Misty Adams
Conway, AR *****
QUALIFICATIONS
Has a strong work ethic and willing to take on challenges. A nurse with 18 years of experience as an RN. Experience worked in hospice, home health, medical/surgical, telemetry, critical care, long-term care facilities and many other areas. Has BSN degree and RN license in AR. Recently relocated from CA to TX and then to Arkansas as of Sept. 2010.
WORK HISTORY
11/15/2010 to Present Staff RN, Home IV Specialists-Conway, Arkansas
Workinig full-time as Staff RN caring for patients who require either home IV antibiotics or other IV/SQ med administration or enteral feedings at home.
1/8/2010 to 7/18/10 Staff RN, Maxim (Registry)-Oxnard, California Worked as registry nurse filling in at local hospitals and rehab hospital as needed.
11/24/2009 to 7/18/10 Field RN, Assisted Home Hospice-Ventura, California
Worked per diem as a Hospice nurse making home visits and visits to nursing facilities.
Supervisor, Deborah Bartlett, RN, BSN
12/15/08-11/23/2009 Field RN, Assisted Home Hospice-Ventura, California
Worked full-time as a Hospice nurse making home visits. Teaching to pts and families concerning end of life issues in a holistic manner including wound care, medication regimen for pain control and comfort in pt homes or contract facilities. Job status was recently changed to per diem.
Supervisor, Deborah Bartlett, RN, BSN
8/11/08-12/14/08 Field RN, Assisted Home Care-Thousand Oaks, California
Working on a per diem basis making home visits and performing start of cares, resumptions, recerts and other needed visits. Providing wound care, IV infusions, etc.
Supervisor, Elaine Phinney, RN, DON
11/20/07-7/17/08 Field RN, At Home Healthcare-Henderson, Texas
Worked full-time as a staff nurse assessing clients in their homes for routine visits, admissions, resumptions of care after hospitalization and discharges. Instructed patients and families on disease processes, medications, and wound care, etc.
Supervisor- Beverly Bowman, RN and Alicia Lowery, RN, BSN
7/20/06-9/20/06 Charge Nurse, San Juan Nursing Home-San Juan, Texas
Worked full-time as a charge nurse supervising LVNs and CNAs. Completed admission assessments and did follow-up on lab results and obtaining orders from doctors.
2/21/06 -6/30/06 Staff Nurse, Renaissance Rehab-Edinburg, Texas
Worked full-time as a staff nurse in a rehabilitation center caring for patients recovering after surgery and/or debilitated states prior to going home.
4/29/05-2/06 Charge Nurse, McAllen Good Samaritan Center-McAllen, Texas
Worked full-time as charge nurse/staff nurse in a long-term care facility taking care of patients in a holistic manner. Supervised CNAs as well as performing total care of patients requiring skilled care.
3/17/05-4/29/05 QA Nurse, Loving Touch Home Health-Edinburg, Texas
Worked full-time as quality assurance nurse performing routine evaluation of nurse notes, policies, and updating files.
11/8/04-3/16/05 Home Health Nurse, Procare Health Service-McAllen, Texas
AND 3/04-6/23/04 .Worked full-time as home health staff nurse performing routine
home visits, admissions, resumptions of care, discharges and supervisory visits.
7/28/04-10/31/04 Charge Nurse, St. Agnes Home-Kirkwood, Missouri
Worked full time as a charge nurse on several floors of a long-term care facility caring for the needs of all residents in a professional Ahome away from home@ atmosphere.
Director of Nurses- Sister Mary Faustina, RN, BSN
10/03 B 4/23/04 School Nurse, Midkiff Elementary School B Mission, Texas
Worked full-time as school nurse running medical clinic, maintaining immunization records, health screenings and assisting in after school programs.
12/02 B 9/7/03 Staff Nurse, Pediatrics/Surgical Unit- Edinburg Regional Medical Center
Worked full-time as a staff nurse and relief charge nurse caring for adults and pediatric patient in all aspects of care.
4/02-11/02 Staff Nurse, 8West/SNF Unit-McAllen Medical Center-McAllen, Texas
Worked full-time as a staff nurse caring for adult patients with a wide variety of diagnoses in the skilled nursing facility of McAllen Medical Center.
10/01-2/23/02 Staff/Charge Nurse, Newborn Nursery-Fort Duncan Medical Center
Worked full-time hours as a PRN staff/charge nurse caring for regular newborn babies and special care nursery babies when needed. NALS certified during employment.
11/00-1/28/02 Staff/Charge Nurse, Med/Surg-Henderson Memorial Hospital-Henderson
Worked PRN as a staff nurse/charge caring for adult and pediatric patients in all aspects of care. As a charge nurse, supervised LVNs and CNAs.
4/99-2/02 Staff Nurse, Med/Surg, Telemetry and PRN Float Pool- Longview Regional Medical Center-Longview, Texas
Worked part-time and PRN as a staff nurse taking care of adult patients in Telemetry.
7/01-9/01 Staff Nurse, Med/Surg-Springfield Hospital-Springfield, VT
Worked full-time hours as an agency nurse in Springfield, VT caring for adult patients.
1/99-8/99 Staff Nurse, Greater Hospice of Texas-Longview, Texas
Worked on a PRN and part-time basis as a staff nurse caring for terminally ill patient. Supervisor-Mindy White, RN
10/96-1/99 Staff Nurse, Hospice Longview-Longview, Texas
Worked full-time as a staff nurse for one and a half years and then PRN on weekends from 2/98-1/99. Cared holistically for terminally ill patients in their homes and nursing home settings.
2/98-5/98 Staff Nurse, Comprehensive Home Health-Longview, Texas
Worked full-time as a staff nurse caring for patients in their homes for routine skilled and supervisory visits.
7/94-6/96 Staff Nurse, Nursery-Good Shepherd Medical Center-Longview, Texas
Worked as a staff RN in newborn nursery, NIMC, and NICU.
4/94-7/94 Staff Nurse, Renal Transplant Unit-East Texas Medical Center-Tyler, Texas
Worked as a full-time staff nurse caring for post-transplantation and dialysis patients in a holistic manner.
1991-1994 Staff Nurse, MICU and SICU-Good Shepherd Medical Center
Worked as staff nurse taking total care of patients. Initially took care of patients in MICU and SICU due to units being joined. New separate MICU unit built within hospital and transferred to MICU at that time. Became ACLS certified while working in MICU and served as a preceptor to graduate nurses.
Supervisor-Pat Burkle, RN, BSN
EDUCATION
1989-1991 Associate=s Degree, Kilgore College School of Nursing
9/98-5/2000 Bachelor of Science Degree in Nursing, East Texas Baptist University