Experience

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  U.S. Department Of Veterans Affairs

  • Registered Nurse Triage
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  U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs

  • Santa Rosa, California

  • Registered Nurse Triage

    • Apr 2016 - Present
    • Santa Rosa, California

    I am the Triage RN who helped develop this position that did not exist before. Technically I am a Patient Aligned Care Team (PACT) RN but we have so many triage / walk in patients that we simply had to develop protocol to deal with this issue. Due to my extensive background in the ER and the fi...

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  Timber Cove Volunteer Fire Department

  • Cazadero, California

  • EMS / Fire / Rescue

    • Mar 2001 - Present
    • Cazadero, California

    Most of our calls are medical but I also respond to Wildland and structure fires, rescue calls and all natural disasters.

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  Sonoma West Medical Center

  • Sebastopol, California

  • Registered Nurse

    • Sep 2015 - Apr 2016
    • Sebastopol, California

    Emergency Department RN and back up resource RN to MedSurg. I left somewhat reluctantly to return to the VA. I started my medical career here many years ago when it was Palm Drive Hospital.

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  U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs

  • San Francisco, California

  • Emergency Department Charge R.N.

    • Nov 2008 - Nov 2014
    • San Francisco, California

    Charge Nurse in an extremely busy Emergency Department treating a wide range of issues including common clinic type issues, Post Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD), alcoholism and drug addiction and the usual ER complaints. This Department is united by a common mission - to serve veterans with res...

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  Loloma Foundation

  • Registered Nurse

    • Dec 2007 - Dec 2010

    The Loloma Foundation is a non-profit that was formed to support the heavily burdened medical/dental system already in place in island nations of the South Pacific. We distribute medicine, clothing, school supplies, and other necessities to many agencies throughout the South Pacific, including Fi...

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  Healdsburg District Hospital

  • Registered Nurse

    • Apr 2008 - Jan 2010

    I worked in the Emergency Room and MedSurg at this small community hospital in Healdsburg, California.

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  Metropolitan Medical

  • Registered Nurse

    • Apr 2008 - Dec 2008

    1Life Healthcare is a network of boutique medical practices that are transforming primary care. Initally beginning in San Francisco they now have a substantial presence in New York. I was part of the intial team of Registered Nurses hired to be available by phone for prescription renewals and t...

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  U.S. Department of Agriculture, APHIS

  • Program and Budget Analyst

    • Feb 1989 - Jun 1990

    • Responsible for program and budget analysis of programs with a total agency budget of more than 320 million dollars.• Developed Agency budgets for inclusion in the President's budget proposal to congress.• Briefed agency officials prior to Congressional budget hearings; developed written re...

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  Peace Corps

  • Returned Peace Corps Volunteer

    • Jun 1985 - Jun 1987

    I worked in Fiji with the Ministry of Youth and Sports in Youth Development. I was based in Levuka, the old Capitol of Fiji on the island of Ovalau in the Lomaiviti Province. One of the more pivotal experiences of my life. I still visit Fiji and my ex-in-laws. I was last there in January, 2008...