JESSICA MYERS ALLEY
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EXPERIENCE
JUNE 2015 - MARCH 2016
ER CHARGE NURSE, CLAIBORNE MEMORIAL MEDICAL CENTER
Working diligently with staff a team leader to provide care to a variety of patients in the acute care setting. Responsibilities include triaging, transferring, and admitting patients as necessary with trauma-related injuries and patients with life-threatening illnesses. Rapid assessment and implementation of advanced nursing skills such as rapid IV administration of high-risk medications, blood products, assisting with oral intubation, performing chest compressions, cardiac pacing, and defibrillation of unstable patients.
JUNE 2016 – FEBRUARY 2017
REGISTERED NURSE, university health shreveport hospital
Providing pre-operative and post-operative care to patients on a surgery/ortho floor with a 6:1 patient to nurse ratio. Collaborating with other healthcare professionals such as PT, OT, RT, nursing, and medical staff to create individualized care plans. Performing thorough assessments and reassessments, daily hygiene care, ostomy care, proper medication administration, educating the patient and family members, managing and monitoring chest tubes, urinary catheters, NGT and PEG tubes, wound vacs, central line catheters, ortho traction devices, assisting with paracentesis procedures, wound care, advocating for patients and family.
MARCH 2017- APRIL 2019
REGISTERED NURSE, D.O.N. DESIGNEE, LAUVE’S PEDIATRIC DAY HEALTH CARE
Providing daily nursing care for medically fragile children with various diseases and disorders such as failure-to-thrive, autism, and cerebral palsy. Working as a team member to help the patient perform ADLs, improve communication, and promote positive behavior. Duties include providing daily hygiene, administering tube feeds, insertion, and removal of G-tubes, monitoring for infection, frequent respiratory assessments, tracheostomy care, oxygen administration, medication administration, frequent neurological assessments, performing CPR in emergency situations, and educating parents/caregivers on ways to improve behaviors and abilities of the patient daily.
APRIL 2019 – DECEMBER 2020
ER STAFF NURSE, MINDEN MEDICAL CENTER EMERGENCY DEPARTMENT
Assessing the urgency and acuity of the patient while working in a fast-paced environment. Working as a team member and using time management to provide optimal care to critically-ill patients, rapid implementation of advanced nursing skills, remaining calm under pressure, ensuring patient safety, maintaining standards, collaborating with other departments and EMS services, using positive professional communication, and assisting MD with procedures such as lumbar punctures, laceration repairs, OB exams, central-line insertions.
January 2021-Present
PACU RECOVERY NURSE, MINDEN MEDICAL CENTER
Managing patients’ airways and vital signs after surgery. Ensuring patient safety while recovering from anesthesia. Promoting comfort through environmental and pharmacological measures. Assessing and Implementing nursing protocol such as oxygen administration. Encouraging deep breathing and relaxation techniques. Ensuring patient is ready for discharge home or transfer to another unit.
EDUCATION
DECEMBER 2014
ASSOCIATE OF SCIENCE IN NURSING, BOSSIER PARISH COMMUNITY COLLEGE
Graduating GPA of 3.0
PHI THETA KAPPA HONOR SOCIETY MEMBER 2013
DECEMBER 2018
BACHELOR OF SCIENCE IN NURSING, university of louisiana at lafayette
Graduating GPA of 3.0
JANUARY 2021-PRESENT
MASTER’S OF SCIENCE IN NURSING- FAMILY NURSE PRACTITIONER PROGRAM, ULL
currently enrolled
CERTIFICATIONS
Trauma Nursing Care Course (TNCC)-
completed on November 7, 2019
Emergency Nursing Pediatric Course (ENPC) -completed on November 21, 2019
ACLS
PALS
BLS
REFERENCES
David Hamlin, RN, ER Manager, Minden Medical Center
Jon Simmons, RN, ER Charge Nurse, Minden Medical Center
Holli Tunstall, BSN, Director of Nursing, Administrator, Lauve’s Pediatric Day Health Care, 318-***-****
Dianna Cannady, BSN, Unit manager, University Health of Shreveport,
Dora Kidd, Surgery/Recovery manager, Minden Medical Center 318-***-****