Sarah Hartley
Shelbyville,IN
Summary
Experienced with emergency patient care, utilizing rapid decision-making and effective treatment protocols to manage critical situations. Uses advanced clinical skills and keen situational awareness to enhance patient outcomes. Track record of maintaining composure and delivering efficient care in high-stress environments.
Professional with significant experience in emergency care, adept at handling high-pressure situations with precision and efficiency. Strong focus on team collaboration and delivering results, adapting seamlessly to changing conditions. Skilled in patient assessment, critical decision-making, and advanced life support, with compassionate approach that ensures optimal patient outcomes. Valued for reliability, adaptability, and proactive attitude in fast-paced environments.
Overview
14
14
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification
Work History
RN, Emergency Department
Major Health Partners
Shelbyville, IN
05.2025 - Current
- Assessed and prioritized patient needs in high-pressure emergency situations.
- Administered medications and treatments per established protocols and physician orders.
- Collaborated with multidisciplinary teams to develop comprehensive care plans for patients.
- Mentored junior staff on emergency procedures and best practices to enhance team performance.
- Led crisis intervention efforts, coordinating resources and support during critical incidents in the ED.
- Improved patient safety by consistently monitoring vital signs, recognizing changes in status, and initiating appropriate interventions.
- Provided emotional support to patients experiencing trauma or medical emergencies, ensuring a positive and compassionate environment.
- Managed multiple priorities simultaneously while delivering exceptional nursing care in a busy 24/7 Emergency Department setting.
- Streamlined triage processes for efficient patient assessment and prioritization of care needs.
- Utilized strong critical thinking skills to rapidly assess patients'' conditions during high-stress situations while remaining calm under pressure.
- Enhanced patient outcomes by providing high-quality, compassionate care in a fast-paced emergency department setting.
RN Nurse Navigator
Major Health Partners
Shelbyville, IN
10.2024 - Current
- Administered patient care, ensuring adherence to safety protocols and quality standards.
- Collaborated with interdisciplinary teams to develop comprehensive patient care plans.
- Monitored vital signs and performed assessments to evaluate patient conditions effectively.
- Educated patients and families on treatment plans, medications, and health management strategies.
- Mentored junior nurses, providing guidance on best practices and professional development.
- Coordinated with healthcare providers to ensure continuity of care across multiple services.
- Utilized critical thinking skills to prioritize nursing interventions based on patients'' acuity levels and individual needs.
- Implemented evidence-based practices to optimize clinical procedures and enhance care quality.
- Collaborated with interdisciplinary teams to develop comprehensive treatment plans for complex patients with multiple comorbidities.
Travel RN
Franciscan Alliance
Indianapolis, IN
08.2023 - 10.2024
- Delivered comprehensive patient care in diverse clinical settings across multiple facilities.
- Collaborated with interdisciplinary teams to develop and implement individualized care plans.
- Monitored patient vitals and assessed conditions to ensure timely interventions.
- Educated patients on health management and post-discharge resources for improved outcomes.
- Demonstrated adaptability when assigned to different units or shifts as needed, seamlessly integrating into diverse healthcare teams while maintaining exceptional performance levels.
- Administered medications and treatment to patients and monitored responses.
- Prevented complications in critical situations by promptly recognizing symptoms and initiating appropriate interventions.
- Maintained strict adherence to infection control protocols, ensuring a safe environment for patients and colleagues alike.
- Streamlined communication among healthcare teams by providing accurate and timely updates on patient conditions.
Travel RN, Intermediate/Stepdown/Med-Surg
Saints Mary & Elizabeth Hospital
Louisville, KY
02.2023 - 05.2023
- Acute care setting of patients pre and post abdominal, ortho surgical as well as medical management of illnesses and disease on medical-surgical unit. Float to intermediate/stepdown unit, caring for patients of variety types and needs including on heparin drips, amiodarone drips, protonix drips.
- Facility Type: Short Term Acute Care
- Charting System: Cerner
- Position Discipline: RN
- Float Nurse Experience: Yes
- Trauma Level: Level I
- Unit Bed Count: 32
- Position Specialty: Stepdown
- Charge Nurse Experience: No
- Facility Attributes: Teaching hospital
- Nurse-to-patient ratio: 1:6
- Shift: Day
RN, Med-Surg/tele
Saint Joseph Mercy Ann Arbor
Ypsilanti, MI
08.2022 - 12.2022
- Acute care setting of patients pre and post surgical as well as medical management of illnesses and disease on medical-surgical unit.
- Facility Type: Short Term Acute Care
- Charting System: Epic
- Position Discipline: RN
- Float Nurse Experience: Yes
- Trauma Level: Level I
- Unit Bed Count: 32
- Position Specialty: Med Surg / Telemetry
- Charge Nurse Experience: No
- Facility Attributes: Teaching hospital
- Nurse-to-patient ratio: 1:5
- Shift: Day
RN, Med-Surg
Saint Joseph Regional Medical Center
Mishawaka, IN
02.2022 - 05.2022
- Acute care setting of patients pre and post surgical as well as medical management of illnesses and disease on medical-surgical unit.
- Facility Type: Short Term Acute Care
- Charting System: Epic
- Position Discipline: RN
- Float Nurse Experience: Yes
- Unit Bed Count: 36
- Position Specialty: Med Surg / Telemetry
- Charge Nurse Experience: No
- Facility Attributes: Teaching hospital, Critical access facility
- Nurse-to-patient ratio: 1:5
Travel Med-Surg RN, Covid Med-Surg
Saint Alphonsus Regional Medical Center-Boise
Boise, ID
10.2021 - 01.2022
- Care of patients with Covid requiring up to high flow nasal cannula and bi-pap oxygen. Also, care for all med-surg patient types including patients on remote telemetry.
