GREGORY DEANS
Mantee
Summary
Hardworking Registered Nurse with success providing individualized patient care. Committed to delivering best-in-class patient care through effective education and counseling. Proven leadership focused on increasing and enhancing patient care and satisfaction. Streamline safety protocols for comprehensive patient care.
Overview
13
13
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification
Work History
Med Surg/Tele Registered Nurse
Core Medical Staffing/ Mission Community Hospital
01.2025 - 03.2025
- Utilized critical thinking skills to prioritize nursing interventions based on patients'' acuity levels and individual needs.
- Conducted thorough patient assessments to identify changes in condition, promptly notifying physicians and initiating appropriate interventions when necessary.
- Administered medications safely according to established guidelines while closely monitoring for side effects or adverse reactions requiring intervention.
- Enhanced patient satisfaction by providing compassionate, holistic nursing care that addressed physical, emotional, and spiritual needs.
- Prevented the spread of infections by consistently adhering to strict infection control protocols and educating patients on proper hygiene practices.
- Collaborated with interdisciplinary teams to develop comprehensive treatment plans for complex patients with multiple comorbidities.
- Improved patient outcomes by implementing evidence-based nursing interventions and individualized care plans.
- Promoted a culture of safety within the healthcare facility by participating in quality improvement initiatives, identifying potential hazards, and advocating for best practices in nursing care delivery.
- Advised patients and caregivers of proper wound management, discharge plan objectives, safe medication use, and disease management.
Med Surg/ Tele Registered Nurse
Kaiser Permanente / AMN Healthcare
12.2023 - 10.2024
- Utilized critical thinking skills to prioritize nursing interventions based on patients'' acuity levels and individual needs.
- Conducted thorough patient assessments to identify changes in condition, promptly notifying physicians and initiating appropriate interventions when necessary.
- Administered medications safely according to established guidelines while closely monitoring for side effects or adverse reactions requiring intervention.
- Prevented the spread of infections by consistently adhering to strict infection control protocols and educating patients on proper hygiene practices.
- Collaborated with interdisciplinary teams to develop comprehensive treatment plans for complex patients with multiple comorbidities.
- Contributed to interdisciplinary team meetings by presenting relevant clinical data about patients'' progress toward reaching established goals of care.
- Managed patients recovering from medical or surgical procedures.
- Explained course of care and medication side effects to patients and caregivers in easy-to-understand terms.
- Monitored patient reactions after administering medications and IV therapies.
- Quickly responded to situations impacting safety and security to unit, actualizing crisis prevention interventions to control and de-escalate situations.
Med Surg/ Tele Registered Nurse
Jersey Shore Medical Center / Advantis Medical
05.2023 - 11.2023
- Utilized critical thinking skills to prioritize nursing interventions based on patients'' acuity levels and individual needs.
- Conducted thorough patient assessments to identify changes in condition, promptly notifying physicians and initiating appropriate interventions when necessary.
- Administered medications safely according to established guidelines while closely monitoring for side effects or adverse reactions requiring intervention.
- Enhanced patient satisfaction by providing compassionate, holistic nursing care that addressed physical, emotional, and spiritual needs.
- Prevented the spread of infections by consistently adhering to strict infection control protocols and educating patients on proper hygiene practices.
- Collaborated with interdisciplinary teams to develop comprehensive treatment plans for complex patients with multiple comorbidities.
- Promoted a culture of safety within the healthcare facility by participating in quality improvement initiatives, identifying potential hazards, and advocating for best practices in nursing care delivery.
Med Surg/ Tele Registered Nurse
Asante Medical Center / AMN Healthcare
01.2023 - 04.2023
- Utilized critical thinking skills to prioritize nursing interventions based on patients'' acuity levels and individual needs.
- Conducted thorough patient assessments to identify changes in condition, promptly notifying physicians and initiating appropriate interventions when necessary.
- Administered medications safely according to established guidelines while closely monitoring for side effects or adverse reactions requiring intervention.
- Enhanced patient satisfaction by providing compassionate, holistic nursing care that addressed physical, emotional, and spiritual needs.
