Samantha Peyton
Fort Myers
Summary
Registered Nurse with 8+ years of experience, with a wide range of specialization in interventional radiology, hospice care, surgical intensive care, endoscopy, and school health services. Demonstrates a strong ability to manage patient care with precision and empathy, ensuring effective medication administration and emergency response. Committed to enhancing patient outcomes through meticulous record-keeping and collaboration with healthcare teams.
Overview
9
9
years of professional experience
Work History
Endoscopy RN
Fort Myers Surgery Center
06.2025 - Current
- Cross trained into pre-op, procedures, and PACU
- Administered pre-procedure assessments to ensure patient readiness for endoscopic procedures.
- Collaborated with multidisciplinary teams to enhance patient care and streamline procedural workflows.
- Educated patients on preparation and recovery processes, improving overall satisfaction and compliance.
- Minimized complications during procedures with expert monitoring of vital signs and prompt intervention as needed.
Hospice Admissions Nurse
Hope Hospice/Chapters Healthcare
01.2024 - Current
- Briefly held a Team Leader position
- Implemented process improvements, enhancing productivity and workflow efficiency
- Efficiently manage hospice admissions, ensuring compassionate patient intake and care coordination.
- Maintain meticulous records and assessments to enhance patient care strategies at Hope Hospice.
- Provide emotional and clinical support to patients and families, fostering a comforting admission process.
- Work closely with healthcare teams to streamline admissions and optimize patient care transitions.
- Understanding the Medicare health benefit.
- Evaluate patients for hospice appropriateness.
- Implemented process improvements, enhancing productivity and workflow efficiency.
Interventional Radiology Registered Nurse
Lee Health
09.2022 - 01.2024
- Maintained accurate records and charted consistently in EHR system.
- Administered medications to patients and monitored patients for reactions or side effects.
- Intervened and stabilized patients during emergencies with immediate first aid, CPR or advanced life support care.
- Tracked patients during moderate sedation and reported on conditions.
- Efficiently monitors and adjusts patient sedation levels, optimizing recovery times.
- Implements advanced nursing techniques to improve patient comfort and outcomes.
Substitute School Nurse
Kelly Services
09.2021 - 01.2022
- Administered controlled medications to students with doctors' prescriptions.
- Maintained updated, cumulative student health records in school system.
- Delivered personalized medical care to students with special healthcare needs and limitations.
- Counseled students, parents and school personnel on ways to improve student health.
- Coordinated state-mandated yearly screenings for vision, hearing and height.
- Managed precise health records, ensuring accurate data for 300+ students.
- Efficiently coordinated essential health screenings, boosting compliance.
Patient Care Unit – Registered Nurse
Arkansas Surgical Hospital
01.2019 - 05.2020
- With the Patient Care Unit (PCU) that has duties addressing the nursing process of assessment, planning, implementation, and evaluation
- Dressed, cleaned and redressed wounds for optimum healing.
- Worked closely with physicians, surgeons and nursing staff as part of unit team.
- Administered oral, IV and intramuscular medications as part of patient treatments.
- Worked with interdisciplinary team to organize and implement patient care plans.
- Streamlined patient care plans, boosting recovery efficiency.
- Fostered strong team collaboration to optimize patient outcomes.
Surgical ICU Registered Nurse
Veteran Affairs
07.2018 - 01.2019
- Registered nurse with the Surgical Intensive Care Unit (SICU)
- Providing total care to patients with life-threatening medical conditions
- Teaching and educating patients and the family about their conditions and ways to manage it
- Collaboration with all members of the healthcare team to look after patients who have experienced invasive surgery, accidents, trauma or organ failure
- Learned how to use effective time management and prioritization.
- Monitored post-surgical patient vital signs, ensuring swift intervention.
- Provided emotional support, improving patient and family satisfaction.
- Teamed with surgeons to optimize care plans, boosting patient outcomes.
VALOR SICU
Veteran Affairs
06.2017 - 06.2018
- The VA Learning Opportunities Residency (VALOR) on the Surgical Intensive Care Unit (SICU)
- Competitive competency-based clinical practice with qualified RN preceptor
- Participation in nursing-focused clinical conferences
- Provide total care for 1-2 critical care patient's under the assigned preceptor
- Provide care to patients and their families in critical high stakes time
- Demonstrated evidence based practice for the treatment of patients.
Education
Bachelor of Science - Nursing
Arkansas State University
Jonesboro, Arkansas05.2018
Skills
- -Patient education and counseling
- -Pain management strategies
- -Emergency response readiness
- -Biopsy specimen handling
- -Pre-and Post-procedure care
- -IV insertion and management
- -Attention to detail
- -Problem-solving abilities
- -Compassionate and caring
- -BLS & ACLS certified
- -Strong clinical judgment
Accomplishments
- BLS American Heart Association 2016–Current
- ACLS American Heart Association 2018–Current
- Registered Nurse License Current
Timeline
Endoscopy RN
Fort Myers Surgery Center
06.2025 - Current
Hospice Admissions Nurse
Hope Hospice/Chapters Healthcare
01.2024 - Current
Interventional Radiology Registered Nurse
Lee Health
09.2022 - 01.2024
Substitute School Nurse
Kelly Services
09.2021 - 01.2022
Patient Care Unit – Registered Nurse
Arkansas Surgical Hospital
01.2019 - 05.2020
Surgical ICU Registered Nurse
Veteran Affairs
07.2018 - 01.2019
VALOR SICU
Veteran Affairs
06.2017 - 06.2018
Bachelor of Science - Nursing
Arkansas State University