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Donna Eileen Hughes

Whitestown

Summary


Experienced healthcare professional skilled in patient care, critical thinking, and communication. Strong focus on team collaboration and achieving optimal patient outcomes. Reliable and adaptable, ensuring efficient and compassionate care in dynamic environments. Equipped with expertise in medical procedures, patient assessments, and care coordination.

Overview

30
30
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification

Work History

Registered Nurse

Ascension
09.2024 - Current

In this role I onboard candidates and clear them to work. I manage bloodborne pathogen and return to work cases. Other tasks include urine drug screens, drawing titers, taking vital signs, eye sight testing, and administering vaccines.


Nursing Administration/House Supervisor

Ascension St. Vincent Heart Center
10.2019 - 09.2024
  • Manage flow of patient admissions and discharges, global and creative mindset in conflict resolution, ensuring positive outcomes, Certified Notary Public, NIMS 100 and NIMS 200 Certified, provide staff support ensuring proper equipment availability, proficient in COVID details and processes, opening incident command and emergency hospital management.

Registered Nurse

Ascension St. Vincent Heart Center Emergency Unit
11.2016 - 10.2019
  • Provided high quality emergency patient care with focus on cardiac care, ACLS/BLS certified, charge nurse, and interim director of the Cath Lab and Emergency Room for 3 months.

Registered Nurse

St. Vincent Hospice
12.2013 - 11.2016
  • Compassionately managed end of life care along with preserving the dignity of the dying patient. Narcotic infusions, pain management, and triaging phone calls along with extensive patient and family education were most focused upon. I also served as Supervisor for 1.5 years.

Registered Nurse

St. Vincent Heart Center
06.2003 - 12.2013
  • Managed total patient focused bedside cardiac care from high acuity to progressive step-down patients.

Registered Nurse

St. Vincent Hospital Indianapolis
06.1996 - 06.2003

Surgical Unit team lead, on the resource team, filling in all unit needs.

Registered Nurse

Home Hospital
06.1995 - 06.1996
  • Medical-Surgical patient management amongst diverse procedures and surgeries.

Education

Bachelor of Science - Nursing

Purdue University
West Lafayette, IN
05.1995

Skills

  • Medication and IV administration
  • Medication administration
  • Direct patient care
  • Patient assessments
  • Patient education and counseling
  • Patient and family advocacy
  • Nursing staff leadership
  • Patient discharge
  • Complex Problem-solving
  • Relationship building
  • EMR / EHR
  • Patient relations
  • Emergency procedures
  • Chest pain management
  • Data collection
  • Health screening
  • Call triaging

Certification

Advanced Cardiac Life Support

Basic Life Support

Languages

Ukrainian
Limited Working

Timeline

Registered Nurse

Ascension
09.2024 - Current

Nursing Administration/House Supervisor

Ascension St. Vincent Heart Center
10.2019 - 09.2024

Registered Nurse

Ascension St. Vincent Heart Center Emergency Unit
11.2016 - 10.2019

Registered Nurse

St. Vincent Hospice
12.2013 - 11.2016

Registered Nurse

St. Vincent Heart Center
06.2003 - 12.2013

Registered Nurse

St. Vincent Hospital Indianapolis
06.1996 - 06.2003

Registered Nurse

Home Hospital
06.1995 - 06.1996

Bachelor of Science - Nursing

Purdue University
Donna Eileen Hughes