Evening Pre-Op Charge Nurse - Yuma Advanced Surgical Suites - Yuma, AZ
(2024-10)
Manage nursing shift for facility at private institutions.
- Skilled in telemetry, cardiothoracic surgical prep, orthopedics, medical, surgical, and geriatrics
- Train, schedule, and supervise junior nursing and ancillary staff ensuring compliance with applicable standards of care
- Manage and adhere to departmental budgets ensuring cost effective operations
- Maintain medical technology, procedures, and standards of care using appropriate nursing conferences & seminars
- Employed management proficiency to enhance patient care while cutting extraneous expenses
- Supervised patient scheduling, admission, evaluation, treatment and discharge planning
- Provide professional and courteous intervention and communication with patients, providers and family
- Assisted attending physicians & providers with patient evaluation, monitoring, and implementation of medical care plans
- Educate patients and family members in healthy lifestyle choices and disease management
- Offered guidance and support and training to junior nurses, ancillary nursing staff, and medical technologists
- Supervised confidential patient information, customer service, phones, and other administrative functions as needed
- Manage company inventory replenishing medical and office supplies as needed and initiated resupply of needed items
- Demonstrate ability to remain calm and levelheaded in high pressure situations
- Perform all duties with positivity, professionalism, and dedication to high quality patient care
Registered Nurse - Yuma Regional Medical Center - Yuma, AZ
(2018-04 - 2024-12)
Supervised shift floor, junior nursing and ancillary staff, schedule replacements as needed.
- Assess patients, administer medications, change dressings, and provide other nursing care as needed
- Follow provider's orders and nursing care plans, evaluate effectiveness of care and advocate for changes when outcomes are not optimal
- Accurately document care in both paper and electronic medical record
- Delegate tasks to junior nurses & assistant caregiver's and supervise their work and related patient outcomes
- Involve patients and families in care plans in order to give patient centered and culturally competent care
- Coordinate off-site treatments and schedule patients' appointments
Registered Nurse - Haven Health Yuma - Yuma, AZ
(2016-04 - 2018-09)
Registered Nurse - Southwest Palliative Care Associate - Yuma, AZ
(2014-08 - 2015-02)
Registered Nurse - Palmview Rehabilitation Center - Yuma, AZ
(2009-01 - 2015-02)
Registered Nurse - Yuma Rehabilitation Hospital - Yuma, AZ
(2007-10 - 2009-05)
Registered Nurse - Yuma Regional Medical Center - Yuma, AZ
(2004-09 - 2007-09)
Military Service - United States Air Force
(1999)
Served 13 years in the United States Air Force. Honorable/Medical VA 30% rated discharge in 1999.
