Registered Nurse
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I have worked as a critical care nurse for 10 years and can manage a variety of medical scenarios with confidence and assurance.
U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, Louis B. Stokes Cleveland VA Hospital
Cleveland, OH
Full-time
(40 hours per week)
BEDSIDE CARE: Provide high-level of critical care nursing services in a combined medical/
cardiac intensive care unit. Complete educational modules, maintain certifications, and complete charting requirements via CPRS/PICIS.
ORGANIZATIONAL SKILLS: Aside from bedside care, managing several unit and hospital projects, including capital improvement projects and evidence-based practice projects.
Serve on the Unit Practice Leadership Council.
OUTCOMES & ACCOMPLISHMENTS: Returned to bedside care full-time with an opportunity to expand unit- and hospital-based project participation, including introduction of new clinical tools and the replanting of a rooftop garden for veterans to enjoy while in the hospital.
October 2021 to July 2022
Cleveland Clinic Staffing Resources RN Enterprise Float Pool
Independence, OH
Part-time PRN
(12 hours per 6-week schedule)
BEDSIDE CARE: Provide high-level of critical care nursing services in a need-based float pool. Perform patient care and other RN duties as needed for each shift with 3:1 or 2:1
ratio using evidence-based practice. Complete educational modules, maintain certifications, and complete charting requirements via Epic.
ORGANIZATIONAL SKILLS: Travel through multiple critical care units within the Cleveland
Clinic system with minimal orientation to individual units. Position is very self-directed and requires individual responsibility for scheduling, skill maintenance, and professional conduct.
OUTCOMES & ACCOMPLISHMENTS: Able to provide education in role as experienced support staff to newer, less experienced RNs. Often times on units, I was the most experienced but new to the hospital and/or unit. I was able to provide high level of care while also supporting house staff I had never worked with and completing CCF requirements for my role.
August 2020 to October 2021
Cleveland Clinic, Fairview Hospital Medical Intensive Care Unit
Cleveland, OH
Part-time PRN
(24 hours per week)
BEDSIDE CARE: Provided high-level of critical care nursing services as a unit-based PRN maintaining a regular part-time schedule. Performed patient care and other RN duties as needed for each shift with 3:1 or 2:1 ratio using evidence-based practice. Completed educational modules, maintained certifications, and completed charting requirements via Epic.
ORGANIZATIONAL SKILLS: Maintained senior role on the unit, sharing experience and education with new staff. Served regularly as charge nurse for 26-bed high-acuity critical care unit, and often oriented and mentored new nursing staff.
OUTCOMES & ACCOMPLISHMENTS: In this position, I was able to offer my experience and support to the unit while also working toward better work-life balance. I served as a member of the hospital’s pain management committee that helped develop a new non-
verbal pain scoring tool to replace the NPAT for the entire Cleveland Clinic hospital system. The new tool is set to be launched in April 2022. I also served as a member and secretary of the shared governance committee, planned employee engagement events that had a positive impact on unit morale, and helped to develop new materials for the orientation process. This resulted in the creation of a new welcome guide and education materials.
September 2016 to August 2020
Cleveland Clinic, Fairview Hospital Medical Intensive Care Unit
Cleveland, OH
Full-time
(38 hours per week)
BEDSIDE CARE: Provided high-level of critical care nursing services as a full-time employee working the night shift. Performed patient care and other RN duties as needed for each shift with 3:1 or 2:1 ratio using evidence-based practice. Completed educational modules, maintained certifications, and completed charting requirements via Epic.
ORGANIZATIONAL SKILLS: Developed skills in handling the most critical patients on the unit, as well as acting as a resource to other staff. Worked as charge nurse, maintaining skill balance and staffing on the medical intensive care unit in coordination with two sister critical care units. Completed BSN while maintaining full-time work schedule.
OUTCOMES & ACCOMPLISHMENTS: Participated in several unit-based groups including shared governance, and the skin and pressure ulcer prevention committee. In these groups, we were able to boost morale and improve skin scores on the unit. Advocating for my patients and coworkers has been a primary goal in my nursing care, and I often participated in peer reviews.
I also served as a sepsis champion, providing education to other nurses and helping our unit to be recognized for having the best sepsis outcomes in the entire CCF system. The unit also achieved the best survival rates and overall outcomes across the Cleveland Clinic system in the care of COVID-19 patients that frequently required numerous procedures, pronation, and medication titrations despite staffing and supply challenges.
I also collaborated on a number of quality improvement projects during this time such as:
CLABSI and CAUTI prevention, falls reduction, sepsis care path development, and skin care and pressure ulcer prevention.
June 2015 to March 2016
Cleveland Clinic, Lakewood and Medina hospitals
Lakewood, OH & Medina, OH
Part-time PRN
(12 hours per week)
BEDSIDE CARE: Provided basic care needs for 10 to 20 patients per shift on medical-
surgical, cardiac, post-operative, and orthopedic nursing units.
ORGANIZATIONAL SKILLS: Learned to manage time in the clinic setting, chart using Epic,
and prioritize patient needs.
OUTCOMES: In this position, I really became comfortable with hands-on patient care and was able to familiarize myself with the clinical workflow at the Cleveland Clinic.
July 2017 to October 2018
Bachelor of Science in Nursing
Phoenix, AZ
Full-time
Capstone project on alarm fatigue in the critical care unit
January 2013 to May 2016
Westlake, OH
Full-time
Tri-C Foundation scholarship, 2014
Betty Rosskamm Nursing Scholar Award and Recognition
January 2002 to July 2003
Bachelor of Arts in Journalism
Pittsburgh, PA
Full-time
Internship, Girl Scouts of Southwestern Pennsylvania (graphic design and marketing)
Internship, Innocence Institute of Pennsylvania
Creator and editor of campus literary magazine
Participated in redesign of school newspaper and website
August 2000 to December 2001
Bachelor of Arts in Mass Communication
Bowling Green, OH
Full-time
Degree not obtained, transferred to Point Park University
Copy writer for BGTV, campus broadcast news channel
August 1996 to June 2000
High school diploma, honors curriculum
Columbia Station, OH
Full-time
Participated in numerous clubs and activities, sports, and academic organizations. Graduated in top 5% of class including completion of 13 college credit hours through post-secondary option enrollment at Lorain County Community College and Baldwin Wallace College.
