Nicole Billups
Buffalo, NY *****
Dedicated and compensated nursing professional with 17+ years experience in medical and emotional care of multicultural patients. Adapt at providing direct and indirect patient care according to clinic and hospital standards. Bringing and demonstrated ability to take care of patients through the provision of comprehensive nursing practices to ensure quality and safe delivery of patient care services.
KEY QUALIFICATIONS:
-17+ years extensive experience in nursing
-Profession in clinical, office and dialysis settings
-NYS license
-Current CPR certification
-Valid driving license
AREA OF EXPERTISE
-Vital signs -Charting
-Interviewing -Treatment report
-Patient follow up -Specimen collection
-Exam preparation -Catheter care
-Teaching patients -Infection control
-Scheduling patients -Ambulatory assistance
-Phone call triage -Medicine Administration
-IV management -Wound dressing
-Immunization administration -Initiate treatment of dialysis
NURSING SKILLS AND EXPERTISE
-Exceptional understanding of advance practical nursing techniques and
methods
-1st hand experience in monitoring and recording clinical information
-Able to watch over and assess patients conditions
-Demonstrated ability to maintain suitable attitudes and behavior essential
to the welfare of patients
-Hands on experience in maintaining facilities manuel and electronic
records
-Proven record of communicating with patients, staff and families effect-
ively
-Highly skilled in setting up prescribed medication in line with patients
nursing care plans
-In depth knowledge of medication and treatment used in patient care
-Gather measurements and s/s that can be used by the RN in making deci-
sion
-Initiate treatment
-Draw blood from Central Catheter Access Device
-Clean catheter access sight
-Monitor and adjust blood flow rate of catheter access site
-Intervene of there is catheter/bloodline disconnects
-Discontinue dialysis treatment
WORK EXPERIENCE
-6/1998-1/2017- Erie County Medical Center
-Skilled Nursing Facility
-Medical Surgical
-Mechanical and Artificial Ventilation
-Cardiac Monitoring
-Family Healthcare Clinic
-Healthcare Clinic
-Dialysis
EDUCATION
-Buffalo Vocational Center (1996)- LPN
-Erie Community College North Campus-(2002-2004)