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Olivia Walter

11539 W. Candelilla Way, Peoria,AZ

Summary

Detail-oriented professional with excellent communication, interpersonal, and creative thinking skills. Aiming to leverage my abilities to successfully fill the vacancy at your company. Frequently praised as hard-working by my peers, I can be relied upon to help your company achieve its goals.

Overview

21
21
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification

Work History

Travel Nurse, Emergency Department

Veterans Affairs Emergency Room
08.2023 - Current
  • Performed total patient assessments, including neurological, cardiovascular, respiratory, gastrointestinal, and genitourinary
  • Monitoring and management of chest tubes, ostomies, and ventilators
  • Educated patients and their families on disease processes, medical-surgical procedures, therapeutic regimens, including medication and non-medicated pain management techniques within my knowledge base
  • Prioritized multiple patients, tasks, and treatments to maintain patient flow
  • Followed all aseptic procedures, universal precautions, and isolation guidelines per protocol
  • Administration of oral, intramuscular, subcutaneous, and intravenous medications
  • Insertion, extraction, and management of intravenous lines, urinary catheters, port catheters, and NG tubes
  • Provided emergency treatments of patients including chest pains, respiratory difficulties, traumas, and other acute conditions with life-saving interventions and ACLS protocols when necessary.

Travel Nurse, Emergency Department

Mercy Emergency Room/ Telemetry
01.2023 - 08.2023
  • Communicate care plan information to patients' families and help them process distressing information, receiving 97% positive feedback throughout employment
  • Assist doctors with emergency procedures and closely monitor patients' vital signs, promptly reporting any causes for concern
  • Gathered crucial clinical, social, and cultural histories for new admissions and communicated this information to practitioners with high accuracy
  • Collaborated to plan and facilitate transfers, discharges and received several praises for excellent work over a very short – 5-month work period
  • Increased patient satisfaction by providing compassionate and timely nursing care to diverse populations.
  • Improved patient outcomes through careful monitoring and thorough documentation of vital signs, medical histories, and treatment plans.
  • Assessed chronic and acute wounds and performed appropriate wound care on daily basis.

Veterans Affairs Emergency Room
07.2022 - 12.2022
  • Assess patient condition immediately upon arrival, checking vital signs, reviewing EMT reports, determining initial prioritization according to existing patient caseload for 300 bed regional hospital
  • Excellent communicator and able to calm patients, collaborate well with other staff members to ensure thorough understanding of necessary procedures, patient status and treatment plans
  • Effective time manager able to handle heavy patient caseloads in everyday operations or as part of disaster recovery
  • Detail-oriented with compassionate demeanor as well as responsive to acute patient medical needs and wants
  • Clean wounds, manage bleeding, initially set fractures and remove foreign bodies as appropriate
  • Assist other providers and physicians in lifesaving procedures
  • Communicated patient condition and treatment plans to patient and families, gaining consents as required.

Emergency Nurse - FEMA COVID Emergency Deployment

Yakima Valley Memorial Hospital
10.2021 - 05.2022
  • (ED) at Yakima Valley Memorial averages 245 daily visits making it the busiest ED in Washington State
  • During my time in Yakima, I have worked between 70-80hrs per week primarily in the ED, telemetry and medical-surgical floors
  • Approximately 36hrs spent in ED, approx
  • 36 hours in Telemetry
  • Decisively and confidently made judgments on patient conditions based on vital signs, patient presentation, and initial assessment; triaged to appropriate zone; activated specialized team when indicated (cath lab, trauma team, rapid response stroke team, etc.)
  • Demonstrate exemplary documentation skills by accurately maintaining nurses' notes and promoting sufficient communication among care staff
  • Administered IV fluids and medications including antibiotics, packed RBC's, TPN, and narcotics, while carefully monitoring for side effects or any adverse reactions
  • Assisted in the care of multiple trauma 1, cardiac arrests, stroke codes, sexual assaults and conscious sedations as the closest trauma 1 facility was 150 miles away
  • Provided care to people across the lifespan with different conditions from (45% of all clientele were pediatric patients) infants, children, pregnant women, and the elderly
  • Closely monitored ED patients, alerted providers with any changes in patient’s status
  • Efficiently and knowledgeably provided RN care for all ER patients, handled intubations, defibrillations, transfusions, splinting, conscious sedation and hypothermia protocol
  • Administered IV fluids and medications including antibiotics, packed RBC's, TPN, narcotics, Insulin, and plethora of cardiac medications while carefully monitoring for side effects or any adverse reactions.

