LAUREN MAY
Richmond
Summary
Hardworking Registered Nurse (RN) with success providing individualized patient care. Dedicated and compassionate with progressive career history in direct care, triage, and care coordination in a fast-paced environment. Proven ability to remain calm under pressure and skillfully handle difficult patients. Consistently develop strong relationships with patients and families through empathetic communication, respectful attitude, and excellent care.
Overview
19
19
years of professional experience
Work History
Registered Nurse
Enhabit Home Health
07.2024 - Current
- Utilized critical thinking skills to prioritize nursing interventions based on patients'' acuity levels and individual needs.
- Conducted thorough patient assessments to identify changes in condition, promptly notifying physicians and initiating appropriate interventions when necessary.
- Administered medications safely according to established guidelines while closely monitoring for side effects or adverse reactions requiring intervention.
- Enhanced patient satisfaction by providing compassionate, holistic nursing care that addressed physical, emotional, and spiritual needs.
Registered Nurse
Medical Solutions
02.2022 - 01.2023
- Company Overview: INOVA Fairfax Hospital, ICU and PICU float position
- INOVA Fairfax Hospital, ICU and PICU float position
Registered Nurse, ICU
Cross Country
09.2021 - 10.2022
- Company Overview: Baptist Health Medical Center ICU float position
- Baptist Health Medical Center ICU float position
Registered Nurse
Jogan Health
11.2021 - 01.2022
- Company Overview: Memorial Medical Center, CCU adult and pediatric unit position
- Memorial Medical Center, CCU adult and pediatric unit position
Registered Nurse
Prolink Healthcare
07.2021 - 08.2021
- Company Overview: Brookwood Baptist Medical Center ICU float position including neuro ICU, MICU with covid patients, CCU, and CVICU
- Brookwood Baptist Medical Center ICU float position including neuro ICU, MICU with covid patients, CCU, and CVICU
Registered Nurse, ICU
Krucial Staffing
03.2021 - 04.2021
- Company Overview: Woodland Heights Medical Center ICU position
- Extensive experience in caring for patients of varying levels of acuity
- Staff supervision
- Precepting
- Team player with a positive attitude
- Admirable work ethic
- Flexibility and adaptability
- Woodland Heights Medical Center ICU position
Registered Nurse
AYA
01.2021 - 02.2021
- Company Overview: Adventist Healthcare White Oak Medical Center
- Covid crisis float pool assignment
- Responded to urgent and emergent situations throughout the hospital
- Rounded on patients with high-risk deterioration
- Provided managed care to critically ill ICU/IMCU patients
- Oriented IMCU staff to the hospital
- Adventist Healthcare White Oak Medical Center
Registered Nurse, ICU
Krucial Staffing
11.2020 - 12.2020
- Company Overview: CHRISTUS Mother Frances Hospital
- Covid crisis assessment
- ICU position
- 72 hours/week
- Trained new nurses in proper techniques, operational procedures, and safety protocols
- CHRISTUS Mother Frances Hospital
Neuro ICU Registered Nurse
AYA
09.2020 - 11.2020
- Company Overview: HCA Florida North Florida Hospital
- Nursing care to patients receiving TPA, intracranial pressure, arterial line, and multiple drain devices
- CRRT/CVVH to critically ill patients
- Monitored TTM
- Assisted hospital team with intubations and managed ventilator patients
- Monitored IV cardiac drips, pressers, sedation drips, and titrate drips
- Administered IV therapy, insulin drips, TPN, blood products, epidurals, and PCA pumps
- HCA Florida North Florida Hospital
Registered Nurse, ICU
AYA
04.2020 - 08.2020
- Company Overview: University of Maryland Medical Center
- Provided direct patient care, stabilized patients, and determined next course of action
- Managed care from admission to discharge, including patient assessments, care planning, health education, and discharge support
- Administered medications via oral, IV, and intramuscular injections, monitored responses to address new concerns
- Provided/managed care to critically ill patients in level 1 trauma center
- COVID crisis response assignment
- Provided CRRT/CVVH to critically ill patients
- Implemented interventions, included medication and IV administration, catheter insertion, and airway management
- Managed quality care for patients with heart failure, end-stage renal disease, and coronary artery disease
- Advocated for patients by communicating care preferences to practitioners, verifying interventions met treatment goals
- University of Maryland Medical Center
Registered Nurse, Emergency Department
Bon Secours Healthcare System
09.2016 - 04.2020
- Company Overview: Charge nurse on night shift for staff RN's and clinical support staff in patient care activities while maintaining a high level of staff morale and professionalism
- In charge of 30-bed, high acuity emergency department
- Use of ACLS/PALS algorithms to treat cardiac/respiratory arrest; emergency management of STEMI, stroke, sepsis, and burns
- Interrogation of cardiac pacemakers and defibrillators, management of left ventricular assist device (LVAD)
- Helicopter loading/off-loading of critically ill patients
- Comprehensive patient triage using the Emergency Severity Index
- Provided direct patient care, stabilized patients, and determined next course of action
- Charge nurse on night shift for staff RN's and clinical support staff in patient care activities while maintaining a high level of staff morale and professionalism
- In charge of 30-bed, high acuity emergency department
Registered Nurse, ICU
Bon Secours Healthcare System
05.2006 - 08.2016
- Primary charge nurse on day shift
- Responded to code stroke throughout entire hospital including ER
- Provided nursing care to patients receiving TPA
- Monitored patients pre/post thrombectomy, craniotomy, and lumbar drains
- Oriented and trained new-hire RN's
- Managed patient care from admission to discharge, including patient assessment, care planning, health education, and discharge support
- Evaluated healthcare needs, goals for treatment and available resources for each patient and connected to optimal providers for care
Education
Associate Degree - Nursing
J. Sargeant Reynolds Community College
Richmond, Virginia05.2007
Skills
- Caring for patients of varying levels of acuity
- Staff supervision
- Precepting
- Team player
- Positive attitude
- Admirable work ethic
- Flexibility
- Adaptability
Timeline
Registered Nurse
Enhabit Home Health
07.2024 - Current
Registered Nurse
Medical Solutions
02.2022 - 01.2023
Registered Nurse
Jogan Health
11.2021 - 01.2022
Registered Nurse, ICU
Cross Country
09.2021 - 10.2022
Registered Nurse
Prolink Healthcare
07.2021 - 08.2021
Registered Nurse, ICU
Krucial Staffing
03.2021 - 04.2021
Registered Nurse
AYA
01.2021 - 02.2021
Registered Nurse, ICU
Krucial Staffing
11.2020 - 12.2020
Neuro ICU Registered Nurse
AYA
09.2020 - 11.2020
Registered Nurse, ICU
AYA
04.2020 - 08.2020
Registered Nurse, Emergency Department
Bon Secours Healthcare System
09.2016 - 04.2020
Registered Nurse, ICU
Bon Secours Healthcare System
05.2006 - 08.2016
Associate Degree - Nursing
J. Sargeant Reynolds Community College
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