Work:
John D. Dingell Veterans Hospital
Charge nurse
DMC- Harper Hospital - Detroit, MI
Emergency room nurse collaborating
State Of Michigan - Detroit, MI
Registered Nurse
DMC- Sinai Grace - Detroit, MI
Charge Nurse to a 25 Bed
St. John Providence - Southfield, MI
Graduate Nurse on a Labor and Delivery unit
Education:
Oakland University - Rochester, MI
Bachelor of Science in Nursing
Skills:
* Proficient in Vista, CPRS, BCMA, EMR charting, Microsoft office, word, excel, and spreadsheet. * Performing annual physical health examinations and ordering the appropriate follow-up care and labs based on the results of the examination in a health care clinic setting. * Triage and responding to medical emergencies such as cardiovascular, diabetic, and traumatic events. * Proficient with IV starts, lab draws (including hard draws), injections, EKG, fetal monitoring strips (placing and interpreting), artery sticks (ART sticks), and bladder scanning. * Scheduling patients with the appropriate discipline such as physician, dietician, social work, or mental health professionals. * Obtaining medical histories, establishing and revising plans of care. * Suture and staple removal from postoperative patients. * IV therapy, peg-tube feeding (insertion and maintenance), maintaining PICC and biliary lines. * Wound dressing changes of all types and stages of wounds. * Monitoring hospice patients and providing end of life care. * Charge nurse and preceptor to licensed and unlicensed personnel. Scheduling and making assignments based on acuity and census. * Providing patient education to patients and their families. * Assisting with interventions and care for mental and behavioral health patients in the residential treatment program. * Medication administration and verification of medication orders.