Valerie Michaels

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Colorado Springs, Colorado 80923 United States

Mobile: 580-***-****

Email: ad0pwy@r.postjobfree.com

Availability:

Job Type: Permanent, Temporary, Seasonal, Summer, Telework Work Schedule: Full-time, Part-time, Shift work

Desired Locations:

Colorado Springs, United States; Claremore, United States Work Experience:

Emergency Department Registered Nurse

Uchealth Memorial Hospital Central

1400 E Boulder St

Colorado Springs, CO

7/2023 - Present

Salary: $69,900.00 USD Per Year

Hours per week: 36

Duties, Accomplishments and Related Skills:

• Triage patients and assign appropriate ESI score based on complaints, vitals, and initial assessment.

• Perform EKGs on patients that meet requirements based on initial complaint.

• Focus assessment, documentation based on facility requirements to include situation, history, medications, and head to toe assessment.

• Update physician on patient and complete orders as placed.

• Create care plan based on patient needs and doctor’s orders.

• Gather lab work that may include blood, urine, sputum, and other bodily fluids.

• Place IV aseptically, document, and monitor.

• Gather lab work to include blood cultures, blood (basic metabolic panel, complete blood count, thyroid function, and etc), point of care labs (troponin, blood sugar, lactate).

• Monitor patient through central monitoring that includes cardiac, blood pressure, Spo2, heartrate and temperature through stay.

• Document vital signs based on patient needs to include GCS and pain.

• Communicate with different parts of the care team on patient changes in vitals, mentation, and condition.

• Update care plan as patient condition improves or declines.

• Perform NIHSS based on complaints and symptoms the patient presents with.

• Monitor EKG changes on patients. Notify changes to the care team.

• Administer medications ordered.

• Administer medications through oral, buccal, sublingual, rectal, intravenously, subcutaneous, and intramuscular.

• Monitor critical drips administered through IV pumps and document.

• Place foley when ordered when patient meets criteria. Document placement per EMR.

• Monitor patient intake and output. Document.

• Giving verbal report to nurses taking over patient care for both the floor and shift change.

• Educate patients from the moment care starts to discharge or handoff on condition, medications, and plan of care.

• Open communication with both patient and doctor on plan of care, results, and changes.

• Communicating with care team on any patient critical lab notifications and documenting information exchange.

• Administering Blood products to patient based on orders.

• Ensuring patient has consent on file for various procedures such as conscious sedation, reduction, Spinal cord tap, blood transfusions, intubation.

• Setting up the room for emergent situation. Set up that includes suction, oxygen, crash cart, intubation supplies, various oxygenating supplies.

• Documenting emergent situations that include Code blue, stroke, cardiac alerts, sepsis alert, shock, trauma and trauma.

• Titrate critical drips based on orders keeping within the parameters posted and knowing the max limit on drips.

• Keeping certifications up to date to include BLS, ACLS, TNCC, ENPC, Pals and Registered nurse license. Supervisor: Codi Houlditch 719-***-****)

Okay to contact this Supervisor: Contact me first

Registered Nurse Emergency Department

Comanche county memorial hospital

3401 W Gore Blvd

Lawton, OK

4/2020 - 5/2023

Salary: $36.00 USD Per Hour

Hours per week: 36

Duties, Accomplishments and Related Skills:

• Triage patients and assign appropriate ESI score based on complaints, vitals, and initial assessment.

• Perform EKGs on patients that meet requirements based on initial complaint.

• Focus assessment, documentation based on facility requirements to include situation, history, medications, and head to toe assessment.

• Update physician on patient and complete orders as placed.

• Create care plan based on patient needs and doctor’s orders.

• Gather lab work that may include blood, urine, sputum, and other bodily fluids.

• Place IV aseptically, document, and monitor.

• Gather lab work to include blood cultures, blood (basic metabolic panel, complete blood count, thyroid function, and etc), point of care labs (troponin, blood sugar, lactate).

• Monitor patient through central monitoring that includes cardiac, blood pressure, Spo2, heartrate and temperature through stay.

• Document vital signs based on patient needs to include GCS and pain.

• Communicate with different parts of the care team on patient changes in vitals, mentation, and condition.

• Update care plan as patient condition improves or declines.

• Perform NIHSS based on complaints and symptoms the patient presents with.

• Monitor EKG changes on patients. Notify changes to the care team.

• Administer medications ordered.

• Administer medications through oral, buccal, sublingual, rectal, intravenously, subcutaneous, and intramuscular.

• Monitor critical drips administered through IV pumps and document.

• Place foley when ordered when patient meets criteria. Document placement per EMR.

• Monitor patient intake and output. Document.

• Giving verbal report to nurses taking over patient care for both the floor and shift change.

• Educate patients from the moment care starts to discharge or handoff on condition, medications, and plan of care.

• Open communication with both patient and doctor on plan of care, results, and changes.

• Communicating with care team on any patient critical lab notifications and documenting information exchange.

• Administering Blood products to patient based on orders.

• Ensuring patient has consent on file for various procedures such as conscious sedation, reduction, Spinal cord tap, blood transfusions, intubation.

• Setting up the room for emergent situation. Set up that includes suction, oxygen, crash cart, intubation supplies, various oxygenating supplies.

• Documenting emergent situations that include Code blue, stroke, cardiac alerts, sepsis alert, shock, trauma and trauma.

• Titrate critical drips based on orders keeping within the parameters posted and knowing the max limit on drips.

