Tonya Knight
Registered Nurse
Pineville,Louisiana
Summary
Compassionate professional with experience in managing needs of medically complex patients. Expert in assessing and managing treatments, administering medications and treatments, and developing individualized care plans. Proven record of responding quickly to changing patient needs and delivering positive outcomes. Years of experience as a clinical nurse coordinator responsible for making nurse assignment. Over seeing that competent safe patient care is administered according to the best standards of practice. Mentoring and teaching new nurses along with conflict resolution.
Overview
27
27
years of professional experience
Work History
Registered Nurse Coordinator
Rapides Regional Medical Center
01.1997 - Current
- Coordinated nursing activities and staffing with health-related, therapeutic and support services to streamline service delivery.
- Developed and distributed nursing assignments for unit employees that outlined individual and group tasks.
- Evaluated and monitored care and services throughout shift to improve quality levels.
- Provided skilled, timely and level-headed emergency response to critically-ill patients.
- Sustained quality standards by performing routine medication audits and upholding internal and industry best practices.
- Enforced nursing practice standards and recommended unit and institution policies and procedures to boost medical care quality.
Registered Nurse
Rapides Regional Medical Center
06.1996 - Current
- Collaborated with physicians to quickly assess patients and deliver appropriate treatment while managing rapidly changing conditions.
- Worked with intubated and ventilated patients, monitoring and reporting on conditions to maintain vital signs within optimal levels.
- Responded rapidly to critical codes to coordinate stabilization treatments and restore vital functions.
- Performed timely resuscitation and stabilization of acutely ill patients.
- Trained and coached new employees on protocols and best practices to promote ideal patient outcomes.
- Collaborated with interdisciplinary healthcare team to deliver optimal patient outcomes.
- Provided targeted care and treatment to medical,trauma and cardiovascular surgery patients.
Education
BSN - Nursing
Louisiana College
Pineville, LA05.1996
Skills
- Critical Care Nursing
- Critical Care Assessments
- Work Assignments
- Nursing Staff Supervision
- Complex Information Interpretation
- Advanced Cardiac Life Support (ACLS)
- Certified Critical Care Registered Nurse (CCRN)
- Certified Trauma Nursing Core Course (TNCC)
- Certified Trauma Care After Resuscitation (TCAR)
- Competent In Managing Patient With Impella Heart Pump
- Competent in Managing Patient Receiving Continuous Renal Replacement Therapy (CRRT)
- Cardiovascular Intensive Care
Accomplishments
- Collaborated with upper management in seeking out the opportunity to gather knowledge and assist in the opening of the first universal trauma unit within the HCA Corporation.
- Pioneered the first critical care council for Rapides Regional Medical Center. This council was an opportunity for a shared voice to manage and voice the needs and concerns of critical care staff. It allowed for open communication to implement ideas for process improvement plans.
- Served as president of critical care council for 2 years.
Timeline
Registered Nurse Coordinator
Rapides Regional Medical Center
01.1997 - Current
Registered Nurse
Rapides Regional Medical Center
06.1996 - Current
BSN - Nursing
Louisiana College
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