Alishia Yerganian
Highland Village,TX
Summary
Seasoned Float Nurse with high degree of personal flexibility and well-developed communication skills to accommodate assignment changes. Supports professional nursing care across practice setting and continuum of care to meet needs of patient and family. Participates in decision-making, leadership functions, research and quality improvement activities to enhance patient care outcomes and unit operations. Organized and dependable candidate successful at managing multiple priorities with a positive attitude. Willingness to take on added responsibilities to meet team goals. Hardworking and passionate job seeker with strong organizational skills eager to secure entry-level Patient and Physician Referral RN position. Ready to help team achieve company goals.
Overview
19
19
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification
Work History
Ambultory Float Nurse
Ut Southwestern Medical Center
08.2023 - Current
- Provides nursing interventions to assigned clinical population for the assigned time limit
- Offered exception customer service and support to patients recovering from acute or chronic conditions, assess and triage patient to determine the safest course of action patient needs to take
- Assist with medication refills, and helping patients to gain access to their medications through their insurance with Prior Authorizations
- Assist with the intake process of their medical visit and help to verify patient medication administration process at home, and to check on their mental well being, nutrition, and safety through process of screenings.
- Assist with discharging of patients at the end of a visit by providing and necessary education.
- Assist with surgical consents and providing patient with additional information about the facility for their surgery
- Assist the physician by placing orders for patients
- Promoted patient and family teaching to enhance patient understanding of needs and potentially accelerate recovery.
- Collaborated with other departments and medical staff to support provision of highest standard for total patient care.
- Evaluated patient histories, complaints, and current symptoms.
- Used first-hand knowledge and clinical expertise to advocate for patients under care and enacted prescribed treatment strategies.
- Provided skilled, timely and level-headed emergency response to critically-ill patients.
- Conducted ongoing monitoring and evaluations of behaviors and conditions, and updated medical care team.
- Sustained quality standards by performing routine medication audits and upholding internal and industry best practices.
School Nurse
Lewisville High School
08.2017 - 07.2022
- Served as liaison between families, school personnel, and other healthcare providers on behalf of students.
- Assessed student health and identified potential health concerns to provide appropriate care.
- Provide a comprehensive assessment to approximately 3,000 students throughout the school day
- Make recommendations to seek additional health interventions based on nursing assessments & critical thinking skills
- Deliver nursing interventions based on scientific proof & assess success of interventions delivered
- Identify students with critical health conditions and develop student health management plans that are utilized to educate student’s instructors for signs of medical distress and actions required to assist students, including safety instructions and when to alert the campus nurse
- Administered medication to students as prescribed by physicians to provide necessary treatment and manage health conditions.
- Electronic documentation of assessments, interventions, evaluations, & communications with parents for each student
- Deliver daily and PRN medications provided by parents, including nebulizer treatments and Diastat for seizures lasting longer than 5 minutes
- Experience assessing diabetic students for symptoms of hypo or hyperglycemia, including testing blood sugar, checking for ketones in urine for blood sugars that are greater than 250, and calculating insulin dose from their doctor’s orders, and delivery of insulin via syringe, pen, or pump
- Delegate tasks daily to nurse’s health assistant
- Assess and identify location of AEDs in main building and additional buildings surrounding main campus, and encourage additional AED placements
- Lead volunteers that are CPR certified to respond to any AED emergencies located at LHS
- Host a bi-year AED emergency response drill encouraging student participation, and a review yearly of Stop the Bleed training for the AED response team members
- Educated students on various health topics to promote overall health and wellbeing.
- Provided support to students with special needs and disabilities to deliver appropriate care and meet educational needs.
- Implemented emergency protocols in medical emergencies to promote safety for students and staff.
- Screened for infectious diseases to help prevent spreading within school community.
- Oversaw health services for school of 3,000 students and 300 faculty.
- Performed health screening for students and faculty by conducting Vision and Hearing evaluations.
- Quickly responded to situations impacting safety and security to unit, actualizing crisis prevention interventions to control and de-escalate situations.
- Offered exceptional care and support to individuals recovering from acute incidents and dealing with chronic conditions.
Substitute Nurse
Lewisville Independent School District
08.2016 - 05.2017
- Provide a comprehensive assessment to students, staff, & visitors
- Make recommendations to seek additional health interventions based on nursing assessments & critical thinking skills
- Deliver nursing interventions based on scientific proof & assess success of interventions delivered
- Familiarize with school's health room settings, including supplies, medication storage, daily schedule, high-risk students & staff & their individual needs, & the plan of action to deliver emergency care including locating school's AED & Go Bag
- Inspect AED daily to verify equipment is in perfect working order & notify the proper channels in the event of equipment failure
- Document the assessments, interventions, evaluations, & communications for each student
- Identify the correct student, correct medication, correct dosage, correct route, & correct time before delivery of any medication
- Familiarize with each medication's possible side effects & monitor for those
- Communicate with parents or guardians, staff, & school personnel regarding student health conditions while adhering to all HIPPA rules & regulations
- Take control during a health crisis or medical emergency until Emergency Services arrives.
