Registered Nurse
Open To Work
SUZANNE WATT
DOXA ACADEMY
Palm Bay,FL
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Desired Job Title
Practical Nursing Instructor /Clinical Adjunct InstructorRegistered Nurse & Clinical LeadAssistant Director of Nursing (ADON) / Clinical SupervisorRegistered Nurse – ERRegistered Nurse – ICU
Work Type
Full TimePart Time
Location Preference
On-SiteHybridRemote
Location:
Palm Bay, FL
Open to relocation:
No
Important To Me
Work-life balanceHealthcare benefitsPaid time offPersonal development programs
1
Certification
26
years of professional experience
Highly skilled, autonomous, and Florida-licensed Registered Nurse and Clinical Manager with over 25 years of distinguished experience spanning clinical oversight, staff supervision, care coordination, and healthcare education. Exceptionally qualified to manage daily clinical and office operations, provide direct oversight of patient care services, and coach clinical personnel to ensure exceptional standards of care. Proven mastery in auditing clinical documentation, ensuring absolute regulatory compliance, and maintaining continuous survey readiness. Combines deep administrative acumen with unwavering empathy and compassion to effectively lead interdisciplinary healthcare teams and support patient and caregiver networks.
Work History
Practical Nursing Instructor /Clinical Adjunct Instructor
1 Year 7 Months- Digital Workflow Management: Engineered custom, evidence-based lesson plans, interactive clinical worksheets, and remote learning modules via Canvas LMS, ensuring high student engagement and administrative compliance.
- Documentation & Compliance Auditing: Served as Faculty Lead on professional conduct and legal accountability; rigorously audited Student Practical Nurse (SPN) documentation and care plans for 100% HIPAA and state regulatory compliance.
- Virtual & In-Person Leadership: Orchestrated complex clinical rotations and evaluated real-time performance indicators, translating dense clinical protocols into structured, digestible educational benchmarks.
- Autonomous Facilitation: Directed student cohorts using advanced independent judgment, driving mastery of the ADPIE nursing process and sharpening virtual/physical triage capabilities.
- Enhanced practical nursing students'' skills by incorporating hands-on activities and real-world examples into lessons.
- Delivered effective lectures on various aspects of practical nursing, such as patient care, medication administration, and documentation.
- Served as a mentor to aspiring nurses, offering professional advice and guidance throughout their educational journey.
- Coached underperforming students to help meet clinical objectives
Registered Nurse & Clinical Lead
3 Years 8 Months- Clinical Leadership & Supervision: Stepped into an impactful supervisory role, guiding, mentoring, and directing clinical staff to ensure flawless execution of care standards, safe task delegation, and efficient clinic and office operations.
- Pediatric Care Coordination: Managed a high-volume, complex pediatric caseload, effectively coordinating urgent care pathways, specialist referrals, and vital health services to optimize patient-centered outcomes.
- Caregiver & Guardian Collaboration: Spearheaded vital health education and plan compliance, working directly with parents, legal guardians, and caregivers to build strong therapeutic rapport, improve health literacy, and boost family self-efficacy.
- Procurement & Logistics Management: Directly responsible for the strategic procurement, inventory management, and meticulous tracking of all medical supplies and medications across the clinic, ensuring zero supply gaps and strict regulatory compliance.
Assistant Director of Nursing (ADON) / Clinical Supervisor
2 Months- Administrative Oversight & Leadership: Directed, supervised, and mentored departmental nursing staff as Lead Nurse; optimized unit workflows across the Pre-Op and Post-Op units while maintaining strict regulatory compliance and continuous survey readiness.
- Targeted Patient & Family Clinical Education: Directed and executed comprehensive pre- and post-operative educational protocols; equipped patients, spouses, and designated caregivers with vital surgical expectations, recovery milestone indicators, and meticulous post-op medication adherence guidelines to optimize surgical clinical outcomes.
- Rigorous Chart Auditing & Quality Assurance: Managed end-to-end surgical documentation workflows; personally audited and prepared all patient charts pre-operatively to ensure paperwork compliance, and systematically verified accurate clinical documentation post-surgery.
- Comprehensive Continuum of Care: Supervised and executed pre-operative preparation, medication administration, and post-operative recovery workflows; safely discharged patients, managed family updates, and managed the end-to-end procurement and tracking of specialized medications and clinical supplies for the perioperative department.
- Operating Room Assistance: Seamlessly stepped into the operating theater to directly assist ophthalmologists during complex surgical procedures when requested.
Registered Nurse – ER
3 Years- High-Velocity Team Collaboration: Functioned as a highly dependable and capable team member in a fast-paced, frequently intense department managing a diverse patient population; delivered acute clinical care for everything from minor illnesses to immediately life-threatening multi-system traumas.
- Advanced Clinical Synthesis & Logistics: Performed comprehensive head-to-toe assessments, continuous patient reevaluations, critical dose calculations, and systematic lab/diagnostic review; titrated specialized emergency medications and executed precise pain control protocols, orthopedic stabilization, and complex wound care.
