Registered Nurse
State of Florida
Total years of experience :21 years, 11 Months
Registered Nurse- State of Florida 2011 to present
Registered Nurse- State of California 2004 to present
Basic Cardiac Life Support- BCLS
Advanced Cardiac Life Support- ACLS
Pediatric Advanced Life Support- PALS
Trauma Nurse Core Course- TNCC
Pediatric International Trauma Life Support- PHTLS
International Trauma Life Support- ITLS
Emergency Nurse Pediatric Care Course- ENPC
Pediatric Fundamentals of Critical Care Course- PFCCC- Instructor
Fundamentals of Critical Care Course- FCCC
Trauma Care After Resuscitation Course- TCAR
Mobile Intensive Care Nurse- MICN- San Diego County
07/11 to 03/13 Sacred Heart Hospital, Pensacola, FL- Trauma Coordinator.
Member of senior management team that focused on ensuring the highest level of care for patients on the Trauma Service. Represented service line at hospital administrative meetings. Member of Trauma Quality Management, Trauma Multi-Disciplinary, and Trauma/ED Management teams. Facilitating staff and physician educational opportunities. Maintaining a clinical supervisory role while working with staff from pre-hospital, Emergency, OR, ICU, Pediatrics and Rehab. Effectively developing policy and procedure and collaborating with team members to ensure positive patient outcomes.
Performing Performance/ Quality Improvement duties for Level
II adult and pediatric program. Provided consultation to other
Ascension Health trauma programs in preparation for program
survey. Responsible for coordination of all community injury
prevention and outreach activities for Trauma Services. Occasional
patient care included in daily activities.
6/09 to 06/11 San Francisco General Hospital, San Francisco, CA- RN (ED)
Provided trauma and other emergency care to patients in the ED.
Assisted management team with multiple projects including
pharmacy/chart audits for both Performance Improvement RN and
Dept Manager, prepared reports for Disaster Management RN, and served on Pharmacy committee.
05/06 to 08/07 Travel RN- Multiple Facilities in CA- RN (Emergency)
Worked as travel nurse in busy Emergency Department
settings, successfully completing several 13 week assign- ments.
2000 to 2003 North County Internists, Escondido, CA- Medical Assistant
Assisted with in-office procedures, coordinated MD schedules,
Trained employees and utilized ICD-9 and CPT coding to
Facilitate referral and proper billing of patients in multi- physician internal medicine office.
1992 to 1999 U.S. Army (active duty & reserves) Medical Specialist/ EMT-B
Multiple duty stations and deployments both in U.S. and abroad.
Provided medical care to soldiers, maintained health records.
Educated both patients and other soldiers on various topics.
Oversaw preventative medicine issues and completed leadership course.
Certifications/ Licenses
Master of Science in Trauma Sciences- Queen Mary University of London (begin 9/13)
Bachelor Science in Nursing (BSN) - University of West Florida 2011
Associate Degree in Nursing (RN) - Palomar College, CA 5/2004
Associate of Arts Degree (Bio Sciences) - Daytona Beach Community College, FL 2000