performance in virtual care settings.
- Obtained case history and gathered triage information to determine appropriate avenue for care.
- Performed additional clinic and non-triage nurse duties such as instructing patients in general and specific medical care and health issues and administering or dispensing medication and injections.
Clinical Research Nurse
Medix
03.2023 - 09.2023
- Manages data collection. Obtains, verifies, organizes, codes and enters data
- Screened and recruited subjects for various clinical tests via Telehealth
- Assist in accurate data collection, and ordering all protocol requirements and obtaining results; preparation, collection, and shipment of all required protocol specimens
- Monitors patient’s status throughout the study. Reviews and evaluates health status, lab findings and reactions
- Administered clinical trials, ensuring adherence to protocols and regulatory guidelines.
- Educated participants on study procedures, enhancing their understanding and engagement.
- Assisted in obtaining informed consent from patients, ensuring ethical and legal compliance throughout the study.
- Served as a liaison between the research team and participating sites, fostering effective communication and collaboration among all parties involved in the study.
Registered Nurse
Saint Francis Hospital
01.2023 - 02.2023
- Provide care and education to patients and their families on various illnesses
- Utilize clinical and communication skills to work with interdisciplinary teams to assist patient care in units such as neurology
- Ensure accuracy of patient chart and records during hospital stay
- Triaged and stabilized patients in Emergency Room holding
Registered Nurse
University of Alabama at Birmingham Hospital
05.2022 - 11.2022
- Provide care and education to patients and their families on various illnesses
- Utilize clinical and communication skills to triage patients and work with interdisciplinary teams to assist patient care on units such as Plastics, Trauma/Burn, and Oncology
- Ensure accuracy of patient chart and records during hospital stay
- Oversee nursing students during clinical
- Cerner charting system
- Phlebotomy experience
- Level 1 Teaching Facility
- Mentored junior nursing staff, providing guidance on best practices and fostering a collaborative work environment.
- Improved patient outcomes by implementing evidence-based nursing interventions and individualized care plans.
- Explained course of care and medication side effects to patients and caregivers in easy-to-understand terms.
- Communicated with healthcare team members to plan, implement and enhance treatment strategies.
Registered Nurse
Journey Healthcare Travel Agency, WellStar Kennestone
02.2022 - 04.2022
- Triaged and provided quality care and education to trauma burn and acute med/surg tele patients and their families on various illnesses
- Utilized clinical and communication skills to work with interdisciplinary teams to provide patient care
- Epic charting system
Registered Nurse
Journey Healthcare Travel Agency, Arlington Memorial
01.2022 - 02.2022
- Triaged and provided care to crisis COVID-19 and med surg/tele patients
- Utilized clinical and communication skills to triage patients in order to receive proper care
- Epic charting system
Registered Nurse
Medical Staffing Solutions Travel Agency, St. Vincent’s
08.2021 - 10.2021
- Provide care and education to acute care patients and their families on various illnesses
- Utilize clinical and communication skills to work with interdisciplinary teams to assist patient care
Registered Nurse
Brookwood Baptist Medical Center
03.2020 - 10.2021
- Provide care and education to patients and their families on various illnesses
- Utilize clinical and communication skills to work with interdisciplinary teams to assist patient care
- Ensure accuracy of patient chart and records during hospital stay and completed chart audits
- Oversee nursing students during clinical
- Cerner charting system
- Phlebotomy experience
Registered Nurse
Around the Clock Healthcare Services
07.2018 - 08.2021
- Assist school systems by triaging children and staff and ensuring they are receiving safe, quality care and providing healthcare education
- Assist various clinics in the surrounding areas by giving vaccinations
Registered Nurse
Soliant Travel Agency, UAB
02.2021 - 05.2021
- Care for patients who have received kidney, pancreas, uterus, or liver transplants
- Patient care encompasses preoperative, post-operative and occasional readmissions for problems or complications
- Cerner charting system
- Level 1 Teaching Facility
Registered Nurse
University of Alabama at Birmingham Hospital
06.2018 - 01.2020
- Provide care and education to patients and their families on various illnesses
- Utilize clinical and communication skills to work with interdisciplinary teams to assist patient care
- Ensure accuracy of patient chart and records during hospital stay and completed chart audits
- Oversee nursing students during clinical
- Cerner charting system
- Phlebotomy experience
- Level 1 Teaching Facility
- Streamlined patient admission processes, improving efficiency in workflow and reducing wait times for new patients.
- Led quality improvement initiatives that enhanced patient outcomes and increased overall satisfaction scores.
- Served as a preceptor for nursing students during their clinical rotations, providing valuable real-world experience and guidance to foster professional growth.
