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, IL05-2017
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
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