Patient Care Operating Room
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Nicole Walters
Catonsville MD 21228
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SUMMARY
Solidly credentialed and diversely experienced Registered Nurse with over 15 years' experience
- comprehensive background in maternal newborn, labor and delivery, neonatal intensive care, surgical, hospice and trauma surgery nursing looking to advance nursing career in nursing research and the advancement of medicine.
SUMMARY OF QUALIFICATIONS
● Critical Thinking to assess the needs of patients and make decisions about their care.
● Compassion and empathy to care for patients, and emotional stability to be able to handle potentially difficult and stressful situations.
● Detail oriented and excellent time management skills to effectively and efficiently care for patients.
WORK EXPERIENCE
University of Maryland, Shock Trauma, Baltimore, MD Clinical operating room nurse II, April 2023-November 2024
● Efficient in Epic documentation.
● Communications regarding patient care with surgeons, anesthesia, and implant vendors.
● Facilitate timely first case starts in uncontrolled environments through effective communication.
● Able to function as circulating and scrub nurse, directly assisting surgeons throughout surgical procedures.
Ellicott City Surgery Center
Operating room nurse, October 2022-April 2023
● Functioned as circulating room nurse and scrub nurse
● Communicated effectively with staff to facilitate appropriate patient care.
● Facilitated orthopedic implants for posted surgical cases.
● Provide support to patients preoperatively, intraprocedural, and post operative.
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Anne Arundel Medical Center Pasadena Surgery Center, Pasadena, MD Operating Room Nurse, October 2021- October 2022
● Provides comprehensive intraoperative patient care with emphasis on patient safety.
● Provide adequate and timely turnovers.
● Assisted surgeons with orthopedic surgical procedures.
● Assisting anesthetists when needed.
● Stocking and ensuring correct equipment and instruments are available for surgical procedures.
GREATER BALTIMORE MEDICAL CENTER, Gilchrist Hospice, Baltimore, MD Homecare Hospice Nurse, January 2021-October 2o21
● Provided crisis care that alleviates symptoms to result in comfort maintenance
● Implement and monitor patient care plans
● Monitor, record, and communicate patient conditions accordingly. UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND, Shock Trauma, Baltimore, MD Operating Room Nurse, June 2016-January 2021
● Worked in a fast paced trauma operating room.
● Working directly with the surgical, and anesthesia team to provide triage, diagnosis, and care for trauma patients, preventing secondary complications.
● lAble to detect subtle changes in patients' condition and react accordingly. ST. AGNES HOSPITAL, Baltimore, MD
Operating Room RN, Jun 2014 – April 2016
● Work closely with all members of the operating room team to ensure the patient is given optimal care.
● Maintain accurate, detailed reports, and records.
● Consult and coordinate with the anesthesia team and surgeon to assess, plan, implement, and/or evaluate patient care plans preop, intraoperatively, and post op.
● Prepare rooms, sterile instruments, equipment, or supplies and ensure that stock of supplies is maintained.
● Inform physician of patient's condition during anesthesia. MERCY MEDICAL CENTER, Baltimore, MD
Clinical Nurse II- Maternal/Newborn Unit, Oct 2009 – Jun 2014
● Caring for five mother/baby couplets, as well as one antepartum during shift.
● Assist new mothers and newborns with breast feeding and provide education to mothers on proper technique when breastfeeding.
● Provide prenatal, intrapartum, postpartum, and/or newborn care to patients.
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● Educate patients and family members regarding prenatal, intrapartum, postpartum, newborn, and/or interconceptional care.
● Monitor, record, interpret and report symptoms or changes in patients' conditions to appropriate personnel when necessary.
● Order, interpret, and evaluate diagnostic tests to identify and assess a patient's condition.
● Assess the needs of individuals and families, and provide them with resources available to assist with needs. Working closely with social work to make sure the patient has all items necessary to care for the newborn prior to discharge. LICENSURE
● Registered Nurse- Licensed by Maryland Board of Nursing License #: R186356
● BCLS Certified
● ACLS Certified
● Stop the bleed certified
EDUCATION
Community College of Baltimore County, Baltimore, MD Associate of Science in Nursing
● Completed May 2009
● Member of Phi Theta Kappa Honor Society
● Graduated with 3.4 GPA
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