Registered Nurse, Charge nurse of Infusion Services - Eisenhower Army Medical Center - Augusta, GA
(2007-04)
- Document all nursing care and assessments in the electronic medical record
- Patient teaching regarding infusion therapy and maintenance to ensure patients are knowledgeable about treatment
- Administer therapeutic measures as prescribed by the physician to include, but not limited to medication administration, intravenous fluids, blood transfusions, IV therapy treatments, and maintain those measures taken which are ongoing independently
- Operate and monitor IV pumps and regulators, and temperature regulating devices, and pulse oximetry monitors
- Utilize the nursing process to identify individual patient needs to develop, implement, and evaluate plans of patient care for acutely ill patients
- Maintain training and attend organizational mandatory training in a timely manner
- Actively participate in the advancement of nursing through contributions to knowledge development and education (i.e. in-services on new medications)
- Prepare workload and production reports monthly
Registered Nurse - ICP (Interdisciplinary care planning) Nursing - Orangeburg, SC
(2012-08 - 2015-12)
- Conducted initial assessments and established care plans for newly admitted patients
- Observed and assessed patient's conditions, recognized, identified, and interpreted situations and implemented proper action
- Maintained a log of clients to track information to conduct case management reviews and analysis to include but not limited to patient demographic data and clinical variances
- Evaluated competency levels for CNAs to ensure assignments were distributed based on competency
Registered Nurse - Doctor's Hospital - Augusta, GA
(2005-06 - 2008-08)
- Accepted responsibility as team leader and/or charge nurse
- Experience in assessing the needs of patients, prioritized and organized plan of care from admission through discharge
- Provided comprehensive nursing care to medical-surgical patients to include age specific care to meet physical, emotional, spiritual, and social-cultural needs of the patient, by means of direct care and teaching
- Utilized the nursing process to identify individual needs, implemented and evaluated plans of care for rehabilitative patients
- Documented observations, nursing interventions, responses to therapeutic measures and status of coordinated activities between nursing and other professional disciplines utilizing the approved facility format
Full time student, Associate Nursing degree program - Orangeburg-Calhoun Technical College - Orangeburg, SC
(2003-08 - 2005-05)
Back Office Assistant - South Carolina Orthopedic Institute - Orangeburg, SC
(2002-04 - 2003-10)
- Patient triage to obtain history and current conditions to ensure patients received care that was medically necessary
- Patient teaching on care and maintenance of orthopedic devices to ensure patient knowledgeable on proper use of equipment
- Assisted physicians with minor procedures (i.e. Cast application/removal, steroid injections)
ICD-9 Coder - Applied Reimbursement Techniques - Mobile, AL
(2000-05 - 2002-04)
- Applied comprehensive knowledge of medical terminology, anatomy and physiology, disease processes, treatments, diagnostic tests, medications, procedures to include principles and practices of health services to ensure proper code selection
- Performed a comprehensive review of the health record to abstract medical, surgical, ancillary, demographic, social, and administrative data to ensure complete data capture
- Selected and assigned code from the current version of coding systems to include International Classification of Disease (ICD-9)
- Reviewed coding and assisted coders in improving accuracy and consistency
Medical Assistant/Secretary - Springhill Memorial Hospital - Mobile, AL
(1996-10 - 2000-05)
- Obtain and record physiological measurements pre and postoperatively
- Performed venipunctures for lab draws to obtain pre-procedural baseline
- Obtained electrocardiograms for pre-op patients
- Assisted nurses with patient care/treatments
- Answered telephones and transcribed physician's orders when needed
Medical Service Specialist - USAF Active Duty
(1989-09 - 1996)
Medical Service Specialist - USAF Reserves
(1996-09 - 1997)
