Experienced and dedicated Registered Nurse, seeking a position in a challenging and dynamic work environment that will utilize my strong post-operative management and medical-surgical knowledge and skills and enable me to provide quality patient care, and become an effective team member.

• Readily develop rapport with patients, families, staff and other health care professionals; enthusiastic caregiver
• Relate well to people from a variety of cultures and socio-economic conditions
• Ability to multi-task effectively; reliable and responsible
• Repeatedly commended by patients, families and physicians for compassionate and outstanding quality of care

Long Island College Hospital, Brooklyn, NY – Staff Nurse                                                                          September 2007 – October 2012

Total care and management of up to 7 medical-surgical, orthopedic post-op, GYN post-op and rehab patients. Collaborate with members of an interdisciplinary team. Act as patient advocate; assess and monitor patient status and notify physician of clinical changes. Experience with patient transfers; implement, maintain and reinforce safety measures to prevent patient falls or injuries. Serve as a preceptor to newly hired nursing graduates. Charge nurse experience, with responsibility to supervise 2 RNs, 2-3 PCAs and a Unit Receptionist. Float to telemetry, mother/baby, renal, and general surgery units.

Access Nursing Services at Hospital for Special Surgery, New York, NY – PDRN                              July 2010 – July 2012

Postoperative care and management of an orthopedic patient

Mount Sinai Hospital, New York, NY – RN, Per-Diem                                                                                 October 2012 – Present

Assist physicians and other team members in coordinating care and rehabilitative management for spinal cord injury and orthopedic post-operative patients.

New York City College of Technology, Brooklyn, NY                                                                                     May 2011 – May 2013

Bachelor of Science in Nursing – Dean’s List

Long Island College Hospital School of Nursing, Brooklyn, NY                                       September 2004 –June 2006

Associates in Applied Science Nursing

• Wound care
• Venipuncture/ IV insertion
• Intravenous therapy/Blood transfusions
• Urinary catheter insertion
• Registered Nurse – State of New York
• BLS- Basic Life Support
• CPR certified through American Heart Association