Alicia K. Blythe

*** ********’s Lane, Portsmouth, RI 02871

401-***-****

ac6oud@r.postjobfree.com

SUMMARY:

Qualified, recent board-certified Nurse Practitioner dedicated, hardworking, and compassionate with ten years of critical care experience. Strong clinical skills with a committed to safe and quality care in collaboration with patient, families, and multidisciplinary team members. Successful in time management, prioritizing care, and exercising the sound judgment required to provide efficient patient care. Respected team player with demonstrated leadership skills in the role of resource and preceptor to new staff.

EXPERIENCE:

Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center

Clinical Nurse II- Emergency Department- Boston, MA February 2016-present

• Serves as a member of the interdisciplinary team in providing critical care and interventions as a staff nurse in a 58 bed Level I trauma center, a teaching hospital affiliated with Harvard Medical School serving the Boston metropolitan area.

• Effective in collegial and collaborative relationships with the emergency department team which included medical students, residents, attending physicians, and various multidisciplinary team members.

• Efficient in multitasking and prioritizing patient care needs in an unforeseen environment while providing high quality patient care.

• Demonstrates compassion and commitment to quality patient care and accountability for patient safety through advocacy and communication with treatment team.

• Serves as medical staff at Fenway Park overseeing care of patrons seeking medical assistance while during Red Sox games, concerts, and other events.

Newport Hospital

Clinical Nurse II- Emergency Department - Newport, RI February 2008 to present

• Responsible for managing medical emergencies resulting from events such as strokes, cardiac arrest, acute myocardial infarctions, car accidents, stabbings, head injuries, poison ingestion, drug overdoses, sexual assault and burns.

• Collaborate with physicians and multidisciplinary team members on treatment plans for various patients and implement physician’s orders.

• Assume the role of charge and effectively manage the triage of patients and flow of operations within the department and resource nurse for colleagues.

• Preceptor teaching, assisting, and supporting graduate nurses and float nurses through a planned orientation within the emergency department.

• Developed a successful nursing orientation instructional guide for new nurses and float nurses orienting to the emergency department.

• EPIC super user for nursing staff prior to go live and resource for staff during implementation of new system within the department.

• Member of Emergency Department Professional Practice Committee reviewed, revised, and communicated standards of practice for nursing within the emergency department.

• Proficient in the use of EPIC, MedHost, POM, Life Link, Patient Tracking System, HCS and Patient Link programs.

Prima Care- The Center for Vascular Disease

Per Diem Staff Nurse October 2015-June 2016

• Responsible for performing preoperative screening and assessment for patients undergoing various vascular procedures.

• Administration of conscious sedation intra operatively for port a catheter placement, fistula grams, angiograms and stent placement for patients with chronic renal disease, vascular disease, and those initiating chemotherapy.

• Perform post procedural assessment and monitoring along with discharge instructions to patients in family members.

Ocean State Pediatrics

Flu Clinic Nurse- East Greenwich, RI September- October 2009

• Performed allergy screening and reviewed health history of patients and immediate family members to determine appropriate vaccination for patient

• Administered nasal mist and intramuscular injections of flu vaccine to the pediatric population in a very busy pediatric office during the swine flu season.

The Miriam Hospital

Collegiate Nurse Intern– Providence, RI June 2007 to February 2008

• Assisted the professional nurse with all aspects of the nursing process including, but not limited to, collection of baseline and ongoing assessment data, following the nursing management plan, and monitoring the patient response to surgical and nursing interventions for a thirty-three bed medical oncology unit.

• Facilitated patients with activities of daily living, treatment plans, and self care needs.

• Collected and recorded selected clinical data and reports all pertinent information to the registered nurse. Documents patient care utilizing hospital required nursing assessment record /clinical data records.

• Established and maintained positive interpersonal relationships with patients, visitors, and interdisciplinary team.

EDUCATION:

Master of Science in Nursing Adult Gerontology/Acute Care Nurse Practitioner

Rhode Island College, Providence, RI May 2018

Clinical Experience:

Women and Infants Hospital, Providence, RI – Division of Anesthesia Pre Admission Testing (100 Hours)

Rhode Island Hospital, Providence, RI- University Orthopedics (100 Hours)

Rhode Island Hospital, Providence, RI- NCCU- Neuro Critical Care Unit (200 hours)

Newport Hospital, Newport, RI- University Surgical Associates (200 hours)

Surgical First Assist- Completed 120 intra-operative hours with a general surgeon assisting various surgical cases

Bachelor of Science in Nursing January 2008

Rhode Island College, Providence, RI

LICENSE AND CERTIFICATIONS:

Board Certified Adult Gerontological Acute Care Nurse Practitioner (AGACNP)

-American Nurse Credentialing Center (ANCC) August 2018

-Advance Practice Registered Nurse, State of Rhode Island- Active #APRN01888

-Advance Practice Registered Nurse, Sate of Massachusetts- Pending

Registered Nurse, State of Rhode Island- Active # RN46306

Registered Nurse, State of Massachusetts- Active #RN2304432

Basic Life Support for Healthcare Providers (BLS)

Advanced Cardiac Life Support (ACLS)

Trauma Nursing Core Course (TNCC)

AFFILIATIONS:

Emergency Nurses Association (ENA)

Rhode Island Nurses Association (RISNA)

American Nurses Association (ANA)

The Nurse Practitioners Alliance of Rhode Island (NPARI)

REFERENCES:

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