Work Experience

                

Clinical Nurse II / Emergency Services, WakeMed, Garner, NC                                          February 2020Present    

•    Magnet Champion

•    Daisy Award Nominee

Staffing Resources Nurse / Emergency Services, WakeMed, Raleigh, NC                        October 2017 - Present

•    Stretcher Team Leader (Adult ED)

•    Triage Certified

 

Clinical Nurse II / Emergency Department Rex Hospital, Raleigh, NC                               June 2017- Present

•    PRN Staff Nurse

•    RN/Paramedic for Rex Emergency Response Team 

 

Clinical Nurse III / Brier Creek Emergency Department, WakeMed, Raleigh, NC               October 2016 – October 2017

•    Charge Nurse

•    Certificate of Excellence Recipient, May 2017

•    Daisy Award Nominee

 

Clinical Nurse II / Emergency Department, WakeMed, Raleigh, NC                                     October 2013 – October 2016

•    Team Leader

•    Chair of Emergency Department Unit Council

•    Mentor for New Graduate Nurses

•    Member of Hospital Wide Clinical Nurse Council

•    Ultrasound Guided IV Placement

•    Membership Chair of NC Cardinal Chapter of NC ENA

•    Hospital Wide Stroke Resource

•    PALS Instructor

•    ED Core Instructor

•    Daisy Award Nominee

•    Co-Chair of Social Retention Committee

•    Member of Hospital Wide Nursing Quality Council

 

Staff Nurse / Cardiothoracic ICU, WakeMed, Raleigh, NC                                                        October 2012 – October 2013

•    Taught ABG section of Orientation

•    Donor Services Resource

 

Staff Nurse / Emergency Department, Duke University, Durham, NC                                    October 2012 – October 2015

 

Staff Nurse / Emergency Department, WakeMed, Raleigh, NC                                                January 2010 – October 2012

•    Preceptor for New Graduate Nurses

•    Member of Social Retention Committee

 

Licensed Practical Nurse / Emergency Department, WakeMed, Raleigh, NC                         January 2008 – January 2010

 

Certified Nurse Assistant II / Emergency Department, WakeMed, Raleigh, NC                      December 2001 – January 2008

 

Education

 

Winston Salem State University, Winston Salem, NC                                                                January 2011

•    Bachelor of Science in Nursing,

 

Excelsior College, Albany, NY                                                                                                       June 2009

•    Associate of Science in Nursing

 

Durham Community College, Durham, NC                                                                                 2007

•    Non-Degree Paramedic

 

Johnston Community College, Smithfield, NC                                                                             2007

•    Licensed Practical Nurse Certificate

 

Saint Mary's School , Raleigh, NC                                                                                                June 2001

•    High School Diploma

 

Certifications

 

•    Basic Life Support

•    Trauma Nurse Core Curriculum

•    Emergency Nurse Pediatric Core

•    Advanced Cardiac Life Support

•    Advanced Pediatric Life Support (Instructor)

•    Advanced Stroke Life Support

•    Certified Emergency Nurse

•    National Institutes of Health Stroke Scale

 

Credentials and Licenses

 

•    NCBON Nurse License 236178

•    NC EMT Paramedic P001321

 

Volunteer Activities

 

•    Emergency NurseAssociation, Current Cardinal Chapter President (2019)

    Organizing bi-monthly meetings for the largest ENA chapter in N.C.

    On the planning committee for the 2019 Annual Trends ENA Conference (Dec. 2019)

    Attended National ENA Conference 2017-2019

•    Medical Team at Joy Prom, 2014-2017

•    Camp Nurse, Camp Kesem, 2016

•    Friends of WakeMed Volunteer, 2015-201