SONCERAE GARDNER
Detroit,MI
Summary
Knowledgeable and compassionate critical care registered nurse with more than ten years experience in providing nursing care and treatment . Confident in working independently to asses, monitor, and make critical thinking decisions while also working collaboratively with healthcare team to provide best patient outcomes. More than 3 years experience working in leadership managing and scheduling over 30 healthcare workers per shift while monitoring patient care and providing customer service to patients and family.
Overview
14
14
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification
Work History
Stepdown/ICU Nurse
Mclaren- Oakland
09.2023 - Current
- Monitor, plan, evaluate and implement care to critically ill patients to maintain hemodynamic stability to prevent reoccurrence to the ICU
- Coordinate and delegate care with healthcare team using nursing process to provide quality care to transition patients from ICU to medical floors
- use of critical thinking to provide care and teaching to critically ill mixed population including cardiac, trauma, neuro and surgical patients with
- float occasionally to ICU to implement care of lower acuity critically ill patient on the unit
Nursing Supervisor
Rehabilitation Institute of Michigan
01.2019 - 10.2024
- Supervise three units of healthcare staff while monitoring the status of up to 59 patients.
- Provide customer service to patients, family and staff.
- Manage staffing for nursing, techs and patient sitters.
- Collaborate with hospital leads to help facilitate admission and discharges for the facility.
Charge Nurse/ Staff Nurse on TBI/Stroke, Spinal Cord Injury, and Medsurg Unit
Rehabilitation Institute of Michigan
10.2011 - 10.2024
- Assign patients to staff and assist nursing team, family and patients with concerns on unit while maintaining full patient load.
- Provide quality care for an average of 5-6 pts per shift including daily assessments, medication administration, complex wounds, monitoring and evaluation of patients with spinal cord injuries, strokes, brain injuries, transplants, and LVADS.
- Develop plan of care specific to each patient's conditions and modify according to progress and create a discharge plan to prevent readmission and best outcomes.
- Work with multidisciplinary team to ensure patients individual care plans are met for discharge and family planning.
Education
Bachelor of Science - Nursing
University of Michigan
Ann Arbor, MI05.2010
Skills
- AHA Basic life support
- AHA ACLS
- Telemetry monitoring
- Ventilator management
- End-of-life care
- Cardiac drips
- Cardiac monitors
- Leadership
- Communication and customer service skills
- Documentation in EMR( Cerner &Epic)
- Multidisciplinary collaboration
- JCAHO/HIPAA
Certification
- Registered Nurse Liscence
Michigan department of licensing and regulatory affairs
Expiration 05/18/2026
- Basic life support(BLS)- American Heart Association
- Advance cardiovascular life support(ACLS)-American Heart Association
Timeline
Stepdown/ICU Nurse
Mclaren- Oakland
09.2023 - Current
Nursing Supervisor
Rehabilitation Institute of Michigan
01.2019 - 10.2024
Charge Nurse/ Staff Nurse on TBI/Stroke, Spinal Cord Injury, and Medsurg Unit
Rehabilitation Institute of Michigan
10.2011 - 10.2024
Bachelor of Science - Nursing
University of Michigan
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