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Registered Nurse Medical

Location:
Charlotte, NC
Posted:
May 02, 2012

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Robert T. Reid

**** ******* ***** ***** *********, NC 28214

864-***-****

ldvpm8@r.postjobfree.com

PROFILE: Compassionate healthcare professional with exceptional clinical didactic and leadership skills. Comfortable in fast -paced environment and can adept and manage in crisis situations. Successful in managing time, prioritizing tasks, and exercising the sound judgment required to improve the quality of patient care. I am seeking employment within the nursing arena where I can utilize my prior experiences and education to be an asset to the healthcare system.

EDUCATION:

Loyola University New Orleans

New Orleans, LA

Master Degree Health Care Systems Management

Major: Nursing

University of South Carolina August 2005

Spartanburg, SC

Bachelor Degree in Nursing

Major: Nursing (RN-BSN)

University of South Carolina December 2002

Spartanburg, SC

Associate Degree in Nursing

Major: Nursing (ADN)

CREDENTIALS: License, State of South Carolina (Compact States) March 2004

License, State of California October 2005

License, State of Georgia September 2009

Basic Life Support CPR/AED April 2012

Advanced Cardiovascular Life Support June 2013

PROFESSIONAL

ORGANIZATIONS: American Nurses Association/ South Carolina Nurses Association

Omega Psi Phi Fraternity Inc.

EXPERIENCES:

ESD

GO-LIVE SUPPORT SPECIALIST

SEATTLE CHILDREN’S HOSPITAL (SEATTLE WASHINGTON) 02/12-PRESENT

Assisting with the Electronic Health Record initiatives through support and professional consultation with Cerner applications such as CPOE (Computerized Physician Order Entry), Clinical Documentation Activation, FirstNet, IView and I&O in the Emergency Department. Also worked in the command center on troubleshooting issues.

Med First Go-live Support Specialist 12/11– Present

Shady Grove Adventist Hospital (ROCKVILLE, MD)

Assisting with EMR and Meaningful Use initiatives thorough staff augmentation as well as professional consulting services with Cerner Applications: Surginet, Powerchart, PowerNote, CPOE (Computerize Physician Order Entry), Med-Reconciliation, e-Prescribe, and Message Center

Ettain Group

Charlotte, NC

Lead Clinical Application Trainer 09/11-Present

Carolinas Healthcare System (Charlotte, NC)

• Responsible for planning, developing, implementing, evaluating and maintaining training programs of assigned clinical information application.

• Supports all clinical team members across organization in the specialty area of clinical informatics during Go-lives.

• Implement and train end users (in a classroom setting) on Clinical Applications for Physician Practices

• Clinical informatics expert responsible for initial and ongoing training and competency validation.

• Maintains proficiency in clinical informatics, information technology and learning design.

• Develop, deliver, and support all education programs within Organizational Learning as needed in areas of content expertise

• The Physician Application is Cerner Millennium and the physicians will be trained to enter orders, notes, etc. into the electronic medical record (CPOE, medication reconciliation, power notes, discharge process)

• Responsible for training new physicians on the use of web reports, proprietary software, and other clinical or billing tools

• Expertise in teaching strategies and clinical specialty with Surginet by Cerner Millennium

• Ability to work efficiently with various operating systems like Microsoft Word, Excel, PowerPoint and the internet

Trinity Healthcare Staffing Group 06/08-08/11

Florence, SC

Travel/ Per-Diem Registered Nurse

Kings Mountain Hospital (Kings Mountain, NC) 06/08-12/09

• Assesses physical, psychological and social needs of the patients. 11/10-08/11

• Performs duties in accordance with Nurse Practices Act guidelines.

• Assesses, plans, implements and evaluates nursing care and documents nursing process on the medical record in accordance with policies and procedures.

• Maintains patient confidentiality.

• Initiates and updates Nursing Care Plan.

• Assists in the development of a multi disciplinary treatment plan using assessment data from the physician, nursing, social worker and therapy

• Completes admission assessment, including risk assessment.

• Communicates findings and other clinical information to health care team.

• Anticipates discharge/transfer needs and initiates discharge planning.

• Cooperates with Nurse Manager on unit based quality management, risk management and infection control program.

• Demonstrate Leadership as charge nurse and delegate duties

• A super user and trained nurse on Cerner Millennium application and assisted with the Go-live of Cerner Millennium at this facility.

Dependable Nurses 02/07-Present

Rock Hill, SC

Per Diem/Vaccine Nurse

• Supervise staff delivering vaccines, phlebotomy, urine pregnancy and sexually transmitted disease, electrocardiography to military reserves

• Train and supervise the junior or lesser skilled nursing staff

• Administer vaccines to military personnel

• Maintain accurate, detailed reports and records

• Record patients' medical information

• Modify patient treatment plans as indicated by patients' responses and conditions

Isothermal Community College 01/07-06/10

Spindale, NC

Clinical Instructor

• Provide clinical supervision to students in a controlled hospital and/or laboratory, supervision to

students in a college setting

• Supervises, instructs, and evaluates students in a hospital and/or college lab

• Plans and conducts student conferences during the semester

• Demonstrates nursing skills and procedures

• Performs clinical instructions, and demonstrations and observes return demonstration from students

• Coordinates work with nurses and Education Department when using hospital, nursing homes or

other clinical settings

• Plans and reviews assignments and observe skills

• Trained student in classroom setting and on the clinical site with Cerner Millennium application.

