Shanay L. Herring
Pittsburgh,PA
Summary
Experienced registered nurse with a strong nursing background. 5 years as a registered nurse and an additional 7 years as an LPN. Seeking a nursing position in a positive and supportive environment to effectively utilize my skills.
Overview
12
12
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification
Work History
Internal Staffing Nurse
AHN
11.2022 - Current
- Rotating between different AHN hospitals every 6-12 weeks on telemetry and step down units
- Patients assessment
- Cardiac monitoring
- Medication administration
- Blood transfusions
- Vent and trach care and monitoring
- Monitoring and reporting changes in patients
Emergency Room Nurse Casual
UPMC Passavant
06.2022 - 12.2022
- Prioritize patient care, performing initial head to toe assessments and assist with bedside emergency procedures
- Medication administration
- Effectively communicating with patients, families, physicians, social work, nursing units, lab and radiology department
- Working in different parts of the ED including fast track and holding
- Performing medical procedures including, EKG, cardiac monitoring, pacing, blood transfusions, POCT urinalysis and HCGs, venipunctures and IV insertions
Quality Improvement Nurse
Metro Community Health Center
08.2021 - 11.2022
- Gather, analyze and implement data based on measures, patient feedback and peer feedback to improve the quality of patient care
- Run quarterly quality improvement meetings
- Referral tracking and follow-up
- Care coordination
- Monitoring work conditions and staff turnover
- Ensuring patient and employee safety
- Monitoring communication between staff and patients
- Telephone triage
- Patient education
Surgical Oncology / Registered Nurse
UPMC
06.2019 - 06.2021
- Providing care to acutely ill and post-surgical patients
- Medication administration via injections, intravenously and gastric tubes
- Blood transfusions
- Managing intravenous drips
- Managing patient controlled analgesics and nerve blocks
- Managing nasogastric tubes by inserting and irrigating
- Managing drains including jackson pratts, hemovacs, wound vacs and foley catheter
- Phlebotomy
- Managing wounds, colostomies and/or ileostomies and working with the enterostomies nurses to provide effective care
- Communicating effectively with the physicians to manage patient care and any change in condition
- Responding appropriately to conditions on the unit
- Participate in rounding with the interdisciplinary team at the beginning of shift to coordinate care
LPN
The Childrenś Institute
08.2017 - 05.2018
- Providing care to pediatric patients on an inpatient behavioral unit
- Medication administration
- ADLs, vitals, phlebotomy
- Head to toes assessments
- Participate in safety supported and maintained 15 minute safety checks
- Held group therapy and coordinated daily activities on the unit
LPN
Hilltop Community Healthcare Center
05.2013 - 07.2017
- Telephone triage for pediatric patients and occasionally adult patients
- Providing patient and family education
- Medications administration and routine vaccinations
- Phlebotomy, in-house labs and assisting the physicians with minor office procedures
- Care coordination
- Vaccine coordinator which included managing inventory for private and state funded vaccines
Education
Nursing Diploma -
Ohio Valley School of Nursing
Pittsburgh, PA05.2019
Nursing Diploma -
Greater Johnstown Career and Tech Center
Pittsburgh, PA10.2012
Skills
- Compassion and empathy
- Clinical judgment
- Delegation and supervision
- Quality improvement
- Problem-solving
- Time management
- Attention to detail
- Problem-solving abilities
- Multitasking
Certification
- Registered Nurse, Pennsylvania, RN723842, 09/03/19, 12/01/24
- BLS
- ACLS
- PALS
- NIHSS
Timeline
Internal Staffing Nurse
AHN
11.2022 - Current
Emergency Room Nurse Casual
UPMC Passavant
06.2022 - 12.2022
Quality Improvement Nurse
Metro Community Health Center
08.2021 - 11.2022
Surgical Oncology / Registered Nurse
UPMC
06.2019 - 06.2021
LPN
The Childrenś Institute
08.2017 - 05.2018
LPN
Hilltop Community Healthcare Center
05.2013 - 07.2017
Nursing Diploma -
Ohio Valley School of Nursing
Nursing Diploma -
Greater Johnstown Career and Tech Center
- Registered Nurse, Pennsylvania, RN723842, 09/03/19, 12/01/24
- BLS
- ACLS
- PALS
- NIHSS
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