Experience

Team Select Home Care, formerly Integrity Health Services

• United States
• Hospitals and Health Care
• 100 - 200 Employee

• Registered Nurse

  • Sep 2020 - Present



ALEXIAN BROTHERS

• United States
• Hospitals and Health Care
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Registered Nurse

  • Jun 2015 - Present

  - critical care nurse specializing in neuro icu (stroke rescue, stroke recovery, intensive neuro monitoring) - charge nurse- staffing, managing flow in and out of unit, managing difficult patients and families, responding to rapid response calls throughout the hospital, running codes, staff resource - ACLS certified - critical care nurse specializing in neuro icu (stroke rescue, stroke recovery, intensive neuro monitoring) - charge nurse- staffing, managing flow in and out of unit, managing difficult patients and families, responding to rapid response calls throughout the hospital, running codes, staff resource - ACLS certified



Advocate Illinois Masonic Medical Center

• Chicago

• Nurse Clinician III

  • Jul 2010 - May 2015

  Oncology/Medical Surgical Inpatient Unit - Nurse Clinician III - Charge Nurse - Graduate of RN Residency Program - Preceptor for new and experienced RN’s - Consistent unit champion for new innovations, policy changes and new equipment - Presented for two Nursing Grant Rounds on Central Line Infections and the CANDO Protocol - Committee Head of C2IT- Initiated projects to improve the unit such as: discharge wheelchairs, welcome sheet, new hand washing stations, employee identification, employee of the month, and wound care cart - Mentor for RN Residency program for 1 year



Baxter Health Care

• Dekalb, IL

• Senior Plasma Technician

  • Sep 2008 - May 2010

  Plasma collection center – multiple responsibilities processing and caring for patients. - Vein access/puncture (over forty donors daily) - Plasmapheresis initiation, perform and document patient vitals, finger stick donors - Troubleshooting technical problems such as machine errors, vein pressure, adjust needle etc. - Managing and treating hypovolemic reactions, hematomas, red blood cell loss, vein puncture problems - Utilize a refractometer to measure hematocrit, and protein levels in plasma



Biolife Plasma Svc

• United States
• Hospitals and Health Care
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Senior Plasma Technician

  • Sep 2008 - May 2010



St. Alexius Medical Center

• Hospitals and Health Care
• 500 - 600 Employee

• Nurse Intern

  • May 2009 - Jul 2009

  Patient care - Oncology/Medical Surgical/Hospice unit. Managed up to 5 patients per day. - Blood draws, medication administration, sterile and non sterile dressing changes, Catheter and IV insertion, picc line and central line care, assisting with codes, injections, G-tube/J-tube care, surgical drain care, tube feedings, suctioning, wound vac care etc. Patient care - Oncology/Medical Surgical/Hospice unit. Managed up to 5 patients per day. - Blood draws, medication administration, sterile and non sterile dressing changes, Catheter and IV insertion, picc line and central line care, assisting with codes, injections, G-tube/J-tube care, surgical drain care, tube feedings, suctioning, wound vac care etc.



Oak Crest Retirement Home

• United States
• Hospitals and Health Care
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Nurse Assistant

  • Feb 2006 - Feb 2008

  Responsible for numerous aspects of patient care. Assist patients with activities of daily living. - Perform and document patient vitals - Patient assessments - General patient care: wound prevention, bathing, feeding, well being - Transfer and transport patients Responsible for numerous aspects of patient care. Assist patients with activities of daily living. - Perform and document patient vitals - Patient assessments - General patient care: wound prevention, bathing, feeding, well being - Transfer and transport patients



Sunrise Assisted Living

• Crystal Lake, IL

• Nurse Assistant

  • Jun 2005 - Aug 2006

  Responsible for numerous aspects of patient care. - Medication administration - General patient care: Patient vitals, blood sugar checks, insulin injections, nebulizers, inhalers, eye drops, etc. - Assist and perform emergency management: CPR, patient stabilization, etc. Responsible for numerous aspects of patient care. - Medication administration - General patient care: Patient vitals, blood sugar checks, insulin injections, nebulizers, inhalers, eye drops, etc. - Assist and perform emergency management: CPR, patient stabilization, etc.