Patient Care Registered Nurse
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PROFESSIONAL SUMMARY
SKILLS
EXPERIENCE
TANYA SPENCER
276-***-**** ad9msv@r.postjobfree.com Marion, Virginia 24354 Motivated professional with extensive experience providing quality patient care in a variety of healthcare settings. Demonstrated ability to quickly assess patient needs and develop comprehensive treatment plans. Adept at using electronic health records (EHR) to document patient data, maintain medical records and track treatment progress. Committed to evidence-based practice and continuing education to stay abreast of developments in the healthcare field. Compassionate individual highly skilled in developing and implementing patient-care plans, administering medication, and monitoring and recording patient progress. Adept at collaborating with healthcare professionals to ensure quality and continuity of care. Committed to promoting optimal health and improving quality of life for patients. AdVanced Cardiac Life Support, expires July
2026
Pediatric Advances Life Support, expires
July2026
Basic Life Support, expires July2026
Maximus
McLean, VIRGINIA June 2024 - Present
REGISTERED NURSE CONSULTANT
Utilized critical thinking skills to assess, plan, implement, and evaluate Workmans Comp claims.
Performed detailed chart reviews for Medicare
future related cost in correlation with Workmans
Comp.
Collaborate with team members to obtain current
and correct information for pricing and approval of submission's.
Remotely work from home, while maintaining
safety and privacy of medical records.
Inova Staffing Solutions
Fairfax, VIRGINIA June 2023 - April 2024
Float Pool Nurse at Inova Fairfax in peri operative department. Pre Op, Endoscopy,PACU and Phase 2.
• Monitor, record, and report symptoms or changes in patients' conditions.
• Maintain accurate, detailed reports and records. • Record patients' medical information and vital signs.
• Order, interpret, and evaluate diagnostic tests to identify and assess patient's condition.
• Modify patient treatment plans as indicated by patients' responses and conditions.
• Consult and coordinate with healthcare team members to assess, plan, implement, or evaluate patient care plans.
• Monitor all aspects of patient care, including diet and physical activity.
• Instruct individuals, families, or other groups on topics such as health education, disease prevention, or childbirth and develop health improvement programs. REGISTERED NURSE, PACU
• Assess the needs of individuals, families, or communities, including assessment of individuals' home or work environments, to identify potential health or safety problems.
• Conduct specified laboratory tests.
Trustaff
Cincinnati, OHIO June 2022 - July 2023
Travel Nurse nurse at Inova Fairfax in peri operative department. Pre Op, PACU and Phase 2.
• Monitor, record, and report symptoms or changes in patients' conditions.
• Maintain accurate, detailed reports and records. • Record patients' medical information and vital signs.
• Order, interpret, and evaluate diagnostic tests to identify and assess patient's condition.
• Modify patient treatment plans as indicated by patients' responses and conditions.
• Consult and coordinate with healthcare team members to assess, plan, implement, or evaluate patient care plans.
• Monitor all aspects of patient care, including diet and physical activity.
• Instruct individuals, families, or other groups on topics such as health education, disease prevention, or childbirth and develop health improvement programs.
• Assess the needs of individuals, families, or communities, including assessment of individuals' home or work environments, to identify potential health or safety problems.
• Conduct specified laboratory tests.
REGISTERED NURSE, PACU
Trustaff
Cincinnati, OH August 2016 - October 2019
REGISTERED NURSE
Monitor, record, and report symptoms or changes
in patients' conditions.
Maintain accurate, detailed reports and records.
Record patients' medical information and vital
signs.
Order, interpret, and evaluate diagnostic tests to identify and assess patient's condition.
Modify patient treatment plans as indicated by
patients' responses and conditions.
Consult and coordinate with healthcare team
members to assess, plan, implement, or evaluate
patient care plans.
Monitor all aspects of patient care, including diet and physical activity.
Instruct individuals, families, or other groups on topics such as health education, disease
prevention, or childbirth and develop health
improvement programs.
Prepare patients for and assist with examinations
or treatments.
Assess the needs of individuals, families, or
communities, including assessment of individuals'
home or work environments, to identify potential
health or safety problems.
Conduct specified laboratory tests. Prepare and monitor patients in the Post Anesthesia department. Continually monitor
patients post op vital signs, report to
Anesthesiologist any issues or concerns in the post anesthesia area. Assess and address post operative pain. Maintain proper airway management in post
operative setting. Communicate with patients
family to reassure safety and address any changes
in patients status. Communicate pre, intra and
post operative report to nurse receiving patient.