- Prevented the spread of infections by consistently adhering to strict infection control protocols and educating patients on proper hygiene practices.
- Collaborated with interdisciplinary teams to develop comprehensive treatment plans for complex patients with multiple comorbidities.
Med Surg/ Tele Registered Nurse
Mission Community Hospital / SnapNurse
02.2022 - 12.2022
- Utilized critical thinking skills to prioritize nursing interventions based on patients'' acuity levels and individual needs.
- Conducted thorough patient assessments to identify changes in condition, promptly notifying physicians and initiating appropriate interventions when necessary.
- Administered medications safely according to established guidelines while closely monitoring for side effects or adverse reactions requiring intervention.
- Enhanced patient satisfaction by providing compassionate, holistic nursing care that addressed physical, emotional, and spiritual needs.
- Prevented the spread of infections by consistently adhering to strict infection control protocols and educating patients on proper hygiene practices.
- Collaborated with interdisciplinary teams to develop comprehensive treatment plans for complex patients with multiple comorbidities.
- Skillfully managed challenging patient situations using de-escalation techniques, crisis intervention strategies, and therapeutic communication skills.
- Improved patient outcomes by implementing evidence-based nursing interventions and individualized care plans.
Vaccination Registered Nurse
Cook County Correctional Facility/Favorite Nursing
12.2021 - 02.2022
- Updated patient charts with data such as medications to keep records current and support accurate treatments.
- Contributed substantially to successful department JCAHO accreditation by consistently operating to highest standards of care.
Med Surg/ Tele Registered Nurse
Enloe Medical Center/ SnapNurse
10.2021 - 11.2021
- Educated patients and families on medical-surgical procedures, therapeutic regimens and pain management techniques.
- Assessed patient status during procedures to communicate abnormalities to physicians.
- Recorded and measured patients' weight, temperature, respiration and blood pressure.
- Managed patients' pain by implementing pharmacological and non-pharmacological pain management interventions.
- Started intravenous fluids, administered medications and documented patient charts by recording food and fluid output and intake.
- Adhered to strict safety measures by carefully determining proper dosages before administering medications.
- Educated family members and caregivers on patient care instructions.
- Advocated for and strived to protect health, safety and rights of patient.
Traveling COVID-19 Registered Nurse
Krucial/Christus Santa Rosa Westover Hills
08.2020 - 04.2021
- Administered medications via oral, IV and intramuscular injections and monitored responses.
- Administered medications and treatment to patients and monitored responses while working with healthcare teams to adjust care plans.
- Educated patients, families and caregivers on diagnosis and prognosis, treatment options, disease process and management and lifestyle options.
- Implemented interventions, including medication and IV administration, catheter insertion and airway management.
- Provided direct patient care, stabilized patients and determined next course of action.
- Monitored patient condition, including interpreting and tracking EKG readings, identifying irregular telemetry readings and updating team members on changes in stability or acuity.
- Advocated for patients by communicating care preferences to practitioners, verifying interventions met treatment goals.
- Updated patient charts with data such as medications to keep records current and support accurate treatments.
- Monitored patient reactions to drugs and carefully documented findings.
- Audited charts and reviewed clinical documents to verify accuracy.
- Organized and managed care of patients undergoing various therapies and procedures.
Registered Nurse
Cross Country Staffing/Zuckerberg SFGH
04.2020 - 07.2020
- Collaborated with physicians to quickly assess patients and deliver appropriate treatment while managing rapidly changing conditions.
- Administered medications via oral, IV and intramuscular injections and monitored responses.
- Implemented interventions, including medication and IV administration, catheter insertion and airway management.
- Collected blood, tissue and other laboratory specimens and prepared for lab testing.
- Managed care from admission to discharge, including patient assessments, care planning, health educations and discharge support.
- Managed quality care for patients with heart failure, end-stage renal disease and coronary artery disease.
- Monitored patient condition, including interpreting and tracking EKG readings, identifying irregular telemetry readings and updating team members on changes in stability or acuity.
- Maintained quality care and comfort for patients with heart failure, pulmonary hypertension and other conditions.