Registered Nurse, Emergency Department

Banner Del Webb ED
09.2019 - 10.2021
  • Review patient history and physical with patient/family and assures completion within appropriate timeframe
  • Complete assessment and reassessments according to patient need and as outlined in policy
  • Participated in many cardiac arrests, trauma 1, status epilepticus/ asthmaticus and unstable heart conditions
  • Provided care efficiently and knowledgeably for all ER patients, handled intubations, defibrillations, transfusions, splinting and conscious sedation
  • Closely monitored patient’s physiological response to many high risk IV drips
  • Review diagnostics and laboratory data and reports abnormal results to the physician(s) and other appropriate caregivers
  • Access psychosocial, spiritual, age specific and educational needs of the patient in the plan of care
  • Document assessment, planning, implementation and evaluation in the patient record
  • Documentation reflects objective/subjective data, nursing interventions and patient’s response to treatment
  • Note physician orders accurately and in a timely manner., guide, and develop a team of 8-12 team members
  • Planning of workload for multiple days/weeks depending on strategy
  • Communicating daily strategies and workload with other collection centers
  • Resolving daily personnel and customer issues
  • Analyzing productivity reports daily
  • Quality Monitor at Wells Fargo:
  • Enforce collection guidelines and restrictions
  • Help analysts develop strong collection skills and improve quality of service
  • Communicate findings and solutions for improvement to all levels of management.

Travel RN

Indian Health Services
05.2019 - 08.2019
  • Demonstrate the ability to manage inpatient unit while servicing wound care clinic at the same time (wound care clinic saw approximately 20 patients per day)
  • Coordinated the infusion clinic
  • Knowledge of medical terminology and medical procedures sufficient to assist in small surgical procedures
  • Obtain cultures to assess wounds and injuries
  • Coordinate with rehab, infectious disease and diabetes education nurses to assist with wound healing
  • Gained charge nurse experiences
  • At times I was the only RN on the floor, and had to be able to prioritize all my RN tasks, while staying on top of relevant charting and staffing issues
  • Gained new communication skills, be able to effectively communicate with diverse populations and educate patients on wound care and/or adherence to medication regimen.

Surgical/Trauma RN

Avera University Hospital
09.2018 - 05.2019
  • Assesses, plans, implements, evaluates and documents the care of trauma, surgical, and same-day surgery patients
  • Assists with bedside surgical procedures
  • Ability to care for patients with several IV lines, central lines, ports, chest tubes, pleural catheters, tracheostomy tubes and endotracheal tubes
  • Maintenance and care of patients with an ostomy/ileostomy and urostomy
  • Ability to care for patients who are aggressive, agitated, in seclusion or restrained
  • Maintenance and care of patients with an ostomy/ileostomy and urostomy
  • Administer medications via all routes, using the 6 rights, medication bar scanner and monitoring patient for side effects
  • Ability to collect blood specimens and blood cultures
  • Care for, assess and monitor patients with Patient Controlled Analgesia (PCA) and epidural catheters
  • Administer and monitor blood products safely
  • Demonstrates knowledge and use of chemotherapeutic agents and medications
  • Ability to conduct risk assessment, prevention and treatment of pressure injury
  • Adheres to the hospital and department infection control policies including but not limited to hand hygiene, asepsis, isolation practice, and employee health practice
  • Effectively communicates with peers to resolve conflict
  • Protects the patient’s dignity, rights and privacy.

