RN-clinical care coordinator,
07/2012 to
Present
Sanford USD Medical Center –
Sioux Falls,
SD
Supervise 3 preoperative/recovery care units/pre op office staff. Staff all units, cover ill calls, combine units as needed to meet daily staff/patient ratios.
'Go to person' for multitude of situations including any conflict or concerns from surgeons, MDA's, PA's, all nursing, other unit staff, and patients in regards to One Chart, pre op requirements from MD's, equipment, patient care, patient conditions, encompassing all age groups.
Daily crisis nurse, often do patient care in pre/post op settings.
Keep accurate/detailed records of staff hours, mandating staff, PTO hour requests, create/maintain multiple excel spreadsheets for staffing.
Work unit charge nurse as needed in either of the 3 units.
RN-Pre-experience/Recovery Care,
02/2005 to
07/2012
Sanford USD MC
Direct patient care in pre-post-op health care setting
Care of patients from newborns to geriatric populations.
Assist with and monitor patients requiring conscious sedation for orthopedic nerve blocks and all epidurals placed pre op
Unit scheduler
Contract RN,
06/2001 to
06/2009
Omnicare Pharmacy of SD
On call, part time position, insert IV's, PICC lines and midlines, access Port-A Caths for nursing homes that contract with Omnicare in tri-state area.
Provide teaching to RN/LPN staff in nursing homes regarding dressing changes, pump training, IV medicines. Trouble shoot all things relating to IV's or RN functions related to IV's.
Flight nurse-ED,
08/1998 to
02/2005
Sanford USD MC
Care of adult/peds patients in critical situations requiring helicopter or fixed wing transport services in tri-state area.
ED RN when not on transport.
Advanced skills of intubation, drawing arterial blood, inserting chest tubes in ED and on flights.
RN in ED,
09/1994 to
08/1998
Sanford USD MC
RN Level 2 trauma center.
Contract Service Rep,
10/1992 to
08/1994
Cardiac Pacemakers, Inc –
St. Paul,
MN
Assist MD's with implantation, follow up care, trouble shooting of patients with internal defibrillators, pacemakers
RN,
01/1986 to
10/1992
Sioux Valley Hospital
1988-1992 - critical care float RN, working in medical and surgical ICU's, CCU, and ER
1986-1988- telemetry unit
Charge nurse after 8 months of employment.
