STEPHANIE FLEMMER
Pueblo West,CO
Summary
Experienced Registered Nurse with 17 years in bedside nursing and over 11 years in critical care. Expertise includes patient assessment, medication administration, recovery monitoring, and interdisciplinary care coordination. Proven track record as a charge nurse and mentor, focused on delivering safe, patient-centered care and fostering effective communication throughout the care continuum.
Overview
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1
Certification
17
17
years of professional experience
Work History
Registered Nurse, Intensive Care Unit
Evans Army Community Hospital
Fort Carson, CO
07.2024 - Current
- Perform ongoing patient assessments, identify changes in condition, and revise individualized plans of care in coordination with the clinical team.
- Initiate intravenous access and fluids, perform venipuncture, and coordinate required laboratory and pre-procedural testing with the interdisciplinary team.
- Monitor patients recovering from anesthesia or sedation and assess for adverse or residual medication effects following procedures.
- Complete pre-procedure nursing assessments, review consent and history-and-physical documentation, and communicate discrepancies to the procedural team.
- Assist with peripheral nerve block procedures and verify surgical-site preparation and marking in accordance with established safety processes.
- Applied peri-anesthesia nursing standards and facility procedures to ensure patient safety.
- Collaborate with physicians, therapists, case management, and other disciplines to coordinate treatment, safe transitions, and discharge planning.
- Provide preoperative patient and family education and review written and verbal discharge instructions to support safe recovery and self-management.
- Ensured timely, complete electronic health record documentation throughout assessment, treatment, recovery, and transition of care to support continuity in patient management.
- Educated patients and families on diagnoses, medications, and follow-up care, fostering understanding and promoting self-management through clear communication.
- Plan and provide individualized health-risk counseling, including tobacco cessation, stress management, hypertension, cholesterol, and weight management.
Registered Nurse, Neuro/Trauma Intensive Care Unit
Parkview Medical Center
Pueblo, CO
03.2015 - 07.2024
- Conducted frequent comprehensive neurological and critical care assessments of conscious and unconscious patients, promptly recognizing changes requiring intervention.
- Managed and assessed external ventricular drains and monitored intracranial pressure using EVDs and bolts.
- Monitored vital signs, ventilators, feeding tubes, catheters, life-support equipment, and medication therapies for patients with complex clinical needs.
- Collaborated with nursing colleagues and ancillary departments to coordinate safe, responsive patient care.
- Explained care plans to patients and families, providing education and emotional support to enhance understanding and comfort.
- Mentored and trained incoming nurses while serving on charge nurse team, responding to hospital stroke alerts and ensuring safe care delivery during shifts.
- 36 hours/week
Telemetry Registered Nurse
Parkview Medical Center
Pueblo, CO
07.2012 - 03.2015
- Delivered cardiac and medical-surgical nursing care, monitored telemetry rhythms, and promptly identified changes requiring clinical intervention to ensure optimal patient outcomes.
- Coordinated interdisciplinary care and educated patients and families on cardiac diagnoses, procedures, medications, diet, daily weights, follow-up, and discharge instructions to enhance understanding and compliance.
- Administered medications and treatments with attention to patient safety and accurate documentation.
- Coordinated unit operations and prioritized care by acuity as charge nurse; mentored staff and reinforced patient safety practices.
- Assisted in the transition of the medical ICU opening within the telemetry unit.
- Worked a total of 36 hours each week in a nursing role.
Registered Nurse, Float Pool
Parkview Medical Center
Pueblo, CO
11.2009 - 07.2012
- Delivered adaptable nursing care across multiple hospital units and collaborated with unit and ancillary staff to maintain continuity of care.
- Applied unit policies and procedures while precepting nursing students and employing therapeutic communication and de-escalation strategies during challenging patient encounters.
- Assisted in opening observation unit (April 2010–May 2011) as designated resource nurse, facilitating smooth operational transition.
- Worked 36 hours per week providing consistent nursing care.
Education
Associate of Science - Nursing
Colorado Technical University
Colorado SpringsSkills
- Post-anesthesia/sedation monitoring
- Neurological assessment
- Medication complication recognition
- Medication safety
- IV initiation and venipuncture
- Surgical readiness checks
- Nerve block assistance
- Consent and verification
- Testing coordination
- EHR documentation
- Discharge coordination
- Interdisciplinary communication
- Patient education
- Team coordination
- Nurse preceptorship
- Quality assurance
- Critical care monitoring
- Perioperative care
Certification
- Basic Life Support (BLS)
- Advanced Cardiac Life Support (ACLS)
- Pediatric Advanced Life Support (PALS)
- Trauma Nursing Core Course (TNCC)
Timeline
Registered Nurse, Intensive Care Unit
Evans Army Community Hospital
07.2024 - Current
Registered Nurse, Neuro/Trauma Intensive Care Unit
Parkview Medical Center
03.2015 - 07.2024
Telemetry Registered Nurse
Parkview Medical Center
07.2012 - 03.2015
Registered Nurse, Float Pool
Parkview Medical Center
11.2009 - 07.2012
Associate of Science - Nursing
Colorado Technical University