Theresa Ballard
RN BSN
Minden, LA *****
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RN with 10 years experience in telemetry, post-op, womens health, and pediatrics. Caring, compassionate, and dependable. Leadership experience, excellent critical thinking and problem solving skills. Ability to learn and apply new knowledge quickly and complete tasks in a timely manner. Authorized to work in the US for any employer
Work Experience
RN
Minden Medical Center
April 2022 to Present
Pro-op patients for cardiac cath
Circulate in cardiac cath procedure room
PACU/recovery cardiac cath patients
Cardiac cath sheath removal
Registered Nurse
Aveanna Healthcare - Shreveport, LA
October 2020 to Present
QA/Chart review
Daily nurse assignments
New hire training
Documentation expert
Critical thinking
Problem solving skills
Caring for medically fragile children
Registered Nurse
Glenwood Regional Medical Center - West Monroe, LA July 2012 to October 2020
Telemetry Unit 2012-2015
• Charge nurse-25 bed telemetry floor. Delegation of duties for RN, LPN and CNA
• Preceptor-new hire training
• Initiated/monitored cardiac drips
• Telemetry monitoring
• Documentation expert
• Cerner Powerchart
• McKesson
Pediatrics Unit 2015-2020
• Charge nurse-15 bed pediatric unit
• Women’s health
• Chart audits
• Preceptor
• Recovery/post-op care-adult and pediatric patients
• IV medication administration
Education
Master's degree in Nursing Informatics
WGU - Utah
Present
Bachelor's degree in Nursing
University of Nebraska Medical Center - Lincoln, NE August 2010 to May 2012
Associate's degree in Networking and Security Management ECPI University - Virginia Beach, VA
January 2005 to May 2007
Nursing Licenses
RN
Expires: December 2023
State: LA
Skills
• EMR systems: Cerner Powerchart (10+ years)
• Nursing (10+ years)
• Critical Care Experience (Less than 1 year)
• Medication Administration (10+ years)
• Hospital Experience (9 years)
• Triage (8 years)
• Vital Signs (10+ years)
• Basic IV (10+ years)
• Experience administering injections
• Cerner
• Acute care
• Laboratory experience
• ICU experience
• Epic
• Patient monitoring
• Anatomy Knowledge
• Patient Care
• McKesson
• Venipuncture
Certifications and Licenses
BLS Certification
ACLS Certification
Additional Information
BLS
ACLS