RN

Keystone, Dependency Treatment Center
10.2018 - 05.2019
  • Responsible for the delivery of safe patient care utilizing the nursing process of assessment, planning, implementation and evaluation
  • Recognize the signs of withdrawal and manage the symptoms with proper medical and psychological care
  • Helped to educate people to make better lifestyle choices and enjoy their recovery
  • Practicing kindness and a non-judgmental attitude is a good practice that helps patients open up and talk about their challenges
  • Certified in CPI - nonviolent crisis intervention.

Certified Pharmacy Technician

Cigna Mail Order Pharmacy, Wells Fargo Financial Bank
06.2003 - 07.2014
  • Accurate and fast medication labeling according to manufacturer’s guidelines
  • Maintain accuracy with efficiency for all processes
  • Correct reporting of adverse events
  • Clear communication with medical staff and registered pharmacists
  • Provide awareness for improved business continuity initiatives.

Mortgage quality control analyst

Wells Fargo
06.2003 - 07.2014
  • Reviewing accuracy of modification documents prior to be mailed to borrowers
  • Assuring modification documents were delivered to borrowers in a timely matter
  • Communicating with management where improvements of the standard of work are needed
  • Second level review underwriting team at Wells Fargo
  • Quality review of the initial underwriting processing of the loan
  • Review of the documentation process
  • Review initial underwriting cash flow analysis
  • Ensuring the proper modification products have been utilized for every modification offered
  • Home Preservation Team Lead at Wells Fargo
  • 50% of time was spent managing team members
  • Daily training, monitoring and providing feedback
  • Conduct call monitoring reviews and communicate findings.

Home Preservation Supervisor

Wells Fargo
06.2003 - 07.2014


  • Increased team productivity by implementing efficient workflows and setting clear expectations for staff members.
  • Coach, guide, and develop a team of 8-12 team members.
  • Planning of workload for multiple days/weeks depending on strategy.
  • Communicating daily strategies and workload with other collection centers.
  • Resolving daily personnel and customer issues.
  • Analyzing productivity reports daily.

Education

Master of Science - Family Nurse Practitioner

Chamberlain University
Chicago
2023

Bachelor of Nursing -

National American University
Sioux Falls, SD
2018

Bachelor of Science - Economics

Texas A&M University
College Station, Texas
2003

Skills

  • Strong problem solving abilities and multitasking
  • Excellent verbal and communication skills
  • Emergency Medical Treatment
  • EKG Interpretation
  • Infection Control
  • Medical Team Collaboration
  • Delegation Skills
  • Patient Assessment
  • Compassionate Care
  • Active Listening
  • Ethical Practice
  • Conflict Resolution

Accomplishments


  • Cerner
  • Meditech
  • CPRS

Certification

BLS, PALS, ACLS, TNCC

Timeline

Travel Nurse, Emergency Department

Veterans Affairs Emergency Room
08.2023 - Current

Travel Nurse, Emergency Department

Mercy Emergency Room/ Telemetry
01.2023 - 08.2023

Veterans Affairs Emergency Room
07.2022 - 12.2022

Emergency Nurse - FEMA COVID Emergency Deployment

Yakima Valley Memorial Hospital
10.2021 - 05.2022

Registered Nurse, Emergency Department

Banner Del Webb ED
09.2019 - 10.2021

Travel RN

Indian Health Services
05.2019 - 08.2019

RN

Keystone, Dependency Treatment Center
10.2018 - 05.2019

Surgical/Trauma RN

Avera University Hospital
09.2018 - 05.2019

Mortgage quality control analyst

Wells Fargo
06.2003 - 07.2014

Home Preservation Supervisor

Wells Fargo
06.2003 - 07.2014

Certified Pharmacy Technician

Cigna Mail Order Pharmacy, Wells Fargo Financial Bank
06.2003 - 07.2014

Master of Science - Family Nurse Practitioner

Chamberlain University

Bachelor of Nursing -

National American University

Bachelor of Science - Economics

Texas A&M University

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