Dedicated and compassionate Registered Nurse (RN) with progressive career history in direct patient care, triage and care coordination in fast-paced environment. Proven to remain calm under pressure and skillfully handle difficult patients and high-stress situations. Consistently developing strong relationships with patients and families through empathetic communication, respectful attitude and excellent customer service.
I have experience in a level 1 trauma emergency room, advanced care step down unit, nuclear medicine doing stress tests and assisting in procedures in ultrasound as well as monitoring conscious sedation, pre/post endoscopy, and outpatient infusion center. I have been a team leader/charge nurse and preceptor to students and new grads.
7/1996-1/1997-Service Associate
1/1997-5/2003- Patient Care Tech on neuroscience unit and Emergency room tech.
5/2003-Current-Registered Nurse
-5/2003-6/2005-Cardiac Stepdown unit
-6/2005-8/2016- Emergency Room-Level 1 Trauma Center
-8/2016-10/2017 Nuclear Medicine/Radiology-Nurse run stress tests. Prepare and monitor pt's having paracentesis/thoracentesis, pt's having mri with sedation and pt's with pacemakers/aicd that had to be paused during mri, prepare,medicate and monitor during cta.
-10/17-5/2018- Triage nurse for PPN.
-5/2018-7/2019- Observation Unit
-7/2019-7/2021- Pulmonary Advanced Care Unit
-7/2021-7/2022-Pain center
-7/2022-10/2023-Endoscopy
10/2023-6/2024- Oncology Infusion Center