Orlando Flowers
Shreveport,LA
Summary
Obtain a Registered Nurse position that will provide the opportunity for professional development. Bringing excellent record of nursing education and training, hands-on internship experience and outstanding interpersonal skills to give the maximum level of patient care.
Overview
35
35
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification
Work History
Registered Nurse Step Down Unit
Overton Brooks VA Medical Center
Shreveport, LA
05.2025 - Current
- Patient monitoring: Closely monitor vital signs, interpret cardiac telemetry, and observe for any changes in condition.
- Medication administration: Administer medications, including complex infusions like Heparin or Insulin, and monitor for adverse effects.
- Equipment management: Manage medical equipment such as IV lines, feeding tubes, ventilators, and arterial lines.
- Assessment and documentation: Perform comprehensive patient assessments, interpret lab values, and accurately document care in electronic health records.
- Emergency response: Respond to medical emergencies, including "code blue" alerts, and provide immediate care.
- Collaboration: Work with physicians, other nurses, and the interdisciplinary team to develop and implement care plans.
- Patient and family education: Educate patients and their families about post-hospital care and wellness.
- Patient advocacy: Act as a patient advocate, ensuring their comfort and providing a secure environment.
Administrative Nursing Supervisor
Shreveport Rehabilitation Hospital
Shreveport, LA
10.2023 - Current
- Scheduling shifts, assigning nurses to patients, and ensuring nurses follow policies and procedures
- Staff development
- Providing opportunities for staff to learn clinical skills and expertise, and encouraging them to pursue advanced preparation and certification
- Patient care
- Meeting with patients and their families, discussing cases with doctors, and monitoring patient vital signs
- Communication
- Keeping records of nurses' files, patients' cases, and procedures, and communicating issues within the department to the appropriate professionals
- Leadership
- Participating in the development of nursing and organizational policies, and facilitating staff participation in decision making
- Support
- Providing psychological support to patients, family, and friends
Administrative Nursing Supervisor
Encompass Health
Shreveport, LA
05.2021 - 09.2023
- Include: Directing, overseeing and evaluating all nursing personnel (registered nurses, LPN etc.) Guiding staffing procedures. Responsible for communicating between the nursing staff and the physicians at a health care facility.
Charge Nurse PCU
CHRISTUS Health
Shreveport, LA
05.2019 - 05.2021
- Provides advanced nursing care for patients who need close monitoring and frequent assessments. Delegating nursing assignments. Administering complex medications that require titration based on patients vital signs. Provide a compassionate environment by providing emotional, psychological, and spiritual support to patients, friends, and families. Consult and coordinate with health care team members to assess, plan, implement and evaluate patient care plans. Direct care of patients with Covid.
Director of Nursing
The Gables at SpringLake
Shreveport, LA
01.2019 - 08.2019
- Include: Directing, overseeing and evaluating all nursing personnel (registered nurses, LPN etc.) Guiding staffing procedures. Responsible for communicating between the nursing staff and the physicians at a health care facility.
Cardiac Stepdown Charge Nurse
Willis Knighton Medical Center
Shreveport, LA
01.2016 - 02.2019
- Provides advanced nursing care for patients who need close monitoring and frequent assessments. Delegating nursing assignments. Administering complex medications that require titration based on patients vital signs. Provide a compassionate environment by providing emotional, psychological, and spiritual support to patients, friends, and families. Consult and coordinate with health care team members to assess, plan, implement and evaluate patient care plans.
Production Superintendent
Johnson Controls
01.1999 - 01.2013
- Overseen all Production operations and the daily activities of the Shift Supervisor. Ensured that the company's production and quality expectations are achieved for all production areas. Acted as liaison with managers and staff and communicate relevant information to those that needed to know. Ensured compliance with company rules, policies, and practices. Completed performance evaluations on a timely basis. Performed all other tasks as requested by Production Manager necessary to provide our customer(s) with high quality, on-time products.