• Keeping certifications up to date to include BLS, ACLS, TNCC, ENPC, Pals and Registered nurse license. Supervisor: Rechelle Criger 580-***-****)

Okay to contact this Supervisor: Yes

Travel Emergency Department Registered Nurse

Tenet Resource Associates

3280 Joe Battle Blvd

El Paso, TX

5/2022 - 7/2022

Salary: $72.00 USD Per Hour

Hours per week: 36

Duties, Accomplishments and Related Skills:

• Triage patients and assign appropriate ESI score based on complaints, vitals, and initial assessment.

• Perform EKGs on patients that meet requirements based on initial complaint.

• Focus assessment, documentation based on facility requirements to include situation, history, medications, and head to toe assessment.

• Update physician on patient and complete orders as placed.

• Create care plan based on patient needs and doctor’s orders.

• Gather lab work that may include blood, urine, sputum, and other bodily fluids.

• Place IV aseptically, document, and monitor.

• If patient has a power port access port per doctor orders.

• Gather lab work to include blood cultures, blood (basic metabolic panel, complete blood count, thyroid function, and etc), point of care labs (troponin, blood sugar, lactate).

• Monitor patient through central monitoring that includes cardiac, blood pressure, Spo2, heartrate and temperature through stay.

• Document vital signs based on patient needs to include GCS and pain.

• Communicate with different parts of the care team on patient changes in vitals, mentation, and condition.

• Update care plan as patient condition improves or declines.

• Perform NIHSS based on complaints and symptoms the patient presents with.

• Monitor EKG changes on patients. Notify changes to the care team.

• Administer medications ordered.

• Administer medications through oral, buccal, sublingual, rectal, intravenously, subcutaneous, and intramuscular.

• Monitor critical drips administered through IV pumps and document.

• Place foley when ordered when patient meets criteria. Document placement per EMR.

• Monitor patient intake and output. Document.

• Giving verbal report to nurses taking over patient care for both the floor and shift change.

• Educate patients from the moment care starts to discharge or handoff on condition, medications, and plan of care.

• Open communication with both patient and doctor on plan of care, results, and changes.

• Communicating with care team on any patient critical lab notifications and documenting information exchange.

• Administering Blood products to patient based on orders.

• Ensuring patient has consent on file for various procedures such as conscious sedation, reduction, Spinal cord tap, blood transfusions, intubation.

• Setting up the room for emergent situation. Set up that includes suction, oxygen, crash cart, intubation supplies, various oxygenating supplies.

• Documenting emergent situations that include Code blue, stroke, cardiac alerts, sepsis alert, shock, trauma and trauma.

• Titrate critical drips based on orders keeping within the parameters posted and knowing the max limit on drips.

• Keeping certifications up to date to include BLS, ACLS, TNCC, ENPC, Pals and Registered nurse license. Medical Surgical Tele Registered Nurse

Comanche County Memorial Hospital

3401 W. Gore Blvd

Lawton, OK

6/2019 - 4/2020

Salary: $22.75 USD Per Hour

Hours per week: 36

Duties, Accomplishments and Related Skills:

• Accept patient report from the nurse the patient is being transferred from.

• Set up patient room based on diagnosis and patient needs.

• Admission assessment of patient on arrival to unit.

• Head to toe assessment and initial vitals as soon as patient arrives to unit.

• Educate patient on the flow of the unit to include when vitals are taken, when to place orders for meals, call don’t fall, and medication times.

• Complete patient screens that include suicidal screen, fall screen, Sirs criteria, and withdrawal screens.

• Provide care and complete interventions based on how patient scored on screens.

• Round on patients every hour while awake and documenting.

• Ensure patient safety in place by educating on falls and encouraging the patient to use call light prior to standing up.

• Place telemetry monitor on patient based on orders.

• Monitor telemetry patient throughout stay and report any changes to provider.

• Maintain open communication with the are team for patient.

• Monitor and maintain Iv catheters that are placed prior to arrival.

• Place IV catheter as needed if they infiltrate or no longer patent.

• Ensure IV catheters are replaced within 7 days of initial placement.

• Monitor and maintain central lines, Picc lines, midlines, and ports a patient may have.

• Document patency and cleanliness of location the line is placed per shift or with any change.

• Ensure patients that are immobile are turned every 2 hours to prevent skin breakdown.

• Maintain the cleanliness of patient room.

• Updating and evaluating care plans per shift.

• Communicating with physician any changes in patient status, vitals, and or critical values on labs reported.

• Gathering daily labs ordered per physician.

• Getting blood sugar on patients per order and administering insulin as ordered.

• Educating patients on signs to look for in hypoglycemia and reporting it.

• Completing various interventions such as continuous bladder irrigations, NG tube placements, Wound care, Ostomy bag changes, Tube feeds, and etc.

• Maintaining patient confidentiality by only reporting information to other family members patient consents to.

• Administering medication using 6 rights on patients through the prescribed route. Education:

The University of Texas at Arlington Arlington, TX United States Master's degree 8 / 2023

GPA: 3.6

Major: Nursing education

Oklahoma Panhandle State University Goodwell, OK United States Bachelor's degree 5 / 2020

Major: Nursing

Western Oklahoma state college Altus, OK United States Associate's degree 5 / 2019

Major: Nursing

Relevant Coursework, Licenses and Certifications:

Obtained Registered Nurse license

Language Skills:

Language Spoken Written Read

Spanish Intermediate Intermediate Intermediate

References:

Name Employer Title Phone Email

Rechelle

Criger Comanche County

Memorial Hospital

Emergency

Department Director 580-***-**** ad0pwy@r.postjobfree.com Kylah

Rucker Comanche County

Memorial Hospital Education Supervisor 580-***-**** ad0pwy@r.postjobfree.com Tommy

Eppinette Comanche County

Memorial Hospital

Emergency

Department Assistant

Director

580-***-**** ad0pwy@r.postjobfree.com Indicates professional reference

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