21 Maple Street PO BOX 1075 Lincoln, NH 03251 617-285-8544

 

 

ObjectiveI am looking for an exciting new opportunity in nursing and returning to the hospital setting.

Certifications

SANE, Sexual Assault Nurse Examiner,

TNCC, Trauma Nursing Core Course

PALS, Pediatric Advanced Life Support

ENPC, Emergency Nursing Pediatric Course

ACLS, Advance Cardiac Life Support

BLS, Basic Life Support

EMT-I, Emergency Medical Technician, Intermediate Level

 

ExperienceHome Health and Infusion RN/Utilization Review and Coding RN

2007-present Angels at Home Health Care, Newburyport, Ma

As a home care nurse I specialized in IV therapy and wound care.  I was a case manager for up to 11 patients at a time and supervisor for many LNA’s. As a utilization review nurse I am responsible for educating RN’s, PT’s, OT’s, and ST’s in documentation according to CMS guidelines and clinical practices. I am also responsible for coding all Oasis charts in compliance with Medicare rules and regulations

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Travel Nurse ER

July 2011-Feb 2012 Nightingale Travel Nurse Inc.

University of Massachusetts Medical Center, Worcester, Ma.

Level 1 trauma center 3p-3a shift

St. Luke’s Hospital, New Bedford, Ma.

Level 2 trauma center 7p-7a

Traveling gave me the opportunity to learn multiple computerized documentation systems.

 

Nurse Manager

Oct. 2010-June 2011 Lafayette Center (Genesis), Franconia, NH

I managed a 72 bed skilled nursing facility with a staff of over 40 nurses and LNA’s. I was clinically involved in bed side nursing on a daily bases. I developed many policies on education, retention, and attendance.  I also assisted in reducing overtime by creating a team approach to documentation and shift change.

 

Emergency Room RN

Oct 2009-Nov-2010 Weeks Medical Center, Lancaster, NH

Full time staff nurse.  From 10pm to 10am the ER nurse worked as the only staff member in the department.  We utilized the clinical leader and floor nurses during emergent situations.  Organization and years of experience were critical in running the department during these critical hours.

 

Emergency Room RN

January 2006-August 2009 Speare Memorial Hospital, Plymouth, NH

Full time staff nurse, charge nurse, and SANE nurse in a 14 bed ER that service 5 ski areas and one state university.  I developed the hospitals SANE P&P and psychiatric patient P&P.  I was an active member of the SART team in Plymouth NH and lectured law enforcement at Plymouth State University. 

 

                                                                                                                             

Emergency Room RN

September 2000-October 2006 Littleton Regional Hospital, Littleton, NH

Full time/Per diem staff nurse, working days, swing, and nights. This small ER services a large area in the Northern part of New Hampshire.  We are the hospital for several popular Mountains.  We were trained to handle a variety of outdoor emergencies such as but not limited to hypothermia.

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Emergency Room RN

November 2004-November 2005 Catholic Medical Center, Manchester, NH

Full time swing shift nurse.. CMC is very fast paced, high acuity emergency room. CMC’s ER is 100% computerized. This gave me a great deal of familiarity with all aspects of computer documentation.  CMC is the NH’s number one cardiac center.  The ER developed a direct to CATH LAB protocol and all nursing staff were specially trained in cardiac emergencies. CMC also has a large psychiatric population, strengthening my skills in psych nursing and providing me an extensive knowledge of the emergent treatment of this patient population.

 

Emergency Room RN

December 2000-October 2004 Lakes Region General Hospital, Laconia, NH

Per Diem (worked 32-36 hours a week) Lakes is a very busy trauma center that services a large tourist area with the summer population doubling in the summer. I participated in the creation of an in hospital paramedic position resulting in better health care providers to patient ratios and decreased wait times for patient care. Lakes adopted a team nursing approach to care in the ER.  This style of nursing helped us better manage high volumes of patients.  It also allowed us to design and implement an assigned trauma and code team every shift.

As a resource RN (charge) I reported to the director of the ER and was responsible for all flow of patients in and out of the department.  In this role I managed up to 8 or 9 nurses and paramedics in any given shift.

 

Emergency Medical Technician-Intermediate

2000-2010  911 service that covers my local community

Work four, 12 hour shifts a month for a busy ambulance service.

I find EMS work strengthens my skills and make me a better ER nurse.

 

Emergency Room RN/Research RN

1999-2000 Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, Ma.

Staff RN in a level one, 48 bed emergency department.  I also ran clinical trials in the ER for the Maintenance Airway Research Collaboration. These trials focused                                                         on pneumonia and asthma patients.

 

Staff RN/Research RN

1997-1999 Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Boston, Ma.

Staff RN- Med/Surg floor specializing in hepatic and renal transplants and GI surgery.

Research RN- I ran numerous clinical trials for the Department of Cardiology and the BIDMC Heart Institute.

 

Protein Chemist

1991-1995 Cambridge Biotech Corporation, Worcester, Ma.

Research and development of Osp A and Osp B protein purification for scale up  use in canine and human Lyme Disease vaccinations.

Developed a serology panel to help run QA and QC on new HIV Western Blots and ELISA tests.             

 

Education

Worcester State College

1987-1991

Bachelor of Science

Majored-Natural Sciences with a concentration in Biology and Chemistry.

My major was designed as a premed track program.  I have taken all of the same courses as a BSN and more. Courses such as but not limited to; Anatomy and Physiology 1&2, Neuroanatomy and Physiology 1&2, Organic Chemistry 1& 2, Adolescent Psychology, Child Psychology, General Psychology, Physics 1&2, Microbiology, Nutrition, and Pharmacology, Statistics, Medical Ethics.

. Minor in Health Education

                                                                                                                                                     

New England Baptist Hospital School of Nursing

Boston, Ma.

1995-1997

 

Diploma in Nursing