- Updated patient charts with data such as medications to keep records current and support accurate treatments.
- Audited charts and reviewed clinical documents to verify accuracy.
- Monitored patient reactions to drugs and carefully documented findings.
- Reviewed post-operative orders and continuously monitored patients' post-operative vitals, set up PCA and fluids and oriented patients to unit.
- Contributed substantially to successful department JCAHO accreditation by consistently operating to highest standards of care.
Registered Nurse
San Joaquin General Hospital
04.2017 - 07.2020
- Implement care ina consistent and thorough manner.
- Perform assessments focusing on all aspects of patient including physiological, cognitive, cultural, spiritual, and psychosocial aspects.
- Demonstrate knowledge of safety principles.
- Manage pain and nutritional needs of patient.
- Provide patient and family education and maintaining satisfaction within safety standards.
- Demonstrates responsibility for own professional nursing practice.
- Demonstrates knowledge of safety principles established in hospital institution.
- Perform other duties not listed as necessary for care and safety of patients.
- Demonstrates flexibility when floating upon request and as necessary.
Registered Nurse
Total Med/Kaiser Permanente
12.2019 - 03.2020
- Collaborated with physicians to quickly assess patients and deliver appropriate treatment while managing rapidly changing conditions.
- Administered medications via oral, IV and intramuscular injections and monitored responses.
- Administered medications and treatment to patients and monitored responses while working with healthcare teams to adjust care plans.
- Implemented interventions, including medication and IV administration, catheter insertion and airway management.
- Managed quality care for patients with heart failure, end-stage renal disease and coronary artery disease.
- Monitored patient condition, including interpreting and tracking EKG readings, identifying irregular telemetry readings and updating team members on changes in stability or acuity.
- Advocated for patients by communicating care preferences to practitioners, verifying interventions met treatment goals.
- Maintained quality care and comfort for patients with heart failure, pulmonary hypertension and other conditions.
- Monitored patient reactions to drugs and carefully documented findings.
Registered Nurse/JAN
Glendale Memorial Hospital
01.2018 - 05.2018
- Implement care ina consistent and thorough manner.
- Perform assessments focusing on all aspects of the patient including physiological, cognitive, cultural, spiritual, and psychosocial aspects.
- Demonstrate knowledge of safety principles.
- Manage pain and nutritional needs of patient.
- Provide patient and family education and maintaining satisfaction within safety standards.
- Demonstrates responsibility for own professional nursing practice.
- Demonstrates knowledge of safety principles established in hospital institution.
- Perform other duties not listed as necessary for care and safety of patients.
- Demonstrates flexibility when floating upon request and as necessary.
Registered Nurse
San Joaquin General Hospital/Maxim Travel nursing
05.2017 - 01.2018
- Implement care ina consistent and thorough manner.
- Perform assessments focusing on all aspects of the patient including physiological, cognitive, cultural, spiritual, and psychosocial aspects.
- Demonstrate knowledge of safety principles.
- Manage pain and nutritional needs of patient.
- Provide patient and family education and maintaining satisfaction within safety standards.
- Demonstrates responsibility for own professional nursing practice.
- Demonstrates knowledge of safety principles established in hospital institution.
- Perform other duties not listed as necessary for the care and safety of patients.
- Demonstrates flexibility when floating upon request and as necessary.
Registered Nurse/JAN
Doctors Hospital of Manteca/ Aya Healthcare Travel Nursing
01.2017 - 05.2017
- Description of responsibilities listed above in previous employment.
Registered Nurse/JUN
Saint Francis Hospital
01.2013 - 01.2017
- Implement care ina consistent and thorough manner.
- Perform assessments focusing onall aspects of the patient including physiological, congnitive, cultural, spiritual, and psychosocial aspects.
- Demonstrate knowledge of safety principles.
- Manage painand nutritional needs of patient.
- Provide patient and family educationand maintaining satisfactionwithinsafety standards.
- Demonstrates responsibility for ownprofessional nursing practice.
- Demonstrates knowledge of safety principles established inhospital institution.
