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Wendy Howland

Winnsboro,TX

Summary

Being in the medical field for many years, I continue to educate myself on the best evidence-based practices.

Patients come firs; I strive to give people the best medical care possible.

Overview

27
27
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification

Work History

Instructor StaRN Program

05.2022 - Current
  • Clinical instructor for new grad RN’s
  • Instruct on skills: lab draws, IV insertion, NG placement, foley placements, chest tube placements, ect
  • SIM instructor: running simulations of patient situations with new grad RN’s.

PRN Registered Nurse Emergency Rooms

HCA HealthTrust
03.2022 - 01.2023
  • Care of patients of all ages
  • Triage
  • Work in all areas of emergency room
  • Assist with exams and procedures
  • Discharge instructions
  • Patient education.

Registered Nurse- Charge Nurse

Schofield Barracks Acute Care Clinic
02.2020 - 07.2021
  • Care of patients of all ages
  • Cardiac monitoring
  • IV starts
  • Lab draws
  • Viral swabbing- COVID, flu, RSV
  • Assessment of need for higher care
  • IM, oral and IV medications
  • Wound care
  • Patient education
  • Supervising LPN’s and medics.

Registered Nurse Emergency Room

Tripler Army Medical Center: Matrix Providers- Contractor
08.2019 - 02.2020
  • Care of patients of all ages
  • Triage
  • Work in all areas of emergency room
  • Assist with exams and procedures
  • Discharge instructions
  • Patient education.

Registered Nurse

HCA Tri-Star Centennial Ashland City Emergency Room
02.2017 - 06.2019
  • Relief charge nurse
  • Care of all ages of patients
  • All treatments and care provided within the policies and protocols of hospital standards
  • Super-user
  • Assist with exams and procedures.

Flight Nurse

Air-evac Lifeteam
06.2018 - 04.2019
  • Transport of critical patients from scene or interfacility
  • Trained on intubations, blood administration on flights, cricothryrotomy, and ventilation, critical drips, RSI and all other treatments of critically ill, stroke, STEMI, CVA's and trauma patients of all ages
  • Trained on night vision goggles (NVG) use on night flights as needed.

Emergency Room

Loyal Source: Emergency Room Fort Campbell
08.2017 - 02.2018
  • Contract position, temporary
  • Care of all ages of patients in emergency room at Fort Campbell
  • Left due to obtaining full time position with local hospital
  • Assist with exams and procedures.

Flight Nurse

LifeTeam
10.2013 - 06.2016
  • Transport of critical patients from facility to facility or from scene to facility
  • Trained to intubate, place chest tubes, chest decompression, cricothyrotomy, ventilation, critical drips, RSI and all other emergent treatments needed to care for trauma, cardiac and all other aspects of care of a critical ill or trauma patient.

Charge Nurse

Memorial Hospital Emergency Room Abilene Kansas
09.2013 - 06.2016
  • Care of all ages of patients that come to the Emergency Room
  • Critical access hospital staffed with mid-level provider, RN and tech/ward clerk
  • Codes, drips, C-PAP, lab draws, infusions and all other care/procedures provided under the policies and procedures of hospital.

ICU

Wesley Medical Center, HCA
10.2015 - 05.2016
  • Back to back contracts in cardiac ICU
  • Care of critical patients in ICU setting
  • Manage drips; assist with procedures, pre-op as needed and monitoring/assessing, titration of critical drips and sedation management.

CSICU Cardio-thoracic Surgical Intensive Care Unit Registered Nurse, and Emergency Room

Cape Fear Valley Medical Center
09.2011 - 01.2013
  • Post operative cardio-thoracic patients
  • Critical drips, sedation, vasopressors, benzodiazapines, nitrites, antiarrythmics, paralytics
  • Interventional post-cath patients with balloon pumps, arterial and venous sheaths
  • Chest tube management
  • Epicardial, transcutaneous, permanent pacing along with removal of epicardial wires
  • Lab draws
  • Cordis, Swans, PICC, central lines, Port-a-caths
  • 100 bed adult ER with 4 trauma beds in resuscitation room
  • Experience in resuscitation room with trauma’s and codes
  • Stroke certified center.

Cardiac Intensive Care Unit

Via Christi, St. Joe
12.2010 - 08.2011
  • Manage acutely ill patients to include: Acute MI, Stroke, Ventilated, code response and infectious disease
  • Manage multiple classes of IV drips, Cardiac, Sedation, Anticoagulant, etc
  • Interventional post catheterization with arterial and venous line pulls
  • Assist with in room procedures: TEE, EGD, Colonoscopy and conscious sedation for transport for procedures
  • Balloon pump management with intervention
  • Float to multiple ICU types as needed for patient census.

