Experience

Durham VA Medical Center

• United States
• Medical Practices
• 1 - 100 Employee

• PACT Manager in Women's Health Clinic

  • Jan 2016 - Present

  Function as a Patient Aligned Care Team Care Manager. Provides the veterans with excellent quality and compassionate care in the Women’s Health Clinic by following the I-CARE model of the U. S. Department of Veteran Affairs. Highlights • Charge Nurse • Active Staff Nurse • Patient Navigator for Multi-interdisciplinary teams • Telephone Triage Nurse • GYN Resource Nurse • Clinical Triage Nurse • Hurricane Matthew Command-base Dispatcher & Triage Nurse for NC Veterans • Sterilite-Infection Control Champion • Preceptor • Clinical Practice & Process Committee Member • Performance Improvement Committee Member • Unit Liaison for Joint Commission Show less



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Durham VA HCS

• Durham, NC

• Clinical Nurse II Emergency Department

  • Mar 2015 - Jan 2017

  Provides excellent, quality and compassionate care in an Emergency room that serves the Veterans of the United States of America whom have served our country. In this 23 bed/4 bed psych Emergency room, responsible for the management of Veterans with Chest pain, Respiratory illnesses, Abdominal pain, Substance Abuse/Mental health, Strokes, Women’s Health, and other co-morbidities. Highlights • Active Staff Nurse • Clinical Triage Nurse • Charge Nurse • Preceptor • Resource Nurse • Nurse First • Education Committee Chair- 2017 • Education Committee Member-2015-2017 • True CPR and Capnography Champion • Unit Based Council Member 2015-2017 Duties • Triage Veterans using the correct ESI Classifications for the appropriate level of care. • Provide excellent customer service to Veterans while providing family-centered care. • Cardiac and respiratory monitoring. • Implement/Monitor/Report hemodynamic monitoring and critical lab values. • Nursing Preceptor/Charge Nurse • Maintaining/monitoring arterial and central lines • Efficient in starting peripheral Intravenous lines • Discharge Veterans using appropriate resources for follow up care in the home. • Educate Veterans and their families on their diagnoses and illnesses. • Initiates/Calculates/Titrate appropriate drips for the management of the Veterans Cardiac and respiratory illness. Show less



WakeMed

• United States
• Hospitals and Health Care
• 700 & Above Employee

• Clinical Nurse II/III Emergency Department

  • Feb 2012 - Jan 2017

  Provide excellent quality and compassionate care to clients in a fast paced, high acuity critical care Emergency Room. Responsible for the management of Level One Trauma patients, Code STEMI, Adult Codes, Adult Code Strokes, Chest pain, Respiratory illnesses, and Mental Health Patients.Highlights• Stroke Resource Nurse• Member of Social Retention Committee• Member of Professional Recognition Program• Emergency Room Charge Auditor/ICD-10 prepared• Quality Improvement- Trauma Auditor• Team Leader• Epic Super User• Discharge Nurse Committee memberDuties• Triage patients using the correct ESI Classifications for the appropriate level of care.• Provide excellent customer service to patients while providing family-centered care.• Cardiac and respiratory monitoring.• Assist with chest tube and Endotracheal Tube insertion.• Inserting/ maintaining peripheral IV’s, monitoring central and arterial lines.• Insert /maintain ultrasound guided peripheral IV’s for patient with compromised veins.• Evidence-base guided care of hemodynamic monitoring and critical lab values.• Trauma Script for Trauma one and trauma alert patients.• Providing bedside patient report and accurate documentation.• Managed the care of Carolina Donor Service patients.• Initiates/Calculates/Titrates IV drips such as Levophed, Dopamine, Cardene, Mannitol, Heparin, Insulin, Precedex and Propofol.• Administered other medications such as Labetalol, Ativan, Versed, Norcuron, Cardizem, Nitroglycerin, Fentanyl, and Morphine.• Collaborates with an interdisciplinary team of physicians, midlevels, nurses and trauma technicians.• Precept new graduates and nurses new to the Emergency Room. Show less

