Registered Nurse High School

Nicholas "Nick" Thompson, RN,BSN

Email: abor3v@r.postjobfree.com

Address:

City: Winston Salem

State: NC

Zip: 27101

Country: USA

Phone: 336-***-****

Skill Level: Any

Salary Range:

Primary Skills/Experience:

Currently working with Novant Health on their roll-out of EPIC Dimensions. Specifically assisting with all implementation activities associated with ambulatory Go-Live support, pre & post Go-Live support and Optimization Review. Professionally trained Registered Nurse (RN, BSN) with 6 years of experience ensuring high standards of culturally competent care for wide variety of patients with diverse needs. Specifically on a Neuro-Interventional Code Stroke Team as well as standard Interventional Radiology, Neuro-ICU and CVICU. Owner/Operator of Convenient Details since 1995. A home-based computer building and repair company which specializes in building high end gaming computers. I also provide troubleshooting, hard drive recovery, hardware upgrades & repairs, software installs, and virus removal. 7 years of management experience at the store, regional and corporate level. Strong leadership ability, strong organization skills, and a long track record of the ability to get things done, meet deadlines and goals and come in under budget.

Educational Background:

High School Dipolma from University of North Carolina at Greensboro, Greensboro NC 1/2001 to 5/2008 (Nursing)

High School Dipolma from Guilford Technical Community College, Greensboro NC 1/2001 to 10/2012

High School Dipolma from Surry Community College, Greensboro NC 1/2001 to 10/2012

High School Dipolma from Surry Community College, Greensboro NC 1/2001 to 10/2012

High School Dipolma from North Surry High School, Greensboro NC 1/2001 to 10/2012

Job History / Details:

Professional Summary

Currently working with Novant Health on their roll-out of EPIC Dimensions. Specifically assisting with all implementation activities associated with ambulatory Go-Live support, pre & post Go-Live support and Optimization Review.

Professionally trained Registered Nurse (RN, BSN) with 6 years of experience ensuring high standards of culturally competent care for wide variety of patients with diverse needs. Specifically on a Neuro-Interventional Code Stroke Team as well as standard Interventional Radiology, Neuro-ICU and CVICU.

Owner/Operator of Convenient Details since 1995. A home-based computer building and repair company which specializes in building high end gaming computers. I also provide troubleshooting, hard drive recovery, hardware upgrades & repairs, software installs, and virus removal.

7 years of management experience at the store, regional and corporate level. Strong leadership ability, strong organization skills, and a long track record of the ability to get things done, meet deadlines and goals and come in under budget.

Licenses

North Carolina Board of Nursing: Registered Nurse

Active Multi-State License

RN License #: 224188. Expires 02/28/2014.

Professional Experience

April 2012 to Current

NurseFinders Contract for Novant Health Winston Salem, NC

Registered Nurse -Dimensions Go-Live Support and Optimization Review

Provide support to ambulatory clinics during the EPIC Go-Live period. I have served as an on-site lead during Go-Lives. I usually support the providers during the Go-Live period and have spent a lot of time becoming as knowledgeable as I can about in all aspects of the EPIC Dimensions software. I am involved in many areas of the implementation process, including the Pre Go-Live assessments, hardware installs & mapping, and dress rehearsals. I also assist in post Go-Live 1-on-1 support for providers and clinical staff. I am also a member of the Optimization Review team which returns to clinics several months after their Go-Live to assess their use of the system and make recommendations on how they can better utilize the software to improve their practice and efficiency.

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February 2009 to March 2012

Moses Cone Health System Greensboro, NC

Registered Nurse

Registered Nurse working in the Neuro-ICU with duties similar to my previous position at Forsyth Medical Center. I also worked in Radiology and Neuro-Interventional Radiology where I provided one-on-once care to patients in a procedural area to provide conscious sedation and monitor patients safety. As part of my duties as a neuro-interventional nurse, I acted as the neuro and stroke educator, was an on-call member of the Code Stroke Team, and a member of the hospitals Stroke Process Improvement Committee. In that role I was actively involved in a recent Joint Commission Primary Stroke Center Re-certification and spoke during the presentation. We received our re-certifications with glowing reviews and no recommendations for improvement.

May 2006 to June 2009

Forsyth Medical Center Winston Salem, NC

Registered Nurse

As always, my number one priority is to be my patient's advocate by speaking for them when they can not and protecting their rights as well as their privacy.

Act as primary care giver for two or three critically ill patients such as, Hemorrhagic and thrombotic stroke patients.

Pre-op/post-op neurosurgical, transsphenoidal and interventional radiology patients.

Organ donors.

Most all other critically ill patient populations from other ICU's when additional beds are needed.

Assist Physicians during in-room procedures by acting as scrub or circulating nurse, providing continuous monitoring of vitals, and maintenance of conscious sedation.

