Tricia Allred
Woodland
Summary
Equipped with strong problem-solving abilities, willingness to learn, and excellent communication skills. Poised to contribute to team success and achieve positive results. Ready to tackle new challenges and advance organizational objectives with dedication and enthusiasm.
Overview
23
23
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification
Work History
Charge Nurse
Summit Spine and Joint
Lawrenceville, GA
02.2026 - Current
- Trained new nursing staff on operational procedures and safety standards.
- Contributed to a positive work environment by actively participating in unit meetings, sharing ideas to improve efficiency or address ongoing challenges faced by colleagues.
- Mentored newly hired nurses to ensure seamless integration into the team and facilitate their professional development.
- Supervised and managed daily scheduling, tasking, and administration.
Sedation Nurse
Summit Spine and Joint
Lawrenceville, GA
06.2025 - Current
- Assisted in preoperative and postoperative care for spine and joint patients.
- Monitored patient progress
- Adapted quickly in fast-paced clinical environments, ensuring efficient patient flow.
- Administered Versed and Fentanyl IV, and monitored responses.
- Consistently adhered to strict safety guidelines while administering medications or performing invasive procedures.
- Explained course of care and medication side effects to patients and caregivers in easy-to-understand terms.
Interventional Radiology Nurse
Wellstar Hospital
La Grange, GA
11.2024 - 06.2025
- Administered patient care during interventional procedures, ensuring safety and comfort.
- Collaborated with radiologists to prepare and monitor patients for diagnostic imaging.
- Educated patients and families on procedures, enhancing understanding and compliance.
- Adapted quickly to changing environments, prioritizing tasks in fast-paced settings.
- Streamlined the pre-and post-procedure processes, ensuring proper patient preparation and thorough follow-up care.
- Minimized complications by promptly identifying and addressing any issues that arose during diagnostic or therapeutic treatments.
- Interacted with physicians and kept up to date on patient health and issues detected during assessments.
- Maintained compliance with radiation safety protocols by properly shielding patients, staff members, and self from unnecessary exposure risks.
- Documented treatments delivered, medications and IVs administered, discharge instructions, and follow-up care.
- Educated family members and caregivers on patient care instructions.
- Managed patients recovering from medical or surgical procedures.
Emergency Room Registered Nurse
Wellstar Cobb Hospital
Austell, GA
03.2003 - 11.2024
- Administered emergency care to patients in high-stress environments, ensuring rapid response and effective treatment.
- Collaborated with multidisciplinary teams to develop patient-centered care plans, enhancing overall patient outcomes.
- Monitored vital signs and assessed patient conditions, facilitating timely interventions and critical decision-making.
- Coordinated communication between healthcare providers and families during critical situations, ensuring clarity and support.
- 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.
- Assisted physicians during invasive procedures such as central line insertions or intubations, ensuring safe and accurate completion of tasks.
- Streamlined emergency room operations by efficiently triaging patients according to the severity of their condition.
- Deescalated tense situations involving agitated patients or family members through active listening skills and empathetic responses.
- Teamed on trauma and emergency interventions involving serious head injuries, gunshot wounds, and thoracic trauma.
Emergency Room Charge Nurse
Wellstar Cobb Hospital
Austell, GA
09.2019 - 11.2021
- Collaborated with hospital administration to optimize resource allocation and staffing needs.
- Communicated openly and collaboratively with all healthcare staff to organize successful patient care.
- Strengthened patient relationships through the implementation of bedside shift reports, improving communication and trust between healthcare providers and individuals receiving care.
- Provided compassionate care to patients during traumatic events, utilizing active listening skills and offering emotional support when needed.
- Reduced patient transfer delays by establishing effective communication channels between the emergency department and other hospital units.
- Educated patients and answered questions about health condition, prognosis, and treatment.
- Provided skilled, timely and level-headed emergency response to critically-ill patients.
- Used first-hand knowledge and clinical expertise to advocate for patients under care and enacted prescribed treatment strategies.
- Quickly responded to situations impacting safety and security to unit, actualizing crisis prevention interventions to control and de-escalate situations.
- Followed all personal and health data procedures to effectively comply with HIPAA laws and prevent information breaches.
Education
Associate of Science - Nursing
Georgia Highlands
Rome, GA05-2014
Practical Nursing - Practical Nursing
Chattahoochee Technical College
Marietta, GA03-2003
Skills
- Decision-making
- Care coordination
- Clinical leadership
- Team leadership
- Mentoring and coaching
- Staff supervision
- HIPAA compliance
- Staff training
- Patient assessment
- Staff scheduling
- Staff management
- Patient advocacy
Certification
- Licensed RN (compact)
- BLS
- ACLS
- NIHSS
- TNCC
Timeline
Charge Nurse
Summit Spine and Joint
02.2026 - Current
Sedation Nurse
Summit Spine and Joint
06.2025 - Current
Interventional Radiology Nurse
Wellstar Hospital
11.2024 - 06.2025
Emergency Room Charge Nurse
Wellstar Cobb Hospital
09.2019 - 11.2021
Emergency Room Registered Nurse
Wellstar Cobb Hospital
03.2003 - 11.2024
Associate of Science - Nursing
Georgia Highlands
Practical Nursing - Practical Nursing
Chattahoochee Technical College