CHRISTINA KOCHAN

Registered Nurse

Professional Summary

Dedicated and highly motivated Registered Nurse with 6.5 years of clinical experience providing quality, patient-centered care ~ Solidly credentialed and diversely experienced ~ Comprehensive background in adult and geriatric health ~ Knowledge of JCAHO standards ~ 5.5 years of experience with EMR/Cerner application~ Eager to advance career to find something both challenging and rewarding ~

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

Banner Good Samaritan Medical Center a magnet facility• Phoenix, AZ • January 2009-Current

Registered Nurse

I provide quality care for acutely ill patients in a very busy high acuity telemetry unit. Duties include; medication administration, advanced physical and mental assessment for complicated patients with multiple comorbidities, patient and family teaching, EKG/lab interpretation, frequent team leader, student nursing teaching, admission and discharge planning, patient care planning, physician collaboration, and ancillary department collaboration.

• In collaboration with a team of nurses, managers, and providers, we conducted research and created a system wide implementation of an evidence-based protocol for hospital delirium assessment and management.

• Frequent team leader to provide guidance and management for multiple nurses, patient assignments and acuities.

• Research utilization for evidence based practice

• Cerner EMR, PPID systems

Flagstaff Medical Center • Flagstaff, AZ• December 07-December 08

Nurse Extern

Provided care for patients and families under the direct supervision of a RN. Duties include admissions and discharges, cardiac focused assessment, cardiac monitoring, charting and acuities. Provide care for patients and families in an inpatient and outpatient setting. Able to establish relationships with both patients, families and staff to aid in the therapeutic management of care for cardiac patients.

• Created and implemented electronic acuity system

• Able to balance work, school, life

• Cerner EMR

Verde Valley Medical Center • Cottonwood, AZ• December 06-December 07

Nurse Extern

Provided care for patients and families, under the direct supervision of a RN. Skills include Foley and NG tube placement, head to toe assessment, time management, charting and cardiac monitoring. Able to establish relationships with both patients/families and staff to aid in the therapeutic management of care for critically ill patients.

• Able to balance work, school, life

• Cerner EMR

Northland Eye Care • Flagstaff, AZ• 05-06

Optical Technician/Executive Assistant

Patient care and secretarial duties. Routine vision screenings, patient care and education. Answering phones, making appointments, filing insurance claims.

• Able to balance work, school, life

• Created and implemented effective call back system

EDUCATION

Bachelors of Science, Nursing, Northern Arizona University, Flagstaff, Arizona

• Recipient of the Hazelwood Memorial Foundation scholarship 2006&2007

• Recipient of the Betty Jean Laman Memorial Scholarship 2007

• Academic honors

• Nursing GPA: 4.0

• Overall GPA: 3.95

Graduate course work, Masters of Science in Nursing/Family Nurse Practitioner, University of Phoenix, Phoenix, Arizona

• Degree in progress

• Overall GPA: 3.92

Pre-professional course, Nursing pre/co-requisites, Yavapai College, Prescott, Arizona

• Annual Deans list acknowledgement

• Overall GPA: 3.5

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