Alexandra Smith, RN, BSN

Experience

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  Community Health System

  Jan 2019 - Feb 2021

  Delivered patient care through assessment, planning, implementation, and evaluation of patient needs. I was involved in the care of patients who required close monitoring and frequent assessment, but who are not unstable enough to continue needing ICU care. Care involved giving complex medications that may require titration based on vital signs or labs. Worked under the direction of a RN mentor to provide patient care and learn hospital policies and procedures in accordance with the goals of the unit. I learned assessment skills and became familiar with presentation and treatment protocols.

  • Registered Nurse

    Jul 2020 - Feb 2021

  • Nurse Intern

    Jan 2019 - Jul 2020
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  National Staffing Solutions

  Jan 2021 - Jun 2021

  Registered Nurse

  My position required me to act as the site supervisor. I regulated and enforced COVID labor laws amongst staff, ensured team members properly recorded time worked in their timecards, set up each event and took down equipment at the end of the day, and cleaned and sanitized highly touched surfaces throughout each day. I also ensured staff donned and doffed correctly and in designated areas, and relieved the staff of their duties while alternating breaks. I swabbed patients for COVID, and provided patient education about COVID-19. I attended company zoom meetings daily to go over any updates they had for us. I also collected inventory of supplies and ordered them when needed. Show less

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  Action Supportive Care Services

  Jun 2021 - Mar 2022

  Registered Nurse

  Tended to children between ages 5 to 19, with chronic medical needs such as seizure management, diabetes management, oxygen administration, oral suctioning, behavioral interventions, intermittent catheterization, etc. all while they attended school and class field trips.

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  Newport Healthcare

  May 2022 - Aug 2023

  Working alongside the nurse manager and supervisor, responsible for leading and mentoring the nursing team. Providing direct patient care, conduct chart audits, review policies and procedures, communicate with patients’ parents, and providers/therapists/counselors. Provided on-site nursing care to teens between the ages of 12-18 at this in-patient adolescent mental health facility. Worked alongside psychiatrists, psychologists, therapists, and dieticians in order to provide treatment to teens struggling with substance abuse, depression, anxiety, PTSD, and eating disorders.

  • Lead Nurse

    Mar 2023 - Aug 2023

  • Registered Nurse

    May 2022 - Mar 2023
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  Ascension

  Aug 2023 - now

  Labor and Delivery / Neonatal Nurse

  Responsible for the care of the neonate during the first few hours after delivery. Performed initial assessments as well as administered the first few medications after birth. Provided medical intervention as needed. Occasionally floated to a he postpartum unit and the NICU.