Tanesha Sharpe
Parkville,Maryland
Summary
With a robust background at Sinai Hospital of Baltimore and expertise in emergency care and patient advocacy, I excel in delivering high-quality nursing services. Skilled in IV management and building strong relationships, my contributions have significantly improved patient outcomes and satisfaction.
Overview
16
16
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification
Work History
Registered Nurse/ER NURSE
Sinai Hospital of Baltimore
07.2022 - Current
- Managed patient triage, prioritizing care based on severity of condition and available resources.
- Administered medications and treatments per physician orders.
- Operated and maintained emergency department equipment, performing regular checks for functionality and safety.
- Helped patients and families feel comfortable during challenging and stressful situations, promoting recovery and reducing compliance issues.
- Cared for patients experiencing acute traumas, including cardiac arrests, strokes and gunshot wounds.
- Documented all patient interactions, assessments, and interventions in electronic health records with accuracy.
- Implemented infection control measures to prevent the spread of contagious diseases within the emergency department.
- Educated patients and families on disease management, prevention, and healthy lifestyle choices.
- Advocated for patient rights and ethical treatment, ensuring respect and dignity in patient care.
- Assisted in the preparation of trauma victims for transfer or discharge from the hospital.
- Monitored patient vital signs and symptoms, responding rapidly to changes in condition and initiating appropriate interventions.
- Identified potential risks or complications during treatment processes and took appropriate corrective action.
- Monitored vital signs and other indicators of patient health status.
- Observed strict safety measures, including checking medication dosages before administration to patients.
- Responded quickly to life-threatening situations while maintaining composure under pressure.
- Maintained strict patient data procedures to comply with HIPAA laws and prevent information breaches.
Nursing Professor
Morgan State University
08.2021 - Current
- Developed and taught undergraduate nursing courses, such as medical-surgical nursing, pharmacology, and health assessment.
- Committed passionately to student development through hands-on training.
- Remained current in instructional methods and evidence-based, best practice nursing concepts and impact such concepts place on nursing program students' education.
- Helped students make optimal educational and career choices to maximize learning and long-term vocational benefits.
- Supplied each student with syllabus complying with course requirements, attendance requirements and related course procedures.
- Supervised student laboratory and clinical work, offering knowledgeable advice to advance learning and abilities.
- Contributed professional feedback to student inquiries in class, online, or during established consultation hours.
- Built life-long learning skills and strong study habits in students to help each prepare for higher-level education.
- Assessed clinical education needs and patient and client teaching needs using various methods.
- Observed and evaluated student performance in meeting course objectives and student learning outcomes through assignments, projects and examinations.
- Participated in planning, implementing and evaluating assigned courses for continued development of nursing curriculum.
- Adapted teaching methods to accommodate diverse learning styles among students.
- Provided guidance to students in the clinical setting to ensure safe patient care practices.
- Collaborated with other faculty members to develop new curricula based on evidence-based practice guidelines.
Registered Nurse Travel Nurse/ Covid Pandemic
Johns Hopkins Bayview Hospital
12.2021 - 06.2022
- Work on Med/Surgical floors, floating on different units during the COVID
- Helped patients and families feel comfortable during challenging and stressful situations, promoting recovery and reducing compliance issues.
- Acted as patient advocate and implemented total patient care through team nursing process.
- Counseled patients and caregivers, providing emotional, psychological and spiritual support.
- Conducted intake assessments with patients and relatives to gather case history.
- Oversaw patient admission and discharge processes to coordinate related paperwork.
- Utilized critical thinking skills to assess clinical situations quickly and accurately.
- Responded to emergency situations with speed, expertise and level-headed approaches to provide optimal care, support and life-saving interventions.
- Collaborated with doctors to plan post-treatment home care and prevent return hospitalization.
- Assessed patient conditions, monitored behaviors and updated supervising physicians with observations and concerns.
- Monitored diet, physical activity, behaviors and other patient factors to assess conditions and adjust treatment plans.
- Adhered to infection control procedures to facilitate safe, clean patient environment.
- Maintained thorough, accurate and confidential documentation in electronic medical records.
- Maintained a safe environment for all patients by adhering to infection control policies and procedures.
- Updated charts throughout shifts with current, accurate information to maintain strict recordkeeping standards.
- Trained and mentored new RNs on best practices, hospital policies and standards of care.
- Administered oral, IV and intra-muscular medications and monitored patient reactions.
- Documented patient progress notes accurately and efficiently in the electronic medical record system.
- Assessed patient needs, prioritized treatment, maintained patient flows and assisted physicians with non-invasive procedures.
- Participated in multidisciplinary team meetings to discuss patient care plans.
Registered Nurse/ Clinical Nursing Director for Home Health Agency
Agile Home Health Care
01.2017 - 12.2021
- Oversee and provide educational training for new hires, LPNs, and RNs to provide good quality of care to the citizens of Maryland, and assist patients in a home health care setting with multiple comorbidities.
- Begin the start of care, and assess and reassess patients daily, obtain lab draws, provide wound care, perform Foley insertion, and administer PICC line care.
- Initiate IV infusion via PICC line and PORT-A-CATH to provide home chemotherapy, 5-FU drugs, and Remicade/Entyvio infusions for patients with Crohn’s disease.
Registered Nurse/Clinical Nurse II
Shock Trauma Outpatient Clinic
01.2020 - 11.2021
- Assist in clinic with follow up appointments after post-op surgery
- Triage and assist patients with getting new medication refills, pain management referral, Physical Therapy referrals
- Assist with care with wound vacs, wound care, PICC line care, and bullectomy procedures
- Collaborated with health groups to plan or implement programs designed to improve overall health of communities.
