Registered Nurse Med Surg
Resume:
Susan J. Hutchinson
Baxley, GA 31513
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Objective: Dedicated CST/First Assistant with 23 years of experience within medical-surgical settings seeking career advancement in nursing. Ten years as a Registered nurse with six months spent in a med/surg setting and eight years spent doing various specialty nursing. Twenty-five years of management experience within a medical career that spans thirty-five years total. Have gone from a CNA while still in high school working at a local nursing home, advancing all the way up to a DON in multiple settings. Specialty nursing covers the fast pace of multiple injuries in an emergency room type setting to specializing in the field of mental health. A broad knowledge base that is needed for the multiple aspects and processes of triage that are used daily. Worked Med/Surg with a total of 12 patients per day. Care included wound care, Medication administration and IV Therapy with various other methods of nursing. Also, performed hospice for patients with 2 years of experience in that field and spent many hours on training to keep skills up to date. Offered a solid foundation in statistics, analytical tools and methodologies, pharmaceuticals, surgical procedures and current healthcare advancements. Reliable ethical healthcare provider with ability to stay calm and intervene during crises, to facilitate groups and educational seminars, and to collaborate on multidisciplinary teams. Proven ability to build positive relationships with patients, family members, physicians and other medical professionals.
Summary of Qualifications:
Education: Georgia Southern University 2012
P.O. Box 8024
Statesboro, GA 30460
Phone: (912) 478- 5391
Waycross College 2009
2001 S Georgia Pkwy W
Waycross, GA 31503
Okefenokee Technical Institute 1990
1701 Carswell Avenue
Waycross, GA 31501
Experience: Registered Nurse License # RN228874
Graduate of Georgia Southern BSN Program
Decades of experience in multiple areas of the hospital and office setting.
Worked in the Healthcare Industry since June 1986
•23 years of experience in Surgical/Endoscopic techniques
•Fully skilled in Sterile Technique
•Able to clean and sterilize instruments
•Capable of performing surgical and endoscopic assisting
•Able to supervise others in many settings
•Able to work up patients and have ready for physician
•First Aid, BLS certified and CPR instructor.
•Able to run Central Sterilization Dept.
•First Assistant skills encompassing closing skin
•Able to keep inventory and purchasing in dept.
•Able to do cost comparison studies to see if facility is getting the most for its dollar
•Excellent communication skills with Physicians/Personnel/Sales Reps.
•Certificate in Effective Communication
•Certified in Mental Health nursing
•Certification in Nursing Protocols
Strengths: Self-directed…Dependable…Highly motivated…Excellent interpersonal skills…Industrious…Creative…Good decision maker…Personable…Reacts quickly and calmly…Establishes priorities rapidly…Courteous…Professional…Hard working
Employment History:
10/2022 to Present Satilla Memorial Health
HCA Enterprises
1900 Tebeau St.
Waycross, GA 31501
Manager – Danielle Brown
Clinical Nurse Coordinator specializing in patients with Dementia/Alzheimers. Charge
for staff assignments on shift. Assessment of patients for mental and physical disease and their
processes. Medication administration, blood draws for lab work and reviewing
Referrals for proper admission to the facility and/or denial of admission. Supervising others
and their performance in the care and treatment of patients. Supervising of staff for breaks and
lunches to ensure that there is the proper number of staff on the unit to care for patients
appropriately. Responsible for chart audits when needed to make sure that charting adequate
Communicate with the physicians when care needs to be changed r/t onset of new symptoms.
04/2022 to 9/2022 Vista Park
1319 Ocilla Rd.
Douglas, GA 31533
DON – Tara Smith
RCC (Resident Care Coordinator) – Night shift supervisor responsible for placement of staff on appropriate units for continuity of care. Evidence based practice for determining whether resident’s need to be sent to outside facility’s for further treatment. Pronounced residents once they expired and coordinated the respectful care of those residence to be transported to outside locations. Also, facilitated continued care of resident’s and listened to and addressed any complaints that residents or relatives may have made. When call-outs are made I would fill-in on medication carts and do direct patient care including treatments.
