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Teresa Renee Collins

Registered Nurse
Concord,NC

Summary

Dedicated and very knowledgeable Registered Nurse offering twelve years of hands-on patient care experience, as well as advancing into a management role. Background is all in critical care and management of critical care. Cared for patients on ventilators, bipap, strokes, CVVH, ventriculostomies, TPA, DKA, getting them set up for ECCMO, lifeshare (organ donation), tracheostomies, and much more. Able to communicate well, prioritize, have time management, multitask stay calm in chaotic stressful situations, and able to keep the patient as number one priority at all times. Highly-motivated to learn new things, gaining new knowledge, strong worth ethic, and can adapt and stay focused in any situation.

Overview

20
20
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification

Work History

Clinical Nurse Supervisor

Atrium Health, Northeast, ICU
Concord, NC
03.2017 - 04.2019
  • Ran a very busy 35 bed ICU/IMC unit while managing 20-30 nurses and care partners.
  • Triaged patients from OR, ER, doctors offices, other hospitals, patients out on other units in hospital, and STAT responses/codes.
  • Annual reviews of staff, disciplined them when needed, handled patient/family complaints, rounded on all patients/families daily.
  • On multiple committees to help improve patient care and safety, help make or revise protocols, assisted all nurses when needed, was a mentor and resource for other nurses.
  • Able to have a good rapport with leaders and administration on other units as well as hospital administration.
  • Able to multitask in a very chaotic environment and get things accomplished.
  • Helped in the interview process with hiring new employees.

Registered Nurse

Atrium Health, ICU
Concord, NC
02.2007 - 03.2017
  • Worked on a 35 bed ICU caring for critically ill patients such as assessing, giving meds, getting blood, monitoring vital signs, giving emotional support and education to patients as well as the families
  • Worked very closely with intensivist, other physicians, nurses, respiratory, physical therapist, nutritionist, pharmacist, case management, palliative care and all other departments to ensure patient gets the best outcome possible
  • Cared for patients on ventilator, oscillator, CVVH, vasopressors, TPA, ventriculostomies, bipap, proned positioned, strokes, trachs, insulin drips, lifeshare patients, and ECCMO
  • Did admissions/discharges, went throughout the hospital for STAT responses and codes.
  • Maintained thorough, accurate and confidential documentation in electronic medical records.
  • Trained and mentored new RNs on best practices, hospital policies and standards of care.
  • Collected lab specimens, ordering and interpreting diagnostic tests and lab results.

Experience •Certified Nursing Assistant

Carolinas Healthcare
Huntersville
01.1999 - 01.2006
  • Caring for long term patients as well as patients there just for rehab
  • Helped patients with daily ADL’s
  • Assisted nurses with anything they needed to care for the patients
  • Able to float to all the different units such as rehab, long term, and Alzheimer’s unit.

Education

Bachelor of Science - Nursing

South University-High Point
High Point, NC
06.2018

Associate Degree - Nursing

Cabarrus College of Health Sciences
Concord, NC
01.2006

Skills

  • Patient Monitoring
  • Compassionate and Caring
  • Accurate Documentation
  • Medication Administration
  • Creative Problem Solving
  • Patient Care Assessment
  • Patient Condition Monitoring
  • Blood Draw and Sample Collection
  • Clear Patient Communication
  • Monitoring/Documenting Vital Signs
  • Critical Thinking
  • Attention to Detail
  • Nursing Staff Leadership
  • Seizure Management
  • Patient Care
  • Family and Patient Support
  • Patient Satisfaction and Process Improvement
  • Medication and IV Administration
  • Critical Care
  • Infectious Disease Control
  • Direct and Indirect Patient Care
  • Staff Development and Precepting
  • Patient Care Planning
  • Culturally Sensitive
  • Nursing Plan Development and Modification
  • Diabetes Management
  • Mobility Assistance
  • SBAR Communication
  • Patient Education and Counseling

Certification

  • North Carolina Board of Nursing License-2007-2019, 2022-present.
  • Critical Care Registered Nurse (CCRN)-American Association of Critical Care, 2014-2021.
  • Certified Neuroscience Registered Nurse (CNRN)-American Board of Neuroscience Nursing, 2010-2022.
  • Trauma Nurse Core Course (TNCC)-2013-2021.
  • Advanced Cardiac Life Support (ACLS) 2007-2019.
  • Basic Life Support (BLS)-1998-2020.

Timeline

Clinical Nurse Supervisor

Atrium Health, Northeast, ICU
03.2017 - 04.2019

Registered Nurse

Atrium Health, ICU
02.2007 - 03.2017

Experience •Certified Nursing Assistant

Carolinas Healthcare
01.1999 - 01.2006

Bachelor of Science - Nursing

South University-High Point

Associate Degree - Nursing

Cabarrus College of Health Sciences

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