- Maintained personal and team compliance with medication administration standards and patient care best practices.
- Coordinated with healthcare team to establish, enact and evaluate patient care plans.
- Maintained a safe environment for all patients by adhering to infection control policies and procedures.
- Observed strict safety measures, including checking medication dosages before administration to patients.
Registered Nurse/Charge Nurse
University of Maryland Midtown Campus
05.2017 - 12.2019
- Supervise and support nursing staff responsible for maintaining a high level of patient care, evaluating other nurses and acting as an educational resource in a professional manner, assist with wound care, detox patients, blood transfusion, heparin drip, pain pump management, and chronic illnesses on a medical surgical/ telemetry unit
- Assessed, planned, implemented and evaluated nursing care for assigned patients.
- Evaluated effectiveness of interventions through ongoing assessment of patient responses.
- Administered medications, tracked dosages, and documented patient conditions.
- Advocated for patients by supporting and respecting basic rights, values, and beliefs.
- Advocated for patient needs with interdisciplinary team and implemented outlined treatment plans.
Registered Nurse
University of Maryland Rehabilitation & Orthopedic Institute
04.2016 - 05.2017
- Assist and collaborate with a multidisciplinary team on the multi-trauma/spinal cord injury unit.
- Support and provide acute nursing care to patients who have sustained multiple traumatic injuries and illnesses.
- Motor vehicle accident, multiple gunshot wounds, Guillain-Barré syndrome, post-op surgery, laminectomy, wound care, IV infusions.
- Advocated for patient needs with interdisciplinary team and implemented outlined treatment plans.
- Responded to emergency situations with speed, expertise and level-headed approaches to provide optimal care, support and life-saving interventions.
- Developed educational materials for use in teaching sessions with patients or their families.
Registered Nurse
Crofton Care Rehabilitation Center
Crofton, Maryland
03.2015 - 09.2016
- 24-hour skilled medical surgical nursing unit, sub-acute, post hospitalization, and discharge planning
- Assist patient in rehab from pulmonary rehabilitation, COPD, Chronic bronchitis, asthma, pneumonia, restrictive lung disease, and tracheostomy care
- Rehab for total hip replacement, knee replacement to long term care with dementia, respite, palliative care for end of life and Collaborative hospice
- Assist with vital signs, wound care, g-tube, j-tube, blood drawing and IV certified
Travel Nurse/LPN
General Health Care Resource
Wilmington, Delaware
03.2015 - 01.2016
- Travel to different facility throughout Maryland to help assist patient with traumatic accidents and diagnosis with serious illness, assist with wound care, tracheostomy care, and medication administration
Phlebotomist
Medstar Harbor Hospital
Baltimore, Maryland
10.2008 - 06.2013
- Drawing and processing early morning specimen in an inpatient setting
- Actively participated in unit-based Quality Assurance Program
- Make ethical and independent decision-making ability consistent with medical protocols
Medical Assistant
University of Maryland Medical Center
Baltimore, Maryland
10.2008 - 11.2012
- Under direct supervision of the onsite Physician, assist in the delivery of patient care in an ambulatory setting
Education
Masters of Science Emphasis in Nursing Education - Nursing
Grand Canyon University
Phoenix, Arizona01.2019
Nursing, LPN – BSN, RN -
Sojourner Douglass College
Baltimore, Maryland01.2015
Skills
- Vaccine administration
- Diabetes management
- Health care consultation
- Discharge coordination
- Precepting
- Lab result interpretation
- Health screening
- Infectious disease control
- Chart updating
- IV management
- Medical assessment
- Life-sustaining machines
- Relationship building
- Health and wellness expertise
- Insulin medication assistance
- Appointment scheduling
- Wound care
- Strong clinical judgment
- Chest pain management
- Complex Problem-solving
- Emergency care
- Disease management programs
- Evaluations
- Well visit procedures
- Care plan development
- Feeding pumps
- Performing ekgs
- Taking vitals
- Intake and discharge
- IV drug therapy management
- Family advocacy
- Disease specialization
- Seizure management
- Reporting and documentation
- Hospice philosophy
- Diabetes and nutrition education
- Patient care
- Oxygen saturation standards
- Long-term care
- Family and patient support
- Sterilization techniques mastery
- Patient monitoring
- HIPAA education
- Geriatric treatment
- Direct patient care
Certification
Registered Nurse, Maryland, R219822
Training
Northwest Hospital, Training on telemetry and cardiac care.
Credentials
- MSN
- RN
Timeline
Registered Nurse/ER NURSE
Sinai Hospital of Baltimore
07.2022 - Current
Registered Nurse Travel Nurse/ Covid Pandemic
Johns Hopkins Bayview Hospital
12.2021 - 06.2022
Nursing Professor
Morgan State University
08.2021 - Current
Registered Nurse/Clinical Nurse II
Shock Trauma Outpatient Clinic
01.2020 - 11.2021
Registered Nurse/Charge Nurse
University of Maryland Midtown Campus
05.2017 - 12.2019
Registered Nurse/ Clinical Nursing Director for Home Health Agency
Agile Home Health Care
01.2017 - 12.2021
Registered Nurse
University of Maryland Rehabilitation & Orthopedic Institute
04.2016 - 05.2017
Registered Nurse
Crofton Care Rehabilitation Center
03.2015 - 09.2016
Travel Nurse/LPN
General Health Care Resource
03.2015 - 01.2016
Phlebotomist
Medstar Harbor Hospital
10.2008 - 06.2013
Medical Assistant
University of Maryland Medical Center
10.2008 - 11.2012
Masters of Science Emphasis in Nursing Education - Nursing
Grand Canyon University
Nursing, LPN – BSN, RN -
Sojourner Douglass College
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