Rhonda J. Morries

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Baytown, Texas 77521

330-***-****

adrmo6@r.postjobfree.com (preferred)

adrmo6@r.postjobfree.com

OBJECTIVE

To provide nursing knowledge according to the nursing process and to provide guidance in the nursing field by sharing clinical skills and experiences according to the Texas Board of Nursing and from EBP (evidence-based practices). To teach and educate nursing to all who desire to learn the art and science of nursing. To serve and protect the public from threats to our community and our country from communicable diseases, infectious germs and any other contaminants that causes harm to the public and the citizens of our country

To obtain a position as a Professor, Instructor or Nurse Educator and Registered Nurse providing experienced and skilled nursing care. in multiple fields to help the ill and injured, educate the citizens about healthy lifestyles and choices to provide safety in the workplace, home, travel, and neighborhood using methodologies that has been proven to be effective and high-quality care.

To educate, develop, create new innovative ways through EBP, research and technology to serve the public and citizens abroad and in community about the importance of infection and injury prevention and control of communicable and infectious diseases and how to contain and combat it. To research and advocate for everyone to education and health care.

EDUCATION

Grand Canyon University, Phoenix, Arizona Doctoral (DNP) nursing practice, 2021

Grand Canyon University, Phoenix, Arizona Masters (MSN) emphasis in Education,2019.

Bachelor of Science Degree in Registered Nursing (BSN), High Honors, 2017

Stark State College of Technology, North Canton, Ohio

Associates of Applied Science in Registered Nursing (RN), 2010

Associates of Applied Science in Surgical Technology Certified Surgical Scrub Tech (CST), 2003

Lorain County Community College Practical Nurse Program (LPN), Elyria, Ohio

Diploma, 2007

CERTIFICATIONS

CPR/BLS certification expires 2024

ACLS certification expires 2024

PALS certification expires 2022

RN- State of Ohio, Compact License Texas (exp:2/2023)

Surgical Technologist-State of Ohio

LPN-State of Ohio

BLS Instructor with American Heart Association exp: 8/2022

WORK EXPERIENCE

City of Houston/Houston Health Department

8000 North Stadium Drive

Houston, Texas 77054

Public Health Nurse II/IV

May 2021- present

Educate and teach the public and citizens of infection and injury prevention control

Educate person on Quarantine and Isolation protocol

Issue returns to work letter authorizations for employees

Evaluating health trends and risk factors of population groups and helping to determine priorities for targeted interventions.

Working with communities or specific population groups within the community to develop public policy and targeted health promotion and disease prevention activities.

Participating in assessing and evaluating health care services to ensure that people are informed of available programs and services and assisted in the utilization of those services.

Providing essential input to interdisciplinary programs that monitor, anticipate, and respond to public health problems in population groups.

Providing health education, care management, and primary care to individuals and families who are members of vulnerable population and high-risk groups.

Keep current on certification and licensure

BLS instructor for CPR & BLS

Develop or create educational tool for employees concerning communicable disease including Covid19

Inform and keep current on policies on Covid19 for employees to educate employee.

Fit testing

Administer vaccinations and immunizations

Perform physicals for employees

Research EBP- evidence based-practices and implement in clinic areas

Recording and analyzing aggregate medical data

Evaluating the health of patients and creating treatment plans

Monitoring patients for any changes in condition

Delivering top-quality care alongside physicians

Educating patients about available support services and helping them access care

Emphasizing primary prevention to avoid disease or injury before it occurs (educate via ppt. word documents and use resources to communicate to defeat language and socioeconomic barriers

Working with public health officials to help underserved communities gain access to care

Developing a relationship with patients and following up to track progress

Referring patients to other providers as needed

Assessing health trends in communities to help provide necessary care to public

Help managing budgets of public health programs to stay within grants, ordering supplies

Maintain licenses

Report any abuse to state

Many other duties and responsibilities

CDC Foundation

8000 North Stadium Drive

Houston, Texas 77054

Public Health Nurse IV

7/27/2020-11/2020

Contact Tracer for Covid19 including health assessment and reporting to state, local and federal databases

Educate person on Quarantine and Isolation protocol

Issue returns to work letter authorizations for employees

Evaluating health trends and risk factors of population groups and helping to determine priorities for targeted interventions.