Wellmont Health Systems
Bristol, TENNESSEE April 2011 - August 2016
REGISTERED NURSE
Assess patients' pain levels and sedation
requirements.
Monitor patients for changes in status and
indications of conditions such as sepsis or shock
and institute appropriate interventions.
Set up and monitor medical equipment and
devices such as cardiac monitors, mechanical
ventilators and alarms, oxygen delivery devices,
transducers, and pressure lines.
Administer medications intravenously, by injection, orally, through gastric tubes, or by other methods. Evaluate patients' vital signs and laboratory data to determine emergency intervention needs.
Prioritize nursing care for assigned critically ill patients based on assessment data and identified
needs.
Document patients' medical histories and
assessment findings.
Advocate for patients' and families' needs, or
provide emotional support for patients and their
families.
Conduct pulmonary assessments to identify
abnormal respiratory patterns or breathing sounds
that indicate problems.
Administer blood and blood products, monitoring
patients for signs and symptoms related to
transfusion reactions.
Monitor patients' fluid intake and output to detect emerging problems such as fluid and electrolyte
imbalances.
Compile and analyze data obtained from
monitoring or diagnostic tests.
Document patients' treatment plans, interventions, outcomes, or plan revisions.
Collaborate with other health care professionals to develop and revise treatment plans based on
identified needs and assessment data.
Assess patients' psychosocial status and needs
including areas such as sleep patterns, anxiety,
grief, anger, and support systems.
Perform approved therapeutic or diagnostic
procedures based upon patients' clinical status.
Identify patients who are at risk of complications due to nutritional status.
Collect specimens for laboratory tests.
Identify patients' age-specific needs and alter care plans as necessary to meet those needs.
Coordinate patient care conferences.
Assist physicians with procedures such as
bronchoscopy, endoscopy, endotracheal
intubation, and elective cardioversion.
Supervise and monitor unit nursing staff.
Assess family adaptation levels and coping skills to determine whether intervention is needed.
Identify malfunctioning equipment or devices.
Participate in professional organizations and
continuing education to improve practice
knowledge and skills.
Participate in the development, review, and
evaluation of nursing practice protocols.
Ensure that equipment or devices are properly
stored after use.
Plan, provide, or evaluate educational programs for nursing staff, interdisciplinary health care team
members, and community members.
Provide post-mortem care. Cardiovascular Intensive Care Unit: Retrieve post operative open heart patients, monitor for post
surgical complications, assess patient for pain
status, monitor Swan Ganz, CVP, Arterial
pressures, Wedge Pressures, Chest tube
measurements, assess patient for ventilation
weaning trials, Balloon Pump certified, Alsius
monitoring
Wellmont Health Systems
Bristol, TENNESSEE May 2012 - August 2016
REGISTERED NURSE
Monitor, record, and report symptoms or changes
in patients' conditions.
Maintain accurate, detailed reports and records.
Record patients' medical information and vital
signs.
Order, interpret, and evaluate diagnostic tests to identify and assess patient's condition.
Modify patient treatment plans as indicated by
patients' responses and conditions.
Direct or supervise less-skilled nursing or
healthcare personnel or supervise a particular
unit.
Monitor all aspects of patient care, including diet and physical activity.
Instruct individuals, families, or other groups on topics such as health education, disease
prevention, or childbirth and develop health
improvement programs.
Prepare patients for and assist with examinations
or treatments.
Assess the needs of individuals, families, or
communities, including assessment of individuals'
home or work environments, to identify potential
health or safety problems.
Prepare rooms, sterile instruments, equipment, or
supplies and ensure that stock of supplies is
maintained.
Inform physician of patient's condition during
anesthesia.
Administer local, inhalation, intravenous, or other anesthetics.
Conduct specified laboratory tests.
Consult with institutions or associations regarding issues or concerns relevant to the practice and
profession of nursing.
Provide or arrange for training or instruction of
auxiliary personnel or students.
Prepare patients for surgery, administer pre
operative medications, monitor the patient
preoperatively, assess for changes in vital signs and patient status. Administer post operative
medications in accordance to patients pain status, assess for post op nausea and treat accordingly,
monitor patients post op vital signs and able to
recognize life threatening changes, notify
anesthesiologist and or surgeon in emergency
situations, maintain patent oral airway and patient safety post operatively. Prepare patient for home
discharge from post op, providing appropriate
discharge from post op, providing appropriate
discharge instruction in accordance to procedure
Smyth County Community Hospital
Marion, VIRGINIA September 2007 - April 2011
REGISTERED NURSE
Assess patients' pain levels and sedation
requirements.
