Charge Nurse

Charge Nurse — Summit Ridge Medical Center

Denver, CO | November 2023 – Present

• Supervised a clinical team of 14 Registered Nurses and 6 nursing assistants per shift, managing daily staff assignments and coordinating patient throughput for a high-acuity 38-bed emergency department.
• Led shift huddles and resource allocation across parallel units, decreasing patient transfer times from the emergency department to inpatient beds by 24% over a 12-month period.
• Audited Pyxis medication dispensing logs and chart documentations, identifying and correcting billing and dosage discrepancies to maintain a 100% compliance rate with Joint Commission standards.
• Implemented a peer-led mentoring program for 12 newly hired nurses, reducing standard unit orientation cycle time by 15% and increasing first-year nurse retention rates by 18%.

Emergency Department Staff Nurse — Lakeside Memorial Hospital

Aurora, CO | June 2020 – October 2023

• Delivered direct clinical care to 4-6 acute care patients per shift in a fast-paced trauma unit, performing rapid triages and initiating emergency protocols to reduce time-to-treatment by 18%.
• Collaborated with emergency physicians to manage complex resuscitations and cardiac interventions, contributing to a 12% improvement in successful return of spontaneous circulation (ROSC) rates.
• Coordinated clinical documentation and discharge planning for up to 35 patients daily, improving electronic health record (EHR) completion compliance to 98% and reducing exit delays by 15 minutes.
• Served on the hospital-wide Infection Control Committee, leading a unit audit of catheter-associated urinary tract infections (CAUTI) that resulted in a 40% reduction in unit infection rates.

Patient throughput management, Shift staffing and scheduling, EHR documentation, Epic Systems, Pyxis medication dispensing, Critical care nursing, Code Blue response, Medication administration auditing, Incident reporting, Kronos Scheduling, Lawson ERP, Joint Commission compliance, Patient advocacy, Infection control

ED Patient Flow Optimization Project

Role: Clinical Implementation Lead

Tools: Epic Systems, Kronos, MS Excel, Visio

Co-led a 6-month multidisciplinary task force to redesign the ED triage process, reducing average patient door-to-provider time from 45 minutes to 28 minutes.

Unit-Wide Pyxis Integration Initiative

Role: Super-User & Staff Trainer

Tools: Pyxis MedStation, Lawson ERP, MS Excel

Directed the pilot deployment of upgraded medication dispensing machines across the 38-bed ED, training 45 clinical staff members and reducing medication reconciliation errors by 32%.

• Certified Emergency Nurse (CEN) (2022)
• Registered Nurse (RN) - Colorado License #RN.293845 (2020)

• Languages: English (Native), Spanish (Bilingual)
• Volunteer Work: Disaster relief medical volunteer with Red Cross Colorado (2021-present)
• Availability: 4 weeks notice