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Fantastic Opportunities in OR Nursing!
Friday, October 30, 2009
You and I.Together We’re Oakwood Nursing
Are you looking to start or continue your OR nursing career with a highly respected healthcare system? Right now Oakwood has excellent opportunities available for experienced nurses within our OR, and we’re inviting you to explore the possibilities ahead!
As part of Oakwood Hospital & Medical Center in Dearborn, Michigan, you’ll work in our brand-new, state-of-the-art Surgical Pavilion, which includes 17 OR suites. Here, we handle today’s most complicated surgical cases in the areas of cardiac care, orthopedics, trauma and much more.
Regardless of your personal and professional goals, you can achieve them with Oakwood. We’ve recently instituted a new pay scale for nurses, and we provide outstanding work/life benefits including scheduling flexibility, onsite and online BSN completion, career assessments and a Clinical Advancement Program (CAP).
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OBJECTIVE
Become an asset to a compassionate, knowledgeable, and ambitious team.
EDUCATION
Bachelor of Science in Nursing Graduated: May 2009
Saginaw Valley State University, University Center, MI
Licensed Registered Nurse July 2009 - Mar. 2010
American Heart Association Basic Life Support Current - Aug. 2010
CLINCIAL EXPERIENCE
Student Nurse, Leadership
Children’s Hospital, Detroit Jan. 2009 - April 2009
• Effectively cared for patients of various acuities on units such as hematology/ oncology, perioperative, neonatal, and burn
• Consulted and coordinated with providers, care teams, children and parents to assess, plan, implement, and evaluate patient care
• Enacted the role of the professional nurse with a nurse preceptor, delegated to UAP’s and LPNs, and investigated current health bills and evidence based practice
Student Nurse, Critical care/ Community/ Home care Aug.2008 - Dec. 2008
St Mary’s of Michigan, Saginaw MI / Bay County, MI / Visiting Nurse, Midland, MI
• Completed assessments, care paths, and interventions such as medication and TPN administration, arterial line blood draws, sterile procedures, mechanical ventilator and G-tube care on ICU and trauma units and also demonstrated cost effectiveness
• Assessed and planned community needs, implemented and evaluated interventions based needs, became active member in constructing “Project Connect” of Bay County resulting in over 800 underserved individuals attending
• Provided home/ hospice care, Oasis, teaching, mobility, and skin integrity
Student Nurse, OB / Pediatrics Aug. 2007 - Dec. 2007
Mid-Michigan Medical Center Midland, MI / Children’s Hospital, Detroit, MI
• Assessed newborns and laboring parents, patient teaching, and assisted providers
• Cared for pediatric patients on a hematology and oncology unit
Student Nurse, Medical-Surgical/Mental Health Jan. 2007 - May 2007
Bay Regional Medical, Bay City, MI / Saginaw County
• Assessed, administered medication, and reassessed oncology and post-operative patients also completed admits and discharges on the unit
• Developed therapeutic relationships, assessed and taught medication administration and adverse reactions to psychiatric drugs then recorded outcomes
• Systematically researched the proper amount of arterial blood to discard when drawing off central vein devices to get an accurate blood sample and made recommendations
Student Nurse, Extended Care Facility Aug. 2006 - Dec. 2006
Holt Nursing Home, Saginaw, MI
• Applied knowledge and skills utilizing the nursing process through field experience
COMPUTER SKILLS
Windows Vista, XP, NT; MS Word, Excel, PowerPoint; UNIX; Citrix
Virtual Basic, Java, HTML; Corel WordPerfect; various email packages
HONORS / ACTIVITIES
Deans’ List, Saginaw Valley State University Winter 2009
Volunteered, Health Fair Saginaw High School, Saginaw MI Feb. 25, 2009
REFERENCES
Dr. Averetta Lewis, Professor
Department of Nursing
Saginaw Valley State University
Wicks Hall 276
7400 Bay Road.
University Center, MI 48710
(989) 964-7146 (Work)
Kristine Roethlisberger
Department of Nursing
Learning Lab Coordinator
Wicks Hall 255
Saginaw Valley State University
7400 Bay Road
University Center, MI 48710
(989) 964-4382 (Work)
Cynthia M. Rotunno
Adjunct Faculty
Department of Nursing
Saginaw Valley State University
Wicks Hall 276
7400 Bay Road
University Center, MI 48710
(989) 964-4050
By Irea Jackson on 2009 11 30