Tiffany Littleton
Knoxville,TN
Summary
Compassionate Registered Nurse with experience offering comprehensive patient care in outpatient environments. Works well with diverse patient populations and fosters trusting relationships to improve outcomes. Efficiently coordinates with healthcare professionals to advance patient care.
Overview
8
8
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification
Work History
Registered Nurse, Critical Care Unit
Parkwest Medical Center
07.2022 - Current
- Collaborated with physicians to quickly assess patients and deliver appropriate treatment while managing rapidly changing conditions.
- Administered medications via oral, IV, and intramuscular injections and monitored responses.
- Administered medications and treatment to patients and monitored responses while working with healthcare teams to adjust care plans.
- Educated patients, families and caregivers on diagnosis and prognosis, treatment options, disease process, and management and lifestyle options.
- Provided direct patient care, stabilized patients, and determined next course of action.
- Trained new nurses in proper techniques, care standards, operational procedures, and safety protocols.
- Updated patient charts with data such as medications to keep records current and support accurate treatments.
- Evaluated healthcare needs, goals for treatment, and available resources of each patient and connected to optimal providers and care.
- Organized and managed care of patients undergoing various therapies and procedures.
- Conferred with physicians to discuss diagnoses and devise well-coordinated treatment approaches.
Registered Nurse, Surgery
Parkwest Medical Center
08.2019 - 06.2022
- Monitored surgical patients and delivered quality level of care before, during and after operations to promote positive outcomes.
- Kept count of all surgical instruments and sponges used during operations and procedures.
- Assessed team members' workloads and pitched in to help in areas where need was most evident.
- Used aseptic techniques to maintain sterile fields and actively monitored situations to prevent breaches in aseptic techniques.
- Positioned patients in operating rooms to prepare for surgical procedures, using supine, prone and sitting surgical positions.
- Coordinated and consulted with healthcare teams to plan, implement, assess and evaluate patient care plans.
Registered Nurse, Trauma Center
University Of Tennessee Medical Center
12.2018 - 08.2019
- Administered medications via oral, IV, and intramuscular injections and monitored responses.
- Provided direct patient care, stabilized patients, and determined next course of action.
- Updated patient charts with data such as medications to keep records current and support accurate treatments.
- Evaluated healthcare needs, goals for treatment, and available resources of each patient and connected to optimal providers and care.
- Maintained quality care and comfort for patients with heart failure, pulmonary hypertension, and other conditions.
- Administered medications and treatment to patients and monitored responses while working with healthcare teams to adjust care plans.
- Educated patients, families and caregivers on diagnosis and prognosis, treatment options, disease process, and management and lifestyle options.
Registered Nurse, Trauma Center
Johnson City Medical Center - Ballad Health
05.2017 - 11.2018
- Collaborated with physicians to quickly assess patients and deliver appropriate treatment while managing rapidly changing conditions.
- Administered medications via oral, IV, and intramuscular injections and monitored responses.
- Administered medications and treatment to patients and monitored responses while working with healthcare teams to adjust care plans.
- Educated patients, families and caregivers on diagnosis and prognosis, treatment options, disease process, and management and lifestyle options.
- Managed care from admission to discharge.
- Contributed substantially to successful department JCAHO accreditation by consistently operating to highest standards of care.
- Provided didactic and clinical instructions to orient new nurses and potential student nurses to achieve training outcomes.
- Participated in nursing simulation activities, evidence-based practice project implementation and competency development to further nursing education.
Student Nurse Intern
Johnson City Medical Center - Ballad Health
08.2015 - 05.2017
- Collaborated with nurse preceptors and other medical staff to achieve quality patient outcome goals.
- Administered close patient care, checked vital signs, and monitored telemetry.
- Attended medical procedures to increase nursing expertise and advance training.
- Maintained comfort and safety of each patient through careful monitoring and knowledge application.
- Built rapport with patients and members of patients' support systems.
- Delivered exceptional care to patients by helping with mobility and daily living requirements.
- Cared for each patient according to care plan and physicians' instructions.
Education
Bachelor of Science - Nursing
East Tennessee State University
Johnson City, TN05.2017
Skills
- Active Listening
- Diagnostic Procedures
- Hygiene Support
- Vascular Care
- Blood Transfusions
- Complex Problem-Solving
- Care Prioritization
- Administering Medicines
- Critical Care Nursing
- Creative Thinking
Certification
Basic Life Support
Advanced Cardiovascular Life Support
Active member of Staff Action Council
- Discusses processes in the Critical Care Unit that can be updated or improved
- Discusses issues that the unit faces & ways these issues can be resolved
- Makes "How To" Youtube videos for other staff members to reference quickly
- Implements & teaches others new processes the Council puts into place
Timeline
Registered Nurse, Critical Care Unit
Parkwest Medical Center
07.2022 - Current
Registered Nurse, Surgery
Parkwest Medical Center
08.2019 - 06.2022
Registered Nurse, Trauma Center
University Of Tennessee Medical Center
12.2018 - 08.2019
Registered Nurse, Trauma Center
Johnson City Medical Center - Ballad Health
05.2017 - 11.2018
Student Nurse Intern
Johnson City Medical Center - Ballad Health
08.2015 - 05.2017
Bachelor of Science - Nursing
East Tennessee State University
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