Tracy Hindman

Coker, AL *****

adrxpk@r.postjobfree.com

205-***-****

Driven Registered Nurse with 23 years comprehensive experience providing direct and indirect patient care. Seeking to leverage background and training to secure a staff registered nurse or substance abuse treatment role. Skilled in delivering high-quality patient care, education and counseling. Demonstrated leadership skills that advance patient care, patient satisfaction and safety initiatives to drive holistic care approaches. I am a talented staff nurse adept at handling the medical and personal needs of patients with a focused and compassionate mentality. Proven skills in updating case and progress information in computer system and directly to healthcare staff and family members. Also, a skilled Case Manager experienced in coordinating care for Medicaid individuals. Proactive and resourceful professional able to make appropriate decisions for high-quality and cost-effective care. I am an accomplished professional adept at handling high caseloads without sacrificing quality of care. Able to operate in high-pressure environments while recommending the best resources and courses of action to benefit patient needs and return each to optimal quality of life. Work Experience

Registered Nurse

Alabama Community Care - Tuscaloosa, AL

2015-05 - Present

• Provided necessary health education training for patients.

• Worked with members of the community to determine needs.

• Fostered relationships between nursing teams and patients.

• Instructed patients, caregivers and families on diagnoses, treatment options and self-management to maintain continuity of care.

• Performed all tasks with a patient-centered focus while seeking opportunities for improvement of processes and treatments.

• Developed healthcare plans for individuals and families.

• Served as a patient advocate by identifying insurance coverage, communicating care preferences to practitioners and ensuring interventions met patients' treatment goals.

• Coordinated specialist referrals to assist patients.

• Delivered high-quality and compassionate treatment to indigent and low-income patient community. Registered Nurse

Druid City Hospital-Northport campus - Northport, AL 1999-09 - 2013-09

• Assessed and continuously monitored patients, recognized adverse telemetry and actualized emergency interventions.

• Liaised with patients and families to discuss medical conditions and progress.

• Treated patients using pharmacological and non-pharmacological treatment modalities to address various disorders, diseases and injuries.

• Completed comprehensive patient assessments to determine individual needs, formulating plans of care in collaboration with multidisciplinary healthcare professionals, including physicians, case managers and social workers.

• Performed all tasks with a patient-centered focus while seeking opportunities for improvement of processes and treatments.

• Treated patients suffering from chronic and acute medical concerns, including asthma, COPD, seizure disorders and pneumonia.

• Administered scheduled medications and therapies intravenously, rectally, orally, subcutaneously and via intramuscular injections while overseeing pain management plans.

• Maintained patient charts and confidential files.

• Observed and reported patient reactions and improvements or deteriorations.

• Coordinated and tasked professional and paraprofessional nursing staff to maintain continuum of care.

Education

Bachelor of Science in Nursing

The University of Alabama - Tuscaloosa, AL

1995

Skills

Charting, Patient care, Patient education, Mental health, Infectious disease, Patient monitoring, Critical Care, RN, Medical Surgical, Hospital, Med Surg, Staff Nurse Additional Information

Skills

• Patient care

• Enthusiastic caregiver

• Resource allocation

• Organization and planning

• Infectious disease control

• Computerized charting specialist

• Monitoring vital signs

• Ventilator care

• Colostomy care familiarity

• Culturally sensitive

• Community care coordinating

• Family and patient support

• Medication and IV administration

• Psychiatric and mental health care

• Team supervision

• Patient care planning

• Patient monitoring

• Patient advising

• Patient education

• Follow-up calls

• Diabetes management

• Nursing staff leadership

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