Working with communities or specific population groups within the community to develop public policy and targeted health promotion and disease prevention activities.

Participating in assessing and evaluating health care services to ensure that people are informed of available programs and services and assisted in the utilization of those services.

Providing essential input to interdisciplinary programs that monitor, anticipate, and respond to public health problems in population groups.

Providing health education, care management, and primary care to individuals and families who are members of vulnerable population and high-risk groups.

Keep current on certification and licensure

BLS instructor for CPR & BLS

Develop or create educational tool for employees concerning communicable disease including Covid19

Inform and keep current on policies on Covid19 for employees to educate employee.

Fit testing

Administer vaccinations and immunizations

Perform physicals for employees

Report any abuse to state

Caduceus Healthcare Staffing Agency for CDC (Centers for Disease Control)

2800 N. Terminal Road

Houston, Texas 77032

1/28/2020- 11/02/2020

MSN/Senior RN QMO (Quarantine Medical Officer)

Training Completed:

FOTC: QARS -Illness and Death Reports completed 4/10/2020

FOTC: Processing Medical Exam Packet-4/10/2020

FOTC: Animal Importation- Dogs and Cats-4/12/2020

FOTC: Animal Importation-Turtles, Tortoise-4/12/2020

FOTC: Drug Release & Distrubtion-4/19/2020

FOTC: Animal Importation -Bats-4/21/2020

FOTC: Maritime Operations 101 -4/21/2020

FOTC: Using the Electronic Disease Notification-4/21/2020

FOTC: Using Common Medical Terminology-4/26/2020

FOTC: Travel Restrictions-4/29/2020

FOTC: CDC’s Tuberculosis Technical Incident-4/30/2020

FOTC; Communicating with DEN-4/30/2020

HHS Learning: Annual Bloodborne Pathogens-5/4/2020

HHS Learning- Safety Survival Skills-4/16/2020

HHS: Learning: CDC Telework Training for Employees-4/12/2020

HHS: Learning: CDC Overview of Federal Records Management-4/9/2020

HHS Learning: Initial Ethics-4/15/2020

FEMA-IS-700. b.- An Introduction to the National Incident Management start-5/7/2020

Student Leadership Certificate -2011

Research at Masters and Bachelors level

Assistant Director of Nurses-managed and supervise over 65 nurses and over 150 patients

Develop training modules for to prevent communicable diseases & infections such as TB, MRSA, Clostridium Difficile

Develop plan for training new personnel to department

Develop plan for learning computerized charting

Develop and create plan for Magnet certification for nursing unit

Manage and supervise teen public health clinic- ordering supplies and medication such as vaccines, antibiotics, oral mediations

Supervise medication refrigerator and temp logs, troubleshooting for malfunctions

Budget nursing department for supplies and ordering

Supervise and develop plan and educated staff with crash carts, isolation and quarantine infected wounds and patients,

Develop partnership and contracts with outside companies such as Omnicare Pharmacy, LabCorp, and multiple Hospice companies

State reporting of child & spouse abuse, STD’s treatment and non-treatment and immunizations

Develop lesson plans for college students at San Jacinto College

Listed in the Professional in Who’s Who in Professional

Licensed in Nursing in IV, medical emergencies, rehabilitation, medical surgical, surgery, (Pre-op & Pacu), long term care facilities

ProHealth Agency Contract Texas Children Hospital

17580 Interstate 45 S,

Woodlands, Tx 77384

1/2013- Current (prn basis) (Gastrointestinal/Rheumatology clinic) contract jobs)

ProHealth Agency Contract Houston Methodist Woodlands

17201 I-45

Shenandoah, Tx 77385

5/2019-7/2019 (OR Circulator) (contract jobs)

Maxim Healthcare Services 460 Wildwood Forest Drive, Spring, Texas 77380

Private Home Health RN 03/2019-11/2019 (prn basis)

Private duty nurse for home health patients.

Administer medication through g-tube, rectal, topical, IV or trach

Complete care including bathing, changing incontinence and physical therapy

Call physician if change in patients’ condition to get orders for treatment/medication for pharmacy

Chart and report off to oncoming nurse

Accompany patient on doctor’s appointment if necessary

Maintain license

San Jacinto College 8060 Spencer Hwy, Pasadena, Texas, 77505

Adjunct Faculty 8/2018-01/2020

Instructs and communicate the course objectives.

