Nicolette Sommer
Rio Rancho,NM
Summary
Expert venipunctures
Chest tube management
External pacemaker management
Wound care at bedside
Medication management
LVAD certification
Exceptional patient education
Family management
Overview
18
18
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification
Work History
Lovelace Westside Hospital OR
04.2024 - Current
- Performing circulating duties for Plastics, ENT, Orthopedics, Podiatry and Dentistry
- Collaborating with team members for safe effective surgical cases
- Providing accurate care and handling of specimens, tissues and grafts
- Maintaining sterility of surgical field and observe for any breeches in asepsis
Presbyterian Rust Hospital
03.2023 - 04.2024
- Work collaboratively within a team setting to provide positive outcomes and meet department and company goals and objectives
- Care of cardiac and vascular patients in a critical care setting
- Provide patient education of (pre and post-surgical) nursing interventions, angiogram, diabetic management, fluid imbalances, cardiac arrhythmias and heart catheterizations
- Responsible management of medication administration for multiple patients on Med surg patients
- Actively participates in Code Blues, stroke alerts and REACT situations including educating family members and providing comfort
- Maintain competence and current adherence to established standards of practice
- Demonstrates commitment to education and sharing of knowledge through interaction with orienting nurses, students and other pre-hospital care providers
- Provide professional communication among hospital staff, surgical teams, and multidisciplinary providers
- Administration of primary care and assessments for inpatients and upcoming procedures
- Demonstrate/instruct activities and self-monitoring techniques to patients and family members
Heart Hospital Of New Mexico
03.2021 - 02.2023
- Care of cardiac and vascular patients in a critical care/ICU setting
- Provide patient education of (pre and post-surgical CABG nursing interventions, Amputations, aneurysm repairs, diabetic management, fluid imbalances, cardiac arrhythmias and heart catheterizations)
- Responsible management of medication administration for multiple patients on step down, short stay, Med surg and critically ill patients
- Present in OR for multiple CABG surgeries, present in Aneurysm repair with participation in clinical application of new vascular repair device, experience in vascular wound revision and wound debridement for professional development
- Actively participates in Code Blues, stroke alerts and REACT situations including educating family members and providing comfort
- Maintain competence and current adherence to established standards of practice
- Demonstrates commitment to education and sharing of knowledge through interaction with orienting nurses, students and other pre-hospital care providers
- Provide professional communication among hospital staff, surgical teams, and multidisciplinary providers
- Administration of primary care and assessments for inpatients and upcoming procedures
- Demonstrate/instruct activities and self-monitoring techniques to patients and family members
- Work closely with attending providers to provide plan of care for patients with life-threatening coronary and vascular conditions
- Understands and incorporates holistic nursing theory based on Watson’s theory of caring and aligning with the practice standards in order to achieve safe and effective nursing care
- Actively evaluates knowledge base and continuously researches new conditions to better prepare and educate patients and families
Warner Media Productions/ Judge Group
10.2020 - 03.2021
- Nasal swabs for Covid-19 Samples
- Rapid Testing for Covid-19 Samples
- Management of multiple staff and client safety within Covid safety compliance
- Rapid response provided in emergent situation, such as seizure, acute cardiac and CPR/ BLS care.
- Organized relocation of Abbott testing machines accompanied by quality control
- Provided client education of CDC guidelines and Covid safety
Clinical Laboratory Assistant III
Tricore Reference Laboratories
02.2012 - 01.2019
- Patient sample collection in fast-paced environment with high volume encounters.
- Dedicated to patient education and ICARE/AIDET communication and privacy
- Extensive phone/in person communication of orders from multiple providers
- Extensive adult/geriatric/newborn/infant venipunctures and swabs
- Point of care testing with critical value reporting of chemistry, hematology and cardiac profiles and independent sample processing including but not limited to centrifuging, aliquoting and transporting patient samples
Contractual/Licensed Medical Assistant
Presbyterian Employee Health
10.2015 - 05.2018
- Contractual Tricore collaboration with pre-employment sample collections for employee health
- Admission assessments of vital signs, height, weight, immunization history, Ishihara and near/far vision testing
- Respiratory fit testing
- TB PPD skin test, TB Champion sign off program under Presbyterian
Clinical Laboratory Assistant II
Atherotech Laboratories
09.2011 - 12.2012
- Independent patient sample collection within provider office environment with collaboration of patient care among multi-level provider care and laboratory specimen transportation
Clinical Laboratory Assistant II
SED Laboratories
07.2007 - 08.2011
- Successful completion of outpatient venipuncture and safe, correct methods of blood and body fluid collections with from patients ranging from newborn to geriatric
- Independent handling of specimens within a laboratory setting including but not limited to centrifuging, aliquoting and transporting patient samples
- Collaboration with laboratory management, facility providers, and laboratory logistics for supply orders, patient diagnostic code corrections and prescription interpretation and communication both by phone and in person
Education
Bachelor In Science - Nursing
Brookline College
Albuquerque, NM09.2020
Skills
- Creativity
- Empathy
- Adaptability
- Collaboration
- Emotional Intelligence
- Effective communication
- Reflective analysis of self
- Supportive
- Family-centered communication
Hobbies and Interests
Movies/TV/Music, Tattoos, Reading, Horse Riding, Archery/Shooting Range, Canvas Painting, Crocheting, Violin/Piano, Vehicle Mechanics
Affiliations
- Association of Women’s Health, Obstetric and Neonatal Nurses
- American Nurses Association
- Student Nurse Association
- College of American Pathologists
- AACN
- CCRN Certification in Progress
CONTACT
- 505-306-0017
- Pokeygirl50@gmail.com
- Professionally over 21 years collectively of patient care and bedside interactions with 4 years of Bedside Nursing and laboratory lab collections and medical assistance.
Certification
BLS
ACLS
PALS
Perioperative nursing
Robotic surgery
LVAD
3m Wound care
Timeline
Lovelace Westside Hospital OR
04.2024 - Current
Presbyterian Rust Hospital
03.2023 - 04.2024
Heart Hospital Of New Mexico
03.2021 - 02.2023
Warner Media Productions/ Judge Group
10.2020 - 03.2021
Contractual/Licensed Medical Assistant
Presbyterian Employee Health
10.2015 - 05.2018
Clinical Laboratory Assistant III
Tricore Reference Laboratories
02.2012 - 01.2019
Clinical Laboratory Assistant II
Atherotech Laboratories
09.2011 - 12.2012
Clinical Laboratory Assistant II
SED Laboratories
07.2007 - 08.2011
Bachelor In Science - Nursing
Brookline College