Katelyn Watson
Bourbonnais
Summary
Emergency Room Registered Nurse with extensive experience at St. Mary Hospital, specializing in emergency trauma response and critical care. Demonstrated success in stabilizing patients and improving recovery rates through effective communication and conflict resolution. Proficient in ACLS and crisis prevention interventions, consistently delivering high-quality care in high-pressure situations.
Overview
5
5
years of professional experience
10
10
Certifications
Work History
Emergency Room Registered Nurse
St. Mary Hospital
07.2022 - Current
- Answered codes quickly and orchestrated efficient, skilled medical care.
- Collaborated with physicians to quickly assess patients and deliver appropriate treatment while managing rapidly changing conditions.
- Teamed on trauma and emergency interventions involving serious head injuries, gunshot wounds, and thoracic trauma.
- Performed triage on incoming patients and determined severity of injuries and illnesses.
- Delivered high level of quality care to diverse populations while overseeing patient admission and triaging based on acuity and appropriate department admission.
- Quickly responded to situations impacting safety and security to unit, actualizing crisis prevention interventions to control and de-escalate situations.
Travel Registered Nurse
UChiacgo Ingalls Memorial Hospital
06.2023 - 09.2023
- Administered medications and treatment to patients and monitored responses.
- Facilitated therapeutic communication, conflict resolution and crisis intervention by redirecting negative behaviors and helping patients regain or improve coping abilities.
- Observed and documented patient factors such as diets, physical activity levels, and behaviors to understand conditions and effectively modify treatment plans.
- Explained course of care and medication side effects to patients and caregivers in easy-to-understand terms.
Registered Nurse, Medical-Surgical Unit
St. Mary Hospital
07.2021 - 07.2022
- Advised patients and caregivers of proper wound management, discharge plan objectives, safe medication use, and disease management.
- Equipped patients with tools and knowledge needed for speedy and sustained recovery.
- Conducted ongoing monitoring and evaluations of behaviors and conditions, and updated clinical supervisors with current information.
- Monitored patient reactions after administering medications and IV therapies.
- Communicated openly and collaboratively with all healthcare staff to organize successful patient care.
- Administered medications via oral, IV, and intramuscular injections and monitored responses.
- Performed emergency medical procedures such as BLS, ACLS and other condition stabilizing interventions.
Education
Bachelor of Science - Nursing
Olivet Nazarene University
Bourbonnais, IL05-2021
Skills
- Emergency trauma response
- Privacy protection measures
- Emergency triage
- Critical care support
- Pediatric advanced life support
- Psychological assessment
- Respiratory management
- Intravenous insertion
- Ultrasound-guided intravenous access
- Epic charting
- Meditech charting
- Medication administration
- Communication skills
- Conflict resolution
- Therapeutic communication
- Attention to detail
- Time management
- Patient stabilization
- Infection control
- Pharmacology
- Neurological care
- Medical records management
- Orthopedic care
- Quality improvement
- Obstetric care
- Intravenous therapy
- Charting and clinical documentation
- Stroke patient care
- Obstetric and gynecological care
Certification
State of Illinois Registered Professional Nurse
References
References available upon request.
Timeline
Travel Registered Nurse
UChiacgo Ingalls Memorial Hospital
06.2023 - 09.2023
Emergency Room Registered Nurse
St. Mary Hospital
07.2022 - Current
Registered Nurse, Medical-Surgical Unit
St. Mary Hospital
07.2021 - 07.2022
Bachelor of Science - Nursing
Olivet Nazarene University