RACHEL COLEMAN

**** ** ********** **** *********, OR 97007

503-***-****

adh30i@r.postjobfree.com

Experienced Registered Nurse looking for new opportunities to improve patient centered-care, nursing quality of care and patient outcomes while broadening my nursing knowledge base and utilizing current skills set.

QUALIFICATIONS SUMMARY

Patient-focused, dedicated Registered Nurse.

• Demonstrated ability to provide outstanding patient care and capability to act as a patient advocate in both acute and emergency situations.

• Ability to manage multiple patients and prioritize cares to maintain patient safety.

• Proven ability to lead department throughput, provide staff support, patient and family rounding, scheduling of daily staffing.

• Interpersonal and communication skills to include patient, families and interdisciplinary teams involved in the patient care continuum.

• Administrative experience including admission and discharge procedures, assessment and treatment documentation.

• Facilitate referrals to ancillary departments for both inpatient and outpatient purposes.

• Peer Mentor for staff and preceptor for new hires and students. RELEVANT CAREER EXPERIENCE

Adventist Medical Center, Portland, Oregon September 2019-Current Clinical staff nurse in the Emergency Room caring for patients of all ages patients suffering from different disease processes, mental health crisis’, drug addictions, acute illnesses and injuries.

• Triage and coordinate care for the sick and injured populations.

• Support patients and families during the diagnosing process and death.

• Provide primary medical team with continual updates on patient status, managing patient care with other ancillary departments which directly affect patient care.

• Provide families with the knowledge/education necessary to care for patients outside of the hospital setting.

Providence St Vincent, Portland, Oregon May 2017- September 2019 Pediatric Emergency Room, Charge Nurse

Charge nurse in the Pediatric Emergency Room caring for children suffering from various different disease processes, mental health crisis’, acute illnesses and injuries.

• Triage and coordinate care for the sick and injured pediatric populations.

• Support patients, families and staff during the diagnosing process.

• Facilitate patient and family rounding while patients are in the Children’s ED.

• Provide primary medical team with continual updates on patient status, managing patient care with nursing staff, other ancillary departments which directly affect patient care for continued timely throughput of patients within the department.

• Provide families with the knowledge/education necessary to care for patients outside of the hospital setting.

• Attend monthly Charge Nurse Meetings, ED collaborative meetings and daily bed board meetings.

• Perform monthly audits to ensure quality care, hospital required documentation/charting. Providence St Vincent, Portland, Oregon May 2016- May 2017 Pediatric Emergency Room, Registered Nurse

Clinical staff nurse in the pediatric Emergency Room caring for children from birth to 18 years old suffering from suffering from various different disease processes, acute illnesses and injuries or trauma.

• Triage and coordinate care for the sick and injured pediatric populations.

• Assisted with the development and setup of a new pediatric Emergency Room.

• Support patients and families during the diagnosing process.

• Provide primary medical team with continual updates on patient status, managing patient care with other ancillary departments which directly affect patient care.

• Provide families with the knowledge/education necessary to care for patients outside of the hospital setting

Oregon Health Science University, Portland, Oregon April 2015- May 2016 Pediatric Emergency Room, Registered Nurse

Clinical staff nurse in the pediatric Emergency Room caring for children from birth to 20 years old suffering from suffering from various different disease processes, acute illnesses and injuries or trauma.

• Triage and coordinate care for the sick and injured pediatric populations.

• Support patients and families during the diagnosing process.

• Provide primary medical team with continual updates on patient status, managing patient care with other ancillary departments which directly affect patient care.

• Provide families with the knowledge/education necessary to care for patients outside of the hospital setting.

Oregon Health Science University, Portland, Oregon October 2012- April 2015 Pediatric Intensive Care Unit (PICU), Registered Nurse Clinical staff PICU nurse providing care for the pediatric population.

• Provide care to the critically ill or injured pediatric populations from birth to early 20’s.

• Support patients and families in crisis dealing with new diagnosis and death.

• Provide primary medical team with continual updates on patient status, managing patient care with other ancillary departments which directly affect patient care.

• Provide families with the knowledge/education necessary to care for patients outside of the hospital setting.

Oregon Health Science University, Portland, Oregon 2010- Oct 2012 Pediatric Hematology/Oncology & Bone Marrow Transplant, Registered Nurse Clinical staff nurse providing care and education for the pediatric population undergoing treatment for blood cancers, solid tumor cancers and other blood disorders; Bone Marrow Transplants.

• Provide care to patients experiencing cardiac and respiratory emergencies, septicemia, symptoms of GVHD and severe electrolyte imbalances caused by cancer therapies and BMT.

• Support patients and families in crisis dealing with new diagnosis and death.

• Provide families with the knowledge/education necessary to care for patients outside of the hospital setting within the home environment.

• Provide primary medical team with continual updates on patient status, managing patient care with other ancillary departments which directly affect patient care. Kaiser Permanente, Roseville, California April 2009- July 2009 Pediatrics, Registered Nurse, Per Diem

Clinical staff nurse providing Primary Care to the pediatric population.

• Provide care to the pediatric population suffering from various different disease processes and acute illnesses or trauma.

• Provide medical team with continual updates on patient status which directly affect patient care.

• Support patients and families in crisis dealing with sudden trauma, disease processes and death.

Loma Linda University Children’s Hospital, Loma Linda, California March 2003 - June 2007 Pediatric Hematology/Oncology & Bone Marrow Transplant ICU, Registered Nurse Clinical staff nurse providing Primary Care for pediatric patients with life-threatening disease processes, including blood and solid cancers, Sickle Cell Disease, Hemophilia, ITP and other blood disorders.

• Provide care to patients experiencing cardiac and respiratory emergencies, septicemia, symptoms of GVHD and severe electrolyte imbalances caused by cancer therapies and individual disease processes.

• Support patients and families in crisis dealing with new diagnosis and death.

• Provide medical teams with continual updates on patient status and Point of Care laboratory tests, which directly affect patient care.

• Participate in weekly psychosocial rounds and daily rounds reporting patient and nursing concerns directly to attending physicians.

Arrowhead Regional Medical Center, Colton, California 2001-2002 Student Nurse, Pediatrics

Patient Care Assistant in Pediatric Acute Care environment.

• Assisted patients and families with Activities of Daily Living.

• Assisted the nursing staff by directly monitoring patient vital signs and reporting abnormal results to the appropriate team members.

EDUCATION

Masters of Science in Nursing, Enrolled

Western Governors University

Bachelors of Science in Nursing, Enrolled

Western Governors University

Associates of Science in Nursing, (ASN) 2002

San Bernardino Valley College - San Bernardino, California Emergency Medical Training (EMT) 1999

Ventura Community College, Ventura, California

TRAINING and CERTIFICATIONS

Certified Pediatric Emergency Room Nurse (CPEN) 2018 Children’s ED Magnet Representative 2018-2019

ENPC 2017

TNCC 2015

Pediatric Advanced Life Support (PALS)

Basic Life Support (BLS)

Advanced Cardiac Life Support (ACLS)

Sexual Assault Nurse Examiner (SANE)

Nurse Residency Program 2002

Advanced HEM/ONC Pediatric Emergency and BMT Training 2002 LICENSURE

Registered Nurse (RN), State of Oregon and California

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