Registered Nurse - BAYVIEW SURGERY CENTER - Sarasota, FL
(2025-02)
Provide safe, competent nursing care to patients undergoing surgical and procedural interventions.
- Perform preoperative and postoperative assessments and monitor patients for changes in clinical condition.
- Administer medications and treatments safely according to physician orders, facility policies, and nursing standards.
- Monitor patient responses to medications, treatments, anesthesia, and procedures and communicate concerns appropriately.
- Provide postoperative pain assessment, management, education, and discharge instructions.
- Assess surgical sites and wounds and identify findings requiring additional evaluation or intervention.
- Collaborate with physicians, anesthesia providers, nurses, surgical staff, and other healthcare professionals to coordinate patient care.
- Maintain accurate and timely electronic clinical documentation in accordance with regulatory standards.
- Promote patient safety, infection prevention, and appropriate identification throughout the patient care process.
- Educate patients and families regarding medications, wound care, activity restrictions, follow-up care, and postoperative expectations.
Registered Nurse, Medical-Surgical - SARASOTA MEMORIAL HOSPITAL - Sarasota, FL
(2022-09 - 2026-06)
Provided comprehensive nursing care to adult patients in a high-volume acute-care medical-surgical environment.
- Managed multiple patients while prioritizing assessments, medications, treatments, procedures, education, and discharge needs according to patient acuity.
- Performed comprehensive head-to-toe assessments and monitored patients for changes in condition.
- Used clinical judgment to identify changes in patient status and promptly communicated concerns to physicians and members of the interdisciplinary team.
- Administered medications, IV therapies, treatments, and nursing interventions in accordance with physician orders and hospital policies.
- Provided postoperative and surgical patient care, including pain assessment, wound and incision monitoring, mobility assistance, and complication prevention.
- Developed and implemented individualized nursing care plans based on patient assessment findings and treatment goals.
- Assisted patients with mobility and activities of daily living while maintaining appropriate fall-prevention and safety precautions.
- Educated patients and families regarding medications, diagnoses, treatment plans, discharge instructions, and follow-up care.
- Collaborated with physicians, case management, physical therapy, occupational therapy, pharmacy, respiratory therapy, and other healthcare professionals.
- Maintained accurate and timely documentation of assessments, interventions, patient responses, and changes in condition in the electronic medical record.
- Demonstrated strong organization, prioritization, communication, and time-management skills while caring for multiple acute-care patients.
- Advocated for patients and families while consistently promoting safety, dignity, privacy, and patient-centered care.
Certified Medical Assistant - O'DONOGHUE DERMATOLOGY - Sarasota, FL
(2012-04 - 2020-03)
Provided direct patient care and clinical support in a specialty outpatient setting.
- Obtained patient histories and vital signs and assisted with patient assessments.
- Prepared patients for procedures and provided education regarding treatment and follow-up care.
- Assisted providers with clinical procedures while maintaining infection-control and patient-safety standards.
- Documented patient information accurately in the medical record.
- Developed strong patient communication, customer service, clinical organization, and teamwork skills.
