Summary
Overview
Work History
Education
Skills
Accomplishments
Affiliations
Timeline
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Tasha Sparks

Registered Nurse
Louisville,KY

Summary

Skilled nursing professional with more than 10 years of experience and passion for providing highest quality of behavioral and medical care on a medical-Surgical Telemetry unit. Compassionate and empathetic advocate for patients and families. Open and clear communicator with analytical problem-solving abilities and advanced clinical expertise. Skillfully assesses health status, develops diagnoses and manages care for patients with acute and chronic concerns. Experienced in structured and unstructured environments, smoothly coordinating multiple activities and competing priorities.

Overview

12
12
years of professional experience

Work History

RN Staff Nurse

Norton Audubon Hospital
Louisville, KY
06.2017 - Current
  • Worked within interdisciplinary health care team to develop, implement and make adjustments to patient care plans, individualizing strategies and methods to improve health and meet recovery goals.
  • Conferred with physicians to discuss diagnoses and devise well-coordinated treatment approaches.
  • Performed various nursing interventions such as wound dressing, vital sign monitoring and specimen collection.
  • Gathered patient health data through interviews and observation, documenting data in electronic records.
  • Trained new nurses in proper techniques, care standards, operational procedures and safety protocols.
  • Verified patients had information necessary for ongoing care, providing guidance on diagnoses, management of medications and prevention methods.
  • Precepted student nurses and oriented new hires, providing guidance and mentorship when teaching on hospital policies, emergency procedures and nursing best practices.

RN Staff Nurse

Tampa General
Tampa, FL
07.2015 - 05.2017
  • Worked within interdisciplinary health care team to develop, implement and make adjustments to patient care plans, individualizing strategies and methods to improve health and meet recovery goals.
  • Conferred with physicians to discuss diagnoses and devise well-coordinated treatment approaches.
  • Gathered patient health data through interviews and observation, documenting data in electronic records.
  • Relief Charge for 60 bed Med-Surg unit
  • Identified patient care requirements by establishing personal rapport with patients and families.
  • Precepted student nurses and oriented new hires, providing guidance and mentorship when teaching on hospital policies, emergency procedures and nursing best practices.

RN Staff Nurse

Norton Audubon Hospital
Louisville, KY
06.2013 - 06.2015

Same floor, position and duties I currently have at Audubon.

RN Staff Nurse

University Of Louisville Hospital
Louisville, KY
01.2010 - 03.2013
  • Performed various nursing interventions such as wound dressing, vital sign monitoring and specimen collection.
  • Conferred with physicians to discuss diagnoses and devise well-coordinated treatment approaches.
  • Worked within interdisciplinary health care team to develop, implement and make adjustments to patient care plans, individualizing strategies and methods to improve health and meet recovery goals.
  • Updated patient charts with data such as medications to keep records current and support accurate treatments.
  • Effectively prioritized assignments, executing care based on each patient's relative condition and delegating tasks to available personnel deliver safe and efficient care.

Education

Bachelor of Science - Nursing

Western Governors University
Salt Lake City, UT
07.2022

Associate of Science - Nursing

Galen College of Nursing
Louisville, KY
05.2009

Skills

  • Creative Problem Solving
  • Compassionate and Caring
  • Medication Administration
  • Patient Examination
  • Decision Making
  • Patient Condition Monitoring
  • Patient Care Assessment
  • Accurate Documentation
  • Care Coordination
  • Critical Thinking
  • Clear Patient Communication
  • Student Precepting
  • Direct Patient Care

Accomplishments

  • Supervised team of 10 or more staff members.
  • Efficient in the use of Epic software.
  • Preceptor to nursing students and new graduates.
  • Nominated for multiple Daisy awards and Norton employee recognition awards.

Affiliations

American Nurses Association

Timeline

RN Staff Nurse

Norton Audubon Hospital
06.2017 - Current

RN Staff Nurse

Tampa General
07.2015 - 05.2017

RN Staff Nurse

Norton Audubon Hospital
06.2013 - 06.2015

RN Staff Nurse

University Of Louisville Hospital
01.2010 - 03.2013

Bachelor of Science - Nursing

Western Governors University

Associate of Science - Nursing

Galen College of Nursing
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