PAUL DOUGLAS
Brooklyn, NY
Bedeyah17@yahoo.com
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2007 to present
Medical/Surgical Registered Nurse Kings County Hospital Center Brooklyn, NY
• Perform patient care, including taking vitals, assisting with ADLs, assessment and documentation.
• Charge nurse experience including responding and assisting with emergency codes.
• Patient advocate to team members and doctors, making suggestions for improvement of patient care and unit issues.
• Magnet Journey as Unit Shared Governance co-chairperson 2014 and Nursing recruitment and retention committee member 2015
• Educate patients on medications, therapies and procedures.
• Float experience to Rehab, Telemetry, Psych and Medicine units.
• Patient work load on average 7 to 12 patients
• Therapy experience: Vent, BiPAP and Tracheostomy care, TPN, PCA, IV pumps and IV access placement, Peg and NGT feeding or suctioning, Pigtail, JP, Hemo and wound VAC treatments, Cardiac, 02 monitoring, dressing and wound care.
2009 to 2014
Psychiatric Registered Nurse Kings County Hospital Center Brooklyn, NY
• Assist patients with ADLs, and therapeutic activities.
• Assist with restraint placement use as needed.
• Administer medication; educate patients on medication use and scheduling.
• Worked in the Diagnostic Clinic, Metabolic Clinic, Central Intake Unit and Developmental Evaluation Clinic, performing multiple nursing responsibilities including admitting and medicating.
2011 to 2011
Psychiatric Registered Nurse Downstate Medical Center Brooklyn, NY
• Medication administration and patient education.
• One to one observation of high-risk patients.
• Assisting patients with ADLs, and therapeutic activities.
2007 to 2007
Licensed Practical Nurse CABS Nursing Home Brooklyn, NY
• Medication administration and patient education.
• Patient care; including ADLs, dressing changes and therapy applications.
2003 to 2006
Direct Care Worker YAI: National Institute for People with Disabilities
Brooklyn, NY
• Living with individuals with physical and mental disabilities.
• Assisting with daily needs including counseling, medication administration, daily and weekly respite activities.
2005 to 2006
SN Volunteer MJHS Hospice and Palliative Care Brooklyn, NY
• Offered end-of-life care services to patients and their families in hospitals, assisted living communities and nursing facilities.
Education
NYC College of Technology 2004 to 2007
Registered Nursing Program: AAS
Clinical Experience
Woodhull Hospital, Kings County Hospital, Maimonides Hospital and MJCC nursing home
Certifications
• BCLS
• Med Surgery certified
• NIH Stroke Scale
• Basic EKG interpretation
• ACLS
Shared governance chairperson and facilitator from 2013 to 2016
Retention committee member 2014