- Facility Type: Short Term Acute Care
- Charting System: Cerner
- Position Discipline: RN
- Float Nurse Experience: No
- Unit Bed Count: 32
- Position Specialty: Acute Care
- Charge Nurse Experience: No
- Nurse-to-patient ratio: 1:5
Charge RN, ACC/Med-Surg
Major Health Partners
Shelbyville, IN
09.2019 - 10.2021
- Helped implement and create a new charge nurse role for the unit. 24 bed unit houses observation, med-surg, pediatric and outpatients. Charge Nurse role maintains bed assignments, assists in daily RN duties, communicates daily with providers concerning care of patients on the unit, responsible for being fiscally accountable with staffing, daily and monthly staff scheduling, payroll, ordering and maintaining supplies for the unit, working the floor when needed to assist with any vacancies or overflow from other units, communicating with other charge nurses in the facility to maintain appropriate placement and flow of patients, floating to ER as staff RN when assistance is needed.
- Facility Type: Short Term Acute Care
- Charting System: Meditech
- Position Discipline: RN
- Float Nurse Experience: No
- Unit Bed Count: 24
- Position Specialty: Med Surg
- Charge Nurse Experience: No
- Nurse-to-patient ratio: 1:6
Staff RN/Relief Charge RN, ER
Major Health Partners
Shelbyville, IN
06.2018 - 09.2020
- Triage and treat patients according to ESI level of care, assist providers with procedures as needed, follow orders as required, treat and manage emergency care of all types of patients-infant to adult, relief charge RN as needed. Assist with running codes and rapid responses Collaborate care with providers and all other ancillary staff.
- Facility Type: Short Term Acute Care
- Charting System: Meditech
- Position Discipline: RN
- Float Nurse Experience: No
- Unit Bed Count: 24
- Position Specialty: ED - Emergency Department
- Charge Nurse Experience: No
- Nurse-to-patient ratio: 1:5
Staff RN/Relief Charge RN, Oncology
Major Health Partners
Shelbyville, IN
03.2015 - 06.2018
- Outpatient environment, responsible for obtaining patients and taking them to patient room, triaging their needs, accessing ports and drawing labs, teaching patients about and infusing chemo, monitoring for and treating side effects. As charge RN, responsible for general flow of the dept, placing orders per MD request, following up on and reporting labs and monitoring potential for delay in treatment, helping to maintain a schedule which provides for greatest patient satisfaction.
- Facility Type: Oncology / Cancer Center
- Charting System: Meditech
- Position Discipline: RN
- Float Nurse Experience: No
- Unit Bed Count: 10
- Position Specialty: Oncology
- Charge Nurse Experience: No
- Nurse-to-patient ratio: 1:4
ICU RN/Charge RN, ICU
Major Health Partners
Shelbyville, IN
06.2012 - 03.2015
- Care of patients requiring higher level of care due to health condition, monitoring ventilators, CVP, Art lines, VS, etc. Collaborate care with providers, RT, OT, PT and dietitians, maintaining and titrating drips. As charge RN, responsible for staffing and overall flow of the dept as well as responding to all codes and rapid responses of the facility.
- Facility Type: Short Term Acute Care
- Charting System: Meditech
- Position Discipline: RN
- Float Nurse Experience: No
- Unit Bed Count: 9
- Position Specialty: ICU - Intensive Care Unit
- Charge Nurse Experience: No
- Nurse-to-patient ratio: 1:3
Education
BSN - Health Science
Indiana University-Purdue University Columbus
Columbus, Indiana12-2012
AS - Health Science
Ivy Tech Community College
Columbus, Indiana06-2012
Skills
- Medication and IV administration
- Medication administration
- Direct patient care
- Patient assessments
- Compassion and empathy
- Relationship building
- Maintaining privacy
- Emergency response
- High level of autonomy
- Patient relations
- Strong clinical judgment
- Patient and family advocacy
- Infection control measures
- IV setup
- Intravenous therapy
Certification
- Indiana, RN License #28202563A, NLC License Expires – Oct 5, 2027
- Advanced Cardiac Life Support AHA Expires – Sep 26, 2026
- Basic Life Support AHA Expires – Jul 31, 2026
- Pediatric Advanced Life Support AHA Expires – Aug 31, 2027
- Alcohol and Tobacco Commission, Employee Permit # BR2069211, Expires-05/09/2028
Languages
English
Timeline
RN, Emergency Department
Major Health Partners
05.2025 - Current
RN Nurse Navigator
Major Health Partners
10.2024 - Current
Travel RN
Franciscan Alliance
08.2023 - 10.2024
Travel RN, Intermediate/Stepdown/Med-Surg
Saints Mary & Elizabeth Hospital
02.2023 - 05.2023
RN, Med-Surg/tele
Saint Joseph Mercy Ann Arbor
08.2022 - 12.2022
RN, Med-Surg
Saint Joseph Regional Medical Center
02.2022 - 05.2022
Travel Med-Surg RN, Covid Med-Surg
Saint Alphonsus Regional Medical Center-Boise
10.2021 - 01.2022
Charge RN, ACC/Med-Surg
Major Health Partners
09.2019 - 10.2021
Staff RN/Relief Charge RN, ER
Major Health Partners
06.2018 - 09.2020
Staff RN/Relief Charge RN, Oncology
Major Health Partners
03.2015 - 06.2018
ICU RN/Charge RN, ICU
Major Health Partners
06.2012 - 03.2015
AS - Health Science
Ivy Tech Community College
BSN - Health Science
Indiana University-Purdue University Columbus
PRIMARY SPECIALTY
Emergency / Critical Care (6 years)
Med Surg / Telemetry (7 years)
Oncology (3 years)
SECONDARY SPECIALTY
Ambulatory Care (2 years)