PETER WAMBOGA
FAYETTEVILLE,Arkansas
Summary
Experienced Registered Nurse with over 13 years in acute, progressive, and long-term care settings. Skilled in managing ICU Step-Down and Cardiopulmonary units with a focus on patient safety and team collaboration. Proven ability to lead nursing teams and coordinate complex patient care.
Overview
13
13
years of professional experience
Work History
Registered Nurse Weekend Supervisor
APPLE CREEK HEALTH AND REHAB
Centerton, Arkansas
05.2020 - Current
- Lead weekend nursing staff, ensuring compliance with safety and regulatory standards.
- Monitor resident conditions, responding promptly to urgent clinical changes.
- Conduct resident assessments and administer medications per established protocols, ensuring accurate documentation.
- Review staffing needs and assign duties based on resident acuity.
- Ensure staff compliance with nursing standards, safety protocols, and facility requirements.
- Resolve staff conflicts efficiently while maintaining a respectful and productive work environment.
- Monitor resident care, ensuring compliance with facility guidelines.
- Perform regular rounds within the units to ensure residents receive appropriate care.
- Facilitate interdisciplinary collaboration to optimize patient care and improve treatment outcomes.
- Receive and investigate complaints from families, patients and clinical staff, and devise solutions to multifaceted challenges.
- Apply clinical judgment and knowledge of facility policies to assist floor nurses with patient care decisions.
Registered Nurse Weekend Supervisor
ROGERS HEALTH & REHAB
Rogers, Arkansas
03.2019 - 03.2020
- Led weekend nursing staff, ensuring compliance with safety and regulatory standards.
- Monitored resident conditions and responded promptly to urgent clinical changes.
- Conducted resident assessments and administered medications per established protocols, ensuring accurate documentation.
- Reviewed staffing needs and assigned duties based on resident acuity.
- Ensured staff compliance with nursing standards, safety protocols, and facility requirements.
- Resolved staff conflicts efficiently while maintaining a respectful and productive work environment.
- Monitored resident care, ensuring compliance with facility guidelines.
- Performed regular rounds within the units to ensure residents received appropriate care.
- Facilitated interdisciplinary collaboration to optimize patient care and improve treatment outcomes.
- Received and investigated complaints from families, patients and clinical staff, and devised solutions to multifaceted challenges.
- Applied clinical judgment and knowledge of facility policies to assist floor nurses with patient care decisions.
Registered Nurse, Intensive Care Unit-Step Down
MERCY HOSPITAL FORT SMITH
Fort Smith, Arkansas
04.2017 - 10.2018
- Led unit nursing staff, ensuring compliance with safety and regulatory standards.
- Conducted patient assessment of critically ill patients, administered oral and intravenous medications, and titrated drips per physician orders and established protocols, ensuring accurate documentation.
- Facilitated interdisciplinary collaboration to optimize patient care and improve treatment outcomes.
- Documented patient status and nursing interventions in electronic medical records.
- Educated families on care plans, safety concerns, and discharge instructions.
- Performed bedside procedures such as wound dressing changes, catheterizations, IV starts and changes, tracheostomy care.
- Maintained accurate documentation of patient assessments, treatments, and medications administered in electronic medical record system.
- Collaborated with other healthcare professionals to ensure optimal patient care.
- Prioritized multiple tasks while maintaining excellent standards of care delivery.
- Administered medications and treatments according to established protocols.
- Assessed patient's condition and monitored vital signs.
- Participated in quality improvement activities aimed at improving the overall standard of care provided to ICU patients.
- Evaluated the effectiveness of nursing interventions through ongoing assessment of patient responses and outcomes.
- Demonstrated effective communication skills when interacting with patients and families.
- Recognized changes in patient conditions, promptly notified physicians, and implemented appropriate interventions as necessary.
- Functioned as charge nurse and assumed patient care in absence of nurses ending or arriving for shifts.
- Developed and maintained professional relationship with members of health care team, patient, and patient's family.
- Participated in quality improvement initiatives, focusing on enhancing patient care in ICU-Step Down.
Registered Nurse
NORTHWEST MEDICAL CENTER -SPRINGDALE
Springdale, Arkansas
07.2014 - 01.2017
- Conducted patient conditions on Northwest Medical Center - Springdale acute care units.
- Administered medications and monitored reactions per physician orders.
- Documented nursing care in electronic health records.
- Coordinated care plans with physicians and interdisciplinary teams.
- Monitored vital signs and reported changes to charge nurse.
- Educated patients and families on treatments and discharge instructions.
- Utilized critical thinking skills to assess clinical situations quickly and accurately.
- Assessed, planned, implemented and evaluated nursing care for assigned patients.
- Maintained a safe environment for all patients by adhering to infection control policies and procedures.
- Monitored vital signs, administered injections, and provided assistance with medical procedures.
