Epic
SHIMI BARRY
Bowie,MD
Overview
27
27
years of professional experience
1
1
Certificate
Work History
Night Shift Nurse Coordinator
University of Maryland Medical Center
08.2021 - Current
- Review staffing sheets, identifying units with critical staffing needs
- Advocating for patients' rights and needs.
- Serving as a liaison between nurses, physicians, and other healthcare professionals, fostering teamwork and communication.
- Reviewing the availability of supplemental staff in Kronos
- Assigning staff based on unit census and acuity (including staff floated from other units).
- Being a Resource for all nursing staff regarding hospital policies/ procedures
- Supervising nurses in providing care, addressing patient and family concerns, and meeting patient needs.
- Responding to in-house codes/rapid responses, Adult emergency airways. Communicating with Maryland Access Center, Charge Nurses, and Physicians, identifying the level of care/transfers.
- Performing fitness for duty
- Nursing Rounds and addressing shift bed closures due to staffing concerns; broken equipment/ Equipment Needs; assist with facilitating stat cleans; escalate as needed.
- Updating staffed beds in Epic at end of shift for all units, including Trauma, Peds, Psych, and Mother Baby
- Collaborating with the Shock Trauma Coordinator / Addressing their Staffing needs and identifying patients who need to transfer from trauma and vice versa.
- Communicating with managers/ Charge Nurses/leadership via Email/telephone/pager/Tiger Connect in regards to clarifying bed closures/ updating smartsheets
- Collaborating with security in the event of a code purple /code red
- Facilitate moving patients in the event of a disruptive patient or facility issue
- Notify all units of possible delay in lab results when lab system is down
- Supplying units with death packets during downtime
Registered Nurse / Float Nurse
University of Maryland Medical Center
Baltimore, Maryland
03.2018 - 08.2021
- Provide highly skilled care grounded in evidence-based care guidelines and clinical knowledge to acutely ill patients in the following units: oncology, medical-surgical, neurosurgery, and vascular surgery
- Demonstrate clinical excellence caring for trauma patients with shock in IMC Neuro-Progressive Care, IMC Cardiovascular, and the ED
- Work closely with physicians and other interdisciplinary team members to deliver quality care and ensure optimal patient outcomes
- Demonstrate critical thinking with the ability to remain calm and act swiftly in emergent situations
- Educate patients/families about medications, disease conditions, and health maintenance
Registered Nurse / Travel Nurse
Cross Country Nurses
Bel Air, Maryland
02.2018 - 02.2023
- Provide quality care to critically ill patients through the implementation of evidence-based nursing assessment, nursing diagnosis, interventions, and ongoing evaluation
- Collaborate with health professionals and interdisciplinary team members to ensure optimal patient outcomes
- At the University of Maryland Medical Center, I provided quality care to critically ill patients in the Cancer Center, Vascular Surgery, and Float units. I demonstrated my ability to respond skillfully in urgent situations, ensuring patient safety and optimal outcomes.
Registered Nurse
Habersham Medical Center
Habersham, Georgia
08.2017 - 06.2018
- Utilize evidence-based nursing treatment plans to ensure positive outcomes while fostering a healing and safe environment
- Highly skilled in invasive cardiac monitoring with arterial and central venous lines, administration and titration of critical care medicated infusions as per evidence-based practice protocols/physician orders, and managing patients with advanced airways on ventilators
- Recognize clinical changes in patient status and implement appropriate interventions with concise communication of assessment and plan of care to the physician
Adjunct Clinical Instructor / Tutor
Brenau University
Gainesville, Georgia
09.2017 - 08.2018
- Adhere to the college philosophy, curriculum, program outcomes, and course objectives through didactic lectures and clinical teaching for students
- Create student-centered assignments for each class to ensure maximum learning and knowledge retention
- Coordinate clinical experiences and collaborate with facility staff in the clinical setting
- Assign patients to students’ care based on clinical objectives for each session
- Evaluate student clinical performance and provide constructive feedback throughout the term
- Plan and conduct conferences with students regarding clinical performance
- Tutor in all nursing subjects for students with learning disabilities
Registered Nurse / Orthopedic / Neurosurgical Unit
Northside Hospital
Cumming, Georgia
08.2016 - 08.2017
- Utilize evidence-based nursing treatment plans to ensure positive outcomes while fostering a healing and safe environment
- Collaborate with health professionals and interdisciplinary team members to ensure optimal patient outcomes
- Skillfully respond in urgent situations with appropriate and timely nursing interventions to ensure patient safety and optimal patient outcomes
- Offer therapeutic listening and emotional support to patients while providing compassionate care
Licensed Practical Nurse
Winship Cancer Institute at Emory
Atlanta, Georgia
01.2005 - 01.2007
Licensed Practical Nurse
United States Army
Fort Bragg, North Carolina
01.2000 - 01.2004
Licensed Practical Nurse
National Lutheran Home
Rockville, Maryland
01.1998 - 01.2000
Education
BSN - Nursing
Brenau University
Gainesville, GACertification
ACLS
Accomplishments
Nominated for the Florence Nightingale Award in Nursing School
Software
Mckesson
Smartsheet
Kronos
Ansos
Infor
Affiliations
- ANA
- NLN
- AACN
Timeline
Night Shift Nurse Coordinator
University of Maryland Medical Center
08.2021 - Current
Registered Nurse / Float Nurse
University of Maryland Medical Center
03.2018 - 08.2021
Registered Nurse / Travel Nurse
Cross Country Nurses
02.2018 - 02.2023
Adjunct Clinical Instructor / Tutor
Brenau University
09.2017 - 08.2018
Registered Nurse
Habersham Medical Center
08.2017 - 06.2018
Registered Nurse / Orthopedic / Neurosurgical Unit
Northside Hospital
08.2016 - 08.2017
Licensed Practical Nurse
Winship Cancer Institute at Emory
01.2005 - 01.2007
Licensed Practical Nurse
United States Army
01.2000 - 01.2004
Licensed Practical Nurse
National Lutheran Home
01.1998 - 01.2000
BSN - Nursing
Brenau University
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