Sheila Roberts

Led a team of 30 nurses and 14 unlicensed personnel in a fast-paced, 23-bed unit, ensuring efficient high-quality patient care and adherence to best practices.

• Responsible for coordination and direct prompt, efficient patient flow on the unit.
• oversaw financial budget for the unit
• Supervise and mentor staff

• Travel RN to various facilities in the Houston area.
• Facilities included Memorial Hermann Outpatient, & Texas Children's Hospital.
• Worked in Pre-op & PACU-recovered patients immediately post-operatively
• Responsible for taking care of infants & toddlers in the neurology unit & PICU/TICU during the pandemic
• Educated parents on monitoring toddlers’ respiratory needs, trach care techniques, and other educational needs
• Coordinated with other healthcare professionals to ensure optimal quality of care for all patients.
• Provided emotional support to families facing difficult decisions regarding end-of-life care issues.
• Responded quickly and effectively to emergencies or changes in patient's condition.

• Managed and supervised staffing to meet department budget as charge nurse duty
• daily audits in charge nurse role
• Provided critical thinking skills to promote positive patient outcomes
• Conferred with physicians to discuss diagnoses and devise well-coordinated treatment approaches
• Monitored, prep, and assisted in critical care procedures
• Oversaw various aspects of telemetry by administering vasoactive drugs, titration, thrombolytic therapy, dysrhythmia interpretation
• Member of Nursing Peer Review Committee

• Delivering care on Cardiac telemetry/Step down unit/Certified Stroke/Certified STEMI center
• Monitoring patients on cardiac drips, BiPap, Acute STEMI & Acute CVA, CHF
• Post-care of interventional procedures such as: pacemakers, AICD, Angiograms, Stents & balloon angioplasty
• Post-care surgical day two of Cardiac/Thoracic Surgical patients such as Open Herat Coronary Bypass, AVR, AAA repair, Transcatheter Aortic Valve Replacement TAVR/MAZE, & VATS procedures
• Immediate post-care & recovery of heart catheterization & elective cardioversion
• charge nurse overseeing patient care and staff
• Preceptor for new Hire RNs and RN students
• Member of Patient Experience Committee

• Prepared patients for outpatient surgeries on the ambulatory outpatient unit
• Responsible for accurate admission process & educating patients and family on surgery
• Recovered & monitored patients post-operatively from endoscopies, colonoscopy, & minor surgical procedures

• Delivered care for Cardiac/Stroke patients at a certified center
• Worked on Orthopedic & Gynecological units
• Delivered care for & continuosly monitored post surgical patients with chest tubes, JP drains, & closely monitored patients with pain controlled analgesic (PCA)

• Travel nurse assignment worked with various hospitals on float pool teams to fill in where staffing shortage was needed
• PACU/Recovery of patients post surgery, post-partum & gynecological post surgery units
• Cared for patients on medical surgical, cardiac/telemetry & cardiac step-down units, orthopedic & rehabilitation units

• Worked on Cardiac/telemetry/Medical & Progressive Step-down unit
• Cardiac/Stroke certified facility
• Monitoring patients on cardiac drips, acute STEMI, CVA & CHF
• Cared for patients post surgical day two such as: Open Heart Coronary bypass/Thoracic surgery & post pacemaker, AICD, angiograms, stents & balloon angioplasty
• Assisted physicians with cardioversion procedures as needed

• Worked in Operating room as an OR circulator
• Responsible for setting up the OR for cases, prepping the patient and circulating the case through out the procedure
• Circulated cases on the dedicated Neuro
• Surgery team, other cases consisted of: Ortho/Neuro
• General, Plastics, ENT, & ENDO/Cystoscopy
• Monitored patients having local or moderate sedation procedures

• Charge nurse overseeing the flow of the patients and staff
• provided support to staff
• oversaw staffing scheduling and budgeting as the charge nurse
• Pre-op prepping patients, IV insertions, obtaining consent.
• Recovered patients immediately post-operatively from colonoscopy, endoscopy, ENT, cataract, and arthroscopic procedures

• Worked as an LPN on the Maternal Child Health unit & Post-partum care unit
• Worked under the supervision of the RN taking patient vital signs, dressing changes, medications and helped the RN as needed

• Worked as an LPN on the rehabilitation and acute care center
• Responsible for medication, wound care, assessments and vital signs
• Charge nurse
• Worked under the supervision of the RN and helped were needed