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Megen Holthaus

Peoria

Summary

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Diligent nursing professional with demonstrated success in emergency patient care. Agile and responsive to dynamic patient needs and environmental conditions. Team-oriented and reliable with expert healthcare knowledge, clear verbal and written communication skills and sound clinical judgment.

Overview

21
21
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification

Work History

Charge Registered Nurse, ER

OSF St. Francis Medical Center
08.2017 - Current
  • Trained new nurses in proper techniques, care standards, operational procedures, and safety protocols for patient care.
  • Assigned nursing care on unit through staff assignments, assisting and rounding with physicians, monitoring patient orders, and communicating with ancillary departments.
  • Collaborated with physicians to quickly assess patients and deliver appropriate treatment while managing rapidly changing conditions in an emergency setting.
  • Maintained certifications required for nursing license, as well as certifications for strokes, MIs, LVAD and trauma.

Cashier

Unity Point Methodist College
03.2014 - 05.2017
  • Greeted customers entering store and responded promptly to customer needs.
  • Operated cash register for cash, check, and credit card transactions with excellent accuracy levels.

Office Assistant

Midstate Podiatry
06.2013 - 05.2015

Phlebotomist

American Red Cross
09.2008 - 01.2013
  • Labeled transfer tubes and followed exact directions for handling and storing specimens for transport.
  • Assembled tourniquets, needles, and blood collection devices to prepare work trays.
  • Addressed questions and concerns to educate patients on collection process and procedures.
  • Tracked collected specimens by initialing, dating, and noting times of collection.

Medic

United States Army
10.2004 - 08.2007
  • Collaborated with other healthcare professionals to provide quality patient care.
  • Provided CPR and used automated external defibrillators (AEDs) to revive patients in cardiac arrest.
  • Attended training classes to maintain certification licensure, keep abreast of new developments in field and maintain existing knowledge.
  • Placed patients on backboards or stretchers to safely load into ambulance.
  • 1 Year deployment to Baqubah, Iraq

Education

Nursing

Methodist College of Nursing
Peoria, IL
05-2017

Skills

  • Nursing staff monitoring
  • Staff training
  • Care coordination
  • Staff leadership
  • Clinical judgment

Certification

Trauma Nurse Specialist

Certified Emergency Nurse

Timeline

Charge Registered Nurse, ER

OSF St. Francis Medical Center
08.2017 - Current

Cashier

Unity Point Methodist College
03.2014 - 05.2017

Office Assistant

Midstate Podiatry
06.2013 - 05.2015

Phlebotomist

American Red Cross
09.2008 - 01.2013

Medic

United States Army
10.2004 - 08.2007

Nursing

Methodist College of Nursing
Megen Holthaus