Registered Nurse

Heather A.Garrow, RN

**** ******* **, *******, ** 13323 **********.******@*****.*** 315-***-****

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OBJECTIVE To contribute my skills as a registered nurse to an organization

seeking a dedicated and compassionate professional well-rounded

in managing and delivering general and specialized patient care.

EDUCATION Associate of Applied Science in Nursing degree, Mohawk Valley

Community College, Utica, NY 2006.Merit Scholarship recipient

and named to the President’s List.

Current RN license for NY

Certification in Chemotherapy Administration(2008)

Certifications as Childbirth Educator, Lactation Counselor(2001)

EXPERIENCE Registered Nurse. Faxton St. Luke’s Healthcare, Utica, NY

(2006-2009). Provided direct patient care as an R.N. on a busy in-patient Oncology floor as well as Med-Surg floors.

§ Performed skilled patient assessments and monitoring.

§ Managed chest tubes, trachs, GI tubes, JP drains, and wound vacs, patient controlled analgesia pumps, oxygen therapy, suctioning, bladder irrigation, catheter care, colostomy care, CPR, administration of medications, blood glucose testing and remote telemetry.

§ Performed wound care on surgical patients, cleaning incision sites, checking for infection, and changing dressings.

§ Worked closely as a Primary Nurse with physicians as part of an interdisciplinary team to promote excellence in patient care. Assisted physicians during examinations and procedures.

§ Extensive experience with IV therapy including: IV fluids, medications, blood transfusions, chemotherapy, TPN, and the management of peripheral IV’s, picc lines, portacaths, and Hickmans.

§ Provided Relationship Based Care establishing therapeutic relationships that facilitated treatments and the ability to console in grief. Provided patient and family education and emotional support in stressful situations requiring tact and compassion. Provided appropriate guidance and teaching on discharge and facilitated transition of terminally ill patients and their families to Hospice care.

§ Demonstrated my flexibility and adaptability while rotating to areas of primary need and mastered time management by providing nursing care to a large number of patients with high acuity.

§ Supervised L.P.N’s, C.N.A’s, student nurses as well as serving as clinical preceptor to Graduate Nurses and Orientees.

Childbirth Educator/Lactation Counselor.(2001-2005)

§ Provided education and support to women and their family members during the perinatal period .

PERSONAL I am a compassionate and empathetic individual who easily establishes rapport with patients, families, and medical professionals who is dedicated to providing skilled and personalized care.

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