Act as patient's healthcare liaison coordinating and scheduling all other procedures, consults and controlling access to the patient.

Total patient care including.

EKG, vital signs, I/O's and ventilator monitoring, etc.

Titration of hemodynamic and sedation drips, enteral and parenteral feeding, daily scheduled and PRN meds, etc.

Assisting with activities of daily living such as personal hygiene.

01/05 to 09/05

Greensboro, NC

Undergraduate Research Assistant

Maintained cell line of adipose tissue for use in biochemical nutrition tests.

This included seeding, proliferating, splitting, treating, and experimenting with these cells.

Operated lab equipment including autoclaves, microscopes, spectrophotometers, pH balancers, etc.

Created, using sterile technique, the solutions needed to provide the growth media for cell culture.

Cleaned and sterilized lab equipment for use in sterile processes.

01/04 to 02/05

Moses Cone Health System Greensboro, NC

Tech. Extender, Imaging - MRI & CT

Transported patients to and from the imagine department for scans.

Assessed patient's status for exams, including NPO status and checked patients for implanted devices and metal in their body.

Assisted techs in the care of patients received in the imagine department.

3/02 to 12/02

C & S Distributing, Inc Greensboro, NC

General Manager

Multi-unit supervision of 14 stores and well as the supervision of three area supervisors.

Worked directly with the Chief Operating Officer to lower payroll and other operating cost to increase the company's bottom line.

Traveled extensively to train, observe, counsel and motivate supervisors, store managers and individual employees.

Implemented in-store direct-marketing plans to increase sales and create customer loyalty.

Responsible for the company's Human Resources department.

Including the completion of new hire paperwork and verified adherence to Federal, State and local laws.

I was responsible for recruiting, interviewing, screening, hiring and when necessary, terminating all levels of employment but primarily area supervisors and store managers.

Conducted monthly manager's meetings designed to roll out new products and policies.

March 1999 to March 2002

Paradise Valley Holdings Scottsdale, AZ

Divisional Vice President / Regional Manager / Corporate Auditor and Trainer

Multi-unit supervision of up to 18 stores.

I have supervised stores in Virginia, Tennessee and most recently in coastal North Carolina.

Growth of revenues and profits on a quarterly basis by understanding the market and applying marketing programs that get people in the doors.

Profit and Loss management with budget forecasting.

Mass Media Advertising with promotional development.

Hiring and firing of all store-level personnel.

Hiring and development of supervisor level personnel.

Ordering of product for all stores and managing their inventory with a warehouse in Greensboro, North Carolina.

Fleet management.

Investigation of thefts and loss.

Investigations of accused sexual harassment.

Conducting sales meetings and training seminars to develop sales and management team members.

Implemented a new training program for the company itself.

Personally develop this company's audit scoring system and audit department.

Worked as an auditor for a year to help implement the program.

10/97 to 3/99

Rent America Fayetteville, NC

Senior Store Manager

Responsible for the day to day operation of the Wilmington, North Carolina store.

Sales, collections and profit management.

Responsible for hiring and firing the sales and delivery staff.

Conducted training seminars as well as helped give the management training classes.

Worked with the Regional manager as his assistant, to develop store management and advance revenue growth and increase profit.

Received multi-unit management training.

Increased the stores monthly revenues by 30 percentage .

4/95 to 10/97

Renter's Choice Dallas, Texas

Store Manager

Responsible for the day to day operation of stores in Mt.

Airy, NC; Staunton, Virginia and Statesville, North Carolina.

Won Store of the Month 4 months straight in Staunton Virginia.

Where I brought the number of accounts on rent from approx.

150 to well over 350.

This brought the store from a $12000.00 per month loss to a $3000.00 per month profit in 4 months.

Worked as a trouble-shooter.

Would travel to stores with poor performance and clean up their collection and sales programs.

Received corporate computer training with the High Touch computer company in Wichita, Kansas.

Education and Training

2008 University of North Carolina at Greensboro Greensboro, NC

Bachelor of Science Nursing

Graduated Magna Cum Laude with a BSN, where I received the UNCG Moore School of Nursing's Award for Undergraduate Student Leadership and Outstanding Undergraduate Student.I served as president of my school's class as well as serving as a University Student Senator. I received many academic honors and appointments to honor societies.

2004 Guilford Technical Community College Jamestown, NC

Transferred to UNC-Greensboro to complete BSN Surgical Technology & College Transfer

Attended for 18 months before transferring to UNC-Greensboro with 4.0 GPA. Was inducted to Pi Theta Kappa Honor Society.

1994 Surry Community College Dobson, NC

None, transferred Computer Engineering and College Transfer

1993 Surry Community College Dobson, NC

North Carolina Adult High School Diploma High School

1991 North Surry High School Mt. Airy, NC

General Studies High School

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