Bailey Wilson

Registered Nurse with 8 years of nursing experience across high-acuity telemetry, medical-surgical, long-term acute care, and behavioral health settings, including a Level I Trauma Center. Strong clinical assessment, clinical judgment, interdisciplinary care coordination, patient education, documentation, and recognition of changes in patient condition. Experienced with complex wounds, wound VACs, chest tubes, ostomies, PICC and midline therapy, IV antibiotics, enteral feeding, medication administration, and electronic medical records.

Adaptable across diverse clinical settings with a strong record of accurate documentation, patient advocacy, teamwork, and independent prioritization.

Registered Nurse – Cardiac Telemetry at University Medical Center (2024-03 – 2026-08)

• Performed comprehensive clinical assessments for high-acuity telemetry and medical-surgical patients, recognizing changes in condition and escalating care appropriately.
• Reviewed and synthesized complex clinical information to support physician decision-making and safe patient management.
• Collaborated with physicians, pharmacy, respiratory therapy, rehabilitation, and case management to coordinate treatment and discharge planning.
• Maintained accurate and thorough documentation in Epic while supporting regulatory requirements, continuity of care, patient privacy, and quality standards.
• Managed competing clinical priorities in a high-volume Level I Trauma Center while maintaining patient safety and quality of care.
• Provided independent float coverage to Neuro/Stroke, Trauma Med-Surg, Acute Surgery, Bariatric Surgery, Isolation, and Medical-Surgical units, rapidly adapting to varied workflows.
• Mentored newly licensed RNs and LPNs, providing guidance on workflows, clinical education, and professional development.

Registered Nurse – Long-Term Acute Care at BridgePoint Healthcare (2023-07 – 2024-04)

• Delivered skilled nursing care to medically complex adults requiring extended acute-care management, including assessment, care planning, intervention, and evaluation of outcomes.
• Managed complex wound and surgical needs, including negative-pressure wound therapy (wound VACs), chest tubes, ostomies, and routine and specialized dressing changes.
• Administered and monitored long-term IV antibiotic therapy through PICC lines, midlines, and peripheral IV access, including line care, dressing changes, and assessment for complications.
• Provided enteral nutrition and comprehensive feeding-tube care while monitoring tolerance and maintaining safe, consistent delivery.
• Performed physical, psychosocial, educational, and safety assessments for patients with prolonged and complex medical conditions.
• Collaborated with physicians, patients, families, and interdisciplinary teams to coordinate complex care, communicate changes in condition, and support continuity of treatment.
• Maintained accurate, timely clinical documentation in the hospital EMR while adhering to facility policies, procedures, and standards of care.

LPN – Long-Term Acute Care at BridgePoint Healthcare (2022-02 – 2023-07)

• Provided skilled nursing care to medically complex adult patients requiring extended acute-level care, including patients with multiple comorbidities, respiratory needs, complex wounds, enteral nutrition, infections, and complex medication regimens.
• Performed ongoing focused assessments, monitored vital signs and clinical status, recognized changes in condition, and promptly communicated concerns to RNs, physicians, and interdisciplinary team members.
• Administered scheduled and PRN medications and provided IV therapies within scope, including monitoring patients receiving IV antibiotics for therapeutic response, adverse effects, and complications.
• Provided complex wound and skin care, including wound assessment, dressing changes, pressure injury prevention, and ongoing monitoring of healing and complications.
• Managed enteral nutrition and feeding tubes, including tube feed administration, medication administration, and monitoring for tolerance and complications.
• Provided care for patients with PICCs, midlines, chest tubes, ostomies, urinary catheters, and other complex medical devices, lines, and drains.
• Collaborated with RNs, physicians, respiratory therapy, wound care, rehabilitation, case management, and other interdisciplinary teams to coordinate treatment and promote continuity of care.
• Maintained accurate clinical documentation and provided patient/family education regarding medications, treatments, disease processes, safety, and ongoing care needs.

LPN – Inpatient Behavioral Health at Seaside Behavioral Health Hospital (2019-04 – 2022-03)

• Provided psychiatric nursing care to adult patients with complex behavioral health needs, including schizophrenia, bipolar disorder, schizoaffective disorder, depression, anxiety, PTSD, psychosis, and substance use disorders.
• Conducted comprehensive nursing assessments and monitored mental status, behavior, safety, emotional well-being, treatment response, and changes in patient condition.
• Provided crisis intervention and therapeutic de-escalation for patients experiencing acute psychiatric distress, agitation, behavioral escalation, and other mental health crises.
• Implemented patient safety interventions, including management and monitoring of patients requiring behavioral restraints in accordance with facility policies, safety protocols, and regulatory requirements.
• Administered scheduled and PRN medications, including oral and injectable medications, while monitoring therapeutic response, adverse effects, and changes in patient condition.
• Participated in interdisciplinary treatment planning, care conferences, and clinical team meetings to communicate patient status, treatment response, safety concerns, and ongoing behavioral health needs.
• Provided patient education regarding medications, treatment plans, coping strategies, safety, and continuation of care.
• Collaborated with psychiatrists, nurses, therapists, social workers, and other interdisciplinary team members to support individualized treatment plans and safe discharge planning.
• Maintained accurate, timely, and confidential psychiatric documentation, including nursing assessments, medication administration, behavioral observations, interventions, patient response, and treatment-related information.

Associate Degree in Nursing (ADN) – Delgado Community College (2023)

LPN – Nunez Community College (2018)