Stacy Buniger
BSN, RN
Seabeck,TX
Work Preference
Summary
Registered Nurse with a Bachelor's Degree and 17 years of experience in medical surgical nursing, travel, home health, and corrections. Expertise includes care plans, discharge planning, patient education, and effective collaboration with healthcare teams. Developed strong skills in prioritization, organization, problem-solving, communication, and data management through bed management roles. Experienced with patient care, clinical assessment, and wound management. Utilizes effective communication to ensure seamless care coordination. Track record of maintaining high standards in dynamic medical-surgical setting.
Overview
17
17
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification
Work History
Medical Surgical Registered Nurse
UTMB-Galveston Campus
Galveston, TX
06.2022 - 07.2025
- Charge Nurse.
- Correctional patient care on the Holdover floors.
- I was responsible for managing my patients care which included prepping for surgery, holding for an appointment, receiving cancer treatments, awaiting clinic appointments, tracking patient movements, chart checks, medication administration, collaboration with case management and charging for 5 floors on a rotating basis.
- Education and discharge planning.
- 36 hours
Travel RN
Accountable Healthcare Staffing
Boca Raton, FL
04.2020 - 06.2022
- Served as Travel Nurse for 2 years supporting hospitals that were in need
- Performed daily rounds with primary care providers and other medical team members
- Managed nursing care coordination
- Performed patient assessments
- Daily chart checks
- Administered oxygen and blood products
- Analyzed and completed electronic charting
- Assisted nursing team in a variety of services
- Developed and implemented discharge plans
- Assisted with transition to LTAC, assisted living and home with home health
- 36 -48 hours week
Medical Surgical Nurse- RN
Houston Methodist
Nassau Bay, TX
04.2021 - 10.2021
- Worked directly with social workers, patients, physicians and therapists
- Provided nursing care for up to 6 patients per shift
- Admitted patients, initiated care plan, medication reconciliation
- Collected and interpreted patient data
- Formulated and evaluated health care plans
- Facilitated the plan of care
- Administered medication and treatments through Point Click Care
- Delivered patient education
- Assisted with education for transitioning home with home health, LTAC or assisted living
- 36 hours
Medical Surgical Nurse-RN
HCA Clearlake
Webster, TX
06.2019 - 03.2020
- Medical/Surgical
- Daily team rounds with case management
- Assessment, care plan initiation and planning, discharge planning
- Chart reviews
- Post surgical care, wound care
- Patient education, training and discharge planning
- Assisted with education for transitioning home with home health, LTAC or assisted living
- 36 hours
Home Health LVN
Maxim Healthcare Group
Temple, TX
11.2018 - 04.2019
- Patient education on procedures and compliance with medical care plan and proper disposal of medical waste
- Medical equipment and materials management
- Waste management from patient home to disposal facilities
Medical Surgical Nurse LVN
Metroplex Hospital
Killeen, TX
09.2017 - 05.2018
- Assessed and cared for surgical patients from post-op through discharge implementation and education
- Worked within a team nursing environment to deliver safe and appropriate care for the patient
Clinical Nurse LVN
Urgent Care
Temple, TX
09.2016 - 05.2017
- Assessed and cared for patients in a clinic setting, ran all labs and performed all wound care
- Assisted the ER in all codes and as needed for procedures
Bed Management Coordinator- LVN
Baylor, Scott & White
Waco, TX
05.2015 - 09.2016
- Accomplished setting up bedboard and reducing bed assignment time to less than 15 minutes
- Facilitated the education of all new bed-board nurses to expand the position to 24/7 the position
- Patient flow coordination, bed assessment, data management, prioritizations, organisation, problem-solving, attention to detail, communication
Patient Flow Coordinator- LVN
Memorial Hermann
Houston, TX
01.2012 - 05.2015
- Maintained the bedboard to within a 1-hour admission to bed time
- Screened patients for their acuity and disease process to properly assign their bed and nursing staff
Medical Surgical Nurse LTAC LVN
Kindred Hospital
Webster, TX
09.2010 - 11.2011
- Assessed and monitored patients in their long-term recovery in a hospital setting
- Succeeded in learning advanced wound care including application of wound vac
Medical Surgical Nurse LVN
Mainland Medical Center
Texas City, TX
01.2009 - 10.2011
- All aspects of patient care post-op through discharge including patient education and management of equipment usage
