Registered Nurse Manager

LA Wanda Dunn-Pelton, BSN

**** *. ****** ******, *****, Oklahoma 74135

918-***-**** (*********@*****.***

Qualifications Profile

Patient-focused Intensive Care Nurse with proven strengths in urgent,

emergent and acute patient care dedicated to outstanding patient care.

> Exceptional capacity to multi-task: manage numerous, often competing

priorities with ease and foster the provision of superior patient

care.

> Administrative and referral experience including admissions,

assessment, treatment, referral, and education for a wide range of

patients.

> Widely recognized and respected as an excellent care provider and

patient advocate.

> Demonstrated ability to forge, lead, and motivate outstanding

healthcare teams that provide top-quality patient care.

> Outstanding interpersonal and communication skills; superior

accuracy in patient history, charting, and other documentation while

precepting student nurses.

Certifications and Proficiencies

Certifications: Basic life support; Advanced Cardiac Life

Support/PALS, Moderate Sedation

Proficiencies: Med/Surg; Telemetry; ICU; CIU; ER; Cardiac Catherization

Monitor and Scrub Nurse; Electrophysiology Monitor, Scrub and

Technician; Intra-aortic Balloon Pump insertion and monitoring; Triple

lumen CVP; NG/Sump & Peg tubes; Care plan creation and administration;

Patient/family education; Training and in-services; Care manager,

Meditech, Mennen, Phillips, and Xyper documentation.

Professional Experience

Oklahoma Surgical Hospital

5/2011-present

Staff Nurse - Responsible for education of patients and their families in

preparation of surgery and invasive procedures. Promote health and support

patients and families in coping with illness. Responsible for the

administration of moderate sedation to patients during invasive and non-

invasive procedures in cooperation with other healthcare disciplines.

Oklahoma Heart Institute at Hillcrest Medical center, Tulsa, Oklahoma

1/1997(5/2011

STAFF NURSE, CARDIAC CATHERIZATION AND ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY LABS / INTENSIVE

CARE NURSE

Serve as Diagnostic and Emergency nurse caring for patients with acute

illnesses, including acute congestive failure, acute myocardial infarction,

respiratory failure, and arrhythmias. Promote health and support patients

and families in coping with illness. Skilled in Philips and Hewlett Packard

bedside monitoring, Datascope Intra-aortic Balloon Pump, Dakar ventilators.

. Exhibit motivation and dedication by providing the highest quality of

care to each patient.

. Contributed substantially to successful National Cardiovascular Data

Registry compliance within the department.

Deliver a complete range of services and expertise. Provide care for

patients suffering from acute chest pain, respiratory failure/complaints,

drug overdoses, acute alcohol ingestion, and gastrointestinal bleeds.

Acquire and record patient information. Prepare patients for surgical and

radiological procedures, prepare equipment and assist physicians during

patient examinations and treatments, initiated and maintained intravenous

therapy, and operated 12-lead EKG.

Accurately obtain and document patient history and medication lists,

assessed individual conditions and needs, and selected departmental

referrals. Monitor patient reactions to drugs and carefully document

progress of individuals participating in clinical trials.

. Repeatedly commended by patients, cohorts, supervisors and physicians

for outstanding quality of care; received consistent mention in care-

survey responses.

. Maintained a high degree of accuracy to achieve optimal patient acuity

monitoring.

. Significantly improved facility's public image by ensuring exceptional

patient satisfaction.

Educational Background

Southern Nazarene University - Tulsa, Oklahoma

Masters of Nursing Education - graduation date 2013

Oklahoma Wesleyan College - Tulsa, Oklahoma

2011 BSN - Bachelor of Nursing

Tulsa Junior College - Tulsa, Oklahoma

1999 ADN - Associate Degree in Applied Science

Licensure

Registered Nurse (RN), State of Oklahoma

Member

Pi Alpha Chapter of Alpha Sigma Lambda National Honor Society

Beta Delta-at-Large Chapter of Sigma Theta Tau International Honor

Society

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