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xxx-xxx-xxxx • abc@xyz.com

 

 

service-oriented registered nurse seeking a challenging position where expertise in healthcare procedure, critical care and plan of care implementation skills will prove instrumental to employer success.

 

profile

 

• offer solid and progressive experience as a compassionate healthcare professional, including expertise within organizational, time-management and patient care capacities.
• in depth expertise in identifying critical situations and expediting quality patient treatment procedures.
• strong background providing care to patients who are experiencing or are at-risk for experiencing life-threatening conditions, including major invasive surgery, trauma and organ failure.
• experienced in compassionately handling end-of-life issues and ethical dilemmas related to withholding and withdrawing futile medical care.
• proven ability to blend strong decision-making abilities with outstanding organizational skills, solid leadership attributes, and successful interpersonal relationship-building techniques.
• apply sharp problem-solving proficiencies and cost-effective strategies, along with exceptional written and verbal communication skills, to the healthcare environment.
• specialize in icu, micu, sicu, and cvu.

 

professional experience

 

medical surgical rn shelby baptist                                                                                         2007-present

• effectively handle all hemodynamic monitoring, from watching titration drips and weaning patient from ventilators to monitoring central/arterial pressures and moderate sedation.
• actively manage patient plan of care implementation, while rounding with physicians and updating charts.
• responsible for overseeing continuous dialysis, wound care, pulling sheaths, and pre/post left heart catherization.
• specialize in icu, including micu, sicu and cvu.

 

icu rn medical staffing network                                                                                                1996-2006

• critical care rn, responsible for assessing and monitoring patients to identify changes in condition that warrant immediate intervention by physicians and healthcare team.
• actively monitored medically unstable patients, requiring constant cardiac/respiratory care and continual adjustment of treatments, such as the titration and dosing of multiple intravenous medications and changes in ventilatory support.
• utilized critical care nursing skills in the interpretation, integration and response of a wide array of clinical information.

charge nurse brookwood medical center                                                                                   2003-2005

• actively supervise 32-bed orthopedic unit, responsible for rounding with physicians, bed control, staffing, patient assessment, plan of care implementing.

professional education

associates of science in nursing wallcae state community college hanceville, al                              2003 
lpn certificate bessemer state community college bessemer, al                                                        date
bachelor program excelsior college distance learning                               anticipated graduation 1/2010

member american association of critical care nurses
member alpha kappa alpha sorority incorporated

acls certification

bls certification