Megan Carroll Luff
***** ********** ****** **, **********, WA 98383 360-***-**** ****************@*****.***
Objective
Seeking a registered nursing position in an home care setting.
Summary
Recent nursing graduate from the University of Connecticut with a passion to enter the healthcare system as a
nurturing caring professional with a previous focus in engineering as a lead test engineer in software quality
management. The strengths brought from previous career in engineering will seamlessly translate to a career in
nursing. These strengths include a sound systematic approach to problem solving utilizing critical thinking skills;
leadership on projects with an emphasis on training others; and time management skills acquired from management
of projects and refined in the clinical setting caring for multiple patients.
Education & Certifications
Bachelors of Science in the school of Nursing university of connecticut 12/13/2013
Post-Baccalaureate Certificate in Basic Nursing, GPA 4.0
SIGMA THETA TAU INTERNATIONAL HONOR SOCIETY OF NURSING INDUCTED DECEMBER
2013
Dean’s List
Bachelors of science in biomedical engineering marquette university 5/19/2002
Minor in Electrical Engineering, Graduated Cum Laude
Tau Beta Pi Engineering Honor Society Inducted May 2002
Dean’s List
Registered Nurse License
Active from the State of Washington, License # RN60440086
Basic Life Support
Completed and certified 11/28/2012
Clinical Experience
Backus Hospital, Oncology Unit Norwich, CT 147 Hours incurred Oct 2013 – Dec 2013
Backus Hospital, Inpatient Psychiatric Unit Norwich, CT 147 Hours incurred Sept 2013 – Oct 2013
Yale-New Haven Hospital, Pediatrics Unit New Haven, CT 105 Hours July 2013
Middlesex Hospital, Labor and Delivery Unit Middleton, CT 105 Hours June 2013
Visiting Nurses Association of Southeastern Connecticut Various Sites in Connecticut 84 Hours May 2013
Apple Rehab Guilford Guilford, CT 294 Hours Jan 2013 – April 2013
Professional Experience
Software test engineer 21st century systems June 2004 to July 2008
Collaborated with manager and peer to develop procedures, policies and training for new employees in the newly
created test department.
Managed testing effort for multiple projects, maintaining test lead position with responsibility for the quality and
timely completion of all testing tasks, as well as communication with project manager and software developers.
Maintained an integral role on a Software Quality Audit Team.
Software Quality Engineer Contractor baxter healthcare January 2003 to april 2004
Worked with customers to design requirements for a software system.
Designed and implemented an effective and efficient test plan for a new software system.
Detected software issues during testing and communicated with software team to track and resolve those issues.
Volunteerism
treasurer dolphin store March 2012 to december 2012
treasurer USS Toledo Family Readiness GrouP 2009 to 2011
Board member calvary nursery school 2010 to 2011
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