career objective                              

 

patient-focused nurse eager to launch successful career with a progressive hospital committed to the delivery of quality health care/medical services

 

profile                                                

 

ø  recent bsn graduate with clinical rotations in cardiac, icu, adult/pediatric rehabilitation, labor/delivery, postpartum, stroke, and psychiatry as well as practical experience as a patient care technician specializing in dialysis

ø  practical experience in vital signs, head-to-toe assessments, medications administration, catheterization, cannulation, and lab draws; have effectively worked with broad patient populations

ø  effectively provide patient/family education and support

ø  certified, first aid basics, american red cross; active

ø  certified cpr and aed, american red cross; active

 

education                                           

bachelor of science in nursing, gpa: 3.2, drexel university-philadelphia; september 2008

 

clinical experience                          

 

cardiac: frankford torresdale hospital, philadelphia, pa; march-june 2008

  proficiently cared for as many as 4 adult cardiac patients, including post myocardial infarction, dysrhythmias, post cardiac cauterizations, and post coronary artery bypass graft surgery; rotated to icu, working with broad population of patients

 

pediatric rehab: shriner s hospital, philadelphia, pa; january-april 2008

  delivered quality care of spinal cord injury, post spinal fusion and orthopedic injury patients

 

rehabilitation: nazareth hospital, philadelphia, pa; september-december 2007

  worked with 2-3 senior adult patients post-knee/hip replacement

 

labor/delivery and postpartum: bryn mawr hospital, bryn mawr, pa; september-december 2007

  facilitated antepartum, intrapartum and postpartum care of women and newborns

 

stroke: nazareth hospital, philadelphia, pa; january-april 2007

  gained valuable experience in caring for diverse population of stroke patients

 

psychiatric: friends hospital, philadelphia, pa; september-december 2007

  employed therapeutic communication techniques in providing psychiatric care of patients with varied diagnoses ranging from depression/postpartum depression to bi-polar and schizophrenia; performed suicide risk assessments

 

additional background                  

 

patient care technician, fresinius dialysis center, philadelphia, pa; january-september 2007

  actively collaborated with nursing team in patient assessments, treatment planning, intervention, and evaluation, with accountability for 3-4 patients per shift; cannulated patients and drew labs

  set patients up on dialysis machine and closely monitored, including routinely measuring and recording vital signs every 30 minutes

 

volunteer, st. mary s hospital, langhorne, pa; june 2000-august 2003