Highly adaptable and experienced Registered Nurse with background in leadership of a rapidly growing, changing healthcare environment. Transitional talent with ability to guide personnel through the ever-changing healthcare Over four-year background driving quality improvements and coaching nursing staff to reach full potential. Strong organizational, communication and multitasking abilities. Goal-driven and well-versed in training and managing employees to provide exceptional patient-care experience. Highly organized and hardworking with excellent planning and management skills. Licensed in Florida.
Overview
4
4
years of professional experience
Work History
Clinical Assistant Nurse Manager
Orlando Regional Medical Center
08.2023 - Current
Managed 30 nurses and nursing activities in 50-bed unit by providing comprehensive nursing guidance and maintaining outstanding patient satisfaction and care standards.
Supervised, directed, and motivated high-quality performance from nursing staff.
Leveraged feedback and process improvement opportunities to create safer and healthier environment and increase patient satisfaction.
Fostered improvement in staff development, personnel training, and standards of patient care.
Reviewed department performance and adjusted coverage to compensate for changing conditions.
Collaborated with leadership to devise initiatives for improving nursing satisfaction, retention and morale.
Investigated and independently resolved complaints from staff, physicians, and patients by leveraging clinical judgment and unit management expertise.
Established and continuously optimized unit schedules and individual work assignments.
Managed staff scheduling and time off to adequately staff nursing floors and allow nurses earned time off.
Developed and implemented quality improvement initiatives to provide best possible patient care and identify and address areas of concern.
Led staff meetings to keep team informed of departmental changes and provide opportunities for nurses to share ideas and concerns.
Led teams in driving successful patient outcomes by prioritizing standard of care and best practices.
Developed strategy to target nursing and patient satisfaction issues, improve response, and patient care quality and suggest actionable improvements to promote hospital-wide quality and safety initiatives.
Sustained quality standards by performing routine medication audits and upholding internal and industry best practices.
EPIC Superuser
RN, Acute Care and Nurse Leader
Winnie Palmer Hospital For Women And Babies
12.2021 - 08.2023
Provide exceptional care to both normal and high-risk postpartum patients along with their newborns and identify abnormalities
Addressing abnormalities in assessments, communicating with doctors, and providing care to address complications.
Duties included assessment of mothers and newborns, administration of IV, oral and parental medications and attending to surgical incisions, as well as blood administration, magnesium sulfate administration and other high-risk medications.
Addressing newborn complications including jaundice, hypoglycemia, respiratory distress and exposure to maternal chorioamnionitis or maternal drug abuse.
Provide critical care to mothers with postpartum hemorrhage.
Assist new mothers with breastfeeding and supplementation and provide education about benefits of breastfeeding. Proficient with breast pumps, shields, and supplementation.
Learned techniques to manage challenging patients/families by establishing a strong rapport through exemplary care, advocacy and mutual respect.
Function as Charge nurse and help facility unit to run nursing operations smoothly.
Function as primary preceptor and help new graduate nurses assimilate into high acuity unit by providing unique learning opportunities.
Participates in Hospital Nursing Governance as member of Unit Nursing Practice Council.
RN, Acute Care
Orlando Regional Medical Center
10.2019 - 12.2022
Provide direct patient care to floor status surgical patients under trauma, emergency general surgery, urology, bariatrics, colorectal, oncology and orthopedic services.
Collaborated with multidisciplinary team to evaluate patient data and determine patient care plans.
Provides nursing care to adult patients on Med-Surg Acute Care unit through development and implementation of patients plan of care.
Manage various drains, tubes, lines as well as perform wound care while monitoring multiple patients on telemetry monitoring.
Function as Charge nurse and help facility unit to run nursing operations smoothly.
Function as primary preceptor and help new graduate nurses assimilate into high acuity unit at level one adult trauma center by providing unique learning opportunities.
Participates in Hospital Nursing Governance as a member of Hospital Nursing Practice Council and as Chair of Unit Nursing Practice Council.
Wound resource nurse, help follow nurses in treating complex wound care, participate in weekly skin rounds and hospital wide skin prevalence day.
EPIC Superuser, unit resource, for new projects involving hospital electronic health record.
Education
Master of Nursing - Nurse Executive (Leadership And Management)
Registered Nurse, Emergency Department at Orlando Health; Orlando Regional Medical CenterRegistered Nurse, Emergency Department at Orlando Health; Orlando Regional Medical Center
Registered Nurse–Medical PCU at Orlando Health Orlando Regional Medical CenterRegistered Nurse–Medical PCU at Orlando Health Orlando Regional Medical Center