11/2021 to 2/2022 Tattnall Healthcare Center
142 Memorial Drive
Reidsville, GA 30453
Administrator – Dwight Green
Director of Nurses position that would allow me to utilize all my clinical skills anD
administrative skills that had been learned and developed over a 30+ year career.
Responsibilities included the scheduling of approximately 50 employees. Constant contact with
multiple agencies related to the care and treatment of all patients within and outside
Facility using evidence based practice was implemented to ensure the appropriate care of every
patient. Was responsible for the smooth running of the facility and made sure that all residents
were receiving the appropriate care. Was responsible for reviewing charts of potential patients
to be admitted to the facility. Also, organized and implemented monthly staff meetings and
continuing education for the entire staff. Chart auditing was done on a weekly basis to look for
ways to improve nursing and advanced level nursing care. In constant contact with the medical
director to ensure that patients were receiving the best care. Overseeing all aspects of the
resident’s lives including medical, diagnostic, psychological and therapeutic care. The facility
Had a lockdown psych unit that I was responsible for overseeing those residents psychiatric
Issues.
09/2021 to 11/2021 Willingway Behavioral Health
311 Jones Mill Rd.
Statesboro, GA 30458
DON – Kelly McAfee
Unit nurse responsible for the admission and treatment of patients seeking a sober/clean
lifestyle. Effective communication with residents about their ongoing battle with addiction.
Worked as the Charge Nurse for the entire facility when working night shift. Was responsible
for making sure that all residents felt safe and taken care of at all times. Was responsible for
determining if patients who were physically ill needed to be sent to outside facilities for further
care and treatment. Was responsible for overseeing medication administration to all patients.
Also, required to make sure that staff was placed in the appropriate locations and called off if
not needed.
04/2020 to 07/2021 St. Simons by the Sea
2927 Demere Rd.
St. Simons, GA 31522
(912) 638 – 1999
Supervisor – Rachel Deacon
Originally employed as a House Supervisor and then promoted to Assistant Director of Nurses.
This position entails supervising others in the day to day operations of the facility. The ability
To remain calm and troubleshoot problems and problem solving is key to this position.
Scheduling of staff with making sure that the right nurse or technician is located in the
appropriate area of expertise. Responsible for having patients transported to outside facilities
and having them safely returned to the hospital. Making sure that there is always coverage for
the various specialty units. Relating to patients in their most vulnerable time. A key
ability to the job is also de-escalating any situation whether it is a patient or staff member. Also
responsible for corrective action with staff members and giving positive feed-back whenever it
needed.
11/2018 to 10/2019 Lighthouse Nursing Agency
1040 Keith Dr.
Perry, GA 31069
President – Lindsay Hayes
Traveled to various facilities as a Registered Nurse, often times working as Charge nurse at the
Facility I was sent to, using appropriate nursing protocols and utilized the highest level of care.
Worked in the Med- surg department, emergency room, operating room, and Infirmary.
Worked as an Emergency Room nurse which utilizes all of my nursing skill set which allow
me to determine if the patient could be treated or needed to be re-routed to a more advance
facility. Dealt with many life threatening situations where if there had been no intervention the
would most likely have expired. Treated patients with lacerations, head injuries, Hemophiliacs,
fractures, mental health and many other life-threatening conditions.
08/13 to 10/18 Georgia Regents University
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1499 Walton Way
Augusta, GA 30912
Supervisor – Marie Yawn
Director of Nurses position that would allow me to utilize all my clinical skills and
administrative skills that had been learned and developed over a 30+ year career.
Responsibilities included the scheduling of approximately 60 employees. Constant contact with
multiple agencies related to the care and treatment of all patients within and outside our facility.
Evidence based practice was implemented to ensure the appropriate care of every patient.
