Winter Pepitone
Port St. Lucie
Summary
Dedicated nurse and graduate from Indian River State College, committed to continuous learning and professional development in nursing. Focused on delivering exceptional patient advocacy and care, ensuring safety and well-being for all individuals served. Organized nurse seeking a positive, collaborative, and enriching work environment that offers opportunities for growth, while supporting meaningful contributions to the community, and promoting the safety and overall well-being of each patient or patron.
Overview
5
5
years of professional experience
Work History
Preoperative and Postoperative Nurse (RN)
Cleveland Clinic Tradition
01.2023 - Current
- Greets patients and ensure comfortability prior to their procedures.
- Preps patients prior to their surgical procedures and ensures that they’re safe.
- Collects pertinent medical history from patients and communicates the information to the interprofessional team to ensure safe and efficient care.
- Communicates patient concerns and needs to doctors, other nurses, and the nurse managers.
- Provides informed consent to the patients and ensures they understand the procedures they are receiving.
- Assists the nursing team in completing their tasks and with the EPIC software.
- Recovers patients after post-surgical procedures in PACU in both an in-patient and outpatient setting (i.e. podiatry cases, colonoscopies, general surgery cases, pain management, urological cases, GYN cases).
- Ensures patients receive safe, efficient, and appropriate pain management in PACU.
- Prevents and manages post procedure complications through critical thinking and decision making.
- Ensures patients and family members understand discharge instructions and the discharge process.
- Works with surgeons in order to provide optimal care and achieve quick and efficient turnover times.
- Assists the nurse managers with delegating breaks and lunch times as a charge nurse.
- Epic training
IV therapy Nurse (RN)
Neurostrive
Jensen Beach
01.2022 - Current
- Greets clients upon entry into building.
- Aids in entry paperwork and forms.
- Collaboratively works with the team in order to provide quality care in a med spa setting.
- Starts IV’s and administer vitamin shots to clients.
- Ensures patient comfortability.
- Creates IV bags tailored to client’s needs using a variety of vitamins.
- Educates patients on different vitamins and the benefits of them.
MICU Nurse (RN)
Lawnwood Regional Medical Center
02.2022 - 01.2023
- Participated in the STARN program.
- Worked closely with the interprofessional team to provide safe and efficient care as well as achieving positive patient outcomes.
- Advocated for patients and their families during their stay.
- Prioritized care of patients.
- Worked as a team with other nurses and assisted in helping others with completing their tasks.
- Worked with doctors in order to provide optimal patient care.
- Provided care and comfort to both the patient and patient family during vulnerable moments.
- Meditech training.
Nurse Intern IFLEX (PCT)
Cleveland Clinic - Martin North, South, and Tradition
05.2021 - 01.2022
- Worked closely with others in order to provide safe and efficient care.
- Collected blood for lab work.
- Retrieved important vital signs for the nurse in order to determine next steps in patient care.
- Provided care, safety, and comfort to both the patient and patient family.
- Collaboratively worked together with nurses on various units.
- BLS certified.
Assistant to the nurse
Neurostrive
Jensen Beach
09.2020 - 01.2022
- Greeting clients when they first come in.
- Observing IV insertions on patients and ensuring a safe environment during their time.
- Stocking IV catheters, needles, claves, vitamin vials, gloves, gauze (2x2’s), alcohol pads, saline IV bags, tubing, and other essential items that need to be restocked for the facility.
Education
Bachelor of Science - Nursing
Indian River State College
Ft. Pierce, FL03.2023
Associate in Science - Nursing
Indian River State College
Ft. Pierce, FL01.2021
Associate of Arts - Health Science
Indian River State College
Ft. Pierce, FL01.2019
Skills
- Leadership
- Strong verbal, interpersonal communication
- Critical thinking
- User interface understanding
- Adaptability
- Team building and conflict resolution
- Resilient
- Risk management processes and analysis
- Document scanning
- Cultural awareness
- Driven
- Time management
- Quality assurance
- Customer service
- Data entry
Acknowledgments
- Dean’s list recipient, Indian River State College, 2016-2019
- Indian River State College, Distinguished Scholar Award, 2019-2020
- National Student Nurses Association, 2020-2023
- Liaison for Nurse 4 semester, 2021
- Participated in the 2021 Graduate Spotlight Interview, 12/2021
- BLS/ACLS certified, 2021-present
- PALS certified, 2023-present
Timeline
Preoperative and Postoperative Nurse (RN)
Cleveland Clinic Tradition
01.2023 - Current
MICU Nurse (RN)
Lawnwood Regional Medical Center
02.2022 - 01.2023
IV therapy Nurse (RN)
Neurostrive
01.2022 - Current
Nurse Intern IFLEX (PCT)
Cleveland Clinic - Martin North, South, and Tradition
05.2021 - 01.2022
Assistant to the nurse
Neurostrive
09.2020 - 01.2022
Bachelor of Science - Nursing
Indian River State College
Associate in Science - Nursing
Indian River State College
Associate of Arts - Health Science
Indian River State College