PROFESSIONAL SUMMARY
Sixteen years of experience specializing in long-term, acute and subacute, medical, surgical, cardiac and respiratory care. Provided nursing care for a variety of critically ill patients receiving mechanical ventilation, diabetic management, telemetry monitoring, critical IV drips, sedation drips, serious wound therapy and palliative end of life care. “There is no situation that is not transformable. There is no person who is hopeless.” -Carol Grey
OBJECTIVE
Utilize expertise as an Acute Care RN to become a productive member of a mission driven organization that provides high quality nursing care to a diverse population.
EXPERIENCE:
CRNP (Harrisburg Hospital) ED obs
(10/2016 - 02/2016) - 111 S Front street, Harrisburg PA 17101
Regulated the process of admissions and discharges on the ED obs unit
Performed HIP and progress documentation
Monitored patient with acute chest pain, COPD/asthma exacerbation, pneumonia, complicated URIs, cellulitis, syncope, abdominal issuers and regular URIs. Interpreted EKG with a heart score, risk assessments for PE and basis initial workups with guidelines treatment protocol
Clinical Staff RN (Harrisburg Hospital)
(08/2004 - 09/2005) - 111 S Front street, Harrisburg PA 17101
●Performed basic physical assessments of telemetry patients, made appropriate interventions for immediate emergencies, monitored cardiac drips and PCA pumps, interpreted cardiac rhythms.
●Monitored patient reactions to drugs, carefully documented progress of individuals participating in invasive cardiac procedures.
●Managed care for postoperative patients through discharge.
Clinical Staff RN/ Charge Nurse (Triumph/ SSCI LTAC Hospital)
(10/2005 - 11/2007) - 2501 North 3rd street. Landis building, 4th floor
●Provided nursing care for acutely and critically ill patients and families that required long-term hospitalization with chronic/acute health problems including MI, cardiac arrhythmia, CHF, COPD and respiratory failure.
●Coordinated all laboratory orders for the unit, performed venipuncture, coordinated central line placements, ABG interpretations, emergency resuscitations and transfers.
Ensured efficacy in the unit and delegation among clinical nursing staffs
Float Pool RN/Clinical Staff RN (Select Specialty Hospital/ Rehabilitation Hospital)
(10/2007 - 01/2015) - 111 South Front Street, 5th floor, Harrisburg PA 17101
●Assessed needs, orders and proper management of long-term and short-term, multiple chronic conditions with emphasis on primary nursing care for patients and close collaboration between members in a multidisciplinary team.
●Provided PRN service as substitute wound nurse.
●Participated in the Rapid Response Team and unit resuscitations.
●Participated in unit-based Quality Assurance Programs and infectious control rounds.
●Provided comfort care for terminally ill patient and rehabilitative nursing care for acute and subacute patients.
Weekend House Supervisor/Charge Nurse on Vent Unit
(Spring Creek Rehabilitation Health Center)
(07/2007 - 10/2013) - 1205 South 28th Street, Harrisburg PA 17111
●Charge nurse on respiratory floor.
●Managed care for vent-dependent patients through discharge, performed stat lab tests on weekends and proper wound care in the unit.
●Instructed patients and family on proper discharge care and scheduled patient admissions
●Provided daily living tasks to enhance quality of life in elderly patients.
●Experience with various medical conditions including Parkinson's, Dementia, Alzheimer's and Psychiatric Disorders on specialized units.
●Performed weekly inventory and maintained adequate medical and respiratory supplies.
●Managed all coordinated emergency responses in the facility on weekends for 350-400 patients
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EDUCATION
Millersville University, Lancaster, PA
●Master of Science: FNP (2015)
Eastern Mennonite University - Lancaster, PA
● Bachelor of Science: Nursing (2011)
Harrisburg Area Community College - Harrisburg, PA
GED : ESL, General Education Classes (Transferred to EMU)
General science courses and ESL program ( 2003)
Nursing Kharkov Nursing School # 1 - Ukraine, Kharkov
Associate degree in nursing (1994)
NP CLINICAL ROTATIONS:
Family Primary Care
Internal Medicine
General Cardiology
CERTIFICATIONS
Registered Nurse (Commonwealth of Pennsylvania Department of State)
●License number RN 553855.
●Date of expiration 10/31/2015
Advanced Cardiac Life Support (ACLS)
●Date of expiration 2017
Basic Life Support.
●Date of expiration 2017