• Clinical Nurse II Neurological-Surgical Intensive Care

  • Sep 2011 - Jan 2015

  Implementation and delivery competent and safe patient/family-centered care of care to Adult Neurological-Trauma and Surgical Critical Care patients.Highlights• Member of Shared Governance Committee• CAUTI Committee• Social Retention Committee• Acute Stoke Team member• MAK Super UserDuties• Provide care for complex neurosurgical critical care patients• Monitor and Implement care based on hemodynamic monitoring and critical lab values.• Monitor and Maintain care of ICP monitors, Ventricle/Lumbar drains, Licox and Bolts.• Insert/monitor/maintain peripheral IV’s and monitor arterial lines.• Recovered direct admit post-op Craniotomy and Aneurysm patients.• Perform bedside dysphagia and NIHSS screenings for TIA/Stroke patients.• Observed EEG monitoring for Seizure patients.• Performed Trans Doppler Ultrasounds for patients with Aneurysms. • Assist the physician in placing central lines, Bolts and Licox’s for ICP monitoring.• Initiates/Calculates/Titrates IV drips such as Levophed, Dopamine, Cardene, Mannitol, Heparin, Insulin, Precedex and Propofol.• Administered other medications such as Labetalol, Ativan, Versed, Norcuron, Cardizem, Nitroglycerin, Fentanyl, and Morphine.• Managed the care of Carolina Donor Service patients.• Provide bedside patient report and Neurological assessments with on-coming nurse.• Collaborates with neurosurgeons, ICU physicians, trauma team and other nurses. • Functions as a Charge nurse and Adult Code Team nurse. Show less

• Clinical Nurse III Observation/Step-down (PRN)

  • Feb 2009 - Jan 2015

  Provided excellent quality care to clients in a fast-paced high acuity Observation/Step-down Unit as Unit Charge Nurse and active staff nurse.Highlights• Member of Shared Governance Council• Member of Professional Performance Program• GPS Mentor• Stroke Resource Nurse• Infection Control Resource Nurse• Wound Vac Resource Nurse• Skin Resource Nurse• Hospital wide Pain Committee• MAK Super UserDuties• Performed multiple duties as unit Charge nurse• Admits/Transfers/Discharge patients• Observed/Monitored Cardiac and respiratory monitors of step-down patients.• Maintained standards for Joint Commission accredited Comprehensive Stroke Center• Initiated appropriate level of care for critical ill patients.• Collaborates with an interdisciplinary team of physicians, nurses and trauma technicians. Show less



UNC Health

• United States
• Hospitals and Health Care
• 700 & Above Employee

• Clinical Nurse III GYN/Oncology/Surgery

  • Aug 2006 - Apr 2009

  Provided personal quality care for clients in a high acuity Women’s Oncology/Surgical Unit. Delivered excellent care as Unit Charge Nurse, Resource and active staff nurse. Highlights• Member of Shared Governance Council• Voted Emergency/Critical Care Nurse for the unit• Hospital wide Falls Committee• Chemotherapy Resource Nurse• Radiation Resource NurseDuties• Provided Chemotherapy.• Delivered excellent Customer Service.• Managed care for patients with Cervical, Ovarian, and Uterine cancer.• Recovered Post-op patients with GYN procedures.• Administered Chemotherapy and rescue medication for chemo reactions.• Accessed port-a-cath for phlebotomy and drug infusions.• Functioned as unit charge nurse.• Assigned new admissions to nursing staff appropriately and fairly.• Collaborates with an interdisciplinary team of physicians, nurses and trauma technicians. Show less

• Clinical Nurse III GI/Oncology/Surgery

  • 2004 - 2009

  Provided personal quality care for clients in a high acuity GI/Oncology/Surgical Unit. Delivered excellent care as an Unit Charge Nurse, Resource and active staff nurse. Highlights• Wound Vac Resource Nurse• WOCN Resource Liaison• Hospital wide Skin Committee• Unit Education Committee• Radiation Resource NurseDuties• Managed care of bariatric surgical patients.• Managed care of ulcerative colitis, crohn’s disease, and complex GI surgeries.• Responsible for the care of EC fistulas, ostomies, tracheas, epidurals, and central lines.• Delivered excellent Customer Service.• Collaborates with an interdisciplinary team of physicians, nurses and certified nursing aides.• Functioned as unit charge nurse. Show less



Duke Raleigh Hospital

• United States
• Hospitals and Health Care
• 700 & Above Employee

• Clinical Nurse II Float PRN

  • 2006 - 2009

  Provided float support as needed for medical/surgical/oncology/emergency departments. Provided float support as needed for medical/surgical/oncology/emergency departments.