Nisan Nelson
Bolingbrook,IL
Summary
Caring Registered Nurse providing excellent care through attention to details and redesigning nursing procedures for efficiency. Adept at meeting and setting long-term floor goals and diagnoses.
Overview
32
32
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification
Work History
Registered Nurse
Ascension Alexian Brothers
Elk Grove Village, IL
09.2025 - Current
- Assess and triage patients based on severity of condition.
- Administer medications and monitor patient responses effectively.
- Collaborate with physicians to quickly assess patients and deliver appropriate treatment while managing rapidly changing conditions.
- Assist physicians during invasive procedures such as central line insertions or intubations, ensuring safe and accurate completion of tasks.
- Facilitate clear communication with patients, families, and colleagues, fostering a positive environment in a fast-paced setting.
- Answer codes quickly and orchestrate efficient, skilled medical care.
- Provide skilled, timely and level-headed emergency response to critically-ill patients.
Registered Nurse, Medical-Surgical/Telemetry Unit
Ascension St. Joseph Medical Center
Joliet, IL
03.2022 - 10.2025
- Manage care from admission to discharge.
- Educate patients, families and caregivers on diagnosis and prognosis, treatment options, disease process and management and lifestyle options.
- Provide didactic and clinical instructions to orient student nurses to achieve training outcomes.
- Advise patients and caregivers of proper wound management, discharge plan objectives, safe medication use and disease management.
Registered Nurse
IntelyCare
Quincy, MA
09.2021 - Current
- Collaborate with physicians to quickly assess patients and deliver appropriate treatment while managing rapidly changing conditions.
- Educate patients, families and caregivers on diagnosis and prognosis, treatment options, disease process and management and lifestyle options.
- Train new nurses in proper techniques, care standards, operational procedures and safety protocols.
- Provide direct patient care, stabilize patients and determine next course of action.
- Manage care from admission to discharge.
Registered Nurse
The Grove Of La Grange Park Nursing Home And Rehabilitation
LaGrange , IL
05.2018 - Current
- Instructed patients and family members on proper discharge care
- Administered medications and treatment to patients and monitored response to treatments while working with healthcare teams to adjust patient care plans
- Educated patients and caregivers on healthcare protocols and processes
- Precepted new nurses, educating new hires on policies, procedures and nursing best practices
- Detected patient reactions, deteriorations and improvements and accurately reported results in patient records
- Performed emergency interventions and continually monitored patient vitals.
School Bus Driver
First Student Inc.
Westmont, IL
10.2011 - 09.2018
- Safely transported children K-12 to and from school via company vehicle
- Conducted pre-trip inspections of bus to ensure safe operation
- Kept bus clean to maintain a professional appearance and positive school image
- Worked closely with school staff and parents of special needs children in order to ensure their comfort and safety to and from school
- Worked during school hours, after school hours, weekends and holidays transporting for chartered events, including high-school proms, sports activities, school competitions and many other affairs
Courier
Federal Express Corporatin
Hillside, IL
03.1999 - 12.2009
- Checked the truck prior to delivery to ensure that all packages were on board and stored correctly
- Reported any issues to the supervisor for immediate remediation
- Interacted with all necessary partners, including dispatchers, upper management and peers
- Developed a keen sense of the most efficient routes to avoid traffic and construction on local roads
- Processed payments by accepting cash, credit or debit cards and business checks
- Greeted all customers with a pleasant attitude to help build lasting relationships
- Built and maintained professional relationships with customers
- Ensured that recipients signed for deliveries
Medical Clerk Typist
Hines VA Hospital
Hines, IL
06.1994 - 05.2001
- Transcribed doctors orders accurately and in a timely fashion
- Responded quickly to patient call lights and immediately relayed patient needs to nursing staff
- Scheduled, rescheduled and handled cancelled appointments for patients
- Ordered all office supplies including ink cartridges, toner and paper
- Adhered to strict HIPAA guidelines at all times according to company policy
- Scheduled appointments for doctor visits and procedures using desktop calendar software
Education
Bachelor Of Science In Nursing
Benedictine University
Lisle, IL08.2019
Nursing
Triton College
River Grove, IL2015
Certification
- Registered Nurse in Illinois, License number 041464644, 2018
- BLS certified 11/2021-11/2023
- ACLS certified 11/2025-11/2027
- TNCC certified 2/2026-2/2030
Timeline
Registered Nurse
Ascension Alexian Brothers
09.2025 - Current
Registered Nurse, Medical-Surgical/Telemetry Unit
Ascension St. Joseph Medical Center
03.2022 - 10.2025
Registered Nurse
IntelyCare
09.2021 - Current
Registered Nurse
The Grove Of La Grange Park Nursing Home And Rehabilitation
05.2018 - Current
School Bus Driver
First Student Inc.
10.2011 - 09.2018
Courier
Federal Express Corporatin
03.1999 - 12.2009
Medical Clerk Typist
Hines VA Hospital
06.1994 - 05.2001
Nursing
Triton College
Bachelor Of Science In Nursing
Benedictine University