Taylor Engle
Soddy Daisy,TN
Summary
Detail-oriented registered nurse (BSN) with over 9 years of clinical experience. Eager to utilize skills and expertise in the PRN position at your esteemed organization. Strong focus on providing exceptional patient care and ensuring optimal outcomes. Committed to delivering high-quality healthcare services. Known for effective collaboration with interdisciplinary teams and ability to adapt quickly to changing environments. Confident in ability to contribute to the success of your organization while upholding highest standards of nursing practice.
Overview
12
12
years of professional experience
Work History
Preop Charge Nurse
Chattanooga Pain Surgery Center
02.2023 - Current
- Ensured smooth case progression to maximize operational efficiency.
- Optimized patient satisfaction through timely response to concerns and effective communication among staff members.
- Promoted a safe working environment by adhering to infection control policies and regularly reviewing safety protocols.
- Collaborated with other healthcare professionals to provide quality patient care.
- Served as a liaison between nursing staff, physicians, and management, fostering open communication channels among all parties involved in patient care.
- Streamlined nursing workflows for increased efficiency and improved patient outcomes.
- Demonstrated expertise by initiating over 50 IV lines per week.
Nurse Case Manager
BlueCross BlueShield of Tennessee
06.2022 - 02.2023
- Serving as a Laison between members, providers, and internal/external customers in coordination of health care delivery and benefits program
- Performing the essential activities of case management: assessment, planning, implementation, coordination, monitoring, outcomes, and evaluation
- Provide assistance to providers and members to submit reconsiderations, submit appeals
- Arrange peer to peer, and ensure all alternative modalities have been utilized when handling denials of procedures
- Provide patient education and help advocate for self management of various chronic conditions such as CAD, HTN, DM, COPD, CKD, etc
- Provide appointment arrangement for members with any provider, new referral, local assistance programs, etc
Day surgery/Pre-operative and Post-operative Nurse
Parkridge Medical Center
10.2020 - 06.2022
- Review various surgeons’ pre-operative orders and implement
- Clarified expectations for patient and family throughout surgical journey.
- Acquired necessary clearance from various providers before procedures.
- Expert in the insertion of intravenous access (IV).
- Performed venipunctures for lab testing.
- Assist the anesthesiologists with procedures such as nerve blocks and arterial line insertions
- Delivered moderate sedation for medical procedures
- Reviewed post-operative restrictions, limitations, and estimated recovery timelines with patients and families.
- Discharged patients upon fulfillment of hospital policy and surgeon criteria.
Registered Nurse
Electrophysiology Lab
10.2019 - 10.2020
- Circulate the operating room performing various tasks such as getting supplies that the doctor’s needs and updating the CRNA and monitor personnel using a closed loop communication model
- Scrub in with the doctor and assist with procedures such as pacemaker insertion, cardiac ablations, and loop recorder extractions
- Monitor the cases using MacLab and perform STEM studies using a Bloom machine
- Ensure the patient was prepped according to protocol with all labs within safe ranges prior to procedure
Nuclear Medicine and Interventional Radiology Nurse
07.2018 - 10.2019
- Explain procedures to patients to obtain cooperation and reduce anxiety using learned oral and written communication skills
- Monitor patients’ comfort and safety during tests/procedures, alerting the physician to abnormalities or changes in patient response
- Provide moderate sedation during procedures to a variety of complex patients with varying organ dysfunctions
- Perform general administrative tasks, such as scheduling appointments or ordering supplies or equipment
- Circulate the special procedures lab during dialysis catheter insertions, nephrostomy tube placements, port-a-catheter insertions, gastrointestinal bleed embolization’s, cerebral coiling, kyphoplasty’s, spinal steroid injections, radiofrequency ablations of knees and backs, and various biopsies under computerized tomography and ultrasound guidance
- Prepare, perform, and recover patients from treadmill and pharmaceutical stress tests
- Insertion of intravenous access (IV)
- Strong EKG lead application and interpretation skills
- Provide patients with discharge instructions specific to their procedure
- Assist the Interventional Radiologist with placing the post-operative patient in the appropriate level of care i.e
- Intensive care unit, medical-surgical floor, PACU
- Adapt to policies and procedures in a high pace and changing environment
Cardiac Nurse
Catholic Health Initiatives- Memorial Hospital
01.2016 - 06.2018
- Obtain and record patient clinical assessments based on bedside assessment
- Alert appropriate physician to any abnormal or life-threatening findings
- Consult and coordinate with healthcare team members to assess, plan, implement, and evaluate patient care plans
- Monitor and document telemetry patient’s EKG throughout12hr shift
- Assess the needs of individuals and families, including assessment of individuals’ home or work environment, to identify potential health or safety problems
- Administer medications by varying routes such as IV, PO, IM, etc as ordered by a provider
- Cultivate rapport with all patients to instill trust and loyalty toward company
Nurse Technician
08.2015 - 01.2016
- Answer patient call lights to determine patients’ needs
- Communicate with patients to ascertain feelings or needs for assistance or social and emotional support
- Document or otherwise report observations of patient behavior or physical symptoms to nurse
- Provide physical support to assist patients to perform daily living activities, such as bathing, toileting, dressing, walking, and exercising
- Provide information such as directions, visiting hours, or HIPPA compliant patient information
Nursing Student
University of Tennessee at Chattanooga- School of Nursing
08.2013 - 12.2015
- Provide physical support to assist patients to perform daily living activities, such as bathing, toileting, dressing, walking, and exercising
- Answer patient call lights to determine patients’ needs
- Communicate with patients to ascertain feelings or needs for assistance or social and emotional support
- Rotated through various specialties in nursing such as case management, floor nursing, operating room and outpatient facilities performing nursing tasks such as medication administration, chart reviews, and interdisciplinary plan of care meetings under the supervision of a registered nurse
Education
Bachelor of Science - Nursing
University of Tennessee at Chattanooga-Nursing
12.2015
Skills
- Decision-making
- Care coordination
- Team leadership
- Patient care
- Patient assessments
- Patient advocacy
- Duty delegation
- Peripheral IV insertion
Timeline
Preop Charge Nurse
Chattanooga Pain Surgery Center
02.2023 - Current
Nurse Case Manager
BlueCross BlueShield of Tennessee
06.2022 - 02.2023
Day surgery/Pre-operative and Post-operative Nurse
Parkridge Medical Center
10.2020 - 06.2022
Registered Nurse
Electrophysiology Lab
10.2019 - 10.2020
Nuclear Medicine and Interventional Radiology Nurse
07.2018 - 10.2019
Cardiac Nurse
Catholic Health Initiatives- Memorial Hospital
01.2016 - 06.2018
Nurse Technician
08.2015 - 01.2016
Nursing Student
University of Tennessee at Chattanooga- School of Nursing
08.2013 - 12.2015
Bachelor of Science - Nursing
University of Tennessee at Chattanooga-Nursing
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