Gardner-Webb University 10/09-01/10

Boiling Springs, NC

Clinical Instructor

• Provide clinical supervision to students in a hospital setting

• Supervises, instructs, and evaluates students in a hospital

• Plans and conducts student conferences

• Demonstrates nursing skills and procedures

• Performs clinical instructions, and demonstrations and observes return demonstration from students

• Coordinates work with nurses and Education Department when using hospital and nursing homes

• Plans and reviews assignments and observe skills

Carolinas Rehabilitation 08/09-Present

Charlotte, NC

PRN Float Pool

• Possesses the specialized knowledge and clinical skills necessary to provide care for people with physical disability and chronic illness

• Coordinates educational activities and uses appropriate resources to develop and implement an individualized teaching and discharge plan with clients and their families

• Performs hands-on nursing care by utilizing the nursing process to achieve quality outcomes for clients

• Provides direction and supervision of ancillary nursing personnel, demonstrates professional judgment, uses problem solving techniques and time-management principles, and delegates appropriately

• Coordinates nursing care activities in collaboration with other members of the interdisciplinary rehabilitation team to facilitate achievement of overall goals

• Demonstrates effective oral and written communication skills to develop a rapport with clients, their families, and health team members and to ensure the fulfillment of requirements for legal documentation and reimbursement

• Assisted with the Go-live of Cerner Millennium at this facility.

• Acts as a resource and a role model for nursing staff and students and participates in activities such as nursing committees and professional organizations that promote the improvement of nursing care and the advancement of professional rehabilitation nursing

• Applies nursing research to clinical practice and participates in nursing research studies

• Participated in the Cerner go-live as a super user

Cirrus Medical Staffing 03/08-06/08

Charlotte, NC

Travel Registered Nurse

CMC- Northeast (Concord, NC) 03/08-06/08

• Consult and coordinate with health care team to assess, plan, implement and evaluate patient care plan

• Maintain accurate, detailed reports and records

• Monitor all aspects of patient care, including diet and physical activity

• Observe, record, and report symptoms and changes in patients’ conditions

• Prepare patients for, and assist with, examinations and treatment

• Utilize knowledge and skills to provide direct age specific and culturally appropriate patient care

• Coordinate care of medical patients

American Mobile Healthcare (AMN) 04/07-12/07

San Diego, CA

Travel Registered Nurse

CMC- Union (Monroe, NC) 04/07-12/07

• Consult and coordinate with health care team to assess, plan, implement, and evaluate patient care plans

• Maintain accurate, detailed reports and records

• Modify patient treatment plans as indicated by patients’ responses and conditions

• Monitor all aspects of patient care, including diet and physical activity

• Observe, record, and report symptoms and changes in patients’ conditions

• Prepare patients for, and assist with, examinations and treatment

• Utilize knowledge and skills to provide direct age specific and culturally appropriate patient care

• Assist clients with ADL’s

• Coordinate care of general surgery and orthopedic clients

• Help coordinate and work with Go Live of Cerner computer charting

Core Medical Group 08/06-02/07

Windham, NH

Travel Registered Nurse

Kings Mountain Hospital (Kings Mountain, NC) 08/06-02/07

• Provide optimum and direct patient care utilizing nursing processes

• Obtain and interpret examination related information in terms of the patient’s needs

• Provide age-specific needs

• Notifies physicians and other appropriate personnel of changes in patients condition

• Counsels patient and family regarding nursing needs, community resources and appropriate

methods of providing that care

• Provide patient safety and professional nursing care.

• Documents patient assessment and on-going care concisely according to the facility’s policies

and nursing standards

• Plans, coordinates and provide skilled care and guidance to patients according to established

nursing standards and make revisions as required by physician orders

American Mobile Healthcare (AMN) 09/05-08/06

San Diego, CA

Travel Registered Nurse

Emory University Hospital (Atlanta, GA) 05/06-08/06

Maryland General Hospital (Baltimore, MD) 01/06-04/06

Providence Saint Joseph Medical Center (Burbank, CA) 09/05-12/05

• Consult and coordinate with health care team to assess, plan, implement and evaluate patient care plans

• Maintain accurate, detailed reports and records using Epic, Medi-Tech, TDS, and paper charts

• Monitor all aspects of patient care, including diet and physical activity

• Observe, record, and report symptoms and changes in patients’ conditions

• Utilize knowledge and skills to provide direct age specific and culturally appropriate patient care

• Work directly with case management and social services for discharge planning

• Coordinate care of geriatric, OB-GYN, chronic medical problems, post surgical urology, gynecological,

orthopedic clients, pediatrics, long-term, detoxification and chronic medical patients

Spartanburg Regional Healthcare System 04/04-04/06

Spartanburg, SC

Staff/ Charge Registered Nurse

• Provide nursing care to pre and post-surgical patients. Also took care of gastroenterology patients

• Consult and coordinate with health care team to assess, plan, implement and evaluate patient care plans

• Maintain accurate, detailed reports and records

• Administering medications, IV fluids, IV drips, and oxygen as needed

• Monitor all aspects of patient care, including diet and physical activity

• Observe lab values and test results and report signs, symptoms and changes in patients’ conditions

appropriately to physicians. Worked with the McKesson charting system

• Prepare patients for, and assist with, examinations and treatment

• Utilize knowledge and skills to provide direct age specific and culturally appropriate patient care

• Demonstrate Leadership as charge nurse and delegate duties

REFERENCE:

AVIS MORROW

Nurse Manager

Kings Mountain Hospital

706 Kings Drive

Kings Mountain, NC

980-***-****

Joyce McDowell

Preceptor/Charge Nurse

Spartanburg Regional Healthcare System

101 E. Wood Street

Spartanburg, SC 29303

864-***-****

Tiffany Jackson

Colleague and Owner of Dependable Nurses

704-***-****



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