PAMELA SCOTT
Tifton,GA
Summary
I am a Registered Nurse with strong clinical abilities who is personable and has a positive attitude. I adapt to changes in the environment and schedules with ease. In recent years, I have worked as a Pacu staff nurse and most recently as a Pacu travel nurse. I am looking forward to continuing to grow in my nursing profession.
Overview
13
13
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification
Work History
Registered Nurse, PACU, Travel Nurse
Emory St. Joseph's Hospital
Dunwoody, Georgia
04.2024 - 07.2024
- Utilize evidence-based practice guidelines to provide safe patient care.
- Ensure that all documentation is completed in a timely manner and meets all standards for accuracy.
- Adhere to infection control policies and procedures when performing duties related to patient care.
- Demonstrate excellent communication skills while interacting with patients, family members, physicians, and other health professionals.
- Assess and evaluate the patient's medical condition to determine the best course of treatment.
- Develop individualized plans of care based on assessment of physical, psychosocial, spiritual, cultural, and educational needs of the patient.
- Monitor vital signs, administer medications, and provide treatments in accordance with physician orders.
- Managed emergency care situations, applying critical thinking and rapid decision-making skills.
- Provided patient and family health education focusing on self-management, prevention and wellness.
- Collected lab specimens, ordering and interpreting diagnostic tests and lab results.
- Oversaw patient admission and discharge processes to coordinate related paperwork.
- Utilized computerized Resource and Patient Management System (RPMS) and Electronic Health Record (EHR) system, Epic.
Registered Nurse, PACU, Travel RN
Emory University Hospital
Atlanta, GA
08.2023 - 03.2024
- Deliver individualized care to patients by monitoring pain levels, checking vital signs, and explaining next steps to recovery.
- Utilize effective communication skills to educate patients and family members on side effects from both surgery and anesthesia.
- Employ nursing best practices and clinical judgment to continuously evaluate patients' progress and employ interventions to achieve desired outcomes.
- Administer medications, and monitor patient reactions.
- Respond to emergency situations with speed, expertise, and level-headed approaches to provide optimal care, support, and life-saving interventions.
- Utilize computerized Resource and Patient Management System (RPMS) and Electronic Health Record (EHR) system.
- Coordinated discharge planning activities including arranging follow up appointments or referrals for additional services.
Registered Nurse, PACU, Travel RN
Emory University Hospital
Atlanta, GA
09.2022 - 04.2023
- Care for patients waking up after anesthesia.
- Assessed patient needs, prioritized treatment, maintained patient flows, and assisted physicians with bedside procedures.
- Maintain patient homeostasis by managing patients' airways, vital signs, and surgical sites.
- Manage respiratory systems, such as breathing treatments, BiPAPs, CPAPs, ventilators, and chest tubes.
- Manage patient care systems, such as orthotic devices, drain systems, shunts, and vascular systems.
- Administer medications and treatments, monitor patients for reactions and side effects.
- Adhere to infection control procedures to facilitate a safe, clean patient environment.
- Provide patient comfort, and educate patients about their current medical concerns and their healthcare needs.
- Maintain appropriate documentation of care and update health information and data in an electronic health care record, Epic
- Communicate and update patients family
Registered Nurse, PACU, Travel RN
Piedmont Athens Regional Medical Center
Athens, GA
07.2022 - 10.2022
- Observe patients for side effects of anesthesia
- Monitor and record patient vital signs
- Monitor patient’s level of consciousness throughout sedation recovery
- Perform post-operative tasks, such as administering medication, blood products, set up pain management systems, assist with bedside procedures, manage care management devices and change dressings as needed
- Provide respiratory management, including ventilation systems and assist with extibations
- Check and update patient files, charts and medical records
- Collaborate with an interdisciplinary team for patient best outcomes
- Comfort and answer questions when patients wake from sedation
- Educate patients in regards to managing their ongoing post-surgical care
Registered Nurse, PACU, PRN RN
Tift Regional Health System
Tifton, GA
01.2022 - 06.2022
- Provide care and maintains homeostasis to PACU patients by monitoring and intervening for post-surgical factors.
- Evaluate patients' progress, deliver interventions, and continue to provide ongoing care for desired outcomes.
- Utilize effective communication skills to educate patients and family members on side effects from both surgery and anesthesia, and provide instructions for post-surgical care for home recovery upon discharge.
- Assist physicians with bedside procedures, such as arterial line insertions, chest tube insertions, and nerve blocks.
- Complete direct patient care tests, obtain, and deliver specimens accordingly.
- Responded to emergency situations with speed, expertise, and level-headed approaches to provide optimal care, support, and life-saving interventions.
- Monitored post-op vitals, set up PCA, fluids, reviewed post-op orders, and assimilated patients to unit.
- Evaluated and adjusted life support equipment, tubing, and peripheral devices, providing critical assistance to fragile patients.
