Licensed nurse with over 20 years of clinical experience in management, operating room, and emergency room environment
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Licensed nurse with over 20 years of clinical experience in management, operating room, and emergency room environment. I am seeking an outside sales role with a medical device company in a highly competitive environment focused on performance-based sales where I can utilize my clinical experience and ability to connect with customers and help my company achieve their financial goals with a patient first mindset.
ER/ICU/ACUTE CARE DIALYSIS NURSE - SAMPSON REGIONAL MEDICAL CENTER
(2023-12)
Acute care dialysis nurse responsible for advocating and educating patients on dialysis needs and care. Assist doctors in developing surgical/clinical plan based on individual patient needs.
OR SURGICAL NURSE - HIGHSMITH RAINEY SPECIALTY HOSPITAL
(2021-01 - 2023-12)
Nurse coordinator responsible for surgery scheduling, pre and post op nurse care. Work with surgeons and staff on surgical needs in specialty hospital focused on wide array of clinical surgeries in pediatric and adults.
OR CHARGE NURSE - VALLEYGATE DENTAL SURGERY CENTER
(2018-03 - 2020-05)
Helped open state of the art dental surgery center. Responsible for OR and Nursing personnel to assist with dental surgery for special needs; pediatric; and complex dental surgical procedures requiring anesthesia. Trained and managed 7 nurses on daily basis; set up surgery schedules; preop assessments; post-op follow-up; gaining surgical clearance from providers to proceed with surgery.
Also responsible for inventory of medications and narcotics. Opened 2 additional surgical sites in Greensboro and Charlotte. Furloughed due to covid in 2020.
CLINICAL MANAGER - CAPE FEAR ORTHOPEDICS
(2016-04 - 2018-03)
Recruited by orthopedic surgeons that I worked with in the ER to manage 42 staff members, clinical manager over 3 clinical sites, handling operational aspects, implementing directives, establishing new protocols for facility, OSHA compliance officer, assigning budgets, meeting quota for the month, organizing and conducting weekly and monthly meetings, ordering new material, product and supplies for clinics, managing in house medications and inventory, hired and fired employees, daily and monthly schedule for staff members, organized training programs for staff to remain competent and compliant, payroll for 42 staff members that fell directly under my supervision and license. Responsible for medical assistants, and CNA's.
EMERGENCY ROOM NURSE - CAPE FEAR VALLEY MEDICAL CENTER
(2000-07 - 2016-04)
Provide care, monitor health conditions, plan long term care needs, administer medications, use of medical equipment, perform minor medical operations, and advised patients and their families on illness, care and continued care. Stabilize and conscious sedations, provide care to people across the lifespan with different conditions from infants to children, pregnant women, and the elderly. Administered critical medications.
Supervised LPN's and CNA's and served as a preceptor/mentor to new nursing staff or students. Charge nurse in certain areas or multiple zones in the ER. Plan integrated continuity of care, working in collaboration with other health care providers and staff to meet patient needs.
Patient and family education when needed.
ASSOCIATE DEGREE - NURSING (RN) - FAYETTEVILLE TECHNICAL COMMUNITY COLLEGE (2013-06)
LICENSED PRACTICAL NURSE - LPN - FAYETTEVILLE TECHNICAL COMMUNITY COLLEGE (1999-06)