- Drawing labs
Education
Bachelor of Science - Nursing
Tarleton State University
Waco, TX05.2019
Associate's degree - Science
McLennan Community College
Waco, TX05.2016
Certification - Nursing
Mainland Community College
Texas City, TX12.2009
Skills
- Electronic medical records expertise
- Patient satisfaction strategies
- Acute and home health care
- Hospital nursing experience
- Medication management
- Travel nursing experience
- Critical care expertise
- Clinical preceptorship
- Patient education techniques
- Emergency triage skills
- Content creation and blogging
- Bedboard operations management
- Epic and Cerner proficiency
- Vital signs monitoring
- Clinical judgment
- Support and education
- Patient confidentiality
- Physical assessments
- Immunization administration
- Patient transport
- Medication administration
- Preventive care
- Behavioral management
- Sexual assault response
- De-escalation techniques
- Restraint application
- Patient charting and reporting
- Corrections environments
- Prison protocols
- Teamwork and collaboration
- Problem-solving
- Time management
- Attention to detail
- Problem-solving abilities
- Multitasking
- Multitasking Abilities
- Excellent communication
- Critical thinking
- Strong clinical judgment
- Direct patient care
- CPR certification
- Organizational skills
- Team collaboration
- Active listening
- Effective communication
- Adaptability and flexibility
- Decision-making
- Electronic health records
- Monitoring vital signs
- Clinical documentation
- Task prioritization
- Analytical thinking
- Documentation
- Basic life support
- Wound care
- Nursing documentation
- Pre-and Post-operative care
- Discharge planning
- Physical assessment
- Central line management
- Telemetry monitoring
- EMR systems
- Care planning
- HIPAA compliance
- Collaboration with multidisciplinary team
- Catheter care
- ADL assistance
- Patient education
- Pressure ulcer prevention
- Quality improvement
- Patient management
- Patient care coordination
- Fluid and electrolyte balance
- Healthcare informatics
- Needs assessment
- Nursing intervention adjustment
- Nursing workflow management
- Medication and IV administration
- Patient and family advocacy
- Clear patient communication
- Intake and discharge
- Chronic disease management
- Cardiac monitors
- CPR/AED
- Patient condition monitoring
- Diabetes management
- EMR / EHR
Certification
- RN
- Expires: November 2026
- State: TX
Awards
Patient Movement Improvement Project, April 2016, The project began in an effort to decrease patient throughput and the number of patients that left without being seen from the Emergency Department. Once the action items for the project had been implemented the average bed request to bed assign time decreased from 89.35 minutes to 21.55 minutes surpassing the original goal by 30 minutes, increasing patient satisfaction to 86.7%, and decreasing the number of patients left without being seen from 4% to 1%.
Publications
- WHAT IS THE ADVANTAGE OF HAVING ONE GREAT TRAVELING NURSE RECRUITER
- Https://www.hctravelnursing.com/blog/the-advantages-of-working-with-just-one-travel-nurse-agency
- July 2022
- Article explaining the differences between having on recruiter and having many looking for work for your next contract assignment.
- HOW TO BE A TRAVEL NURSE WITH A PET
- Https://www.hctravelnursing.com/blog/how-to-be-a-travel-nurse-with-a-pet
- May 2022
- Article explaining how you can travel with pets.
- Teamwork as a Travel Nurse
- Https://www.moxiescrubs.com/a/blog/teamwork-as-a-travel-nurse
- Article about how to feel like part of the team when you are a contract nurse.
- How On Demand Pay Aids Wealth Building
- Https://www.uselume.com/articles/how-on-demand-pay-aids-wealth-building
- February 2022
- Article on how to utilize on demand pay to improve credit and help increase your wealth.
Links
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Timeline
Medical Surgical Registered Nurse
UTMB-Galveston Campus
06.2022 - 07.2025
Medical Surgical Nurse- RN
Houston Methodist
04.2021 - 10.2021
Travel RN
Accountable Healthcare Staffing
04.2020 - 06.2022
Medical Surgical Nurse-RN
HCA Clearlake
06.2019 - 03.2020
Home Health LVN
Maxim Healthcare Group
11.2018 - 04.2019
Medical Surgical Nurse LVN
Metroplex Hospital
09.2017 - 05.2018
Clinical Nurse LVN
Urgent Care
09.2016 - 05.2017
Bed Management Coordinator- LVN
Baylor, Scott & White
05.2015 - 09.2016
Patient Flow Coordinator- LVN
Memorial Hermann
01.2012 - 05.2015
Medical Surgical Nurse LTAC LVN
Kindred Hospital
09.2010 - 11.2011
Medical Surgical Nurse LVN
Mainland Medical Center
01.2009 - 10.2011
Bachelor of Science - Nursing
Tarleton State University
Associate's degree - Science
McLennan Community College
Certification - Nursing
Mainland Community College