Washington DC-Baltimore Area
Registered Nurse with over 7 years in the Military industry and Emergency Department and 3 years in Family Practice. Experienced and highly capable to manage the care of newborns to end of life patients from triage to disposition. Leadership and management skills in positions of charge nurse and team leader. Excels in intensive care cases such as trauma, shock, cardiac arrest, and strokes. Future focus to earn a Doctorate in Nurse Practitioner (DNP). Strong healthcare services professional with a Bachelor of Science - BS focused in Registered Nursing from Penn State University.
Clinical Decision Unit/Urgent Care Largo Medical Center – Kaiser Permanente | Lake Arbor, Maryland • Treat patients in an Urgent Care capacity with all the services of an Emergency Department • Care for patients up to and over 24 hours in Clinical Decision Unit lead by a hospitalist • Learned treatment algorithms for traditional inpatient care that leads to improved disease states in the acute phase • Provided care to patients infected with coronavirus during the COVID-19 Pandemic
Registered Nurse - Emergency Department • ER Nurse at 30 plus bed Emergency Department which received the Lantern Award from the Emergency Nurses Association • Duel role as a Trauma Nurse at Level II Trauma Center, the only Trauma Hospital in Montgomery County, Maryland treating over 1,600 trauma patients each year • Evaluated stroke patients at a Certified Primary Stroke Center assisted by National Institute of Health Stroke Team with state-of-the-art protocols for completing MRIs instead of CT scans on patients • Lead on a clinical ladder at a prestigious American Nurses Credentialing Center Magnet Recognized Hospital • Personally cared for hundreds of coronavirus patients during the COVID- 19 Pandemic with superior personal protective equipment and treatment algorithms • EHR: Epic
United States Army Reservist • Lead a specialized team of soldiers to build cooperative networks and act as liaisons between the US Army; civilian organizations and government at national, state, and local levels • Develop emergency management and recovery plans for assigned areas and infrastructure • Develop transition plans for critical military or civilian personnel and/or services to ensure continuity of operation and governance • Analyze impact on, and risk to essential business functions or information systems to identify acceptable recovery time periods and resource requirements for civil projects • Plan and execute multi-stage joint operations, communicate measures of performance and effects of military operations and civil projects to both military and civilian authorities • Provide analysis and planning assistance of civil-military projects and operations to battalion or higher military authorities or to equivalent civilian or government leadership • Engage and influence indigenous populations, institutions, and other multi-national partners, bridge the gap between military forces and governments to enable civil-military operations, and provide civilian considerations expertise through planning and execution
Ambulatory Care Nurse - Patient Centered Medical Home Clinic - PCMH (Contract ends - December 2019, relocating to USA) • Leader of Patient Centered Medical Home Team encompassing four licensed providers and ten licensed practical nurses and US Army medics • Perform independent, extensive telephone and clinical triage, and facilitate continuity of care for patients, especially those with chronic disease states • Set up and assist health care providers with comprehensive examinations and procedures such as PAP smears, colposcopies, circumcisions, vasectomies, and implantable birth control devices • Drive team meetings and goals, presentation of new research to improve clinical outcomes, and develop and refine standard operating procedures for the clinic through the process improvement multi-disciplinary approach
Contract: Registered Nurse, Emergency Department - at Fort Belvoir Community Hospital • Work full-time with military and government employees on varying shifts to help with staffing needs • Continue working in the same roles and responsibilities during my time July 2012-January 2016
Registered Nurse - Emergency Department • Work both contractually for a hospital on a multi-week assignment and per diem for different hospitals in the Baltimore/Washington DC area • Adhere and comply with the both the agency's and hospitals' policies and procedures • Experience at: UM Baltimore Washington Medical Center Emergency Department, UM Laurel Medical Center Emergency Department, Bowie Health Center Emergency Department, Phase 1 clinical drug trial facility, among others
Registered Nurse - Emergency Department • Emergency Room nurse with large number of patients with chronic disease states, especially diabetes and renal failure patients with AV grafts and fistulas • Helped develop protocol and completed study to allow ED RNs to access AV grafts and fistulas as intravenous access with lower rates of infection than dialysis RNs