MAEGEN ASHLY GUSTAFSON

**** ******* **. 832-***-****

League City, Texas 77573 ac52n3@r.postjobfree.com

**Just moved to Colorado Springs, CO**

Summary

Registered nurse with 3+ years’ experience in acute care, medical-surgical-orthopedic units, providing nursing care to diverse populations with strong clinical and people skills.

Education

Associate of Applied Science: Nursing 2013

Richard J. Daley College – Chicago

Prerequisites for Nursing School 2011

Harry S. Truman College – Chicago

Skills

Teamwork Acute Care Expertise

High level of autonomy Strong clinical judgement

Patient/family focused Palliative care awareness

Patient evaluation/interventions EPIC charting

Charge nurse relief Meditech charting

Preceptor Multitasking

Employment History

American Mobile Healthcare – Onward Healthcare (current)

Travel Company – Recruiter: Michele Simon

Recent Assignment at CHI Baylor St. Luke’s Hospital Medical Center

CHI Baylor St. Luke’s Hospital Medical Center October 16, 2017 – June 2, 2018

Staff Registered Nurse – Post-op-Orthopedic/Medical-Surgical Unit

oIdentifies patient care requirements by establishing personal rapport with potential and actual patients and other persons in a position to understand care requirements.

oEstablishes a compassionate environment by providing emotional, psychological, and spiritual support to patients, friends, and families.

oMonitors use of narcotics, ambit pumps, On-Q pumps, PCAs, PCEAs, spinal blocks, EtCO2 monitor post-op for over sedation.

oPerforms sterile procedures needed: straight catheterization, foley insertion, PICC line dressing change, surgical dressing change.

oPromotes patient's independence by establishing patient care goals; teaching patient, friends, and family to understand condition, medications, and self-care skills; answering questions.

oAssures quality of care by adhering to therapeutic standards; measuring health outcomes against patient care goals and standards; making or recommending necessary adjustments; following hospital and nursing division's philosophies and standards of care set by state board of nursing, state nurse practice act, and other governing agency regulations.

oResolves patient problems and needs by utilizing multidisciplinary team strategies.

oMaintains safe and clean working environment by complying with procedures, rules, and regulations; calling for assistance from health care support personnel.

oProtects patients and employees by adhering to infection-control policies and protocols, medication administration and storage procedures, and controlled substance regulations.

Mainland Medical Center May 2016 – January 13, 2018

Staff Registered Nurse – Post-op/Medical-Surgical/Telemetry

oUtilizes the nursing process, assesses, plans, provides and evaluates professional nursing care based on evidence-based practice

oActs as a team leader and appropriately delegates tasks to other team members such as nursing assistants and licensed practical nurses

oIdentifies and provide interventions to address patient and family nursing care and educational needs

oAccountable for daily team performance through supervision of assigned staff, multi- disciplinary collaboration, and facilitation of pathway outcomes

oParticipates as a team member by performing additional assignments not directly related to the job description when workload requires

oAssumes charge nurse roles as needed for unit requirements – relief charge

oAssumes preceptor role as necessary for student externs, newly hired employees, and nursing students

oMonitors vital signs, cardiac monitors, blood sugars, foley catheters, feeding tubes, nasogastric tubes, drawing blood for lab specimens via PICC line, dressing changes, Jackson-Pratt drains, hemovacs, blood transfusions, cardiac monitoring, epidural and PCA with EtCO2 monitoring and IV access.

Community Hospital - Munster, Indiana November 2014 – May 2016

Staff Registered Nurse – Orthopedic/Neuro Unit

oTook on the responsibility for implementing, directing, communicating and documenting the nursing process while providing a safe environment for patients, visitors and associates.

oProvides care to orthopedic patients ranging 17-104 years old, with average age of 63 years old.

oResponsible for the care of the orthopedic patient with hip, ankle and pelvic fractures, orthopedic and surgical patients. The most common procedures being knee, hip and shoulder arthroplasty, hip pinning, open reduction, laminectomy, lumbar fusion and cervical fusion.

oPerforms ADLs, NIH stroke assessment and dysphagia screen, assisted physicians in bedside procedures i.e. knee aspiration, cast, post-mold application. Provide autotransfusion of post-op blood products, application/instruction of gait belt, pre/post-op braces, and assistive devices for ambulation as well as head-to-toe assessment of the pre/post-op patient, administration of medications, instruction/monitoring of PCA, EtCO2 monitor and continuous pulse-ox, pharmacological and non-pharmacological anticoagulation education and correct post-op mobility accordingly.

oRecognize, assess and implement care accordingly for patients experiencing over-sedation, atrial fibrillation, strokes, seizures, hyperglycemia/hypoglycemia, and severe pain.

oPractices within accordance to current established standards of care, the Nurse Practice Act, Community Healthcare’s policies and procedures, and supported the mission and philosophy of the Community Healthcare System.

oTook on role as charge nurse as needed and provided mentoring to newly hired registered nurses

Athletico Physical Therapy – Chicago, Illinois February 2009 - October 2014

Senior Rehabilitation Aide – outpatient clinic

oProvided outpatient orthopedic care to patients ranging from 12-92 years old.

oInstructed correct technique, form, and clinical reasoning during exercise rehabilitation.

oAs a senior staff member, was responsible for mentoring newly hired rehabilitation aides and office coordinators.

Organizations

Spine Program Post-Operative Mobility Subcommittee (Community Hospital)

American Nurses Association

New Healthy Me Program (Community Hospital)

Peer Interview Committee (Mainland Medical Center)

Licensure and Certifications

Licensed Professional Registered Nurse – State of Illinois, Indiana, and Texas (multi-state)

American Heart Association CPR – Basic Life Support

References

Diane Formoso – Manager at Community Hospital Orthopedic Unit 219-***-****

Sheri Morris – Director at Mainland Medical Center Post-Op Unit 409-***-****

Debra Johnson – Charge Nurse at Mainland Medical Center Post-Op Unit 281-***-****

Melanie Williams – Manager at CHI Baylor St Luke’s Orthopedic Unit 832-***-****

Amauche Onwuka – Charge nurse at CHI Baylor St Luke’s Orthopedic Unit 281-***-****

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