Ronald Adams
Gresham,OR
Summary
Compassionate Charge Nurse offers 25 years of patient care and advocacy within Critical Care, Acute Care, Long Term Care and Emergency Care units. Highly skilled in charting, managing patient intake and discharges and monitoring care plans. Well-versed in promoting policies and protocols to achieve core measures. Demonstrated success in cultivating strong patient rapport to drive outcome goals. Seasoned nursing professional offering proven clinical knowledge, natural interpersonal strengths and technical abilities. Knowledgeable about EMR charting, medication administration and interdisciplinary collaboration focused on optimizing patient care and support. Quality-focused and efficiency-driven leader. Diligent nursing professional with demonstrated success in emergency patient care. Agile and responsive to dynamic patient needs and environmental conditions. Team-oriented and reliable with expert healthcare knowledge, clear verbal and written communication skills and sound clinical judgment.
Overview
24
24
years of professional experience
Work History
Staff RN/ Relief Charge RN
Kaiser Permanente
03.2013 - Current
- Trained new nurses in proper techniques, care standards, operational procedures, and safety protocols.
- Coordinated nursing care on unit through staff assignments, assisting and rounding with physicians, monitoring patient orders, and communicating with ancillary departments.
- Collaborated with physicians to quickly assess patients and deliver appropriate treatment while managing rapidly changing conditions.
- Documented information in patients' electronic medical record, relaying information to clinicians and care providers to facilitate continuity of care.
House Supervisor/Rapid Response Nurse
Vibra Specialty Hospital
01.2010 - 03.2013
- Evaluated patient histories, complaints, current symptoms to establish proper placement of patients to unit of care for best treatment outcomes.
- Communicated with healthcare team members to plan, implement and enhance treatment strategies.
- Educated family members and caregivers on patient care instructions.
- Documented treatments delivered, medications and IVs administered, discharge instructions, and follow-up care.
- Explained course of care and medication side effects to patients and caregivers in easy-to-understand terms.
- Followed all personal and health data procedures to effectively comply with HIPAA laws and prevent information breaches.
- Provided skilled, timely and level-headed emergency response to critically-ill patients.
- Monitored patient reactions after administering medications and IV therapies.
- Used first-hand knowledge and clinical expertise to advocate for patients under care and enacted prescribed treatment strategies.
RN Staff Nurse/ EMT Paramedic
Blue Mountain Hospital
12.1999 - 01.2010
- Flight medic with USFS Type II team Incident Medical Specialist. Disaster Management Team. Responsible for access, rescue, and treatment of critically ill or injured patients in urban and wild areas of the North American Hemisphere.
- Collaborated with medical professionals to communicate patient needs with accuracy and speed using hospital and medical codes.
- Communication with Air Ambulance and Ground Ambulance services in the rural areas to effect safe landing zones for immediate transfer of critical patients to most appropriate and higher level of care hospitals in the tri states region.
- Maintained levelheadedness and efficiency in high-pressure situations, effectively prioritizing tasks to save lives and provide medical care.
- Maintained accurate patient records and documentation of treatments to enable tracking history and safeguard information.
- Evaluated patient vital signs and status to determine care needs using pulse oximeters and electronic vital sign machines.
- Controlled wounds and injuries en-route to hospitals, prepping patients for advanced treatments or maintaining conditions pre-arrival.
- Triaged patients in emergency situations based on life-threatening needs and delegated tasks to better provide treatment to maximum patients at once.
- Developed and maintained rapport with coworkers and local hospital staff to facilitate efficient patient care.
- Trained EMTs in basic life support skills, oxygen therapy, and wound care.
Education
Bachelor of Science - Nursing
Oregon Health & Science University
Portland, OR06.2008
Associate of Applied Science - Emergency Medicine
Central Oregon Community College
Bend, OR06.1998
Associate of Applied Science - Fire Science
Chemeketa Community College
Salem, OR06.1998
Skills
- Work Assignments
- Unit Oversight
- Performance Management
- Patient Care Standards
- Duty Delegation
- Medical Histories and Vital Statistics
- Crisis Prevention Intervention
- Status Updates
- Staffing Requirements
- Treatment Plan Modification
- Operational Procedures
- Emergency Diagnostics
Timeline
Staff RN/ Relief Charge RN
Kaiser Permanente
03.2013 - Current
House Supervisor/Rapid Response Nurse
Vibra Specialty Hospital
01.2010 - 03.2013
RN Staff Nurse/ EMT Paramedic
Blue Mountain Hospital
12.1999 - 01.2010
Bachelor of Science - Nursing
Oregon Health & Science University
Associate of Applied Science - Emergency Medicine
Central Oregon Community College
Associate of Applied Science - Fire Science
Chemeketa Community College
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