Medical Nurse

Angela Goode RN, BSN

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Lakeland, Tennessee 38002

901-***-**** email: ********@*******.***

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Dedicated and skilled nurse with a broad range of healthcare experience. A Caring professional with

excellent communication and time management skills, now seeking a new professional challenge.

E xperience

Methodist LeBonheur Medical Center 02/2010- Present

R egistered Nu rse: D irect patient care of pediatrics in the PICU and CVICU. Recover patients

d irectly from operating room after surgery and relay relevant and appropriate information to physicians. Take

care of patients on ventilator with multiple drips coordinating t reatment plans to expedite patients return to

baseline health. Maintain critical thinking skills.

Vascular Access Center of Memphis 03/2011- 04/2013

R egistered Nu rse: Perform conscious sedation and monitoring on patients getting arteriograms,

vascath placements, stent placements in fistula’s, and perm-a-cath placements to name a few. Discuss

d ischarge instructions and call dialysis centers to update on patient status.

Baptist Memorial Hospital Memphis 2008- 2010

R egistered Nu rse: I nterventional Radiology doing CT guided biopsy, paracentesis, thoracentesis,

vascaths, and embolizations of multiple bleeds including aneurysms. Monitor and perform conscious sedation

on patients.

OR I NC., Memphis, TN 2003- 2009

R egistered Nu rse: D irect patient care in Trauma ICU/ CV ICU/CCU/Burn ICU/Medical

I CU/PACU/RR/Surgical ICU/ER. Critical thinking in regards to current and potential patient concerns. Relay

relevant information to appropriate physicians. Continually advance personal knowledge of leading edge

medical products, medications, intervention techniques, and technology that supports patient t reatment and

stabilization.

EDWARDS L IFESCIENCES, Memphis, TN 07 /06- 08/07

N u rse Consultant: Developed educational tools and provided staff in-services to physicians and nurses in

hospitals for recently purchased medical equipment.

M ID-SOUTH TRANSPLANT FOUNDATION, Memphis, TN 02/06- 06/07

O rgan Recovery Coordinator: Responsibilities included by not limited to: Determining potential donor

suitability, obtain consent for organ donation once patient was pronounced brain dead, management of patient

by using medications until the procurement of organs. Responsibilities also included placement of organs to

our region, and bringing in organs from other regions as well. A rrangement of t ransportation and

communication of transport was essential to several surgeons.

FASTAFF NURSING, Denver, CO 2002-2005, 07/08- 09/08

T ravel Nurse : Bedside nursing in a t ravel nurse position. Responsibilities include but not limited to:

t i tration of medications, medication administration, interpreting lab results and notifying physician as

necessary. C ritical thinking about current and potential problems the patient or family members might incur.

Assignments were in ICU/ER/Trauma ICU/Burn ICU/CVICU/CCU/Surgical ICU/Medical ICU, which lasted 2-

6 months.

REGIONAL MED ICAL CENTER, Memphis, TN 2000- 2002

S taff Nu rse : T rauma ICU. H ighly effective nursing and assessment skills were used within the t rauma

i ntensive care unit to develop and implement nursing diagnosis, coordinating t reatment plans to expedite

patients return to baseline health. Education was essential for patients and family members about patient’s

i njuries and plan of care.

E ducation

B APTIST COLLEGE OF HEALTH SCIENCES, Memphis, TN

Bachelor of Science in Nursing May 2000

References available upon request

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