SARA PLUMMER
Youngsville,NC
Summary
Dedicated and compassionate Registered Nurse with progressive career history in direct patient care and care coordination. Proven to remain calm under pressure and skillfully handle difficult patients and high-stress situations. Consistently developing strong relationships with patients and families through empathetic communication, respectful attitude, and excellent customer service. Competent and articulate professional. Successful at supporting executive productivity and business operations. Knowledgeable about office management. Works well with minimal oversight to carry out demanding work. Industrious and forward-thinking executive assistance with ten years of experience in demanding environments. Capable of smoothly handing strategic planning, operational and administrative requirements. Focused on maximizing executive productivity by providing exceptional service and coordinating team activities.
Overview
25
25
years of professional experience
Work History
Realtor, Real Estate Advisor
Better Homes and Gardens Real Estate Paracle
Raleigh, NC
05.2022 - Current
- Researched and determined competitive market price
- Advise clients
- Managed real estate transactions from initiation to closing
- Work with buyers and sellers scheduling home viewings
- Prepare forms needed for real estate transactions
- Promote properties through open houses and multiple listing services
- Assisted homeowners with relocation and moving services
- Grew client base by acquiring new customers and identifying needs to deliver relevant real estate investments
- Communicated with inspectors, lenders and attorneys to maintain purchase agreements terms.
Director of Nursing, Circulating Nurse
DON RN, Peak Surgery Center
Colorado Springs, CO
07.2016 - 11.2016
- Oversee the nursing staff and nursing operations
- Evaluate and direct nursing staff, establish goals for nursing department and create and enforce compliant healthcare policies
- Manage patients’ data and medical records
- Communicate with doctors, patients and family members about patient health
- Recruit, train and onboard new nursing staff
- Implement new procedures and train nurses
- Provide care for patients before, during, and into recovery
- Supervise and direct patient care in the individual operating rooms; communicate with surgeon and anesthesiologist continuously and as needed about patient condition
- Perform all circulating duties with efficiency and speed
- Ensure patient’s emotional, physical and psychological needs are met
- Ensure that proper techniques and practices are used according to accepted standards of practice
- Ensures care of patient through proper identification, checking of chart, and reporting of changes in condition
- Assist in control and maintenance of supplies and equipment
- Document all nursing care delivered in the operating room in the medical record
- Maintain and care for department equipment and supplies
- Participate in patient/family teaching effectively utilizing the Nursing Process
- Start patient
- IV’s.
Circulating Nurse
OR, Dignity Health, Woodland Healthcare
Woodland, CA
05.2015 - 05.2016
- Arthroscopic surgery, caesarean sections, cancer surgery, cataract surgery, colorectal surgery, ear, nose and throat surgeries, foot and ankle surgery, gynecologic surgery, laparoscopic surgery, hand, wrist and elbow surgery, hernia surgery, hip replacement, knee replacement, shoulder surgery, spine surgery, thoracic surgery, urological surgery, vascular surgery
- Provide care for patients before, during, and into recovery
- Supervise and direct patient care in the individual operating rooms; communicates with surgeon and anesthesiologist continuously and as needed about patient condition
- Perform all circulating duties with efficiency and speed
- Ensure patient’s emotional, physical and psychological needs are met
- Ensure that proper techniques and practices are used according to accepted standards of practice
- Ensure care of patient through proper identification, checking of chart, and reporting of changes in condition
- Assist in control and maintenance of supplies and equipment
- Assist the anesthesiologist and scrub technician
- Document all nursing care delivered in the operating room in the medical record
- Maintain and care for department equipment and supplies
- Participate in patient/family teaching effectively utilizing the Nursing Process
- Start patient IV’s and Foley catheters.
Registered Nurse
Dermatologic Surgery, Stanford Heath Care
Redwood City, CA
09.2011 - 04.2015
- Care for patients before, during, and after surgery
- Plan and implement patient education prior to surgery
- Reviews pre-operative patient information and consent
- Prepare surgical suites for the patients
- First assist with surgical procedures
- Advocate for patient safety
- Assist in the proper preparation of supplies, medication, equipment and instrumentation involved in patient care
- Wound care educator, phone call triage
- Prepare and administer local anesthetic, anxiolytics, pain medications and antibiotics
- Order medications and refills under physician supervision
- Wound care including bandaging, debriding wounds and applying TCA under the surgeon's guidance
- Serve as scribe for physicians
- Report biopsy results and coordination of treatment plan; obtaining grossing maps and scheduling surgery; submit slide requests to outside pathology departments
- Collaboration with insurance companies to obtain prior authorizations for medications
- Obtain medical histories for surgical patients by phone and in consultation appointments, documenting history
- Skin cancer screening annually
- Manage care for post-operative patients through discharge.
