Shantera McDuffie
Baltimore,MD
Summary
Highly motivated and detail-oriented nursing graduate with a proven ability to provide effective patient care. Passionate about educating patients and their families to achieve optimal outcomes. With more than 8+ years of relevant experience.
Overview
14
14
years of professional experience
Work History
Nursing Student
Fair Oaks Rehabilitation Center
03.2024 - 05.2024
- Acted as patients advocate and implemented total patient care through a bear approach
- Monitoring vital signs
- Assist with medication administration
- Tracheostomy care
- Assisting with lab work or medical procedures
- Maintaining a clean environment for patients and medical staff, and learning skills like infection control and wound care
- Meeting with patients, assessing them, creating medical histories, and providing emotional support
Nursing Student
Iliff Rehabilitation Center
06.2021 - 06.2023
- Acted as patients advocate and implemented total patient care through a bear approach
- Monitoring vital signs
- Assist with medication administration
- Tracheostomy care
- Assisting with lab work or medical procedures
- Maintaining a clean environment for patients and medical staff, and learning skills like infection control and wound care
- Meeting with patients, assessing them, creating medical histories, and providing emotional support
EMT-B
Procare Ambulance IFT Transport
01.2020 - 03.2020
- Perform basic life support procedures, such as applying splints, administering oxygen, and treating wounds
- Communicate with medical personnel to obtain treatment instructions and arrange for patient reception
- Assess a patient's condition
- Prepare patients for transport and safely move them to a hospital or other medical facility
- Document and report observations and treatment provided to other healthcare staff
- Inventory and replace medical supplies and clean equipment
EMT-B
Lansdown Volunteer Fire Station 911
09.2019 - 12.2019
- Respond to 911 calls and other emergencies, such as car accidents
- Evaluate the patient's condition and determine the appropriate treatment
- Provide first aid, such as bandaging wounds, or life support care, such as CPR
- Prepare patients for transport and safely move them to a hospital or other medical facility
- Communicate with other emergency services, such as police and firefighters, and with receiving physicians about patient status
- Document and report observations and treatment provided to other healthcare staff
- Inventory and replace medical supplies and clean equipment
Dialysis Technician
Davita
01.2019 - 03.2019
- Assembling and ensuring dialysis machines are working properly, and cleaning and sanitizing equipment
- Collecting specimens, performing quality control, and documenting care
- Following guidelines for hand hygiene, barrier precautions, and environmental cleaning
- Monitoring patients during dialysis, answering questions, and providing emotional support
ER Technician
Northwest Emergency Department
01.2017 - 03.2019
- Assisting doctors and nurses with procedures, such as removing objects from the skin, stitching wounds, and performing electrocardiograms
- Monitoring patients' symptoms and vital signs to ensure they remain stable
- Collecting samples such as blood, urine, and stool
- Assist with resuscitation/CPR
Patient Care Technician
Per Diemer Health Staffing Agency
09.2014 - 01.2017
- Assisting patients with daily activities
- Taking and recording vital sign
- Collecting blood, urine, and stool samples
- Reporting changes in a patient's condition to the nurse
- Promoting patient safety, including fall prevention
- Maintaining order and appearance of patient rooms and work area
Patient Care Assistant/Certified Nursing Assistant
Right At Home Care
08.2010 - 08.2014
- Measure and record vital signs
- Assisting patients with getting in and out of bed
- Assisting patients with ADLs
- Performing basic movement exercises
- Assisting in repositioning immobile patients
Education
License Practical Nurse -
Standard Healthcare College Of Nursing
08.2024
Nursing -
BCCC
Dialysis Technician -
Davita
Emergency Medical Technician -
CCBC Essex
Certified Nursing Assistant -
It Works Learning Center
High school Diploma -
Excel Academy @ Francis M Wood
Skills
- First Aid & CPR
- Airway Management
- Patient Stabilization
- Patient Assessment
- IV Insertion
- Phlebotomy
- Patient teaching
- Rescue & Medical equipment
- Splinting & Bleeding Control
- Patient Care
- Vital signs
- Pharmaceutical Interventions
- Toxicological Emergencies
- Wound care
- Crisis Management
References
Available upon request.
Timeline
Nursing Student
Fair Oaks Rehabilitation Center
03.2024 - 05.2024
Nursing Student
Iliff Rehabilitation Center
06.2021 - 06.2023
EMT-B
Procare Ambulance IFT Transport
01.2020 - 03.2020
EMT-B
Lansdown Volunteer Fire Station 911
09.2019 - 12.2019
Dialysis Technician
Davita
01.2019 - 03.2019
ER Technician
Northwest Emergency Department
01.2017 - 03.2019
Patient Care Technician
Per Diemer Health Staffing Agency
09.2014 - 01.2017
Patient Care Assistant/Certified Nursing Assistant
Right At Home Care
08.2010 - 08.2014
License Practical Nurse -
Standard Healthcare College Of Nursing
Nursing -
BCCC
Dialysis Technician -
Davita
Emergency Medical Technician -
CCBC Essex
Certified Nursing Assistant -
It Works Learning Center
High school Diploma -
Excel Academy @ Francis M Wood
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