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Registered Nurse

Location:
Dallas, TX
Posted:
November 04, 2024

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Resume:

Melanie McVicker

RN, BSN

I am an experienced graduate who is eager to expand my knowledge and

grow as a nurse. I am an adaptable and coachable individual excited to move forward in my career and work with a team to achieve and sustain the best possible health care for patients.

3707 Menchaca Rd

Austin, Texas 78704

214-***-****

***************@*****.***

EDUCATION

Texas Tech University Health Science Center, Lubbock — Bachelor of Science in Nursing

August 2017- December 2020

WORK

Austin Heart, Austin — Registered Nurse

July 2023 - Current

● Coordinate care plans with the physician or advanced practice provider as well as facilitate necessary lab testing, imaging, genetic counseling, and medication education for outpatient cardiology patients

● Provide patient counseling for the management of hypertension, hyperlipidemia, congenital cardiac conditions, chronic heart failure, and coronary arteriosclerotic disease

● Triage cardiology patients with active symptoms warranting urgent attention including chest pain, dyspnea, presyncope, and hypertensive urgencies

● Train CMAs to perform specific clinical tasks, including, but not limited to, medication prior authorization, record reconciliation, and patient communicator

iCRYO, Dallas — Registered Nurse

October 2022- June 2023

● Collaborate with healthcare team to determine best plan of care for patients after assessment and evaluation of symptoms

● Administer IVs and IM/SQ shots efficiently with close monitoring of adverse effects

● Educate patients on medications, nutraceuticals, and healthy living habits

CERTIFICATIONS

Registered Nurse

ACLS

BLS/CPR

TeamSTEPPS

CLINICAL HOURS COMPLETED

Fall 2020 at University

Medical Center, Lubbock,

Texas:

Labor and Delivery: 72 hours

Medical-Surgical: 96 hours

Acute Care/ICU: 36 hours

Maternal/Pediatric: 36 hours

Access by Design, Dallas — Administrative Assistant March 2021- June 2023

● Receive new job submittals, set up and oversee distribution coordination accessibility plan reviews and on-site inspections COMMUNITY SERVICE/VOLUNTEER WORK

St. John’s Episcopal School, Dallas — Substitute teacher, nurse, and coach August 2022 - May 2023

● Provide assistance in Pre-k through 8th grade school as a substitute teacher, nurse, and volleyball coach Covenant Health’s Student Internship Program

January 2019-May 2019

● Interned under the Director of Critical Care working and shadowing on all critical units of the hospital, as well as the Neonatal ICU.

● Ambassador at Covenant Medical Center, greeted and welcomed visitors, answered questions, and actively participated with helping guests find their way.

● Approximately 150 hours

University Medical Center Shadow

December 2018-January 2019

● Actively participated in learning through shadowing a nurse on the Pediatric ICU and Pediatric Medical-Surgical units

● Observed phototherapy of hyperbilirubinemia newborn, chemotherapy administration, and experienced care for RSV, FLU, and trauma patients

● Approximately 40 hours



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