Monitor patients for changes in status and
indications of conditions such as sepsis or shock
and institute appropriate interventions.
Set up and monitor medical equipment and
devices such as cardiac monitors, mechanical
ventilators and alarms, oxygen delivery devices,
transducers, and pressure lines.
Administer medications intravenously, by injection, orally, through gastric tubes, or by other methods. Evaluate patients' vital signs and laboratory data to determine emergency intervention needs.
Prioritize nursing care for assigned critically ill patients based on assessment data and identified
needs.
Document patients' medical histories and
assessment findings.
Advocate for patients' and families' needs, or
provide emotional support for patients and their
families.
Conduct pulmonary assessments to identify
abnormal respiratory patterns or breathing sounds
that indicate problems.
Administer blood and blood products, monitoring
patients for signs and symptoms related to
transfusion reactions.
Monitor patients' fluid intake and output to detect emerging problems such as fluid and electrolyte
imbalances.
Compile and analyze data obtained from
monitoring or diagnostic tests.
Document patients' treatment plans, interventions, outcomes, or plan revisions.
Collaborate with other health care professionals to develop and revise treatment plans based on
identified needs and assessment data.
Assess patients' psychosocial status and needs
including areas such as sleep patterns, anxiety,
grief, anger, and support systems.
Perform approved therapeutic or diagnostic
procedures based upon patients' clinical status.
Identify patients who are at risk of complications due to nutritional status.
Collect specimens for laboratory tests.
Identify patients' age-specific needs and alter care plans as necessary to meet those needs.
Coordinate patient care conferences.
Assist physicians with procedures such as
bronchoscopy, endoscopy, endotracheal
intubation, and elective cardioversion.
Supervise and monitor unit nursing staff.
Assess family adaptation levels and coping skills to determine whether intervention is needed.
Identify malfunctioning equipment or devices.
Participate in professional organizations and
continuing education to improve practice
knowledge and skills.
Participate in the development, review, and
evaluation of nursing practice protocols.
Ensure that equipment or devices are properly
stored after use.
Plan, provide, or evaluate educational programs for nursing staff, interdisciplinary health care team
members, and community members.
Provide post-mortem care. Charge nurse in Medical Intensive Care unit, assign staff to patient ratio. Attend all Code Blues as team leader with emergency room physician. Rapid
Response nurse, attend near emergencies, assess
patients need for more intense medical treatment,
notify physician, obtain labs in accordance to
patient situation, coordinate patients admission to intensive care unit with physician. BEST nurse
committee: committee program to improve nurses
job qualifications through community projects,
furthering education, internships, PI projects,
continuing education hours
Critical Care Fair educator: Instructed registered nurses, physicians and community members on
use and reasons for Arterial Lines, Blood warmers, Swan Ganz catheters, Catheter Associated Urinary
Tract Infections, Central Line Associated
Bloodstream Infections, and National Patient
Safety Goals
Smyth County Community Hospital
Marion, VIRGINIA January 2000 - September 2007
CERTIFIED NURSES ASSISTANT
Administer medications or treatments, such as
catheterizations, suppositories, irrigations,
enemas, massages, or douches, as directed by a
physician or nurse.
Answer patient call signals, signal lights, bells, or intercom systems to determine patients' needs.
Apply clean dressings, slings, stockings, or support bandages, under direction of nurse or physician.
Assist nurses or physicians in the operation of
medical equipment or provision of patient care.
Change bed linens or make beds. Clean and sanitize patient rooms, bathrooms, examination rooms, or other patient areas.
Collect specimens, such as urine, feces, or sputum. Communicate with patients to ascertain feelings or need for assistance or social and emotional
support.
Document or otherwise report observations of
patient behavior, complaints, or physical
symptoms to nurses.
Feed patients or assist patients to eat or drink.
Gather information from caregivers, nurses, or
physicians about patient condition, treatment
plans, or appropriate activities.
Measure and record food and liquid intake or
urinary and fecal output, reporting changes to
medical or nursing staff.
Observe or examine patients to detect symptoms
that may require medical attention, such as
bruises, open wounds, or blood in urine.
Position or hold patients in position for surgical preparation.
