Experienced Registered Nurse with 25+ Years of Care

SHANNON 407-***-****

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KETELSEN Winter Park, Florida

PROFESSIONAL SUMMARY

Motivated Registered Nurse with over 25 years of experience caring for patients. Skilled at monitoring patient vitals, assisting with activities of daily living and performing medical assessments. Well-versed in recognizing disease symptoms and complications to prescribed medication. Able to report finding to a provider with ease. WORK EXPERIENCE

Registered Nurse, Advent Health Orlando, Jan 2015 Sep 2025, Orlando, Florida

• Recorded patient medical history and assess for redness to receive general anesthesia. Educated patients and families on conditions, treatment options and possible outcomes pre/post op.

• Maintained safe, caring environments for patients and families to adhere to Advent Health mission statement. To extend the healing ministry of Christ.

• Nurse leader rounding consisting of post op phone calls to assess for any complications post procedure.

• Administered medications to patients (Versed, Dilaudid, Zofran and, Morphine) and assess their response.

• Preoperative assessment (vital signs, lab values, IV placement of patients arriving to an outpatient setting, Endoscopy.

• Post operative assessment in patient's undergoing general anesthesia, Ketamine is often used.

• Health Champion for the unit.

• Mental Health Champion for the unit.

• Infection control Champion for unit.

Registered Nurse, Advent Health Orlando, Jan 2008 Jan 2015, Orlando, Florida Critical care RN serving patients in all ICUs.

• Providing sedation to patients on mechanical ventilators, Propofol and Ketamine often used.

• Maintained safe, caring environments for patients and families.

• Proficient in full assessment of patient and able to chart in Epic charting with ease. Able to assess patient's undergoing conscious sedation and report to providers of any side effects. Registered Nurse, Mount Carmel Health System Inc., Jan 2000 Jan 2008, Columbus, Ohio Graduate nursing program with mentorship provided by Mount Carmel.

• Progressives care unit for post Cardiac Catheterization, assessment include patients receiving conscious sedation. (Versed, Ketamine, Dilaudid and Ativan.)

• Promoted through graduate nursing program to Cardiac Intensive Care, ICU.

• Proficient in IV sedation, IABP, CRRT, Ventilator, Swan-Ganz catheters, A-lines and intensive patient assessments and reporting to provider as needed.

• Co-author for Beacon award. First unit in Ohio to receive the prestigious award.

• Successful in transition of paper charting to computer charting. EDUCATION

Associate of Applied Science, Nursing Jan 2000

Hocking College Ohio

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Skills

• Health Champion

• Mental Health Champion

• Surgical Ladder Champion

• Professional Excellence Champion

• Current peer reviewer of articles for Society of Gastroenterology Nursing.

• BLS

• PALS

• ACLS

• Patient education and assessment for pre op, procedural and post op patient care.

• Nurse leader rounding pre op and post op. Also, next day follow up calls to ensure patient was well cared for and to assess for any adverse reactions to medication or procedural complications.

• Safety protocols via Advent health Initiatives. Keep me safe, Love me, Own it, Make it easy.

• Therapy and counseling for patients with newly diagnosed pancreatic cancer.

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