KRISTINA ALEXANDER, RN

**** ****** **** ***

Enterprise, AL 36330

334-***-****

OBJECTIVE

Provide quality compassionate nursing care to my patients to ensure their experience is the best it can be. Utilize my dedication and team work-based approach to enhance and maintain my patients, co-workers and employer’s belief in my ethics and character as a nurse manager.

WORK EXPERIENCE

Davita Dialysis Register Nurse

02/8/2021-Current

Manage and direct dialysis technicians in following policy & procedures reflecting state guidelines. Ensure & provide efficient, effective safe dialysis treatments to multiple patients. Establish and maintain positive relationships with our clients and our team members in order to flourish essential communications to provide the highest quality care. Exceptional time management performing crucial assessments, laboratory tests, administration of medications to in center clients. Review daily of continually changing fluid fluctuations. Confer with CRNP &/or physician to make necessary adjustments specific to each clients needs. Implementing modifications critical to client medical needs resulting in safe superior healthcare. Arrange appointments for clients per in-center orders, additionally schedule consult care ensuring holistic care. Performing excellent documentation on individual client records daily utilizing multiple computer programs. Work with team-mates to maintain inventory, appropriate staffing providing a successful quality service.

Beacon Children’s Hospital Director of Referral & Assessment 01/2017-7/2020

Manage and directs intake team, admission nurses, and community liaisons. Establish, implement, and educate guidelines for each team member utilizing established MOS and excellence of performance. Triage and assess appropriateness of adolescents for the 14-day acute care psychiatric therapeutic program. Educate guardians about the program and their necessary participation in the care to ensure success. Maintain positive and effective relationships with the team, clients, and referral sources. Strong cohesive relationship with intradisciplinary departments to promote the highest quality of care for each patient. Implementation and maintenance of allocation of reports reflecting productivity of daily, weekly, monthly, and yearly growth. Implementation of corrective action plans to improve program, client and staffing needs and budgeting alterations. Scheduling of conference attendance, sponsorships, supplies, and daily patient admissions. Knowledge & execution of insurance requirements from admission, therapeutic inpatient stay, and discharge planning.

Andalusia Health Registered Nurse/ER 10/2016-10/2017

Triage and initiate emergency medical treatment in conjunction with ER doctor and other ER nurse team members. Performance of routine nursing medical treatment based on patient needs to include; administration of PO, IM, IV medications, EKG, lab draws, IV and catheter insertion, etc. Knowledge transferring patients to higher level of care, as well as fluent in code performance. Detailed documentation utilizing computer programs.

Corizon Health RN Supervisor 6/2016 - 10/2016

Support, assist, and direct nurses to schedule, triage, and perform clinic nursing duties to inmates. Duties include; performing and documenting triage, assisting, receiving and performing doctor orders for each clinic patient. These orders range from drawing blood, wound care, administrating PO, IM, or IV medications according to standards. Detailed documentation of each encounter with each clinic patient. Ordering and processing all medications for all inmates as needed. Performing nursing duties and monitoring patients in the infirmary. Following state safety guidelines in the prison setting while maintaining and performing to nursing standards.

Wiregrass Hospital Registered Nurse/ Charge 8/2011 - 6/2016

Assess and provide emergency/medical care to ER, ICU and Medical/Surgical patients such as medication administration: IV, IM, and PO according to patient needs. Properly receive and execute doctor’s orders for procedures, ranging from minimally invasive to invasive and general nursing practices. Maintaining certifications for excellent Code performance. Utilize appropriate medical equipment for nursing care. Patient, staff and family teaching on an individualized education. Computer documentation per state guidelines of nursing care.

Enterprise Health & Rehab Registered Nurse 1/2010 - 8/2011

Assess residents on as needed basis, administer medications via appropriate route, perform wound care, transcribe and process orders from physicians, provide nursing care such as I.V. insertion, Foley catheters, supra pubic catheters, nasogastric tube insertion, G-tube insertion, draw blood, update and maintain communication with sponsors, physicians, ancillary staff and other facilities as needed. Patient, staff and family teaching related to individuality. Documentation according to state standards.

EDUCATION

Grand Canyon University, Phoenix, AZ

Bachelor of Science, currently obtaining

Wallace Community College, Dothan, AL

Associate Degree Nursing 12/2007

Certifications and Licenses ABN RN 1-116270 MS, BCLS, ACLS

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