TASHANA JAMES
Flint,MI
Summary
Enthusiastic and service-oriented Registered Nurse with more than seven years of experience. Well-versed in offering evidence-based, therapeutic, and patients centered care. Collaborative and motivational leader who is eager advance as a Registered Nurse.
Overview
7
7
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification
Work History
Registered Nurse
Hurley Medical Center
Flint, MI
04.2024 - Current
- Assessed, planned, implemented and evaluated nursing care for assigned patients.
- Collaborated with multidisciplinary teams to discuss patient plan of care and status.
- Provided patient care and education to patients with chronic illnesses.
- Utilized critical thinking skills to assess clinical situations quickly and accurately.
Unit Manager/Registered Nurse
Willowbrook Manor
Flint, MI
10.2022 - 03.2024
- Correlating indirect and direct care responsibilities to ensure complex customer service issues are resolved in a timely manner with interdisciplinary teams.
- Complete assessments, treatments, and administer medications in an efficient and timely manner according to standing guidelines.
- Notifying physician on changes in condition implement orders received.
- Collaborate with Social Workers, Therapist, Dietician, and other professionals to ensure holistic care is provided.
- Admission and discharge coordinating.
- Oversee and delegate unit obligations.
- Addressed unit staff concerns, including staffing ratios, resource management, allocation of responsibilities and optimized workload management.
Registered Nurse, Medical-Surgical Unit
Memorial Healthcare
Owosso, MI
09.2022 - 08.2023
- Evaluate patients, recognize and address complications and coordinate treatments with other members of interdisciplinary team
- Utilize telemetry to monitor patients cardiac status.
- Administer medications and treatments as directed and as appropriate for patient's medical care in collaboration with multi-disciplinary team.
- Maintain thorough, accurate and confidential documentation in electronic medical records.
- Provide patient and family health education focusing on self-management, prevention and wellness.
Travel RN
Assist 1 Medical Staffing
Auburn Hills, MI
10.2020 - 10.2022
- Assess patient conditions, monitor behaviors and update supervising physicians with observations and concerns.
- Prioritized nursing tasks and assignments and accurately interpret clinical data to improve care quality and patient outcomes.
- Administer oral, IV and intra-muscular medications and monitor patient reactions.
- Collaborate with and document all therapies, including Physical, Occupational and Speech to keep patient charts up-to-date.
- Help patients and families feel comfortable during challenging and stressful situations, promoting recovery and reducing compliance issues.
- Instruct patients and caregivers on proper care of injuries after treatment, educating on proper medication use, dressing changes and signs of complications.
Registered Nurse
Kith Haven
Flint, MI
01.2018 - 10.2020
- Consistently assessed and evaluated patients' health needs by coordinating across medical disciplines to create, implement and modify personalized care plans.
- Updated physicians on patient test results, change in condition, or patient concerns and assisted in developing care plans.
- Collected lab specimens, ordering and interpreting diagnostic tests and lab results.
- Administered oral, intramuscular and IV medications to patients and monitored responses.
- Treated patients using pharmacological and non-pharmacological treatment modalities to address various disorders, diseases and injuries.
- Completed daily chart audits and assessed clinical records to verify accuracy, evaluate performance against goals and check for appropriate education of patients and families.
- Answered patient questions and provided take-home materials for further information.
- Counseled caregivers and families on end-of-life planning and educated on patient care options.
Education
Bachelor of Science - Nursing
Saginaw Valley State University
Bay City, MI08.2017
Skills
- Medical assessment, Patient monitoring, and Intervention
- Tracheostomy, Catheter, and Wound management
- Medication administration and Lab collection
- Prioritization of Patients with: Covid-19, Cardiac, Renal, Neurological, and varying disorders
- Maintaining PICC lines, Feeding pumps, and Prosthetics
- Direct and Indirect Patient Care
- Strong medical and work ethic
- SBAR communication and Patient discharging
- ACLS
- Nonviolent Crisis Intervention
Certification
- Basic Life Support (BLS) certified through American Heart Association [2025]
- Advanced Cardiac Life Support (ACLS) certified through [2023-2025]
References
Available upon request
Timeline
Registered Nurse
Hurley Medical Center
04.2024 - Current
Unit Manager/Registered Nurse
Willowbrook Manor
10.2022 - 03.2024
Registered Nurse, Medical-Surgical Unit
Memorial Healthcare
09.2022 - 08.2023
Travel RN
Assist 1 Medical Staffing
10.2020 - 10.2022
Registered Nurse
Kith Haven
01.2018 - 10.2020
Bachelor of Science - Nursing
Saginaw Valley State University