Registered Nurse

AMANDA L. LANKFORD

*** ****** **** 38-423-***-****

Riceville, TN 37370 ************@*****.***

OBJECTIVE Career opportunity as a Registered Nurse; available to begin April 2012

EDUCATION

Tennessee Technological University - Cookeville, TN

Bachelor of Science - Nursing

Overall GPA: 3.73 - Dean’s List

Certified Registered Nurse

CPR Certification

Conferences: Perinatal (September, 2011), Hospice (October, 2011)

Study Abroad Program for Healthcare Majors May-June 2011

Rovaniemi and Pori, Finland and St. Petersburg, Russia

• Learned about the healthcare systems and culture of Finland, Spain, Holland, Czech Republic, and Russia

ACTIVITIES

Sigma Theta Tau National Honors Society of Nursing Student Nurses Association

Alpha Lambda Delta National Honors Society Omega Phi Alpha service sorority

CLINICAL

Nursing Experience at Cookeville Regional, Cumberland Medical, East Tennessee Children’s, and Vanderbilt Hospitals (250+ hours), Baxter Clinic and Sycamore Elementary School

INTERNSHIP

Dr. Charles Cox (General Surgeon) – Athens, TN Summer 2010

• Observed surgery and procedures, transferring charts, assisting the doctor for over 120 hours total

• Surgeries observed: colonoscopies, EGD’s appendectomies, cholecystectomies, debridement of bed sores, removal of cancerous lesions with skin grafts

VOLUNTEER

Morning Side Nursing Home Volunteer; Fundraisers for St. Jude’s Children’s Hospital, Assisted with benefit concert for the Invisible Children, Inc. earning approximately $1,000; Child Advocacy Center Bike Marathon; Susan G. Komen Race for the Cure;

Organized a team to assemble 75 Cancer Patient Care Packages

SKILLS

Proficient with charting systems during clinical; introductory sign language capabilities; Microsoft Word and PowerPoint

WORK

Home Health Caregiver - Cookeville, TN Summer 2011 to Present ● Assisted elderly couple with activities of daily living: medication administration, meals, and personal hygiene

Dr. Charles Cox (General Surgeon) - Athens, TN

Office Aide - 2009 - 2010

• Transferred patient, assessed patients, charting, vital signs, filed charts, sterilized surgical tools, properly set out supplies needed for minor surgeries (gloves, tools), cleaned up after in-office surgeries

Ingles Market - Athens, TN - Cashier, Service Clerk, and Stocker 2007 – 2009

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