Sarah Powell
Texarkana,TX
Summary
Highly organized and detail-oriented Registered Nurse (BSN) with over 3 years of bedside nursing and over 1.5 years of work-at-home experience.
Overview
5
5
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification
Work History
RN
Signature Care Emergency Center
09.2023 - Current
- Managed care from admission to discharge.
- Collaborated with physicians to quickly assess patients and deliver appropriate treatment while managing rapidly changing conditions.
- Updated patient charts with data such as medications to keep records current and support accurate treatments.
- Administered medications and treatment to patients and monitored responses while working with healthcare teams to adjust care plans.
- Collected blood, tissue, and other laboratory specimens and prepared for lab testing.
Remote Virtual RN
Banyan Medical Systems
09.2022 - Current
- Completed admissions, discharges, rounds, patient education, and care coordination virtually.
- Documentation using EMRs such as EPIC, Cerner, Meditech, Powerchart, CareConnect, and Microsoft software.
- Educated patients, families and caregivers on diagnosis and prognosis, treatment options, disease process, and management and lifestyle options.
- Audited charts and reviewed clinical documents to verify accuracy.
RN
Christus St. Michael Health System
06.2021 - 09.2022
- Level 3, 27 bed ER with 1:4 ratio
- Documentation using the EMRs Meditech and EPIC
- Trained new nurses in proper techniques, care standards, operational procedures, and safety protocols.
- Educated patients, families and caregivers on diagnosis and prognosis, treatment options, disease process, and management and lifestyle options.
- Managed care from admission to discharge.
- Collaborated with physicians to quickly assess patients and deliver appropriate treatment while managing rapidly changing conditions.
- Administered medications and treatment to patients and monitored responses while working with healthcare teams to adjust care plans.
Nurse Extern/Unit Tech
Christus Mother Frances Hospital
08.2019 - 06.2021
- Assisted with activities of daily living by helping patients with bathing, changing clothes, eating, and daily hygiene tasks.
- Maintained continuity of care by communicating changes in patient condition with physicians, family members, and other care team members.
- Practiced patient care by taking vital signs and providing wound care for patients.
- Interviewed patients to obtain medical and biometric information and provide physicians with data necessary to develop plans of care.
Education
Master of Science - Family Practice Nurse Practitioner
The University of Texas At Arlington
Arlington, TX08.2026
Bachelor of Science - Nursing
University of Texas At Tyler
Tyler, TX04.2021
Skills
- Customer service-oriented
- Professional phone etiquette
- Excellent communication skills
- Flexible
- Accurate and detailed
- Articulate and well-spoken
- Works well under pressure
- Care Planning
- Medical Evaluation
- Patient Relations
- Multiple EMRs and Microsoft software
Certification
- Licensed Registered Nurse - Texas Board of Nursing (Compact)
- PALS - Pediatric Advanced Life Support
- ACLS - Advanced Cardiopulmonary Life Support
- ENPC - Emergency Nursing Pediatric Course
- BLS - Basic Life Support
- TNCC - Trauma Nurse Core Course
Timeline
RN
Signature Care Emergency Center
09.2023 - Current
Remote Virtual RN
Banyan Medical Systems
09.2022 - Current
RN
Christus St. Michael Health System
06.2021 - 09.2022
Nurse Extern/Unit Tech
Christus Mother Frances Hospital
08.2019 - 06.2021
Master of Science - Family Practice Nurse Practitioner
The University of Texas At Arlington
Bachelor of Science - Nursing
University of Texas At Tyler