Registered Nurse

Sedgwick County Correctional Facility
05.2010 - 12.2010
  • Coordinated with doctors for implementing treatment plans
  • Provide medical screenings for new residents
  • Identify current medical conditions and coordinate care with Physician Assistants
  • Manage array of medications, provide wound care, monitor and treat blood glucose levels and prepare and stabilize clients for transfers
  • Follow chest pain protocols (EKG, labs), fetal heart monitoring and code response (cardiac and all medical emergencies)
  • Supervise staff Nurses and three CMA/ CNAs, providing guidance and coordination of tasks
  • Responsible for reporting and charting procedures of patients & updating patient data.

Licensed Practical Nurse PACU

United States Government, Madigan Army Medical Center
08.2007 - 07.2009
  • Provided immediate postoperative care for clients ranging from infant to geriatric in a 32 bed unit
  • Provided care with airway management (Endotracheal tubes and oral airway adjuncts), spinal anesthesia levels, hemodynamic stabilization and pain management
  • Coordinated care with Physicians and Anesthesiology with reported changes in status and health related needs
  • Coordinated and supervised educational needs to include Accu-check certification, annual training requirements (Hippa) and Stryker stair evacuation trainer for 20 Registered Nurses and six Licensed Practical Nurses
  • Mentored and trained multiple military LPN students and taught several classes at the school house
  • Provided preoperative readiness and postoperative recovery for heart catheter clients which included stabilization and arterial line management
  • Provided discharge instructions and patient education regarding procedures and pain management
  • Achievements: Hospital Commander's Coin of Excellence, Certificate of Achievement and Nominee for 2008 Outstanding LPN Award for outstanding clinical practice, leadership and mentorship.

Licensed Practical Nurse

Skyline Medical Center
08.2006 - 07.2007
  • Provided primary care for assigned clients and post-catheter clients on Telemetry/ Renal floor
  • Provided care for cardiac compromised and renal compromised clients
  • Telemetry interpretation, lab draws, 12-lead EKGs, medication administration to include IV medications
  • Prepared patients for dialysis.

Licensed Practical Nurse

Gateway Medical Center
03.2005 - 07.2007
  • Provided primary care on Telemetry floor for assigned patients
  • Provided medication administration to include IV within the protocols of the facility
  • Coordinated care with Physicians with reported changes in status and health related needs
  • Dependant on census, worked as either primary care or team nursing.

Licensed Practical Nurse

Favorite Nurses
06.2000 - 08.2006
  • Provided primary care in various hospital settings in critical care area (ICU, Telemetry/ Medical Surgical)
  • Provided care to clients on ventilators, managed IV drips (sedation), IV initiation, PICC, central lines and port-a-cath infusions with dressing changes with blood draws, wound debridement with dressing changes and cardiac monitoring
  • Provided treatments to include IV therapy, nebulizer treatments, urinary catheterizations and assessments.

Licensed Practical Nurse

Saint Clare Hospital
05.2004 - 07.2004
  • Provided primary care on Medical/ Surgical floor for assigned patients
  • Provided medication administration to include IV except cardiac, lab draws off central lines, port-a-cath and PICC lines within the protocols of the facility
  • Provided dressing changes for various wound types and locations to include wound vac
  • Coordinated care with Physicians and reported changes in status and health related needs.

Licensed Practical Nurse

Spectrum Health at Madigan Army Medical Center
08.2003 - 05.2004
  • Provided clinical care for outpatient pediatric clients in the medical mall
  • Screened clients vital signs, provided triage based on degree of illness
  • Provided treatments to include IV therapy, lab draws, RSV swabs, nebulizer treatments, urinary catheterizations, bilirubin and PKU checks and immunizations
  • Coordinated care with Physicians for procedures.

Charge Nurse

Vista Care Facility
10.2002 - 11.2003
  • Charge nurse for level one lock down psych unit for teenagers
  • Responsible for med passes, med orders, doctor orders, charting on all clients
  • All medical needs, transfers to other facilities, assisting with procedures, and admission of clients to include lab draws.

Licensed Practical Nurse

Metroplex Professional Staffing
06.2000 - 03.2003
  • Worked in multiple facilities mainly medical/surgical units
  • Responsible for all LPN duties per policies of each particular facility assigned mostly assigned to work at Tucson Veterans Hospital.

