Registered Nurse at Varicosity Vein Center (2025-02 – Present)
- Performing detailed pre-operative evaluations
- Verifying informed consents and medical documentation that includes allergies, medication history, surgical expectations
- Educating patients on the medical process before, during and after procedures
- Providing calm, compassionate care and patient interaction
- Use of strong critical thinking and organizational skills
- Coordinates patients medical records electronic system
- Developing patient education plans
- Scheduling post operative appointments and follow up care
- Working with a team and on tasks that require individual work and organizational skill
Registered Nurse at Baptist Medical Center East (2016-05 – 2025-02)
Surgical Services- Surgery Holding
- Provide and see overall duties of the charge nurse role as Charge Nurse
- Managing the flow of the surgery board, cases and delegating tasks
- Train/precept all newly hired employees in the surgical holding unit and main operating room with day to day functions in the RN role of patient care, equipment and daily requirements needed for patient care as Preceptor
- Help lead the employee in developing effective communication of the patient care to the patient and that of the surgical staff team and physician
- Provide effective communication between surgeons and internal OR staff for patient procedures
- Effectiveness in coordinating Emergency cases
- Provide initial assessment of patients for surgical procedure
- Provide a complete pre-op day of surgery if the patient's unable to pre-admit before surgery date
- Perform IV's, EKG's
- Administration of medications preoperatively
- Monitor patients after TAP blocks with sedation
- Selected as Super user with Space-labs patient monitors
- Charge nurse for OR surgery holding and main OR
- Scheduling surgeries
- Communicating with physicians and offices regarding surgical procedures and information
- Coordinating OR surgeries with Team Leaders and Anesthesia start and stop times
- Providing teamwork and communication between Anesthesia, OR, PACU, and day surgery units
- Transporting patients from units to surgery
Registered Nurse at The Center for Pain (2015-04 – 2016-04)
Registered Nurse of the office. Procedure Nurse.
- Perform initial patient assessment before an epidural or joint injection
- Perform IV's
- Provide physician assistance with procedures
- Recover patients from procedures with and without sedation
- Recover patients from blood patches
- Assist physicians with trigger injections, botox, and IM injections
- Assist with patient rounding and prescriptions
- Phone nurse
Registered Nurse 1-South at Baptist Medical Center East (2014-05 – 2015-04)
Full Time then PRN
Emergency Department Technician; Greeter; Patient Service Representative (registration) at EAMC-Lanier (formally Lanier Health Services) (2008-08 – 2014)
- Assist nurses with care of critically ill and unstable patients in high stress environments
- Phlebotomy
- Performing 12 Lead EKG
- Assisting patient with activities of daily living
- Cardiac monitor use
- Obtaining vital signs and labs
- Patient transportation
- CPR
- Creating patient charts registering
- Insurance verification
Assistant Teacher at Fairfax Baptist Wee Ministries (2008-02 – 2008-08)
- Assist teacher with child care and learning objectives
