Ryan McGowan
Registered Nurse
Summary
Compassionate Registered Nurse with experience offering comprehensive patient care in outpatient environments. Works well with diverse patient populations and fosters trusting relationships to improve outcomes. Efficiently coordinate with healthcare professionals to advance patient care.
Overview
7
7
years of professional experience
4
4
years of post-secondary education
3
3
Certifications
Work History
Registered Nurse
Department of Veterans Affairs
Omaha, NE
11.2022 - Current
- Clinical areas – Medical Surgical floors, Intensive Care unit, and Psychiatric Inpatient Care Unit
- Assess, plan, implement, and evaluate care for three to five patients
- Implemented medication and IV administration, catheter insertion, and airway management.
- Advised patients and caregivers of proper wound management, discharge plan objectives, safe medication use, and disease management.
- Advocated for patients by communicating care preferences to practitioners, verifying interventions met treatment goals and identifying insurance coverage limitations.
- Educated patient on safe medication administration and wound care while teaching patients to maintain level of care while outside of the hospital
- Implemented all elements of nursing process while providing direct patient care
- Assessed patients to monitor current health and make adjustment to care needs as necessary to maintain and optimize patients health
- Oversaw delivery of care for patients on medical-surgical unit, providing direct care, delegating nursing assignments and supervising team comprised of nurses, technicians, and unit clerks.
Vaccine Nurse
Hyvee
Papillion, NE
08.2022 - Current
- Provided education to patients on vaccines including safety and protection, while encouraging vaccine hesitant individuals to receive vaccines appropriate for them
- Identified patient allergies and previous reactions to prevent harm and select the most appropriate vaccine for them
- Met with members of public and local leaders at various community events and discussed ways to reduce illness through vaccination
- Averaging 200 vaccine administrations per 8 hour shift: exceeding goals and promoting public health .
Pharmacy Technician
Costco Wholesale
10.2016 - 08.2022
- Provide exceptional customer service, building rapport that has led to a 90% retention of patients and has led to an annual growth of 40% new prescriptions
- Worked to migrate pharmacy to new patient records system: Transferred hundreds of profiles to database and trained several coworkers on new system
- Consulted with insurance companies to complete claims processing, resolve concerns, and reconcile payments
Education
Bachelor of Science - Nursing
Nebraska Methodist College
Omaha, NE 08.2021 - 07.2022
Bachelor of Arts - Healthy Lifestyle Management
Creighton University
Omaha, NE 08.2017 - 12.2020
Skills
Patient and family advocacy
undefinedCertification
BLS
Timeline
Registered Nurse
Department of Veterans Affairs
11.2022 - Current
Vaccine Nurse
Hyvee
08.2022 - Current
Bachelor of Science - Nursing
Nebraska Methodist College
08.2021 - 07.2022
Bachelor of Arts - Healthy Lifestyle Management
Creighton University
08.2017 - 12.2020
Pharmacy Technician
Costco Wholesale
10.2016 - 08.2022
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