Registered Nurse (RN)
Dermatology, Phototherapy, Stanford Health Care
Redwood City, CA
08.2010 - 09.2011
- Coordinate and lead nurse-run phototherapy clinic seeing 100 patients per week
- Assist in Dermatology surgery with Mohs procedures, pre-op assessments, wound care, medication administration and patient care supervision. Supervise patient care in medical dermatology clinic. patch testing, suture removal, tuberculosis skin testing, wound checks, drawing up injectables such as lidocaine, Kenalog, and Candida.
- Assess and coordinate patient care in bullous clinic for patients with bullous pemphigoid, pemphigus, epidermolysis bullosa and linear IgA disease
- Injection administration of biologics such as Stelara, Humira and Enbrel
- Assist cosmetic clinic with medications, laser treatments, and injectables
- Develop patient education and lead staff training sessions
- PMM ordering and inventory for all clinics. Respond to EPIC messaging and triage patient telephone encounters
- Collaboration with insurance companies to obtain prior authorizations for medications
- Patient education in the clinics
- EPIC
- Super User training to staff members.
Registered Nurse
Northwest Medical Center
Margate, FL
07.2009 - 07.2010
- Provide close monitoring of acute & chronic diseases for arrhythmias, MI screening, anticoagulation therapy, cardiac & peripheral diagnostic procedures, angiogram, echocardiogram and stress testing
- Work collaboratively with surgeons and cardiologists to achieve optimum patient care
- Monitor & discontinue chest tubes & various drainage devices
- Closely monitor effectiveness of IV drip cardiac medications and PCA pumps
- Assist physicians during treatments and examinations
- Administer medications
- Responsible for the complete nursing process for adult patients
- Identifying short and long-term goals based on patient care needs
- Provide and document-nursing interventions based on assessed patient needs and plan of care
- Collaborate with appropriate health team members for coordination of daily plan of care for assigned patients
- Involve the family when providing care and in decision making as appropriate
- Help individuals take steps to improve or maintain their health.
Executive Assistant
Venture Capital, Fidelity Holdings, Inc
Fort Lauderdale, FL
05.1999 - 01.2008
- Streamlined operations and prioritized tasks, allowing staff to increase productivity
- Responded to emails and other correspondence to facilitate communication and enhance business processes
- Processed travel expenses and reimbursements for executive team
- Produced accurate office files, updated spreadsheets, and crafted presentations to support executives
- Prepared documents, reports and presentations using advanced software proficiencies
- Organized and coordinated conferences and monthly meetings
- Created expense reports, budgets, and filing systems
- Updated executives on changing business needs by thoroughly documenting internal and client meetings
- Researched, proposed and implemented vendor agreements to decrease costs and improve services
- Answered high volume of phone calls and email inquiries
- Handled incoming and outgoing mail, email and faxes
- Handled logistics, catering, agendas, and travel arrangements for meeting and event planning
- Used QuickBooks to produce monthly invoices, reports and other deliverables
- Organized meetings including scheduling, correspondence, upheld strict timetables by maintaining accurate, balanced calendars
- Prioritized and managed the executive’s functions and daily activities, managing their schedule, dealing with calendar issues
- Directly involved in charity events with the Children's Cancer Center and the
- Make-A-Wish Foundation.
Education
Bachelor of Science - Nursing: Nursing
The CE Shop
01.2022
University of Phoenix
01.2014
Associate of Science - Nursing: Nursing
Keiser University
01.2009
Emergency Medical Technician: Fire Rescue -
Florida Medical Training
Institute
01.2003
Skills
- Microsoft Office (Word, Excel, Outlook, PowerPoint), Google Workspace, Zoom, Slack
Additional Information
- Accomplishments , Award, Florence Nightingale Nurse of the Year 2010, Northwest Medical Center. Member, Phi Theta Kappa, International Honor Society. EHR Proficiencies: , MEDITECH, Epic, Cerner, SurgiNet Additional Information North Carolina Realtor License. Florida Registered Nurse License. California Registered Nurse License. Colorado Registered Nurse License. North Carolina Registered Nurse License.
Timeline
Realtor, Real Estate Advisor
Better Homes and Gardens Real Estate Paracle
05.2022 - Current
Director of Nursing, Circulating Nurse
DON RN, Peak Surgery Center
07.2016 - 11.2016
Circulating Nurse
OR, Dignity Health, Woodland Healthcare
05.2015 - 05.2016
Registered Nurse
Dermatologic Surgery, Stanford Heath Care
09.2011 - 04.2015
Registered Nurse (RN)
Dermatology, Phototherapy, Stanford Health Care
08.2010 - 09.2011
Registered Nurse
Northwest Medical Center
07.2009 - 07.2010
Executive Assistant
Venture Capital, Fidelity Holdings, Inc
05.1999 - 01.2008
Bachelor of Science - Nursing: Nursing
The CE Shop
University of Phoenix
Associate of Science - Nursing: Nursing
Keiser University
Emergency Medical Technician: Fire Rescue -
Florida Medical Training
Institute
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