- Supervise cardiac monitors, mechanical ventilators, and alarms, and oxygen delivery devices.
- Utilize computerized Resource and Patient Management System (RPMS) and Electronic Health Record (EHR) system, Cerner.
- Communicate with a multidisciplinary team to ensure post-surgical and post-anesthetized patients receive their most desired goals and best outcomes.
Registered Nurse, PACU, Travel RN
Memorial Health University Medical Center
Savannah, GA
01.2022 - 05.2022
- Employ nursing best practices and clinical judgement to Level 1 Trauma patients of all ages recovering from surgeries and patients coming out of anesthesia.
- Deliver individualized care to post-operative patients by monitoring pain levels, post-vitals and explaining next steps to recovery.
- Respond to emergency situations with speed, expertise and level-headed approaches to provide optimal care, support and life-saving interventions.
- Monitor post-op surgical sites and devices. set up and maintain PCA and fluids, assist with bedside procedures such as artline insertions and nerve blocks, maintain drainage systems, administer critical medications and blood products and obtain test specimens.
- Evaluate and adjust life support equipment, tubing and peripheral devices providing critical assistance to fragile patients.
- Advocate for patient needs with an interdisciplinary team and implement outlined treatment plans.
- Utilize computerized Resources, Patient Management Systems (RPMS) and Electronic Health Record (EHR) system, Epic
- Maintain strict patient data procedures to comply with HIPAA laws and prevent information breaches.
Registered Nurse, PACU, Staff Nurse
Tift Regional Health System
Tifton, GA
06.2019 - 01.2022
- Provide care and maintain homeostasis to PACU patients by monitoring and intervening for post-surgical factors.
- Evaluate patients' progress, deliver interventions, and continue to provide ongoing care for desired outcomes.
- Utilize effective communication skills to educate patients and family members on side effects from both surgery and anesthesia, and provide instructions for post-surgical care for home recovery upon discharge.
- Assist physicians with bedside procedures, such as arterial line insertions, chest tube insertions, and nerve blocks.
- Completes direct patient care tests, obtains, and delivers specimens accordingly.
- Supervise cardiac monitors, mechanical ventilators, and alarms, and oxygen delivery devices.
- Utilize computerized Resource and Patient Management System (RPMS) and Electronic Health Record (EHR) system, Cerner.
- Communicate with a multidisciplinary team to ensure post surgical and post anesthetized patients receive their most desired goals and best outcomes.
Registered Nurse Endoscopy, Staff RN
Phoebe Putney Memorial Hospital
Albany, GA
11.2013 - 06.2019
- Provide professional and safe nursing care for assigned patients.
- Prepare patients for procedure by gathering data from patient and/or family members and care takers, as well as perform a physical assessment of patient, obtaining vital information and working with an interdisciplinary team to ensure patient is stable to obtain procedure.
- Administer medication as needed, blood and blood products as needed, maintain blood glucose levels
- Provide therapies such as obtaining urinalysis and other pertinent labs to ensure patient is safe for treatment.
- Work in the procedure room assisting the doctor and obtaining specimens during Esophagogastroduodenoscopies, Colonoscopies, ERCP's, EUS’s with fine needle aspiration biopsies, PEG insertions and PEG removals.
- Provide conscious sedation and maintain patient care throughout the procedure, reassessing the patient and intervening throughout the procedures as needed. When MAC is provided by anesthesia, provide assistance to them as needed to maintain patient's safety throughout the procedure and document throughout the procedure, enter charges and specimen according to organizations standards of care and mission. Recover patients post procedure which includes a plan of care, assessment, intervention and evaluation of care as well as educating patient and patient's family and/or caregiver.
- Assist patient as needed with personal care and limitations post sedation.
- Work with an interdisciplinary team to determine patient is suitable for discharge. Assist patient to their transportation via wheelchair and assist patient into vehicle upon discharge.
- Take call for emergent cases on weekend call rotation as well as week day call rotation working with a Doctor and a tech, provide care to patient, in triage, procedure and post procedure in the Emergency Center at bedside, in the Critical Units and in the endoscope dept at the hospital. Also assist with emergency cases in the Operating room during call and during normal work days.
Registered Nurse, Medical-Surgical Unit, Staff RN
Phoebe Putney Memorial Hospital
Albany , GA
10.2011 - 11.2012
- Provide safe and ethical care to ill, injured and recovering adult patients.
- Provide key information regarding diseases, medications and course of treatment to patients and caregivers.
- Carry out nursing tasks in the safest possible manner to ensure a high level of care that complied with the organization's procedures and regulations.
- Assist with nursing duties in areas where healthcare teams were short-staffed.
- Participate in discussions with healthcare team members regarding patients to address and resolve concerns and ensure a high level of nursing care.
- Assess patients condition, administer medications by mouth, Subq, sublingual, IM, and IV.
- Change dressings and monitor changes of wounds.
