Registered Nurse

• Jul 2011 - Present

2011- 2015 -Charge RN on a Medical Surgical / Telemetry / Infectious Disease / Ventilator Unit -Preceptor - Oriented multiple new graduate RN's -Diabetes Champion - received diabetes education to answer patient questions during hospitalization and help to direct patients toward diabetes self-management and control after discharge. 2015- Present -Emergency Department RN -Leadership abilities as charge nurse, triage nurse, and preceptor for new hires/graduates. -Clinical skills: IV starts, Pushes, Drips, 12 lead EKG, cardiac monitor, drawing blood, NG/OG tube insertion, Foley catheters, and computer charting. -Collaborate with doctors and emergency staff in the assessment, planning, and implementation of patient treatment. -Assist in the care of cardiac arrests, stroke codes, sexual assaults, acute chest pain, respiratory failure, ETOH, asthma, GI bleed, drug over dose, and conscious sedations. -Maintain safe and effective care to patients across the lifespan with different acuity levels in a time- restricted and demanding environment. Show less