Prepare or serve food trays. Provide physical support to assist patients to perform daily living activities, such as getting out of bed, bathing, dressing, using the toilet, standing, walking, or exercising.
Record height or weight of patients. Record vital signs, such as temperature, blood pressure, pulse, or respiration rate, as directed by medical or nursing staff.
Remind patients to take medications or nutritional Restock patient rooms with personal hygiene supplements. items, such as towels, washcloths, soap, or toilet paper.
Review patients' dietary restrictions, food allergies, and preferences to ensure patient receives
appropriate diet.
Set up treating or testing equipment, such as
oxygen tents, portable radiograph (x-ray)
equipment, or overhead irrigation bottles, as
directed by a physician or nurse.
Stock or issue medical supplies, such as dressing
packs or treatment trays.
Supply, collect, or empty bedpans.
Transport patients to treatment units, testing
units, operating rooms, or other areas, using
wheelchairs, stretchers, or moveable beds.
Turn or reposition bedridden patients.
Undress, wash, and dress patients who are unable
to do so for themselves.
Wash, groom, shave, or drape patients to prepare
them for surgery, treatment, or examination.
Exercise patients who are comatose, paralyzed, or
have restricted mobility.
Explain medical instructions to patients or family members.
Lift or assist others to lift patients to move them on or off beds, examination tables, surgical tables, or stretchers.
Provide information such as directions, visiting
hours, or patient status information to visitors or callers.
Transport specimens, laboratory items, or
pharmacy items, ensuring proper documentation
and delivery to authorized personnel.
Lewis Gale Montgomery
Blacksburg, VIRGINIA October 2019 - Present
REGISTERED NURSE
Monitor, record, and report symptoms or changes
in patients' conditions.
Maintain accurate, detailed reports and records.
Record patients' medical information and vital
signs.
Order, interpret, and evaluate diagnostic tests to identify and assess patient's condition.
Modify patient treatment plans as indicated by
patients' responses and conditions.
Direct or supervise less-skilled nursing or
healthcare personnel or supervise a particular
unit.
Consult and coordinate with healthcare team
members to assess, plan, implement, or evaluate
patient care plans.
Monitor all aspects of patient care, including diet and physical activity.
Instruct individuals, families, or other groups on topics such as health education, disease
prevention, or childbirth and develop health
improvement programs.
Assess the needs of individuals, families, or
communities, including assessment of individuals'
home or work environments, to identify potential
health or safety problems.
Conduct specified laboratory tests. Perform administrative or managerial functions, such as taking responsibility for a unit's staff,
budget, planning, or long-range goals.
As the Shift Lead, I am responsible for daily
assignments in the Post Anesthesia Care Unit. I
also recover patients in the post anesthesia care
setting, this includes Prepare and monitor patients in the Post Anesthesia department. Continually
monitor patients post op vital signs, report to
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EDUCATION
CERTIFICATIONS
REFERENCES
Anesthesiologist any issues or concerns in the post anesthesia area. Assess and address post operative pain. Maintain proper airway management in post
operative setting. Communicate with patients
family to reassure safety and address any changes
in patients status. Communicate pre, intra and
post operative report to nurse receiving. I assist in getting bed assignments for patients in the post
operative area so the transition from one
department to another goes smoothly and
uninterrupted. I have taken care of a great deal of COVID patients, using the proper PPE. I have also
received both series of the Pfizer vaccination. I am also on the scheduling committee, where I assist in monthly scheduling of employees in the post
anesthesia department, the pre operative holding
department and the outpatient department. I am
also on the evaluation committee, where I gather
with a group of other members and go through a
yearly evaluation process of other employees by
grading their performance and suggesting ways
those employees can change for improvement in
their daily job duties and activities.
Marion Senior High, Marion, VIRGINIA June 1994
HIGH SCHOOL DIPLOMA
Wytheville Community College, Wytheville, VIRGINIA May 2007 ASSOCIATE DEGREE IN SCIENCE OF REGISTERED NURSING
Wytheville Community College, Wytheville, VIRGINIA December 1999 CERTIFIED NURSES ASSISTANT
ACLS expires July 2026 Registered Nurse, Virginia, Unencumbered, expires 08/31/2026, license #000*******
Registered Nurse, California, Unencumbered,
expires 09/30/2025, license #95368217
PALS expires 07/2026
BLS expires 07/2026
Julie Weldon — Inova Fairfax
Registered Nurse Charge Nurse
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Ray Xia — Inova Staffing Solutions
Charge Nurse Charge Nurse
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