Bree Burks, RN, BSN

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Gainesville, FL 32606

Phone: 850-***-****

abimph@r.postjobfree.com

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EDUCATION

Bachelor's of Science in Nursing

August 2002-May 2006

University of West Florida

Master's of Science in Acute Care Nursing

August 2009-present

University of South Alabama

WORK EXPERIENCE

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Cheerleading Program Founder and Director

March 2003-May 2007

Gulf Breeze Gymnastics and Cheer

Role: Founded and managed multiple independent, competitive

cheerleading teams that claimed numerous national titles

Skills Acquired:

. Communicating all team related information to families

and coaches

. Hiring and developing team coaches

. Creating protocols and procedures for cheerleading and

tumbling classes to produce effective coaches and

athletes

. Troubleshooting and problem-solving communication issues

between athletes, coaches, and participating families

. Implementing computer based software to ensure financial

compliance

. Selecting, scheduling, and booking all team events

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General IMC and ICU

June 2007-March

2008

Shands at the University of Florida

Role:

. Managed daily patient care needs and developed effective

care plans

. Communicated with a variety of medical services for

patient related concerns

. Served as patient and family care advocate

. Worked towards maintaining and achieving optimal

outcomes in patient care

. Severed as a resource to coworkers and physicians

Skills Acquired:

Worked with services including ENT, trauma,

neurosurgery, vascular, cardiology, medicine, critical

care management, orthopedics, transplant services, renal,

neurology, stroke neurology, general surgery, urology,

nutrition, physical therapy, occupational therapy, social

work, etc. to facilitate and communicate patient needs

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Bree Burks, RN, BSN

4830 NW 43rd St

Gainesville, FL 32606

Phone: 850-***-****

abimph@r.postjobfree.com

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Neurosurgical Intensive Care Unit

April 2008-September 2009 (full time)

Shands at the University of Florida

September 2009-

present (PRN)

Role:

. Acted as a Resource/STAT nurse by assisting the unit

nurses during emergencies, procedures, and with difficult

patient assignments

. Precepted new hires as well as nursing students

Skills Acquired:

. Worked to master postoperative and recovery skills

. Assisted Critical Care Management with stabilizing

and/or resuscitating critically ill patients

Assisted with: Emergent intubations, bronchoscopies,

ventriculostomy insertions, central and arterial

line insertions, emergent fluid and blood

resuscitation, running codes, performing

continuous renal replacement therapy, performing

bladder pressure monitoring, swan insertions and

monitoring, monitoring and maintaining patients

in chemical comas, in status epilepticus, or with

uncontrolled ICP issues, running transvenous and

transcutaneous pacing, etc.

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Clinical Research at the University of Florida

September 2009-Present

Department of Neurosurgery

Role:

. Supervising Clinical Research Coordinator/Nurse

Specialist

. Coordinating clinical trials with two attending

neurosurgeons, Dr. Brian Hoh and Dr. J Mocco, and one

stroke neurologist, Dr. Michael Waters

. Specializing in endovascular neurosurgical trials

including: HCAT, PRET, Gel-the-nec, ACCESS, SARIS, ERAIS,

Comfort, CABANA, SAPPHIRE, PAC, Penumbra, and SAMMPRIS

Skills Acquired:

. Screening, enrolling, and educating current clinical

trial patients and maintaining up to a two year follow-up

with them

. In-servicing and creating educational tools for nurses,

nurse managers, physicians, radiology techs, OR techs,

etc. on current clinical trials

. Assessing, monitoring, enrolling, and following

patients in the OR, interventional radiology,

neurosurgical clinic, neurosurgical ICU, and

neurosurgical floors

. Developing study content, source documents, templates,

and instructions in order to better maintain compliance

with study protocol and all IRB requirements

. Coordinating with multiple centers and sponsors to

evaluate, create, and implement upcoming trials involving

investigational and FDA approved drugs, devices, and new

therapies for multiple neurosurgical patient populations

Including: Subarachnoid hemorrhage (clipped and coiled),

intracranial tumors, unruptured intracranial

aneurysms (clipped and coiled), ischemic strokes,

diagnostic angiography patients, intracranial

stenosis, carotid stenosis, investigational drug

patients, etc.

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*References

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