Shanice Adams
Clarkton,NC
Summary
Supportive, motivated, and patient-oriented registered nurse (RN) with 2 years’ clinical experience. Dedicated, efficient, and detail-oriented team player with excellent interpersonal skills, compassion, and dedication towards collaboratively maintained treatment plans. Licensed medical professional with history of monitoring patients, administering medications, and supporting doctors and hospital staff on operational tasks.
Overview
7
7
years of professional experience
2
2
Certification
Work History
Travel Registered Nurse
Advantis
10.2023 - Current
- 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 while working with healthcare teams to adjust care plans.
- Prevented complications in critical situations by promptly recognizing symptoms and initiating appropriate interventions.
- Safeguarded patient privacy rights through diligent compliance with HIPAA regulations during all interactions with medical records and personal information.
Travel Registered Nurse
Aya Healthcare
08.2023 - 10.2023
- 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 while working with healthcare teams to adjust care plans.
- Prevented complications in critical situations by promptly recognizing symptoms and initiating appropriate interventions.
- Safeguarded patient privacy rights through diligent compliance with HIPAA regulations during all interactions with medical records and personal information.
- Administered medications accurately and safely, reducing medication errors and adverse reactions.
RN (Registered Nurse) Med-surg
Southeastern Regional Medical Center
05.2022 - 08.2023
- Participates in nursing assessments, care planning, patient/family education
- Enhanced patient satisfaction through effective communication, empathy, and timely response to their needs.
- Managed care from admission to discharge.
- Monitored patient condition by interpreting and tracking EKG readings, identifying irregular telemetry readings and updating team members on changes in stability or acuity.
- Facilitated patient transitions between different levels of care, ensuring continuity of services and minimizing disruptions in treatment plans.
- Preparing patient for pre-op surgery
- Observe patients, charting and reporting changes in patients' conditions, such as adverse reactions to medication or treatment, and taking any necessary action
- Administer prescribed medications or start intravenous fluids, noting times and amounts on patients' charts
- Provide basic patient care or treatments, such as taking temperatures or blood pressures, dressing wounds, treating bedsores, giving enemas or douches, rubbing with alcohol, massaging, or performing catheterizations
- Sterilize equipment and supplies, using germicides, sterilizer, or autoclave
- Answer patients' calls and determine how to assist them
- Measure and record patients' vital signs, such as height, weight, temperature, blood pressure, pulse, and respiration
- Work as part of a healthcare team to assess patient needs, plan and modify care, and implement interventions.
LPN (Licensed Practical Nurse)
Southeastern Regional Medical Center
03.2017 - 05.2022
- Communicates and collaborates with other members of the healthcare team and helps with procedures
- Participates in nursing assessments, care planning, patient/family education
- Preparing patient for pre-op surgery
- Observe patients, charting and reporting changes in patients' conditions, such as adverse reactions to medication or treatment, and taking any necessary action
- Administer prescribed medications or start intravenous fluids, noting times and amounts on patients' charts
- Provide basic patient care or treatments, such as taking temperatures or blood pressures, dressing wounds, treating bedsores, giving enemas or douches, rubbing with alcohol, massaging, or performing catheterizations
- Sterilize equipment and supplies, using germicides, sterilizer, or autoclave
- Answer patients' calls and determine how to assist them
- Measure and record patients' vital signs, such as height, weight, temperature, blood pressure, pulse, and respiration
- Work as part of a healthcare team to assess patient needs, plan and modify care, and implement interventions.
- Utilized time management skills to prioritize tasks effectively, allowing for efficient completion of daily responsibilities.
- Maintained accurate documentation of all relevant clinical data, ensuring compliance with regulatory standards.
RN (Registered Nurse) MICU
McLeod Health
07.2022 - 10.2022
- Responsible for the care of 1-3 critically ill patients ranging from young adult to geriatric; including surgical, alcohol withdraw, septic, head injuries, respiratory failure patients, post cardiac cath with sheaths, and medically declining patients requiring ventilation, emergency dialysis, hourly assessments, continuous cardiac monitoring and critical care drips
- Comfortable in fast-paced environment; can quickly and effectively assess and determine patient needs
- Administers ACLS meds and performs CPR
- Enhanced patient satisfaction through effective communication, empathy, and timely response to their needs.
- Collaborated with interdisciplinary teams for comprehensive patient care plans, resulting in better health outcomes.
