Work:
Shands Medical Center
Progressive Care Nurse
Baptist Medical Center-South - Jacksonville, FL
Certified Surgical Technologist
Memorial Hospital - Jacksonville, FL
Certified Surgical Technologist
Education:
St. John's River State College - Palatka, FL
AS in Nursing
Concorde Career Center - Jacksonville, FL
Certificate in Surgical Technology
Skills:
Excellent people skills and communication abilities. Compassionate, responsible, reliable, professional, and dedicated. Ability to work well as a team member or independently. Extensive knowledge of the principles of asepsis and sterile technique. A clear understanding of what it means to have a surgical conscience and the responsibility to ensure patient safety and quality, as well as for other members of the team. Scrubbed surgical procedures for more than 7 years at the Level 1 Trauma Center at Shands Jax, Shands Gainesville, Memorial Hospital, and Baptist Medical Center-South. Currently working as a Progressive Care Nurse in the CCU at Shands Jax, caring primarily for cardiac patients and their care before and after all cardiac procedures such as Cardiac Catheterization, Pacemaker insertion, CABG, Carotid Endarterectomy, Thoracotomy/VATS. Primary care for patients that present with STEMI and NSTEMI, as well as CHF both new onset and exacerbation.