Instruct and plan class activities and projects that is directed toward the fulfilment of the objectives and student performance should be evaluated in relationship to these objectives

Change the course requirements or materials to better educate the students

Grading quizzes and test chosen from data test banks congruent with the textbooks and materials for class

Provide feedback and evaluation criteria to students, the final grade of each graded component.

Instructs and informs students of college policy pertaining to rules, attendance, make up classes, quizzes, tests, scholastic honesty, plagiarism, and emergency situations.

Ensure prompt test scores and review of tests and quizzes, to allow students for optimum time to withdraw if necessary. Schedule office time for students

Develops lesson plans and maintain confidentiality and security of the student

Report any scholastic dishonesty to their departments and to the appropriate office on campus and take required steps to remove students that are disruptive to class including calling the police

Maintain licensure in good standings, maintain CEU’s

Attend and participate in job hiring and meetings

Baylor College of Medicine, 1 Baylor Plaza, Houston, Texas 77030

7/2018-1/2019

Registered Nurse

Consent patients for birth control and vaccinations

Administer shots and other medications for STd’s, birth control, vaccinations/immunizations

Educate patients on prevention of pregnancy, child and spousal abuse and STD, s

Child abuse reporting

Ordering supplies and monitoring immunizations and medications in pharmacy

Annual reporting of continuity of care, medications, vaccinations

Assist NP or Doctor with exams

Perform audio and Visual tests of patients

Assist with sport physicals

Computerized charting

Kingwood Medical Center, 22999 US Highway N, Kingwood, Texas, 77339

4/16-5/18

Registered Nurse

Assesses patients for surgical procedures such as Cardiac, General, Obstetrics, Endoscopy, Orthopedic, Vascular, Children and Pediatric Surgery, and all others

Obtains blood draw per doctor’s order

Consent patients for surgical procedures

Instructs and prepare patient for surgical procedures for admission and discharge

Obtains and performs EKG/ECC as needed per doctors’ orders

Call Physician/doctor’s office for orders for patients

Administered conscious sedation for Endoscopy procedures ad assist GI Doctor in Endoscopy procedure,

Gathers supplies and equipment to assist in Endoscopy procedures and serve as scrub

Computerized charting, file charts and do follow up calls, set appointments

X-ray orders use mini-C-arm when ordered by doctor for procedures such as g-tube, central line insertions, procedures that uses hem clips. C-arm with ERCP procedures

Woodlands Health Care Center/Genesis, 4650 S. Panther Creek Dr., Spring, Texas 77381

Assistant Director of Nursing 6/15 – 4/16

Manages and supervise nursing on all four nurse stations

Supervise nursing staff to ensure proper medication is given to right residents and correct documentation on nursing delivery to residents including ADL’s, PT/ST/OT therapy, dietary needs of residents

Manage nursing staff with scheduling

Manage conflicts with nursing staff and other employees from other departments

Supervise nursing staff of different levels for accurate charting, accuchecks (blood sugars), ordering medications and supplies including linen, medical supplies for facility

Supervise the crash carts and glucometers logbooks are accurate and up to date

Educate and in-service nursing on new software, equipment, new techniques pertaining to healthcare delivery of bedside aseptic and sterile procedures

Follow up with nurses concerning needs of departments and nursing supplies

Supervise, educate, in-service and mentor nursing staff with IV therapy (insertion and removal of IV’s, midline catheters, nerve blocks, Foley catheterization and accessing port-a-Cath)

Use of ultrasound to confirm placement and removal of midline catheters when ordered

Managing nursing floors with acute patient care such as tracheostomy, wound vacuum, hyperdermoglycis, severe skin decubitus, ileostomy and colostomy, g-tube, peg tubes

Supervise and manages infectious diseases patients such as C difficile, MRSA

Computerize charting

Accountability and responsibility oversight of 150 residents and over 65 nursing staff

Manage and supervise budget for nursing department amongst other various nursing duties

Houston Hospital of Specialized Surgery, 5445 LaBranch St., Houston, Texas 77004

Registered Nurse 4/15- 6/15 (Contract, permanently closed)