Was responsible for the smooth running of the infirmary, sick call, surgery, mental health and all
outside physician’s appointment. Chart auditing was done on a weekly basis to look for ways
To improve nursing and advanced level nursing care. Staff RN using critical thinking skills in
The emergency room and other departments to determine if the patient needed to be seen by a
Physician or be sent to an outside facility. Utilized multiple components of nursing to administer
medical care to inmates on a one to one basis. Performed nursing diagnosis on inmates to
evaluate level of care needed in a sick-call type setting. Administered treatment to patients in an
emergency room type environment using medication administration skills such as IV meds,
topical medication and oral as well. Gained vast experience in emergency care of inmates in life
threatening situations and critically unstable patients. Completed assessments, dressing changes
with wound care, medication administration and multiple other nursing duties.
03/13 to 08/13 East Georgia Regional Medical Center
1499 Fair Road
Statesboro, GA 30458
Manager: Chris Black, RN
Medical/Surgical floor nurse utilizing the process in accordance with current nursing practice standards. Delegate and coordinate the plan of care for individual patients with ancillary departments. Use competent skills to assess the physiological age-specific health status of patients. Use critical thinking skills to formulate proper nursing diagnosis and implement treatments according to that diagnosis. Complete assessments, perform IV starts and re-starts, dressing changes, medication administration and perform various other nursing duties.
08/03 to 12/09 Appling Healthcare Systems
163 E. Tollison St.
Baxley, GA 31513
Supervisor: Rita Orvin, RN
Surgical Tech. supervisor, planned and assigned responsibilities for subordinates under me.
Planned and implemented call schedule for the surgical technologists. Performed first assisting
skills. Did inventory and purchasing for the entire department. Kept in contact with sales reps.
To do studies on products for cost comparison and also to get the best product for the best
price. Ordered instruments and specialty equipment for the physicians on staff. Ran and
operated Central Supply and Sterilization that handled instruments from all over the facility.
01/03 to 08/03 L . Davis Jacobs, O.D.D. Deceased
Knights Avenue
Waycross, GA 31501
Supervisor: Betty Jacobs – Office Manager
Worked in the office setting as personal assistant and office manager to Dr. Jacobs and worked up patients to be seen. Performed various eye exams and therapies on patients for treatment of diabetes and glaucoma. Handled the ordering of pharmaceuticals for patients who were unable to afford their eye drops. Coordinated care of patients with office staff and other area physicians.
07/02 to 12/02 Imhoff Eye Center
3215 Shrine Road
Brunswick, GA 31520
Supervisor: Susan Imhoff – Office Manager
Checked patient’s vision and pressure and various other tests to assist the physician to make a proper diagnosis. Assisted in the operating room with cataracts and other minor eye procedures. Functioned on a daily basis as the personal assistant to the physician which encompassed multiple management responsibilities.
02/02 to 07/02 Meadows Regional Medical Center
Meadows Lane
Vidalia, GA 30474
Supervisor: Gayle Edward RN, BSN
Performed all duties required of a surgical technologist in all fields of surgery as general, orthopedic, urology, ENT and gynecology. Pulled cases for the next day’s procedures as well as working in central sterile.
09/95 to 11/01 Appling Healthcare Systems
163 E. Tollison St.
Baxley, GA 31513
Supervisor: Ellen Black, RN, MSN
Performed first assisting skills and surgical supervisor. Did inventory and purchasing for the
Entire department. Kept in contact with sales reps. to do studies on products for cost
Comparison and also to get the best product for the best price.Ordered instruments and
specialty equipment for the physicians on staff. Ran and operated Central Supply and
Sterilization that handled instruments from all over the facility.
References:
David Cheney MD – 229-***-****
Rachelle Hutcherson - 912-***-****
Amber Jackson-Jordan Manager - 912-***-****
Tara Smith FNP - 912-***-****
Marie Yawn HS Administrator – 229-***-****
Dwight Green Administrator – 803-***-****
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