Registered Nursing Instructor 

2007- Present:   – Greenville Technical College,  Greenville, SC

• Clinical Instructor for beginning and senior nursing students.
• Clinical Instructor for students transitioning from LPN, EMT, and
    Respiratory Therapy to ADN program.
• Lab and Simulation Instructor for various classes.

 2006-2011:  Triage Nurse at University Health Services, Greenville, SC

• Responsible for assessing and treating outpatients of all ages for sports and accidental injuries. Collaborated with the MD in suturing and other treatments as required.
• Responsible for identifying and interveining for outpatients with both chronic (DM, Asthma, HTN) and acute urgent (URI, GI, Orthopedic) illnesses by providing OTC and prescription medications from standing order protocols.
• Responsible for providing post-op surgical and medical care as well as end of life care to in-house patients of all ages.
• Provide Remicade infusions to outpatients.
• Charge nurse on a rotating basis.
• Teaching and orienting new nurses and nursing students to the health care team.

Licensed Practical Nursing Instructor

2005-2006  Palm Beach Community College, Lake Worth, FL

• Lecturing on all aspects of the LPN curriculum.
• Clinical instructor for all aspects of the LPN program.
• Developed and taught the LPN review and NCLEX preparatory courses.

 

2002-2005  Academy for Practical Nursing, West Palm Beach, FL

• Lecturing on all aspects of the LPN curriculum.
• Clinical instructor for all aspects of the LPN program.
• Chair of the media department and of the State accreditation project.
• Employment counselor for new immigrants desiring a respectable career in health care.
• Taught classes in the work-readiness program to ESL students.

 

Registered Nurse

2000-2002  Palm Beach Gardens Hospital, Palm Beach Gardens, FL

• Responsible for patients in the Open Heart Recovery Unit; bridge to  transplant for the University of Miami Transplant Unit.
• Responsible for high acuity patients with central lines, ventilated,and mediastinal chest tubes.
• Responsible for performing hemodialysis, operating IABP, and Bi-VAD.
• Performed charge nurse duties and staff scheduling on a rotating basis.

Registered Nurse

1996-2002  Bethesda Memorial Hospital, Boynton Beach, FL

• Responsible for patients in ICU and CCU units.
• Responsible for high acuity patients with central lines, ventilator dependent, and those with thoracic chest tubes.
• Performed peritoneal dialysis.

1995-1996: Registered Nurse  Integrated Health Service, Haverhill, FL

• Responsible for ventilated patients in the sub-acute unit.
• Performed charge nurse and house supervisor duties for 200 bed facility.