Telemetry Technician
Willis Knighton Medical Center
Shreveport, LA
01.1991 - 01.2000
- Responsible for accurate record keeping, observation of monitors and prompt reporting of cardiac rhythm changes. Performed stress test, and Holter monitoring.
Education
Bachelor of Science - Nursing
Capella University
Minneapolis, MN08.2023
Associate of Science - Nursing
Bossier Parish Community College
Bossier City, LA01.2016
Skills
- Urgent care
- Nurse Management
- Medical equipment operation
- Vital Signs
- Behavioral health
- Healthcare staff management
- Healthcare diagnosis
- Medical-surgical
- Medical software
- Leadership
- Quality control
- Purchasing
- COACHING
- English
- Shift management
- PROJECT MANAGEMENT
- Health screenings
- Performance management
- Patient assessment
- Nursing
- Productivity software
- RN experience
- Research
- Acute care
- Time management
- Emergency medicine
- Post-operative care
- Training
- Home health
- Computer literacy
- Sales
- IV infusion
- Pediatrics
- EKG
- Maintaining patient confidentiality
- Vital signs
- Microsoft Outlook
- Hospice care
- PICC line
- Microsoft Office
- ICD-9
- Vaccination administration
- Electronic health records (EHR)
- Escalation handling
- Patient emergency assistance
- Technical Proficiency
- Critical care experience
- Geriatrics
- Surgery
- Bilevel positive airway pressure (BiPAP) machines
- Data management
- Medication pass administration
- Organizational skills
- Microsoft Powerpoint
- Google Suite
- End-of-life care
- Psychopharmacology
- Home care
- Typing
- Computer skills
- Clinical documentation
- Succession planning
- Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS)
- Collecting samples for laboratory testing
- Direct patient care
- Mobile devices
- Intake
- Healthcare team management
- Mentoring
- Medication administration
- Negotiation
- MULTITASKING
- Project management
- Customer service
- TIME MANAGEMENT
- Microsoft Word
- Documentation review
- MENTORING
- Staff development
- GMP
- Intensive care
- Mechanical knowledge
- OSHA (regulatory compliance area)
- Basic life support
- Triage
- ICU experience
- Older adults
- CMS regulatory compliance
- PCU experience
- EHS
- Home & community care
- Manufacturing
- Hospice
- Hospice & palliative medicine
- Business requirements
- Epic
- Communication skills
- Team management
- Office management
- ICD-10
- Employment & labor law
- Cardiovascular patient monitoring
- Assembly
- Discharge planning
- FDA regulations
- Microsoft Excel
- Patient monitoring
Certification
- RN
- Expires: January 2020
- State: LA
- Driver's License
- CPR Certification
- RN License
- July 2016 to January 2026
- BLS Certification
- May 2022 to May 2024
- Lean Six Sigma Green Belt
- Certified Case Manager
- Compact State Nurse License
- Lean Six Sigma Certification
- Six Sigma Certification
- ACLS Certification
- AED Certification
Additional Information
- SKILLS & ABILITIES
- Ability to transfer ideas into words or actions, credibility among colleagues, peers and subordinates. Multitasking, negotiating skills, project management and time management. Working in teams, coaching and mentoring, and working with diversity. Implementing improvements and setting and maintaining performance standards.
Timeline
Registered Nurse Step Down Unit
Overton Brooks VA Medical Center
05.2025 - Current
Administrative Nursing Supervisor
Shreveport Rehabilitation Hospital
10.2023 - Current
Administrative Nursing Supervisor
Encompass Health
05.2021 - 09.2023
Charge Nurse PCU
CHRISTUS Health
05.2019 - 05.2021
Director of Nursing
The Gables at SpringLake
01.2019 - 08.2019
Cardiac Stepdown Charge Nurse
Willis Knighton Medical Center
01.2016 - 02.2019
Production Superintendent
Johnson Controls
01.1999 - 01.2013
Telemetry Technician
Willis Knighton Medical Center
01.1991 - 01.2000
Bachelor of Science - Nursing
Capella University
Associate of Science - Nursing
Bossier Parish Community College