- Perform nursing skills such as insert foley catheters, NG tubes, maintain drainage systems, etc.
- Assist patient with ADL's
- Assess patient, plan patient's care, implement patient's care, evaluated outcomes, continuously reassessing and carrying our care and reevaluating patient's responses.
Registered Nurse, Endoscopy, Staff RN
Phoebe Digestive Health Center
Albany, GA
11.2012 - 11 2013
- Provide safe nursing care to patients post procedure who has been given MAC or Concourse Sedation medication.
- Communicate with an interdisciplinary team.
- Assess patients, develop a plan of care, implement the plan of care and evaluate the plan of care as well as document patient care and patient outcomes.
- Educate patient and patient's family throughout care as well as about new diagnosis and post procedure care.
- Perform all job responsibilities in alignment with the core values, mission and vision of the organization.
- Maintain current knowledge in area of responsibility which includes self education and attending ongoing educational programs.
Nursing Home Registered Nurse, Clinical/Charge Nurse
Sylvester Health Care
Sylvester, Ga
9 2010 - 9 2011
- Provide Care to Geriatric Residents
- Administer routine daily medications, by mouth, subcutaneously, sublingual, rectally, topically, and intravenously
- Dress wounds and apply dressings as needed
- Assist with activities of daily living
- Monitor Blood Sugar levels and treat as needed
- Obtain blood for labs as needed
- Attend meetings with an interdisciplinary team daily to discuss residents needs and concerns and assisted in creating plans of care
- Reevaluate residents after Treatment and alter plan of care as needed
- Complete thorough documentation on Residents
- Audit residents charts
- Set up medical appointments and transportation arrangements for residents
- Assist family members during the transition of their loved ones into the nursing home and on a daily to ensure their needs are met for their loved ones wishes as well as their wishes for their loved one.
- Manage a skilled nursing team, providing guidance and direction to meet the organizations mission and desired outcomes for the residence.
Education
Associate of Science - Associates of Science in Nursing
Darton College Aka Albany State University
05.2009
Certificate in Practical Nursing - Practical Nursing
Albany Technical College
2006
Skills
- Excellent verbal and written Communication Skills as well as excellent interpersonal skills with patients, staff, and other healthcare professionals
- Skilled in interviewing patients to obtain medical information
- Ensures a high standard of nursing care to patients undergoing procedures and surgeries
- Experienced in administering medication for conscious sedation for procedures
- Skilled in assessing, planning, implementing, and evaluating individualized nursing care for each patient
- Makes timely decisions and strong clinical judgement
- Maintains patient safety and patients rights for privacy
- Skilled in caring for patients including task such as maintaining airways, changing bandages, managing chest tubes, NG tubes, Bowel systems, Foley Catheters and continuous bladder irrigation systems, wound drainage systems, PCA pumps, patients on ventilators, patients with tracheostomies and LVADS and maintain critical drips
- Proficient in Meditec system, Endoworks, Provation, McKesson, Cerner and Epic
Certification
Georgia Registered Nursing License- Single State
license No. RN206678 issued-01/04/2010 Expires-01/31/2026
Georgia Registered Nursing License, eNLC
License No.-RN206678 Issued- 01/29/2021 expires 01/31/2026
American Heart Association-BLS Certified expires 3/2026
American Heart Association-ACLS Certified expires 3/2026
NIH Stroke Scale Test Group B- Continuing Ed Cert. expires 06/2025
American Heart Association- PALS Certified expired 06/2024
Timeline
Registered Nurse, PACU, Travel Nurse
Emory St. Joseph's Hospital
04.2024 - 07.2024
Registered Nurse, PACU, Travel RN
Emory University Hospital
08.2023 - 03.2024
Registered Nurse, PACU, Travel RN
Emory University Hospital
09.2022 - 04.2023
Registered Nurse, PACU, Travel RN
Piedmont Athens Regional Medical Center
07.2022 - 10.2022
Registered Nurse, PACU, PRN RN
Tift Regional Health System
01.2022 - 06.2022
Registered Nurse, PACU, Travel RN
Memorial Health University Medical Center
01.2022 - 05.2022
Registered Nurse, PACU, Staff Nurse
Tift Regional Health System
06.2019 - 01.2022
Registered Nurse Endoscopy, Staff RN
Phoebe Putney Memorial Hospital
11.2013 - 06.2019
Registered Nurse, Endoscopy, Staff RN
Phoebe Digestive Health Center
11.2012 - 11 2013
Registered Nurse, Medical-Surgical Unit, Staff RN
Phoebe Putney Memorial Hospital
10.2011 - 11.2012
Nursing Home Registered Nurse, Clinical/Charge Nurse
Sylvester Health Care
9 2010 - 9 2011
Associate of Science - Associates of Science in Nursing
Darton College Aka Albany State University
Certificate in Practical Nursing - Practical Nursing
Albany Technical College