Circulator with various surgical procedures

Gathers supplies, equipment (ex: scopes, medications, surgeon’s specialty instruments, implants) and supplies needed for surgical procedures

Start and maintain IV therapy under direct supervision of Anesthesiologist/Surgeon

Assist anesthesia personnel with sedation, induction and extubating of surgical patients

Computerized and paper charting documentation (in combination of both for each surgical procedure)

Chart supplies used for accurate billing

Prep and Foley catheterization of surgical patients for surgery

Maintain Sterility of implants, instruments, and supplies

Use of X-ray, C-arm, or mini-C-arm for procedures with Orthopedic procedures, and port insertion and removal, PICC line insertion and removals, dialysis catheters

Bay Area Regional Medical Center, 200 Blossom, Webster, Texas 77598 (Permanently Closed)

Registered Nurse 7/14- 4/15

Circulator Endoscopy procedures and scrub basic endoscopy procedures.

Gather supplies, equipment (ex: scopes, medications) for endoscopy procedures

Make sure all necessary paperwork such as H & P, pre-op assessment of outpatient for endoscopic procedures were completed for procedure to proceed.

Start and maintain IV therapy and administer certain medications if necessary

Assist anesthesia personnel with sedation when necessary

Assist in ordering supplies and equipment

Endoscopy charge RN when assigned

Computerized charting

Accountability and responsibilities as Endoscopy RN Circulator and Charge and Scrub Tech and the duties with it, including washing of scopes and following up when scope gets damage

X-ray used for procedures to help aid in foreign body removal, in ERCP procedures that requires C-arm

Texas Children’s Hospital, 6621 Fannin St., Houston, Texas 77030

Registered Nurse 2/14- 7/14

Circulator and scrub all surgical procedures including scope procedures in ENT, urology, Gynecology, General, Orthopedics, Neurosurgery, Eye, Plastics, and other surgeries as needed except for Heart.

Gathers equipment and supplies necessary to help assist/circulate in surgeries.

Computerized charting such as Epic/GE/Centricity program software

Administers and dispense prescribe medications pre-operatively for surgeries as well as intra-operatively.

Obtain IV access and assist with intubation of patients with CRNA/Anesthesiologist

Prep and catheterization of patients if needed

X-ray and mini-C-arm used in procedures with ports, Picc lines insertion and removals and dialysis catheters

Overlake Medical Center Hospital, 1035 116th Ave NE, Bellevue, WA, 98004

Registered Nurse 10/ 13- 1/14

Circulator all surgical procedures including endoscopy, General, ENT, urology, Plastics, Orthopedics, Neurosurgery, Eye, Gynecology

Administered and dispense prescribe medications pre-and intra-operatively

Computerized charting such as EPIC

Assist with intubation of patient in surgical procedures

Prep and catheterization of patients if needed

X-ray orders use mini-C-arm when ordered by doctor for procedures such as g-tube, central line insertions, procedures that uses hem clips and Orthopedic surgeries. C-arm with ERCP procedures

Akron Children Hospital, 1 Perkins Sq., Akron, Ohio 9/05 – 7/13

Board Certified Surgical Technologist/Scrub Tech

Final Position; Registered Nurse

Surgical Scrub Tech/ O.R. Tech for over 5 years

Gathers supplies and Equipment from Surgeons Preference Cards for Surgical Procedures

Have surgical experience in ENT, Orthopedics, Burns, Dental, General, Plastics, Neurosurgery, Eye, Urology and Endoscopy surgical procedures.

Preceptor for Surgical Tech/Scrub Tech Students

Goal-oriented, team worker, dependable and flexible. Epic and GE computer charting experience

Gathers supplies and Equipment for Surgeons Preference Cards for Surgical Procedure

Preceptor of Registered Nurse Student and New RN

Circulate and Scrub surgical procedures

Charge nurse experience in managing operating room and surgical services

Have over 2 years circulating surgical experience in ENT, Orthopedics, Burns, Dental, General, Plastics, Neurosurgery, Eye, Urology and Endoscopy surgical procedures

X-ray orders use mini-C-arm when ordered by doctor for procedures such as g-tube, central line insertions, procedures to aid in foreign body removals. C-arm with ERCP procedures, Orthopedic and General surgery with port insertion, PICC and dialysis catheters insertion and removals.

References available upon request

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