registered nurse

Rhodora Khan

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Kenosha, WI *****

Home: 262-***-**** Cell: 414-***-****

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Objective: To obtain a Registered Nurse position in an acute care setting

Licensure: RN

Education: University of Wisconsin-Parkside, Kenosha, WI

Bachelor of Science Degree- May 2011

Major: Nursing

GPA: 3.9/4.0

University of the Philippines, Quezon City, Philippines

Bachelor of Arts Degree in Communication- June 1988

Student

Clinical

Experience: Aurora Medical Center Kenosha, Kenosha, WI

Day Surgery Unit /Diagnostic and Treatment Center

Preceptorship Program January 2011-May 2011

One-on-one mentoring with an assigned nurse preceptor

Aurora Medical Center Kenosha, Kenosha, WI

Cardiac Medical Surgical Unit September 2010-December 2010

Wheaton Franciscan-All Saints, Racine, WI

Medical Surgical Unit March 2010-May 2010

Wheaton Franciscan-All Saints, Racine, WI

Long Term Care January 2010-March 2010

Union Grove VA Clinic, Union Grove, WI

Long Term Care/Community Health September 2009-December 2009

Student clinical experience highlights include:

•Preparing day surgery patients for their procedure which include starting IVs, administering medication, updating medication lists, asking pre-op questions and documenting them on appropriate forms.

•Performing a head-to-toe as well as focused assessment on patients and documenting them on Cerner.

•Providing pre-operative instruction to patients regarding pain and nausea management post operatively as well as activity restrictions

•Implementing nursing interventions to facilitate patient recovery and meet patient outcomes which include medication administration, pain management, intravenous catheter insertion, IV fluid and IV infusion therapy, Foley catheter insertion and removal, accessing metaports, PICC lines, J-tube dressing change, and wound dressing change.

•Utilizing the nursing process to provide evidence based nursing care and evaluate targeted patient outcomes.

•Professional collaboration with healthcare professionals in coordinating patient care such as doctors, nurses, wound care, respiratory therapy, physical therapy, occupational therapy, and social services.

•Providing reports on patient status during shift.

•Employing therapeutic communication in working together with patients to address their psychosocial needs as part of holistic nursing care.

•Attending conferences and workshops to enhance knowledge on specific topics such as cardiac care, non-traditional healing therapies, asthma update seminar, and suicide prevention techniques.

Employment Experience:

Carreon and Associates

Altadena, CA March 2000-January 2005

Office Manager

•Wrote content material for company website.

•Wrote scripts and edited for computer educational/training videos.

•In charge of daily operations including creating estimates, invoicing, filing and documentation.

•Coordinated meetings with current and potential clients and made travel arrangements for trainers.

•Updated company accounts.

E.T. Graphics, Pte Ltd

Singapore January 1994-June1999

Sales and Production Manager

•Wrote scripts for and filmed corporate sales and marketing videos. Clients include Singapore Airlines, Singapore General Hospital, Institute of Asian Studies, Port Authority of Singapore, World Trade Center of Singapore, IT companies (Compaq, IBM, and HP).

•Attended project tender briefings, gathered tender documents and conducted sales presentations for prospective clients.

•Updated company website content.

•Produced advertising materials (fliers, mailing advertisements, newsletters) for the company.

•Created and tracked budgets for video production and audio-visual staging.

•Managed staff and coordinated use of video production as well as post-production facilities

Memberships: Sigma Theta Tau International Honor Society of Nursing

Honors: Summa Cum Laude, UWM College of Nursing

References and Portfolio: Available upon reques

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