Culley “Alley” Stewart
Columbus
Summary
Driven and dedicated Registered Nurse with 8.5 years of experience caring for patients within hospital, clinic, and home setting. Currently working as an ICU nurse, PRN ER nurse, and private duty pediatric nurse. Smoothly deliver comprehensive patient care and delegate tasks according to patient needs and personnel skillsets. Dedicated to providing top quality care within multidisciplinary team environment. Proficient in delegating tasks, performing life-saving tasks under pressure, accepting and learning from constructive criticism, and being a huge team player that helps out all of her coworkers.
Overview
9
9
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification
Work History
Private Duty Pediatric Nurse
Karis Staffing Agency
05.2023 - Current
- Supervised cardiac monitors, mechanical ventilators and alarms and oxygen delivery devices.
- Assessed signs and symptoms indicating physiologic and psychosocial changes in patient's condition.
- Rendered therapeutic nursing interventions for individualized plan of care following homecare guidelines.
- Reported abnormal findings to case manager and physician for immediate intervention orders.
- Maintained optimal ventilator settings and operations to meet patient care needs.
- Recorded care information accurately and completely in electronic data systems.
- Tracked nursing data for care provided to document progress and outcomes for established goals.
- Counseled patients and families to provide psychological, emotional and spiritual support.
- Coordinated and conducted routine home visits to assess patient's condition, progress and reactions to treatment, medication and interventions.
- Administered PEG tube medications and feedings, inhalations, performed chest physiotherapy, tracheostomy care, and PEG tube care.
Charge Registered Nurse, ICU
Baptist Memorial Hospital-Golden Triangle
02.2021 - Current
- Collaborates with multidisciplinary healthcare specialists to devise, implement and modify plans of care defining patient outcome goals
- Train and mentor new RNs on best practices, hospital policies and standards of care.
- Organize and delegate tasks during rapid response and high-pressure code situations.
- Audit patient charts in real-time, verifying accuracy and completion of information.
- Educating patients, caregivers and families on diagnoses, treatment and disease prevention.
- Responding to emergency situations with speed, expertise and level-headed approaches to provide optimal care, support and life-saving interventions.
- Assess patient conditions, monitor behaviors and update supervising physicians with observations and concerns.
- Helping patients and families feel comfortable during challenging and stressful situations, promoting recovery and reducing compliance issues.
- Advocating for patient needs with interdisciplinary team and implemented outlined treatment plans.
Registered Nurse
King and Associates Cardiology Clinic
03.2019 - 02.2021
- Prepared charts for clinic patients, including gathering all hospital records and test results.
- Coordinated timely refills for patients' prescriptions by obtaining authorizations and transmitting paperwork.
- Prepared patient rooms for visits by including cleaning, sanitizing equipment and stocking supplies.
- Collected blood samples using phlebotomy best practices and labeled specimens for testing.
- Counseled patients and caregivers, providing emotional, psychological and spiritual support.
- Communicated with primary care physicians or emergency care providers to relay patient needs.
- Answered patient questions and provided take-home materials for further information.
- Inserted IVs and pushed necessary medications during dobutamine stress tests. Monitored patients for EKG changes, heart rate, and BP.
- Performed ABI testing for scheduled patients.
Registered Nurse- ICU Stepdown
Baptist Memorial Golden Triangle
06.2017 - 03.2019
- Coordinated care with physicians and other clinical staff to prepare for treatment, carry out interventions and enhance continuum of care to deliver comprehensive services.
- Monitored and recorded patient condition, vital signs, recovery progress and medication side effects.
- Assisted patients with healing and recovery after surgery by closely monitoring and caring for wounds, answering questions and educating about continued care strategies.
- Consistently assessed and evaluated patients' health needs by coordinating across medical disciplines to create, implement and modify personalized care plans.
- Trained and mentored new RNs on best practices, hospital policies and standards of care.
- Assessed patient health needs by reviewing and tracking EKG readings to address telemetry readings and quickly inform teammates on stability or acuity changes.
- Administered scheduled medications and therapies intravenously, rectally, orally, subcutaneously and via intramuscular injections while overseeing pain management plans.
Education
Associate of Applied Science - Nursing
Mississippi University For Women
Columbus, MS05.2017
Associate of Arts -
East Mississippi Community College
Mayhew, MS05.2014
Skills
- Patient monitoring in an ICU and ER setting
- Epic EHR Management
- Statewise and Cubhub documenation
- Medication Administration via all routes
Nursing
- Direct and Indirect Patient Care
- Critical Care
- Tracheostomy Care
- Ventilator Care
Certification
- Basic Life Support (BLS) Certification 7/2024-7/2026
- Advanced Cardiovascular Life Support (ACLS) Certification 7/2024-7/2026
- Trauma Nursing Core Course (TNCC) Certification 10/2022-10/2026
- Pediatric Advanced Life Support (PALS) Certification 7/2024-7/2026
- Job Instructor Trainer 2022-2026
Timeline
Private Duty Pediatric Nurse
Karis Staffing Agency
05.2023 - Current
Charge Registered Nurse, ICU
Baptist Memorial Hospital-Golden Triangle
02.2021 - Current
Registered Nurse
King and Associates Cardiology Clinic
03.2019 - 02.2021
Registered Nurse- ICU Stepdown
Baptist Memorial Golden Triangle
06.2017 - 03.2019
Associate of Arts -
East Mississippi Community College
Associate of Applied Science - Nursing
Mississippi University For Women