NICOLE HAMILTON
Oakland
Summary
Registered Nurse with 22 years of experience in direct patient care and nursing management positions in hospital settings. Experience spans across medical-surgical, telemetry, orthopedic, step down and behavioral health units. Expert in all aspects of patient care and highly adept in working closely with physicians to achieve optimal patient outcomes. Seeking a nursing leadership position within a magnet hospital.
Overview
23
23
years of professional experience
Work History
Registered Nurse
Kaiser Permanente
05.2006 - Current
- Perform charge nurse duty on medical-surgical telemetry units
- Make patient/staff assignments safely
- Provide care currently to step down, telemetry/medical-surgical patients
- Worked with intubated and ventilated patients, monitoring and reporting on conditions to maintain stats within optimal levels.
- Operated critical care equipment to keep patients stable and promote recovery.
- Managed needs of chronically ill and acute patients with well-coordinated treatment strategies.
- Perform routine patient assessments
- Safely administer medications and treatments
- Perform patient and family teaching
- Collaborate with other members of the multidisciplinary team to facilitate patient plan of care
- Safely provide wound care and dressing changes
- Administer intravenous medications and solutions
- Responded rapidly to critical codes to coordinate stabilization treatments and restore vital functions.
Nurse Manager
Good Samaritan Hospital
01.2023 - 12.2023
- Managed a general medical-surgical unit for up to 30 beds
- Developed strategy to target nursing and patient satisfaction issues, improve response and patient care quality and suggest actionable improvements to promote hospital-wide quality and safety initiatives .
- Established and continuously optimized unit schedules and individual work assignments.
- Engaged and participated in consults, patient care plan development and patient monitoring.
- Supervised professional and paraprofessional nursing staff and delegated tasks to maintain continuum of care.
- Supervised, directed and motivated high-quality performance from nursing staff.
Clinical Nurse Manager
Sutter Health
05.2019 - 02.2022
- Managed 60 direct reports and nursing activities in 32-bed post acute unit.
- Maintain unit based upon Title 22 guidelines and regulations
- Coordinated departmental operations according to administrative, legal and medical guidelines.
- Trained new nurses in proper techniques, care standards, operational procedures and safety protocols.
- Supervised, directed and motivated high-quality performance from nursing staff.
- Reviewed department performance and adjusted coverage to compensate for changing conditions.
- Supervised professional and paraprofessional nursing staff and delegated tasks to maintain continuum of care.
- Introduced initiatives based on staff education, infection control audits, safe medication administration and proper wound care to achieve unit and facility goals.
Education Coordinator
Kindred Healthcare
01.2019 - 05.2019
- Created lesson plans and teaching materials to meet the learning needs of the facility
- Collaborated with hospital senior leadership to address corrective action/training needs
- Prepare and facilitate hospital wide orientation/nursing orientation
- Manage classroom orientation for agency/contract staff
- Consult liason to hospital nursing leadership/other disciplines
Nurse Shift Manager
Dignity Health
06.2018 - 11.2019
- Manage patient care on medical-surgical and orthopedic unit for up to 40 patients
- Human resource management for nursing unit
- Implement Title 22 Regulations/Joint Commission for nursing
- Assign patient assignments to individual nursing staff based upon patient safety and acuity
- Monitor patient care for quality and safety
- Implement/maintain quality improvement projects
- Address any issues to maintain productive and supportive work environment
- Apply evidenced-based healthcare practices and nursing standards to unit
- Ensure nursing staff remain compliant with mandatory educational requirements/certifications
- Collaborate with physicians and multidisciplinary professionals to reduce barriers to discharge
- Perform leadership rounds to ensure patient satisfaction
- Create nursing department schedule and updated timekeeping as needed
- Ensure nursing staff have adequate supplies and resources to provide care
- Prepare unit for survey for joint commission and other accrediting bodies
- Trained and mentored new employees to maximize team performance.
- Consistently exhibited calm demeanor during periods of high volume or unusual events to keep store operating smoothly and set positive example for shift team.
- Managed schedules, accepted time off requests and found coverage for short shifts.