Licensed Practical Nurse

Tucson Medical Center
03.2002 - 10.2002
  • Responsible for total care of patients
  • Phlebotomy, obtaining specimens, CSF drains, dressing changes, assisting with procedures with physician
  • IV fluid replacement, med passes, obtaining doctor orders and all other care for in-patients.

Licensed Practical Nurse

Firelands Community Hospital
08.1997 - 01.2000
  • Responsible for cardiac monitoring, total patient assessments, med passes, post-op assessments, transcribing orders
  • Patient and family education and assisting doctors with procedures
  • Floated to ICU, post-surgical floor, oncology, rehab, and the psychiatric unit
  • Cross-trained as a ward secretary, experience inputting orders and labs.

Education

Family Nurse Practitioner Masters Degree -

University of Saint Mary
08.2024

Bachelor of Science in Nursing -

Newman University
12.2014

Associates of Science in Nursing -

Pratt Community College
05.2010

Licensed Practical Nurse -

EHOVE School of Practical Nursing
08.1997

Skills

  • Incision and drain
  • Digital blocks
  • Intubation
  • Needle thoracostomy
  • Ortho glass splinting
  • FEMA training
  • RSI- Rapid Sequential Intubation
  • Cricothyrotomy
  • Conscious sedation
  • Pediatric Abusive Head Trauma training
  • Stop the Bleed Instructor
  • Balloon pumps
  • Impella
  • Suturing

Licensescertificates

  • BLS
  • ACLS
  • PALS
  • CEN
  • CPEN
  • TNCC
  • NRP
  • PHTLS
  • NREMT
  • NIHSS
  • CPI

Training

  • Conscious sedation
  • Intubations and cricothyrotomy
  • RSI
  • Pediatric Abusive Head Trauma
  • Balloon pumps
  • Impella
  • FEMA- Multiple
  • Stop the Bleed Instructor
  • Suturing
  • Toenail removal

Certification

  • Advanced Life Support (ALS)
  • Basic Life Support (BLS)
  • Pediatric Advanced Life Support (PALS)
  • Trauma Nursing Core Course (TNCC)
  • Certified Emergency Nurse (CEN)
  • Certified Pediatric Emergency Nurse (CPEN)
  • Emergency Nursing Pediatric Course (ENPC)

Timeline

Instructor StaRN Program

05.2022 - Current

PRN Registered Nurse Emergency Rooms

HCA HealthTrust
03.2022 - 01.2023

Registered Nurse- Charge Nurse

Schofield Barracks Acute Care Clinic
02.2020 - 07.2021

Registered Nurse Emergency Room

Tripler Army Medical Center: Matrix Providers- Contractor
08.2019 - 02.2020

Flight Nurse

Air-evac Lifeteam
06.2018 - 04.2019

Emergency Room

Loyal Source: Emergency Room Fort Campbell
08.2017 - 02.2018

Registered Nurse

HCA Tri-Star Centennial Ashland City Emergency Room
02.2017 - 06.2019

ICU

Wesley Medical Center, HCA
10.2015 - 05.2016

Flight Nurse

LifeTeam
10.2013 - 06.2016

Charge Nurse

Memorial Hospital Emergency Room Abilene Kansas
09.2013 - 06.2016

CSICU Cardio-thoracic Surgical Intensive Care Unit Registered Nurse, and Emergency Room

Cape Fear Valley Medical Center
09.2011 - 01.2013

Cardiac Intensive Care Unit

Via Christi, St. Joe
12.2010 - 08.2011

Registered Nurse

Sedgwick County Correctional Facility
05.2010 - 12.2010

Licensed Practical Nurse PACU

United States Government, Madigan Army Medical Center
08.2007 - 07.2009

Licensed Practical Nurse

Skyline Medical Center
08.2006 - 07.2007

Licensed Practical Nurse

Gateway Medical Center
03.2005 - 07.2007

Licensed Practical Nurse

Saint Clare Hospital
05.2004 - 07.2004

Licensed Practical Nurse

Spectrum Health at Madigan Army Medical Center
08.2003 - 05.2004

Charge Nurse

Vista Care Facility
10.2002 - 11.2003

Licensed Practical Nurse

Tucson Medical Center
03.2002 - 10.2002

Licensed Practical Nurse

Favorite Nurses
06.2000 - 08.2006

Licensed Practical Nurse

Metroplex Professional Staffing
06.2000 - 03.2003

Licensed Practical Nurse

Firelands Community Hospital
08.1997 - 01.2000

Family Nurse Practitioner Masters Degree -

University of Saint Mary

Bachelor of Science in Nursing -

Newman University

Associates of Science in Nursing -

Pratt Community College

Licensed Practical Nurse -

EHOVE School of Practical Nursing

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