Heather Imbo
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PROFILE:
Graduate of an associate nursing program, seeking a Nursing position where I can build and develop my current clinical and patient care skills while applying the academic knowledge I have gained during my educational pursuits.
EDUCATION:
Dutchess Community College, Poughkeepsie, NY
Associates in Applied Science ~ Nursing January 2011
NY RN license number 641306
CT RN license number 101596
CPR: 2012 CPI: 2013
Pace University ~ Dyson College, White Plains, NY
MPA ~ Healthcare June 2007
PI ALPHA ALPHA Honors - GPA 3.8
Manhattanville College, Purchase, NY
Bachelor of Arts, May 1999
Major: Biology Minor: Political Science
WORK EXPERIENCE:
MCCA, Danbury CT
May 2012 – Present
Part time / Per diem Registered Nurse
*Administer medications per detox protocols.
*Complete admissions/intakes and discharges of clients per MCCA guidelines.
*Maintain client confidentiality pursuant to federal, state and HIPPA regulations.
*Attend to day-to-day health concerns and conditions.
*Actively participate in multi-disciplinary review.
*Routinely measure patients’ vital signs & collect specimen samples.
Ethan Allen Staffing Agency, Poughkeepsie NY
September 2011 – May 2012
Assignment: Mount Kisco Medical Group
Registered Nurse -Vascular Surgery, Cardiology & Internal Medicine
*Administer medications and send in prescriptions per doctors’ orders.
*Assess suture sites, remove stitches, and change simple dressings.
*Set up in-office procedure and sterile fields with equipment needed for surgery.
*Scrub in and assist surgeon during sterile procedures.
*Review pre-op and post-op instructions to ensure there are no questions or complications.
*Triage patient calls, chart notes in electronic medical record and make appointments.
*Record and report vital signs and current medications in electronic medical record.
*Point of care blood glucose testing.
*Schedule procedures and ultrasounds do EKG’s, and INR’s.
Somers Manor Nursing Home, Somers NY
May 2011 – August 2011
Part time Registered Nurse- float
*Administer medication to 40 different residents via g-tube, IV, needle and pill.
*Assist CNA’s with activities of daily living for all residents.
*Observe and maintain all safety precautions, ensure that bed alarms are set, that beds are in the lowest position with side rails in place & call bells in place and answer call bells in a timely manner.
*Chart on a 24 hour report as well as in individual charts whenever there has been a change in status.
*Handle telephone doctor orders for labs, medications and treatments, enter them in MAR and in computer based system.
*Work on the locked dementia/Alzheimer unit.