Christina Howard
Hope Mills
Summary
Detail oriented nurse with a strong background in critical care environments, equipped to handle high-stress situations and complex patient needs. Excel in team collaboration, adapting quickly to evolving circumstances and ensuring optimal patient outcomes. Skilled in advanced patient monitoring, emergency response, and therapeutic interventions. Organized and dependable candidate successful at managing multiple priorities with a positive attitude. Willingness to take on added responsibilities to achieve team goals.
Overview
7
7
years of professional experience
Work History
Registered Nurse, Intensive Care Unit
Cape Fear Valley Health System
11.2024 - Current
- Handled ventilator support, feeding tubes and central lines.
- Assisted physicians with bedside procedures, ensuring accurate treatment administration and timely patient recovery.
- Demonstrated advanced critical thinking skills while managing complex clinical situations involving multiple organ systems failures in critically ill patients.
- Documented and carried out directives of primary intensivists.
- Reduced patient complications by promptly identifying changes in condition and initiating appropriate interventions.
Registered Nurse, Float Pool
Cape Fear Valley Health System
08.2021 - 11.2024
- Served as a resource for other nurses on the Float Pool, offering guidance on policies, procedures, and best practices.
- Advocated for patient needs with healthcare providers, securing necessary interventions for optimal care.
- Strengthened relationships between nursing teams across various units through regular collaboration on shared float pool initiatives and projects.
Registered Nurse, Intensive Care Unit
Cape Fear Valley Health System
08.2018 - 08.2021
- Demonstrated advanced critical thinking skills while managing complex clinical situations involving multiple organ systems failures in critically ill patients.
- Improved patient outcomes by developing and implementing individualized care plans for critically ill patients.
- Mentored new nursing staff, facilitating smooth integration into the ICU unit and promoting a supportive workplace culture.
- Worked with physicians and nursing staff to develop treatment protocols addressing patients' current symptom presentation as well as underlying conditions.
- Effectively managed stressors associated with working in an intensive care setting while maintaining composure under pressure.
Education
Associate Degree Nursing
Fayetteville Technical Community College
Fayetteville, NC05-2018
Skills
- Hemodynamics monitoring
- Intravenous therapy
- Neurological monitoring
- Endotracheal intubation
- Renal function management
- Cardiac monitors
- Advanced cardiac life support
Timeline
Registered Nurse, Intensive Care Unit
Cape Fear Valley Health System
11.2024 - Current
Registered Nurse, Float Pool
Cape Fear Valley Health System
08.2021 - 11.2024
Registered Nurse, Intensive Care Unit
Cape Fear Valley Health System
08.2018 - 08.2021
Associate Degree Nursing
Fayetteville Technical Community College
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