Staff RN — Cardiac Step-Down
Northstar Health System / Riverside Campus · Minneapolis, MN
Jan, 2022 · Present
• Provide evidence-based nursing care for 4–6 cardiac step-down patients per shift, interpreting telemetry and escalating changes that reduced rapid-response transfers by 18%.
• Administer high-alert medications, titratable drips, and IV therapies with 99.8% barcode-scanning compliance and zero medication errors in 2024.
• Coordinate admissions, discharges, and post-acute plans with cardiology, pharmacy, rehab, and case management, shortening average discharge time by 22 minutes.
• Lead bedside education on heart-failure self-management and teach-back, improving documented patient-understanding scores from 86% to 96%.
• Precept 6 new-to-specialty nurses and contribute to shared-governance audits on falls, pressure injury prevention, and handoff reliability.
Registered Nurse — Med-Surg
Twin Cities Community Hospital · Minneapolis, MN
Jun, 2019 · Dec, 2022
• Managed 5–7 medically complex patients per shift, completing assessments, medication reconciliation, and timely escalation for changes in condition.
• Improved bedside shift-report compliance to 97% by standardizing an SBAR handoff checklist adopted across two medical-surgical units.
• Collaborated with physicians, PT/OT, dietitians, and social work to coordinate care plans and reduce 30-day readmissions by 11%.
• Mentored nursing assistants and coached patients and families on wound care, diabetes management, mobility, and discharge medications.
Nurse Resident / New Grad RN
Hennepin Care Collaborative · Minneapolis, MN
Jun, 2018 · May, 2019
• Completed a 12-month nurse residency with rotations in med-surg, cardiac care, emergency observation, and community health.
• Delivered safe direct care under preceptor guidance, earning independent assignment approval after 10 weeks and maintaining 100% completion of required skills validation.
• Supported quality-improvement huddles that increased hourly rounding documentation from 74% to 93% on the resident unit.
• Built rapport with patients and families through plain-language education, discharge teaching, and culturally sensitive communication.