Ron J. Mason
Salt Lake City,UT
Summary
Skilled nursing professional with more than 30 years of experience and passion for providing highest quality of behavioral and medical care. Compassionate and empathetic advocate for patients and families. Skillfully assesses health status, develops diagnoses and manages care for patients with acute and chronic concerns. Experienced in structured and unstructured environments, smoothly coordinating multiple activities and competing priorities.
Overview
36
36
years of professional experience
Work History
RN Staff Nurse
Holy Cross Hospital
04.2012 - Current
- Currently work in PACU (post op), caring for patients directly out of surgery, focusing on airway management, pain and nausea control, patient comfort.
- I also floated to Med/Surg, Ortho, Rehab, Psych, Telemetry, ER and ICU PRN.
RN Staff Nurse
St. Marks Hospital
10.2020 - 10.2022
- I worked in the PACU (post op) PRN, caring for pts directly out of surgery.
RN Case Manager
Vista Care Hospice
10.2011 - 10.2012
- I cared for hospice patients at end of life in their homes and in care facilities
- Case management, pain management, and comfort care mainly as well as family support
- We worked as a team, CNA's, LPN's, RN's, MD's, Social Workers, and Chaplains.
RN Staff Nurse
San Francisco General Hospital
03.2005 - 07.2008
- I worked in the department of Psychiatry caring for mentally ill patients, admissions, discharges, meds, emergencies, diabetics and charge nurse .
RN Staff Nurse
St. Joseph's Villa
01.2005 - 03.2005
- I worked and cared for geri-psych patients on an inpatient unit, doing admissions, discharges, meds, assessments, and charge nurse.
RN Staff Nurse
LDS Hospital
03.2004 - 08.2004
- I worked in the Thoracic ICU and CCU
- I cared for patients post-op heart surgery and with heart disease and MI's
- Swan's, vents, stents, and post-op.
RN Staff Nurse
IHC Home Care
03.2002 - 03.2004
- I worked as a home visit nurse doing mostly dressing changes, assessments, and lots of encouragement.
RN Staff Nurse
Salt Lake County Jail
08.1998 - 06.2003
- I worked in the Health Services Dept
- Caring for a large inmate population at the Metro Jail
- I passed meds, assessed needs, performed treatments, cared for diabetics, triaged emergencies, medically screened incoming inmates, and worked in both Acute and Sub-acute mental health.
RN Staff Nurse
ICCN (Intermountain Critical Care Nursing)
03.1996 - 03.1998
- I worked as a float nurse to various hospital ICU's in the Salt Lake Valley.
RN Staff Nurse
University Hospital
01.1992 - 12.1997
- I worked on a med/surg step-down unit specializing in neurological and neurosurgical nursing
- We were apart of the ICU cluster, so I was able to float to various ICU's and get good hands on experience in Neuro Critical Care, Burn Trauma ICU, MICU, SICU, and ER
- I also received extensive experience with vented patients, was chemo certified, and was a charge nurse for 3 years
- Note: Prior to becoming an RN on this floor I worked as an SPA II (Student Professional Assistant) and then an LPN from 1, 93 in the hospitals float pool
- During this time I was able to get some good experience working with RN's in Med/Surg, Ortho, Oncology, Peds, Cardiology, Telemetry, Neuro, Maternity, Psych, and Rehab
- After this I moved to 3 North (Neuro) as an RN in 8-93.
Volunteer
Holy Cross Hospital
04.1988 - 04.1990
- I worked in the recovery room assisting RN's with patients post-op, I acted more like a clerk, lots of fun and it gave me the incentive to go to nursing school and become an RN.
Education
No Degree - Basic Life Support
American Red Cross
Salt Lake City, UTNo Degree - Adult Cardiac Life Support
American Red Cross
Salt Lake City, UTNo Degree - Pediatric Advanced Life Support
American Red Cross
Salt Lake City, UTNo Degree - Basic ICU And EKG
LDS Hospital Education
Salt Lake City, UTBachelor of Science - Nursing
University of Utah
Salt Lake City, UT06.1993
Associate of Science - General Education
Salt Lake Community College
Salt Lake City, UT06.1990
No Degree - Psychology
Utah State University
Logan, UT1986
Skills
- EPIC EMR
- Clear Patient Communication
- PICC Lines
- Patient Education
- Medical Evaluations
- Intakes and Discharges
- Confidentiality and HIPAA
- Charting and Documentation
- Taking Vital Signs
- Knee Surgery
- Intravenous Injections
I enjoy hiking, kayaking, golf, traveling and riding my ebike, music and theatre.
I love to hike the Wasatch range, kayaking anywhere, golf for fun, traveling to Europe, I just returned from a 10 day trip to Amsterdam, London and Paris, saw a few art museums and the hop on hop off bus tour. I enjoy life in general and love to have fun!
Timeline
RN Staff Nurse
St. Marks Hospital
10.2020 - 10.2022
RN Staff Nurse
Holy Cross Hospital
04.2012 - Current
RN Case Manager
Vista Care Hospice
10.2011 - 10.2012
RN Staff Nurse
San Francisco General Hospital
03.2005 - 07.2008
RN Staff Nurse
St. Joseph's Villa
01.2005 - 03.2005
RN Staff Nurse
LDS Hospital
03.2004 - 08.2004
RN Staff Nurse
IHC Home Care
03.2002 - 03.2004
RN Staff Nurse
Salt Lake County Jail
08.1998 - 06.2003
RN Staff Nurse
ICCN (Intermountain Critical Care Nursing)
03.1996 - 03.1998
RN Staff Nurse
University Hospital
01.1992 - 12.1997
Volunteer
Holy Cross Hospital
04.1988 - 04.1990
No Degree - Basic Life Support
American Red Cross
No Degree - Adult Cardiac Life Support
American Red Cross
No Degree - Pediatric Advanced Life Support
American Red Cross
No Degree - Basic ICU And EKG
LDS Hospital Education
Bachelor of Science - Nursing
University of Utah
Associate of Science - General Education
Salt Lake Community College
No Degree - Psychology
Utah State University
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