- Evaluated patient histories, complaints, and current symptoms.
- Facilitated therapeutic communication, conflict resolution and crisis intervention by redirecting negative behaviors and helping patients regain or improve coping abilities.
- Quickly responded to situations impacting safety and security to unit, actualizing crisis prevention interventions to control and de-escalate situations.
- Educated family members and caregivers on patient care instructions.
- Conveyed treatment options, diagnosis information and home care techniques to patients and caregivers to continue care consistency.
Clinical Specialist III
ANS/St. Jude Medical
07.2006 - 10.2009
- Assisted Salesmen in large Dallas territory to achieve sales goals
- Attended trial and permanent spinal cord stimulator surgeries, providing necessary products required for procedures
- Testing product placement to help achieve optimal patient satisfactory
- Followed up with patients after surgery to program patient remotes for trial and permanent implants for greatest patient comfort
- Helped to treat patients suffering from chronic, debilitating conditions.
- Re-evaluated ongoing therapy to institute changes in management plan.
- Identified opiate-free pain control methods to reduce usage of overprescribed narcotics.
- Educated and demonstrated product details
- Delivered continued education classes for nursing staff through some hands on training and PowerPoint presentation
- Visited assigned accounts, identified and trained clinical champions and established relationships with key decision makers.
- Resolved customer concerns through accurate and timely investigation and partnered with Physician team members to develop solutions.
- Established and maintained relationships with customers, hospitals and physicians and obtained new users for products and services.
Labor & Delivery RN
Trinity Medical Hospital
03.2006 - 07.2006
- Admitted laboring patients
- Examined patient to assess stage of labor
- Communicated with physician patient status throughout entire laboring process, and fulfilled physician orders to obtain a satisfactory and healthy delivery of newborn infant
- Monitored patient’s contraction pattern and fetus heart rate throughout labor
- Assist physician in vaginal deliveries, including coaching patient through the process
- Circulate and/or scrub Cesarean deliveries
- Monitor patients in recovery phase of L&D
- Assess newborn wellbeing following delivery and assigning APGAR Scores
- Supported physicians in both planned and emergency Cesarean section procedures.
- Coached new mothers with breastfeeding techniques, postpartum self-care and infant care to promote easier transition into motherhood.
- Assisted physician during delivery, examination and surgical procedures by anticipating needs, encouraging patient, and attending to baby after birth.
- Responded to emergency situations such as pre-eclampsia, early labor, and fetal distress.
- Aided with induction of labor for women suffering from complications such as preeclampsia.
- Coordinated care of low and high-risk laboring women of childbearing age and immediate stabilization of newborn following delivery.
- Conducted comprehensive physical assessments and assisted with pain management.
- Performed triage on incoming patients and determined severity of injuries and illnesses.
- Educated family members and caregivers on patient care instructions.
- Managed patients recovering from medical or surgical procedures.
- Provided skilled, timely and level-headed emergency response to critically-ill patients.
- Monitored patient reactions after administering medications and IV therapies.
- Explained course of care and medication side effects to patients and caregivers in easy-to-understand terms.
Delivery RN
Parkland Hospital
01.2005 - 03.2006
- Same job description as above
Education
TX Nurse Refresher Program -
Professional Health Education Services
August 1, 2016 20 hours CEU'S 5 Subjects - undefined
Parkland Hospital
Dallas, TXAssociate Degree of Nursing - undefined
Brookhaven Community College
Farmers Branch, TXSkills
- Knowledge of techniques required for treating deformities, diseases, and human injuries
- Immunization
- Knowledge of human nature and performance
- Patient care plans
- Primary care
- Infection control
- Administration of medication
- Patient Triage
- Clear Patient Communication
- Specialized Healthcare Referrals
Additional Information
- LICENSURE , Registered Nurse, State of Texas Renewal March 2023
Affiliations
Active member of the UBC group for the Float pool
On the RRT
Certification
- Licensed ACLS - 01/25/23-01/31/25
Timeline
Ambultory Float Nurse
Ut Southwestern Medical Center
08.2023 - Current
School Nurse
Lewisville High School
08.2017 - 07.2022
Substitute Nurse
Lewisville Independent School District
08.2016 - 05.2017
Clinical Specialist III
ANS/St. Jude Medical
07.2006 - 10.2009
Labor & Delivery RN
Trinity Medical Hospital
03.2006 - 07.2006
Delivery RN
Parkland Hospital
01.2005 - 03.2006
TX Nurse Refresher Program -
Professional Health Education Services
August 1, 2016 20 hours CEU'S 5 Subjects - undefined
Parkland Hospital
Associate Degree of Nursing - undefined
Brookhaven Community College
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