- Critical drips include: antiarrhythmic, pressors, sedatives (propofol, precedex), neuroblocking agents, antihypertensive agents, heparin/PA, octreotide, inotropic agents, diuretics, narcotic analgesics, benzodiazepine, epidural/PCA infusions, and insulin infusions
- Provides excellent bedside manner; educates patient and care provider or family in their current and future care
- Assists physicians in bedside procedures: bronchoscopy, central line placement, and intubation
- Assists patients with healing and recovery after surgery
- Responsible for the maintenance and care of intracranial devices, balloon pumps, arterial lines, ventilators
- IV infusions and gastric tubes
- Skilled at interpreting hemodynamic measurements as well as EKGs and labs.
LPN (Licensed Practical Nurse)
Nurses by Nurses
01.2021 - 06.2022
- Admitting new residents
- Assisting physicians during rounds of residents' rooms
- Assigning and delegating duties to non-licensed nursing staff
- Monitoring resident care and supervising other nursing staff
- Performing ongoing assessments of residents' physical and mental health
- Explaining procedures and treatment protocols to residents
- Floats between facility.
- Utilized time management skills to prioritize tasks effectively, allowing for efficient completion of daily responsibilities.
- Maintained accurate documentation of all relevant clinical data, ensuring compliance with regulatory standards.
- Implemented infection control measures, ensuring a clean and safe environment for patients and staff.
- Administered controlled narcotics, inserted IVs, and performed catheterizations.
- Managed patient care through closely monitoring respiration, blood pressure, and blood glucose levels.
- Cared for wounds, provided treatments, and assisted with procedures.
Nursing Assistant
UNC Southeastern Health
05.2013 - 03.2017
- Greeting patient with a smile and with a positive attitude
- Orients patient and/or families to their room and to various policies
- Takes and records patient's vital signs, temperature, weight and other required admission data
- Makes basic observations of patient's personal care needs
- Communicates and collaborates with other members of the healthcare team and helps with procedures
- Performs other duties as assigned
- Helping patients to accomplish their goal and giving them excellent care.
Certified nursing Assistant
Columbus Regional Health Care System
05.2012 - 05.2013
- Greeting patient with a smile and with a positive attitude
- Orients patient and/or families to their room and to various policies
- Takes and records patient's vital signs, temperature, weight and other required admission data
- Makes basic observations of patient's personal care needs
- Communicates and collaborates with other members of the healthcare team and helps with procedures
- Performs other duties as assigned
- Answer patient call signals, signal lights, bells, or intercom systems to determine patients' needs
- Apply clean dressings, slings, stockings, or support bandages, under direction of nurse or physician
- Change bed linens or make beds
- Assist nurses or physicians in the operation of medical equipment or provision of patient care
- Clean and sanitize patient rooms, bathrooms, examination rooms, or other patient areas
- Communicate with patients to ascertain feelings or need for assistance or social and emotional support.
Education
Associate Degree Nursing - Nursing
Robeson Community College
Lumberton, NC05.2022
Practical Nursing Diploma -
Southeastern Community College
Whiteville, NC05.2016
Associate of Arts Criminal Justice -
Southeastern Community college
Whiteville, NC05.2011
Diploma -
East Bladen High School
Elizabethtown, NC06.2007
Skills
- Cerner
- EPIC Systems
- Microsoft Word
- Microsoft Powerpoint
- BLS
- ACLS
Certification
- BCLS- expires May 2023
- ACLS
- RN
- LPN
Timeline
Travel Registered Nurse
Advantis
10.2023 - Current
Travel Registered Nurse
Aya Healthcare
08.2023 - 10.2023
RN (Registered Nurse) MICU
McLeod Health
07.2022 - 10.2022
RN (Registered Nurse) Med-surg
Southeastern Regional Medical Center
05.2022 - 08.2023
LPN (Licensed Practical Nurse)
Nurses by Nurses
01.2021 - 06.2022
LPN (Licensed Practical Nurse)
Southeastern Regional Medical Center
03.2017 - 05.2022
Nursing Assistant
UNC Southeastern Health
05.2013 - 03.2017
Certified nursing Assistant
Columbus Regional Health Care System
05.2012 - 05.2013
Associate Degree Nursing - Nursing
Robeson Community College
Practical Nursing Diploma -
Southeastern Community College
Associate of Arts Criminal Justice -
Southeastern Community college
Diploma -
East Bladen High School
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