- Care Transition & Discharge Planning: Directed seamless care transitions, managing complex inpatient hospital admissions, coordinating referrals, and establishing safe, comprehensive discharge planning to assure individualized plans of care.
- Compassionate Advocacy & Family Education: Delivered extensive clinical education to patients, parents, and caregivers; instinctively identified and stepped in to provide a comforting presence for isolated, vulnerable patients facing a medical crisis alone, up to and including dignified end-of-life care.
Registered Nurse – ICU
1 Year- High-Acuity Patient Stabilization: Executed advanced, continuous hemodynamic data monitoring and head-to-toe assessments for critically physiologically unstable patients with zero margin for error.
- Complex Multiline Infusion Management: Expertly managed patients requiring multiple, simultaneous intravenous and arterial access lines; safely titrated various concurrent, complex vasoactive infusions, sedatives, and paralytics under strict protocols.
- Advanced Ventilatory & Life Support: Managed intricate, multi-system care plans for intubated and mechanically ventilated patients, overseeing life-sustaining technological interventions while continuously balancing delicate physiological baselines.
- Interdisciplinary Care Coordination: Functioned as an integral part of a multi-disciplinary team, delivering clinical interventions that were imperative for the seamless function and safety of the unit; collaborated closely with intensivists, surgeons, internists, and medical specialties to continually assess patient needs.
- Compassionate Continuum & End-of-Life Advocacy: Acted as a steady clinical anchor for families navigating medical crises; seamlessly transitioned from aggressive, life-saving protocols to peaceful, dignified end-of-life comfort care when necessary, providing sophisticated clinical education and deep emotional support to the patient's entire family network.
Senior Emergency Room / Travel RN
12 Years- Florida: HCA Florida Osceola Hospital (Kissimmee) | Bethesda Memorial Hospital (Boynton Beach) | Holmes Regional Medical Center (Melbourne) | Columbia Hospital (West Palm Beach) | HCA Florida North Florida Hospital (Gainesville) | Lawnwood Regional Medical Center (Fort Pierce) | HCA Florida Oak Hill Hospital (Spring Hill) | AdventHealth / Florida Hospital (Tampa)
- North Carolina: UNC Health Lenoir / Lenoir Memorial Hospital (Kinston) | UNC Health Nash General (Rocky Mount)
- California: Sharp Memorial Hospital (San Diego) | MemorialCare Saddleback Medical Center (Laguna Hills)
- Texas: HCA Houston Healthcare Bayshore (Pasadena)
- Mid-Atlantic: Beebe Healthcare (Lewes, DE) | Sentara Bayside Hospital (Virginia Beach, VA) | Chesapeake Regional Medical Center (Chesapeake, VA)
- Core Travel Competencies & Clinical Impacts:
- Elite Adaptability: Demonstrated exceptional clinical versatility and rapid onboarding capabilities, seamlessly integrating into distinct hospital cultures, regional healthcare networks, and varying EMR setups every 13 to 26 weeks.
- High-Acuity Emergency Interventions: Specialized in high-velocity ER triage, conscious sedation, advanced intubation assistance, trauma stabilization, and critical life support interventions throughout the lifespan from newborn to geriatrics.
- Autonomous Case Management: Independently managed and stabilized critical incoming cases under extreme pressure, synthesizing fast-moving clinical data to execute precise care plans alongside emergency physicians.
Education
Diploma - Health Sciences in Nursing
Skills
EMR Systems: Epic
Cerner
Meditech
eClinicalWorks
Educational & Virtual Learning Platforms: Canvas LMS
Zoom (Facilitation of Live/Remote Lessons)
Clinical Frameworks: ADPIE Nursing Process
SBAR Communication Framework
Digital Tools: Microsoft Office Suite (Word
Excel
PowerPoint)
Microsoft Teams
Certification
- Licensure: Current, Active Florida Registered Nurse (RN) License
- Certifications: Advanced Cardiovascular Life Support (ACLS), Pediatric Advanced Life Support (PALS), Basic Life Support (BLS), AED Certification
- Valid Florida Drivers License
Languages
English
Native or Bilingual
Timeline
Practical Nursing Instructor /Clinical Adjunct Instructor
DOXA ACADEMY
10.2024 - 05.2026Read More
Registered Nurse & Clinical Lead
BREVARD HEALTH ALLIANCE – PEDIATRIC URGENT CARE
03.2019 - 11.2022Read More
Assistant Director of Nursing (ADON) / Clinical Supervisor
BREVARD EYE CENTER
12.2018 - 02.2019Read More
Registered Nurse – ER
SEBASTIAN RIVER MEDICAL CENTER
01.2014 - 01.2017Read More
Registered Nurse – ICU
WUESTHOFF MEDICAL CENTER
01.2013 - 01.2014Read More
Senior Emergency Room / Travel RN
01.2000 - 01.2012Read More
Durham College
Diploma from Health Sciences in Nursing
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