Rachel Hixon
Lake Charles,LA
Summary
Registered healthcare professional with a strong background in both medical and surgical critical care environments, equipped to handle high-stress situations and complex patient needs. Focusing on team collaboration, adapting quickly to evolving circumstances and ensuring optimal patient outcomes. Skilled in advanced patient monitoring, emergency response, and therapeutic interventions. Known for reliability, empathy, and strong communication abilities with patients, family, and providers that enhance patient care and team efficiency.
Overview
4
4
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification
Work History
Registered Nurse, Intensive Care Unit
Lake Charles Memorial Hospital
06.2023 - Current
- Monitored patients' respiratory status and ventilator operation and made adjustments to promote stabilization.
- Effectively managed stressors associated with working in an intensive care setting while maintaining composure under pressure.
- Mentored new nursing staff, facilitating smooth integration into the ICU unit and promoting a supportive workplace culture.
- Assisted physicians with bedside procedures, ensuring accurate treatment administration and timely patient recovery.
- Demonstrated advanced critical thinking skills while managing complex clinical situations involving multiple organ systems failures in critically ill patients.
- Managed immediate post operative open-heart surgery patients, assessing cardiac and hemodynamic status, and adjusting therapies as necessary.
Nursing Extern
Lake Charles Memorial Hospital
05.2022 - 05.2023
- Working under the supervision of a Registered Nurse to plan, manage, and assess patient treatment on multiple units.
- Provides efficient patient care utilizing various skills and maintains a safe, clean environment.
- Communicates with patients and family members about treatments in a professional and supportive manner.
Receptionist
Imperial Calcasieu Surgical Center
06.2020 - 08.2021
- Warmly welcomed 20-30 patients per shift, coordinated check-in, collected insurance, and scheduled patients.
- Provided excellent customer service while smoothly managing day-to-day front desk operations.
- Managed and entered medical records while maintaining confidentiality of all patient information in accordance to HIPAA guidelines.
Education
Associate of Science - Nursing (ASN)
SOWELA Technical Community College
Lake Charles, LA05.2023
Bachelor of Science - Health and Human Performance
McNeese State University
Lake Charles, LA05.2020
Skills
- Leadership Skills
- Quickly Grasps New Concepts
- Ability to Work in a Team
- Effective Time Management
- Advanced Cardiac Life Support
- Critical Thinking
- Intravenous therapy
- Ventilator Management
- Cardiac Care
- Sedation Management
- IABP Management
- Impella Management
- Clinical Preceptor
- Hemodynamics Monitoring
- ECG
Certification
- Basic Life Support Certification (BLS)
- Advanced Cardiac Life Support Certification (ACLS)
- Cardiac Advanced Life Support - Surgery (CALS)
- TAVR
- NIHSS
- EKG
- IABP
- Impella
- Care of Immediate Post Cardiac Surgery
Timeline
Registered Nurse, Intensive Care Unit
Lake Charles Memorial Hospital
06.2023 - Current
Nursing Extern
Lake Charles Memorial Hospital
05.2022 - 05.2023
Receptionist
Imperial Calcasieu Surgical Center
06.2020 - 08.2021
- Basic Life Support Certification (BLS)
- Advanced Cardiac Life Support Certification (ACLS)
- Cardiac Advanced Life Support - Surgery (CALS)
- TAVR
- NIHSS
- EKG
- IABP
- Impella
- Care of Immediate Post Cardiac Surgery
Associate of Science - Nursing (ASN)
SOWELA Technical Community College
Bachelor of Science - Health and Human Performance
McNeese State University
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