- Perform other duties not listed as necessary for the care and safety of patients.
- Demonstrates exibility when oating uponrequest and as necessary.
Registered Nurse
Dugan Memorial Home
05.2012 - 06.2013
- Registered nurse practicing in long term care setting.
- Implement care ina consistent and thorough manner.
- Perform assessments focusing on all aspects of the resident including physiological, cognitive, cultural, spiritual, and psychosocial aspects.
- Demonstrate knowledge of safety principles.
- Manage pain and nutritional needs of resident.
- Provide patient/resident and family education and maintaining satisfaction within safety standards.
- Demonstrates responsibility for own professional nursing practice.
- Demonstrates knowledge of safety principles established in long term care institution.
- Perform other duties not listed as necessary for the care and safety of residents.
- Demonstrates flexibility taking on responsibility of all roles within scope of practice when needed to ensure care and safety of residents., Registered nurse practicing in long term care setting.
- Implement care ina consistent and thorough manner.
- Perform assessments focusing on all aspects of the resident including physiological, cognitive, cultural, spiritual, and psychosocial aspects.
- Demonstrate knowledge of safety principles.
- Manage pain and nutritional needs of resident.
- Provide patient/resident and family education and maintaining satisfaction within safety standards.
- Demonstrates responsibility for own professional nursing practice.
- Demonstrates knowledge of safety principles established in long term care institution.
- Perform other duties not listed as necessary for the care and safety of residents.
- Demonstrates flexibility taking on responsibility of all roles within scope of practice when needed to ensure care and safety of residents.
- Certificates and Licenses -California state Board of Nursing license -Compact state Board of nursing license -ACLS certification -BLS certification cation -NIHSS certification.
Education
Associate Degree - Nursing
Mississippi University For Women
05.2011
Skills
- Monitoring Vital Signs
- Compassionate and Caring
- Diet and Nutrition
- Patient Condition Monitoring
- Decision Making
- Care Coordination
- Patient Examination
- Critical Thinking
- Clear Patient Communication
- Immunizations and Vaccinations
- Patient Care Assessment
- Medication Administration
- Direct Patient Care
- Infection Control Process Coordination
Certification
- Licensed Registered Nurse in California and Mississippi
- ACLS
- BLS
Timeline
Med Surg/Tele Registered Nurse
Core Medical Staffing/ Mission Community Hospital
01.2025 - 03.2025
Med Surg/ Tele Registered Nurse
Kaiser Permanente / AMN Healthcare
12.2023 - 10.2024
Med Surg/ Tele Registered Nurse
Jersey Shore Medical Center / Advantis Medical
05.2023 - 11.2023
Med Surg/ Tele Registered Nurse
Asante Medical Center / AMN Healthcare
01.2023 - 04.2023
Med Surg/ Tele Registered Nurse
Mission Community Hospital / SnapNurse
02.2022 - 12.2022
Vaccination Registered Nurse
Cook County Correctional Facility/Favorite Nursing
12.2021 - 02.2022
Med Surg/ Tele Registered Nurse
Enloe Medical Center/ SnapNurse
10.2021 - 11.2021
Traveling COVID-19 Registered Nurse
Krucial/Christus Santa Rosa Westover Hills
08.2020 - 04.2021
Registered Nurse
Cross Country Staffing/Zuckerberg SFGH
04.2020 - 07.2020
Registered Nurse
Total Med/Kaiser Permanente
12.2019 - 03.2020
Registered Nurse/JAN
Glendale Memorial Hospital
01.2018 - 05.2018
Registered Nurse
San Joaquin General Hospital/Maxim Travel nursing
05.2017 - 01.2018
Registered Nurse
San Joaquin General Hospital
04.2017 - 07.2020
Registered Nurse/JAN
Doctors Hospital of Manteca/ Aya Healthcare Travel Nursing
01.2017 - 05.2017
Registered Nurse/JUN
Saint Francis Hospital
01.2013 - 01.2017
Registered Nurse
Dugan Memorial Home
05.2012 - 06.2013
Associate Degree - Nursing
Mississippi University For Women
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