Tara Livinghouse
McMinnville,OR
Summary
Hardworking nursing professional bringing 18+ years of experience delivering exceptional care to NICU patients. Well-organized and forward-thinking in managing patient needs.
Overview
19
19
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification
Work History
Registered Nurse
Salem Health - Hospital
09.2023 - Current
- Collaborate with physicians and NNP's to quickly assess patients and deliver appropriate treatment while managing rapidly changing conditions.
- Administer medications and treatment to patients and monitor responses while working with healthcare teams to adjust care plans.
- Manage care from admission to discharge.
- Improve patient outcomes by implementing evidence-based nursing interventions and individualized care plans.
- Communicate with healthcare team members to plan, implement and enhance treatment strategies.
Registered Nurse
Aya Healthcare
06.2023 - 09.2023
- Care of Level III NICU patients.
- Assess, evaluate, and care for neonatal patients.
- Communicate with family members and loved ones to provide information about patient care, treatments and medical options.
- Administer medications and fluids and check vital signs on critically ill newborns.
- Follow policies, procedures and hospital regulations for protocol compliance and patient safety.
Registered Nurse
Host Healthcare
01.2023 - 06.2023
- Level IV NICU and float to CVICU to care for children under One year of age.
- Collaborated with physicians to quickly assess patients and deliver appropriate treatment while managing rapidly changing conditions.
- Educated patients, families and caregivers on diagnosis and prognosis, treatment options, disease process and management and lifestyle options.
- Monitored patient reactions to drugs and carefully documented findings.
- Provided direct patient care, stabilized patients and determined next course of action.
- Monitored patient condition by interpreting and tracking EKG readings, identifying irregular telemetry readings and updating team members on changes in stability or acuity.
Registered Nurse
Host Healthcare
10.2022 - 01.2023
- Level III NICU
- Collaborate with physicians to quickly assess patients and deliver appropriate treatment while managing rapidly changing conditions.
- Educate patients, families and caregivers on diagnosis and prognosis, treatment options, disease process and management and lifestyle options.
- Provide direct patient care, stabilized patients and determined next course of action.
- Implement medication and IV administration, catheter insertion and airway management.
- Collect blood and other laboratory specimens and prepared for lab testing.
Registered Nurse
Host Healthcare
06.2022 - 09.2022
- Dartmouth Health Children's Level III ICN
- Delivered outstanding care to patients with various diagnoses and managed care from treatment initiation through to completion.
- Administered medications via oral, IV and intramuscular injections and monitored responses.
- Worked with interdisciplinary healthcare team to develop, implement and manage care plans, ensuring inclusion of patients' individual needs.
- Educated family members and caregivers on patient care instructions.
- Adhered to strict safety measures by carefully determining proper dosages before administering medications.
Registered Nurse
Reading Hospital - Tower Health
08.2005 - 05.2022
- Level III NICU
- Administered medications and fluids and checked vital signs on critically ill newborns.
- Communicated with family members and loved ones to provide information about patient care, treatments and medical options.
- Provided high level of quality care for each and every patient in 30-bed neonatal ICU unit.
- Followed policies, procedures and hospital regulations for protocol compliance and patient safety.
- Coordinated with healthcare staff from various disciplines to devise, carry out and manage personalized care plans to benefit patient health and recovery.
- Assessed and managed various patient treatments for numerous patient diagnoses from sepsis to acute respiratory distress.
- Trained and coached new employees on protocols and best practices to promote ideal patient outcomes.
Education
Diploma - Nursing
Reading Hospital School of Health Sciences
West Reading, PA07.2005
Skills
- Monitoring Vital Signs
- Patient condition Monitoring
- Compassionate and Caring
- IV insertion
- Blood Draw and Sample Collection
- Immunizations administration
- Blood product administration
- EPIC, Meditech, Centricity, Allscripts Charting
- IV fluids, drips and medication administration
- Chest tubes management
- PICC/Umbilical/Broviac line management
- Body cooling
- Tracheostomy care
- Gastrostomy Tube care
- Resus Nurse
Certification
- S.T.A.B.L.E. Certified - exp 9/30/2025
- NRP Certified - exp 2/27/2025
- BLS Certified - exp 4/30/2025
- ACLS Certified - exp 6/13/2024
- Certified Car Seat Technician - exp 4/4/2025
- Breast feeding Resource Nurse
- PA RN License RN 568066- exp 10/31/2024
- OR RN License 10013645- exp 12/16/2024
Timeline
Registered Nurse
Salem Health - Hospital
09.2023 - Current
Registered Nurse
Aya Healthcare
06.2023 - 09.2023
Registered Nurse
Host Healthcare
01.2023 - 06.2023
Registered Nurse
Host Healthcare
10.2022 - 01.2023
Registered Nurse
Host Healthcare
06.2022 - 09.2022
Registered Nurse
Reading Hospital - Tower Health
08.2005 - 05.2022
Diploma - Nursing
Reading Hospital School of Health Sciences
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