Melanie Kramer

Email: abpg5c@r.postjobfree.com

Address:

City: Holly Springs

State: NC

Zip: 27540

Country: USA

Phone: 919-***-****

Skill Level: Any

Salary Range:

Primary Skills/Experience:

Psychiatric Nurse with more than three years experience in an in-patient setting.

Educational Background:

High School Dipolma from University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill NC 1/2001 to 6/2002 (Nursing)

High School Dipolma from Wake Technical Community College, Chapel Hill NC 1/2001 to 11/2012

Job History / Details:

Professional Summary

Psychiatric Nurse with more than three years experience in an in-patient setting.

Licenses

Registered Nurse, NC, 2000, license number 171328

Basic Life Support (BLS) Certification, November 2012

Skill Highlights

Psychiatry/Mental Health

Cardiology/Internal Medicine

Phlebotomy expert

IV insertion/IV medication administration

IM medication administration

TB testing

Foley catheter insertion/removal

ECG

Patient Assessment

NCI/CPI

Infection control standards

Computerized charting

Organizational skills

High level of autonomy

Problem resolution

Patient evaluation/intervention

Lab result evaluation

Supervisory duties

Diverse patient populations

Patient and family advocacy

Professional Experience

September 2009 to July 2012

UNC Hospital Chapel Hill, NC

CN II

Provided in-patient care to adults, adolescents, and children. As Charge Nurse, I was responsible for managing an 8 bed Child Unit/10 bed Adolescent Unit/10 bed Eating Disorder Unit, with a primary focus on Child. I also cared for adults on the Geriatric/Crisis Units. I provided direct psychiatric and medical care for patients, including assessments, medication administration, and therapeutic interventions, as well as attending daily Treatment Team meetings, supervising assistant staff, and collaborating care with Psychiatrists, Social Workers, OT/RT, and patient families.

May 2009 to September 2009

Maxim Healthcare Raleigh, NC

Staff RN

Employed as a contract RN. I worked on the child and adolescent units at John Umstead (CRH) in Butner, NC. I worked as Charge Nurse or Medication Nurse, based on unit needs. I provided direct psychiatric care to patients, frequently utilized NCI, attended daily Treatment Team meetings, and maintained patient documentation.

January 2006 to December 2006

Spectrum Health Raleigh, NC

Staff RN

Employed as a contract RN, I worked at Womack Army Medical Center in Fayetteville, NC on the Labor and Delivery and Mother/Baby units. I monitored and assisted women throughout the labor and delivery process, performed cervical exams, administered IV and IM medications, and performed both maternal post-delivery and newborn assessments. I also provided newborn care, including IV medication administration, blood draws, and jaundice treatment.

May 2003 to October 2004

US Air Force Fussa, Japan

Staff RN

Employed as a GS-9 with the US Air Force. I provided care to laboring women, newborns, and new mothers on a joint Labor and Delivery/Mother/Baby Unit. Duties included monitoring and assisting with deliveries (including c-sections), and providing appropriate interventions, assessments, and IV and IM medications.

June 2000 to July 2002

Dr. Rafael M Moreschi Cary, NC

Staff RN

Employed as a staff nurse and Certified Densitometry Technologist. Functioned primarily autonomously; performed patient assessments, ECGs, PFTs, blood draws, injections and immunizations, and bone densities. I also assisted the MD and NP with in-office procedures, and rotated as Phone Nurse, providing verbal assessments, medical appointments, and medication prescriptions.

Education and Training

2002 University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Chapel Hill, NC

Bachelor of Science Nursing

Highest Academic Distinction (3.97 GPA)

2000 Wake Technical Community College Raleigh, NC

Associate of Science Nursing

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