Emergency Room Nurse

Emergency Room Charge Nurse — Mercy Crest Medical Center

Atlanta, GA | November 2023 – Present

• Coordinated clinical care and triage for a 45-bed emergency department, supervising 8 registered nurses and 4 emergency medical technicians per shift.
• Decreased average door-to-doctor wait times by 14 minutes (from 42 to 28 minutes) by leading a team of 4 nurses to redesign and implement a streamlined rapid-assessment triage workflow.
• Managed trauma resuscitations and stroke alerts for over 450 critically ill patients, maintaining 100% adherence to Joint Commission clinical standards and care protocols.
• Administered complex high-risk medication regimens and intravenous infusions using Pyxis and Alaris systems, achieving a verified zero-error rate across more than 3,200 administrations.

Emergency Room Nurse — Northside Regional Hospital

Macon, GA | June 2021 – October 2023

• Delivered direct critical care to an average of 18 acute patients per shift in a high-volume Emergency Department, managing complex cardiac, trauma, and pediatric emergencies.
• Decreased average time-to-treatment for septic patients by 22% over 12 months by leading early recognition training and implementing the hospital's severe sepsis treatment bundle.
• Collaborated closely with a multidisciplinary clinical team of 6 physicians and 4 specialists to stabilize critical patients, reducing average ER-to-ICU transit times by 15%.
• Achieved a 94% patient satisfaction rating on post-discharge surveys over 2 consecutive years by delivering patient-centered care and clear, detailed discharge instructions.

Emergency nursing, Triage (ESI five-level scale), Trauma resuscitation, Cardiac life support, Pediatric advanced life support, Sepsis protocol management, Wound care, Intravenous therapy, Patient advocacy, Medication administration, EHR systems (Epic, Cerner), Pyxis automated dispensing, Alaris infusion pumps

Sepsis Protocol Optimization

Role: Lead Nurse Coordinator

Tools: Epic EHR, Sepsis screening tools, clinical dashboards

Led a multidisciplinary project to streamline the sepsis screening process, reducing average time-to-antibiotics for septic patients by 32 minutes.

Automated Dispensing Integration

Role: Nursing Unit Representative

Tools: Pyxis ES, Cerner EHR, Alaris smart pumps

Coordinated the rollout and staff training for 12 new automated dispensing stations, reducing medication retrieval time by 18% and medication discrepancy errors by 40%.

• Certified Emergency Nurse (CEN) (2023)
• Advanced Cardiovascular Life Support (ACLS) (2021)
• Pediatric Advanced Life Support (PALS) (2021)
• Trauma Nursing Core Course (TNCC) (2022)

• Languages: English (Native), Spanish (Medical Conversational)
• Professional Memberships: Emergency Nurses Association (ENA)
• Availability: 3 weeks notice