- Advocated for patients by supporting and respecting basic rights, values, and beliefs.
- Administered medications and treatments, monitoring patients for reactions and side effects.
- Evaluated effectiveness of interventions through ongoing assessment of patient responses.
- Evaluated patients, recognized and addressed complications and coordinated treatment with other members of critical care team.
- Assessed patient needs, prioritized treatment, maintained patient flows and assisted physicians with non-invasive procedures.
- Provided patient care and education to patients with chronic illnesses.
- Updated charts throughout shifts with current, accurate information to maintain strict recordkeeping standards.
- Oversaw patient admission and discharge processes to coordinate related paperwork.
- Provided patient and family health education focusing on self-management, prevention and wellness.
- Counseled patients regarding medication side effects or lifestyle changes necessary for improved health outcomes.
- Actively participated in quality improvement initiatives within the department.
- Demonstrated ability to work independently as well as collaboratively within a team environment.
- Responded to emergency situations with speed, expertise and level-headed approaches to provide optimal care, support and life-saving interventions.
- Observed strict safety measures, including checking medication dosages before administration to patients.
- Monitored diet, physical activity, behaviors, and other patient factors to assess conditions and adjust treatment plans.
Register nurse cardiology unit
WASHINGTON REGIONAL MEDICAL CENTER
Fayetteville, Arkansas
10.2013 - 05.2014
- Assessed Washington Regional Medical Center cardiology unit patients and documented nursing care plans.
- Administered medications and monitored vital signs per Washington Regional Medical Center protocols.
- Coordinated care with physicians and interdisciplinary teams across Washington Regional Medical Center units.
- Educated patients and families on treatments, medications, and discharge instructions.
- Maintained accurate electronic health records and shift handoff notes.
- Responded to patient changes and escalated concerns to providers promptly.
- Prepared patients for procedures and supported recovery care at Washington Regional Medical Center.
- Followed infection control and safety standards throughout Washington Regional Medical Center assignments.
- Utilized critical thinking skills to assess clinical situations quickly and accurately.
- Assessed, planned, implemented and evaluated nursing care for assigned patients.
- Maintained a safe environment for all patients by adhering to infection control policies and procedures.
- Monitored vital signs, administered injections, and provided assistance with medical procedures.
- Documented patient progress notes accurately and efficiently in the electronic medical record system.
- Administered medications and treatments, monitoring patients for reactions and side effects.
- Advocated for patients by supporting and respecting basic rights, values, and beliefs.
- Evaluated effectiveness of interventions through ongoing assessment of patient responses.
- Evaluated patients, recognized and addressed complications and coordinated treatment with other members of critical care team.
- Recorded patient condition, vital signs, recovery progress, and medication side effects.
- Provided emotional support and comfort to families during difficult times.
- Updated charts throughout shifts with current, accurate information to maintain strict recordkeeping standards.
- Participated in multidisciplinary team meetings to discuss patient care plans.
- Counseled patients regarding medication side effects or lifestyle changes necessary for improved health outcomes.
- Monitored patients after surgery, answered questions, and provided home care strategies.
- Actively participated in quality improvement initiatives within the department.
- Demonstrated ability to work independently as well as collaboratively within a team environment.
Education
Doctor of Nursing Practice - Family Nurse Practitioner
UNIVERSITY FO ARKANSAS FOR MEDICAL SCIENCES
Little Rock, AR12-2026
Bachelor of Science in Nursing - Registered Nurse
UNIVERSITY OF ARKANSAS
Fayetteville, AR05-2021
Associate Degree in Nursing - Nursing
CROWDER COLLEGE
Neosho, MO07-2013
Skills
- Advanced clinical assessment
- Clinical judgment
- Treatment planning
- Critical care management
- Patient Safety Initiatives
- Regulatory adherence
- Patient Care Technology
- Interdisciplinary collaboration
- Patient counseling
- Empathetic care
- Staff supervision
Timeline
Registered Nurse Weekend Supervisor
APPLE CREEK HEALTH AND REHAB
05.2020 - Current
Registered Nurse Weekend Supervisor
ROGERS HEALTH & REHAB
03.2019 - 03.2020
Registered Nurse, Intensive Care Unit-Step Down
MERCY HOSPITAL FORT SMITH
04.2017 - 10.2018
Registered Nurse
NORTHWEST MEDICAL CENTER -SPRINGDALE
07.2014 - 01.2017
Register nurse cardiology unit
WASHINGTON REGIONAL MEDICAL CENTER
10.2013 - 05.2014
Doctor of Nursing Practice - Family Nurse Practitioner
UNIVERSITY FO ARKANSAS FOR MEDICAL SCIENCES
Bachelor of Science in Nursing - Registered Nurse
UNIVERSITY OF ARKANSAS
Associate Degree in Nursing - Nursing
CROWDER COLLEGE