Rebecca Babcock
Menifee
Summary
Registered Nurse and Emergency Department leader with over 20 years’ experience and a proven ability to cultivate meaningful relationships that lead to exceptional retention of staff. Reputation for leadership, quality work ethic and exceptional budgeting and communication skills as well as her ability to adhere to local and state standards in high-volume emergency departments. Achieves positive results through patient-focused dedication, effective problem solving, prompt responsiveness and strict adherence to guidelines. Patient-oriented Nurse with 10+ years of diverse experience in direct patient care, staff supervision and department operations. Skilled at multitasking and prioritizing patient needs and daily assignments. Offering expertise with Emergency Department and Trauma specialty.
Overview
21
21
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification
Work History
Staff Nurse and Trauma RN
Inland Valley Medical Center
Murrieta, CA
10.2012 - Current
- Provide high-quality care in a high-volume Emergency Trauma Department
- Participate in triaging of patients, assigning acuity and properly assessing acute and chronic conditions.
- Provide safe and excellent critical care of patients with traumatic conditions including cardiac arrest and stroke.
- Managed patients with non-life-threatening injuries and conditions in collaboration with providers.
- Utilized a team-based approach to patient care, working closely with ancillary departments and multidisciplinary staff to ensure optimal outcomes.
Travel Nurse
Various Hospitals
01.2010 - 01.2012
- Inland Valley Medical Center/Trauma Center Nurse Emergency Department
- Hemet Hospital Nurse Emergency Department
Staff Nurse/Lead Emergency Department Staff RN
Grossmont Hospital
La Mesa, CA
08.2008 - 09.2010
- Provided high-quality care in a high-volume Emergency Department and STEMI-center.
- Responsible for triaging patients by accurately assigning acuity levels and assessing both acute and chronic conditions.
- Delivered safe and excellent critical care to patients with traumatic conditions including cardiac arrest and stroke.
- Managed patients with non-life-threatening injuries and conditions in collaboration with providers.
- Utilized a team-based approach to patient care, working closely with ancillary departments and multidisciplinary staff to ensure optimal outcomes.
Clinical Supervisor
Eisenhower Medical Center
Rancho Mirage, CA
03.2007 - 08.2008
- Oversaw all employees in Emergency Department.
- Effectively and productively interact with all staff.
- Coordinated daily staffing needs and participated in staff evaluations.
- Supervised all activities related to the daily management of the unit in collaboration with the Administrative Director and Medical Director.
- Supported goals and maintained high standards required by the corporation.
Charge Nurse Emergency Department
San Gorgonio Memorial Hospital
Banning, CA
02.2005 - 04.2007
- Provided high-quality care in a high-volume Emergency Department.
- Participated in precepting of new grads.
- Participate in triaging of patients, assigning acuity and properly assessing acute and chronic conditions.
- Provide safe and excellent critical care of patients with traumatic conditions including cardiac arrest and stroke.
- Managed patients with non-life-threatening injuries and conditions in collaboration with providers.
- Utilized a team-based approach to patient care, working closely with ancillary departments and multidisciplinary staff to ensure optimal outcomes.
Director of Emergency Department
St. Bernadine Medical Center
San Bernadino, CA
02.2005 - 09.2005
- Oversaw 79 employees in high-volume 16-bed Emergency Department.
- Responsible for budget implementation, which had not been done in more than 7 years as well as re-designing and implementing a new nursing matrix.
- Created a system for more efficient nursing notes as well as patient flow through the ED to increase revenue, patient satisfaction and employee morale.
- Collaborated with other departments in the hospital and corporation for cohesiveness and flow of medical facility.
Director of Emergency Department
Parkview Community Hospital
Riverside, CA
10.2004 - 07.2005
- Oversaw 56 employees in high-volume 14-bed Emergency Department.
- Responsible for JACHO compliance, policy and budget writing along with staffing and payroll while being on call 24/7.
- Successfully received NO violations during JACHO survey within first few months of hire.
- JAHCO took 164 of our policies, including new patient flow within the department to use as examples in future surveys at other medical facilities.
Education
Associates Degree - Nursing
Saddleback College
Skills
- Electronic Charting
- Medication Electronic Scanning
- Emergency Patient Care
- Trauma Nursing
- Triage and Assessment of Patients
- Patient Advocacy
- Team Collaboration
- Payroll Processing
- Newborn care
- Tracheostomy Care
- Emergency Procedures
- Case management
- Resource Allocation
- Chronic disease management
- Medication Administration
- Intake and discharge
- Critical care
- Direct Patient Care
- Family Education
- Patient counseling
- Vaccine administration
- Patient education
- Infection control measures
- Medication and IV administration
- Patient Management
- Wound Care
- Intravenous therapy
- Family planning services education
- Sanitation
- Acute care expertise
- Strong clinical judgment
- Women's health exams
- Patient consultation
- Trauma recovery
- Oxygen saturation standards
- Collecting vitals
- Preventive health
- Patient and family advocacy
- ICD-9 forms
- Insulin medication assistance
Certification
- ADN, Associates Degree in Nursing from Saddleback College
- RN, Nursing License State of California, 07/31/26
- BLS, Basic Life Support, 2026
- ACLS, Advanced Cardiovascular Life Support, 2026
- FT, Fit Tested, 2020
- TNCC, Trauma Nursing Core Course, 1999-2023
- MICN, Mobile Intensive Care Nursing, 1999-2005
Timeline
Staff Nurse and Trauma RN
Inland Valley Medical Center
10.2012 - Current
Travel Nurse
Various Hospitals
01.2010 - 01.2012
Staff Nurse/Lead Emergency Department Staff RN
Grossmont Hospital
08.2008 - 09.2010
Clinical Supervisor
Eisenhower Medical Center
03.2007 - 08.2008
Charge Nurse Emergency Department
San Gorgonio Memorial Hospital
02.2005 - 04.2007
Director of Emergency Department
St. Bernadine Medical Center
02.2005 - 09.2005
Director of Emergency Department
Parkview Community Hospital
10.2004 - 07.2005
Associates Degree - Nursing
Saddleback College