- Facilitated patient transitions between different levels of care, ensuring continuity of services and minimizing disruptions in treatment plans.
- Implemented evidence-based fall prevention strategies, resulting in a significant decrease in patient falls within the unit.
Education
Bachelor’s Degree - Nursing
University of Alabama at Birmingham
Birmingham, Alabama04.2018
Skills
- Medication administration
- Patient education and counseling
- Direct patient care
- Patient assessments
- Healthcare software proficiency
- Telephonic triage
- Remote patient monitoring
- Lab results reporting
- Multitasking
- Adaptability and flexibility
- Patient and family advocacy
- Clinical documentation
Affiliations
- Member, Golden Key International Honor Society (2021 – Present)
- Member, Alabama Public Health Association (2020-Present)
- Member, Sigma Theta Tau International Honor Society of Nursing (2019-Present)
- Member, Gynecology/Oncology Advisory Committee (2019-2020)
- Member, Graduate Nursing Student Academy, American Association for Colleges in Nursing (2018-Present)
- Member, National Black Nurses Association, Inc. (2018 – 2019)
- Member, Birmingham Black Nurses Association, Inc. (2018-2019)
- Member, Student Nurses Association, (2014-2018)
Certification
- L-AL Compact-RN License: Expires December 2025
- C-AHA BLS Basic Cardiac: Expires July 2024
- C-ACLS: Expires December 2025
Timeline
Registered Nurse
UAB Callahan
05.2024 - Current
Adjunct Clinical Instructor
The University of Alabama at Birmingham
08.2023 - Current
Registered Nurse
Short Term Premium Staff, St. Vincent’s
03.2023 - 01.2025
Clinical Research Nurse
Medix
03.2023 - 09.2023
Registered Nurse
Saint Francis Hospital
01.2023 - 02.2023
Registered Nurse
University of Alabama at Birmingham Hospital
05.2022 - 11.2022
Registered Nurse
Journey Healthcare Travel Agency, WellStar Kennestone
02.2022 - 04.2022
Registered Nurse
Journey Healthcare Travel Agency, Arlington Memorial
01.2022 - 02.2022
Registered Nurse
Medical Staffing Solutions Travel Agency, St. Vincent’s
08.2021 - 10.2021
Registered Nurse
Soliant Travel Agency, UAB
02.2021 - 05.2021
Registered Nurse
Brookwood Baptist Medical Center
03.2020 - 10.2021
Registered Nurse
Around the Clock Healthcare Services
07.2018 - 08.2021
Registered Nurse
University of Alabama at Birmingham Hospital
06.2018 - 01.2020
Bachelor’s Degree - Nursing
University of Alabama at Birmingham
ADDITIONAL TRAINING
- UAB Hospital's Center for Nursing Excellence Chemotherapy Administration 2019
- Komen Cancer Prevention and Control Symposium 2018
LEADERSHIP
- Co-Chair, Gynecology/Oncology Fall Committee, 2019-2020
- Audit charts, analyze and report unit’s patients fall data
- Assist with monthly meetings to keep unit members abreast of fall data
- Implement various interventions to prevent falls on the unit
- Charge Nurse, Gynecology/Oncology Unit, 2019-2020
- Delegating nursing assignments by triaging patients
- Overseeing unit’s admissions and discharges
- Served as an educational resource
- Complete chart audits
- Perform follow up and chart reviews to ensure issues needing clarification have been documented.
PRESENTATIONS
- Improving HPV Vaccine Documentation at College Student Health Clinic, 15TH Annual NPAA Conference 2021
- Think Well, Komen Cancer Prevention and Control Symposium 2018
- The Recipe for Breast Cancer Survivor Support, UAB Spring Expo 2018
- Diabetes Workshop, UAB Summer Expo 2017
HONORS & AWARDS
Outstanding 2021 DNP Graduate, UAB School of Nursing 2021, School of Nursing Miscellaneous Scholarship, UAB School of Nursing 2021, BBNA Presidents’ Leadership Scholarship, Birmingham Black Nurses Association, 2020, AIPHA Educational Scholarship, Alabama Public Health Association, 2020, Dr. Doris Ashworth Wilson Memorial Scholarship, National Black Nurses Association, 2018, Dean’s Nursing Scholars Program, UAB School of Nursing, 2014-2018, Collegiate Honors Scholarship, UAB, 2014-2018, Departmental Honors Student, UAB School of Nursing, 2017-2018, Brenda Brown’s Bosom Buddies Scholarship Award, Birmingham Black Nurses Association, Inc., 2017, Lettie Pate Whitehead Nursing Scholarship, UAB School of Nursing, 2017, Scholarship Recipient, Union Hill Primitive Baptist Church, 2014