Nurse Manager II
Department of Mental Health
07.2016 - 06.2018
- Supervised restorative nursing department
- Assisted with hiring of new nursing staff for facility as well as sister facilities
- Provide education to newly hired nursing staff/students
- Oversees staff compliance with mandatory annual training/certifications
- Develops, interprets, supports and implements policies and procedures for organizational facility
- Consult liaison between medical staff and ancillary departments
- Facilitates communication and problem solving for departments
- Assists with developing goals and action plans for facility/strategic planning
- Ensures departmental activities and records adhere to regulatory requirements
Registered Nurse
Regional Medical Center
02.2011 - 07.2017
- Performed charge nurse duties on Step down ICU/telemetry unit/36 beds
- Provided care to patients ventilated and post ventilation.
- Assigned patient/nurse assignments
- Monitored quality of patient care
- Performed routine patient assessments/treatments
- Safely administered cardiac drips/medications
- Analyze and interpret EKG rhythm strips
- Effectively develop patient plan of care
- Provide care to patients post open heart surgery
- Perform routine dressing changes
- Safely remove arterial/venous sheaths
- Provide daily teaching to patients and family
- Perform discharge teaching to patients/family members
- Responded rapidly to critical codes to coordinate stabilization treatments and restore vital functions.
- Managed needs of chronically ill and acute patients with well-coordinated treatment strategies.
- Documented work in Meditch and updated patients' charts with orders and observations.
- Protected critically ill patients from unnecessary risks by limiting visitors, using proper PPE and using strong infection control procedures.
- Oversaw various aspects of telemetry by administering PA catheters and arterials, vasoactive drugs, titration, thrombolytic therapy, dysrhythmia interpretation and chest tubes.
Adjunct Faculty
Samuel Merritt University
04.2014 - 07.2017
- Educate nursing students on fundamentals of nursing and nursing assessment skills
- Direct supervision of nursing students in the clinical setting
- Plan, implement and evaluate student performance in the clinical setting
- Safely instruct students on basic nursing care
- Provide education to students in regards to physical assessment skills
- Provide education to students in regards to safe medication administration
- Developed case studies to strengthen the students critical thinking skills
- Properly educate students on nursing documentation
Registered Nurse
HRP Nursing Services
07.2001 - 01.2008
- Provided staff relief to local hospitals and acute care facilities
- Provided care to patients upon medical-surgical and telemetry units
- Performed routine patient assessments and treatments
- Performed wound care per protocol
- Safely administered medications and intravenous solutions
- Performed discharge teaching/education with patients and their family
Registered Nurse
Providence Hospital
08.2003 - 04.2005
- Provided care and treatments to patients post cardiac catherization
- Provided care to patients post pacemaker insertion/ablation
- Provided care to patients post open heart surgery
- Administered cardiac drugs and drips
- Safely interpreted EKG rhythm strips
- Completed admissions and discharges per hospital protocol
- Provided patient and family education based upon healthcare need
Education
Doctor of Nursing Practice - Nursing
Medical University of South Carolina
Charleston, South Carolina05.2017
Master's - Health Care Administration & Education
University of Phoenix
Phoenix, Arizona07.2011
Master of Science - Nursing
University of Phoenix
Phoenix, Arizona07.2009
Bachelor of Science - Nursing
University of South Carolina
Aiken, South Carolina12.2004
Associate of Science - Nursing
Midlands Technical College
West Columbia, SC12.2001
Diploma - Nursing
Midlands Technical College
West Columbia, SC08.1999
Skills
- Strong clinical judgment
- Patient care standards
- Resource allocation
- Staff education
- Policy development
- Process evaluation
- Task delegation
- Excellent communication skills
References
- References available upon request
Timeline
Nurse Manager
Good Samaritan Hospital
01.2023 - 12.2023
Clinical Nurse Manager
Sutter Health
05.2019 - 02.2022
Education Coordinator
Kindred Healthcare
01.2019 - 05.2019
Nurse Shift Manager
Dignity Health
06.2018 - 11.2019
Nurse Manager II
Department of Mental Health
07.2016 - 06.2018
Adjunct Faculty
Samuel Merritt University
04.2014 - 07.2017
Registered Nurse
Regional Medical Center
02.2011 - 07.2017
Registered Nurse
Kaiser Permanente
05.2006 - Current
Registered Nurse
Providence Hospital
08.2003 - 04.2005
Registered Nurse
HRP Nursing Services
07.2001 - 01.2008
Doctor of Nursing Practice - Nursing
Medical University of South Carolina
Master's - Health Care Administration & Education
University of Phoenix
Master of Science - Nursing
University of Phoenix
Bachelor of Science - Nursing
University of South Carolina
Associate of Science - Nursing
Midlands Technical College
Diploma - Nursing
Midlands Technical College
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