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Med Surg Nurse-12 Years Experience

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EDUCATION: ADN, Tri-County Technical College, Pendleton, SC 29670, 2012 BSN, University of South Carolina Upstate, Spartanburg, SC 29303, 2014 MSN, University of South Carolina, Columbia, SC 29208, 2016 WORK HISTORY: 01/2021 - 01/2025 Travel Nurse- Medical Surgical Telemetry Wake Forest Baptist Health- High Point, NC Ascension Via Christi St. Francis- Wichita, KS Baptist Health Medical Center- Little Rock,AR Ascension St. John Medical Center- Tulsa, OK Providence Regional Medical Center- Everett, WA Mission Hospital- Asheville, NC 10/2014 - 01/2021 Prisma Health Seneca, SC ICU Medical ICU Intermediate Staff Nurse and Assistant Nurse Manager of ICU 10/2012 -10/2014 Ty Cobb Regional Medical Center Lavonia, GA Critical Care Staff Nurse 02/2012 – 10/2012 Oconee Medical Center Seneca, SC Critical Care Unit Progressive Care Unit Staff Nurse Certifications: Advanced Cardiac Life Support (ACLS) Basic Life Support (BLS) National Institute of Health Stroke Scale Certified (NIHSS) Familiar Interventions and Topics ▪ Completes individualized fall risk assessments and implementation of fall risk protocol ▪ Insert and maintain nasogastric tube and monitor tube feeding ▪ Maintain and remove Jackson Pratt and Hemovac drains ▪ Insert and monitor Foley catheters ▪ Monitor and troubleshoot Wound VAC ▪ Provide wound care for surgical patients, pressure injuries, and trauma related sites such as gunshot and stab wounds ▪ Perform pin site care for external fixators ▪ Complete head to toe assessments including NIHSS stroke assessment ▪ Maintain chest tube and document output ▪ Report critical lab values and findings to providers ▪ Administer blood and blood products, monitor patients for reactions ▪ Insert and monitor rectal tube ▪ Complete suicide risk assessments and maintain safe patient environment ▪ Provide patients with education prior to discharge ▪ Monitor and provide intervention for patients at risk for skin breakdown ▪ Performed skin assessments for prevention of pressure ulcers, treated pressure ulcers, and changed plan of care accordingly ▪ Maintained and monitored chest tubes, rectal tubes, PEG tubes, nasogastric tubes, biliary drains, surgical drains, and Wound Vacs ▪ Epic and Cerner charting ▪ Stroke-NIHSS ▪ Suicide Precautions ▪ Spinal Precautions ▪ PCA Pump ▪ Chest Tube Management ▪ Intravenous Management ▪ Rhythm Strip Interpretation ▪ Safe Patient Handling ▪ Patient Safety Goals ▪ Staffing and Productivity ▪ Employee Retention ▪ Workplace Violence and Bullying ▪ Leadership and Administration ▪ ER Throughput Times ▪ Documentation Auditing ▪ HCAP Scores ▪ Safe Medication Administration ▪ Adverse Drug Reactions ▪ CLABSI and CAUTI Prevention ▪ Blood Transfusion/Reaction ▪ Restraints ▪ Sepsis Protocol ▪ Nasogastric Tube Insertion ▪ Foley Catheter Insertion