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
Salem, OR
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
Salem, OR Salem Health Salem Hospital
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
Phoenix, AZ Phoenix Children's Hospital
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
Reston, Virginia Reston Towne Center
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
Lebanon , New Hampshire Dartmouth Hitchcock Med
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
West Reading , PA
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