Staff Nurse Patient Care

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PROFESSIONAL SUMMARY

Critical Care nurse with 46 years in direct patient care. Focused on professionalism, communication, team coordination and leadership to provide exceptional patient and family support. Retired from full time nursing in November 2021.

SKILLS

Patient and Family focused care Proper insertion/removal of catheters

Compassionate Interviewing experience

Efficient and reliable team player Tracheostomy/Peg care

Adaptable Venipuncture/blood draw expert

Strong clinical judgement Patient and family advocacy

Patient education Exceptional knowledge of sterile procedures

Problem resolution capability Tube feeding and medication familiarity.

Professional bedside manner Wound Care experience

WORK HISTORY

Healthcare

Experience:

Bon Secours-Grenville, South Carolina

Staff Nurse in Coronary Care/Intensive Care-20 beds in 2 units.

(July 2010 to November 2021)

Moffitt Cancer Center-Tampa, Florida

Staff Nurse in Medical/Surgical Intensive Care-30 beds in 4 units.

Float to PACU as needed. (March 2007 to June 2010)

Brandon Regional Medical Center-Brandon, Florida

Staff Nurse in an eight bed MICU. We also float to other intensive care units as needed. (December 2005 to March 2007)

McLeod Regional Medical Center-Florence, South Carolina

Staff Nurse in an aggressive 10 bed MICU. Assists in orienting

new nurses to ICU. (February 2003 to November 2005)

Myrtle Beach Family Medicine-Myrtle Beach, South Carolina

Staff Nurse for physicians and walk-in clinic (August 2002 to January 2003)

Alliance Home Health-Conway, South Carolina

Staff Nurse and Auditor (June 2001 to August 2002)

* Assisted patients and their caregivers in health care needed at home including dressing changes, IV infusions, and tracheostomy care.

Teaching diseases processes and treatments necessary for their control.

* Audit all charts and orders for correctness.

NHC National Health Care-Garden City, South Carolina

Staff Nurse (December 2000 to June 2001)

* In charge of care of 44 residents

* Administers medications, performs skin assessments, and charting

on 44 residents.

Experience Recap

SICU/MICU/CCU – 35 years

Primary care, assessment and evaluation of adult critical patients.

Liaison between patients and physicians to ensure patient comprehension of treatment plans.

Daily collaboration with numerous disciplines including, but not limited to physicians, social work/care management, pharmacy, PT/OT/ST and administration.

Contributed substantially to successful department JCAHO accreditation.

Assisted doctors with invasive ad non-invasive bedside procedures.

Provided compassionate education to patients and their families regarding disease process, quality of life, pharmacology and end of life choices.

Employee Health - 3 years

Performed pre-employment history and physicals on all new employees.

Administered TB tests, Hepatitis and MMR injections.

Taught OSHA Classes to all employees.

Coordinated transitional duty for employees.

EDUCATION

Bachelor of Science: Nursing, Medical College of Georgia, 1977.

Diploma: Nursing, Georgia Baptist Hospital School of Nursing, 1975.

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