Katie Mayes

• Contract Nurse educator for Foundation Medicine
• Collaborated with account executives, customer experience, medical science liaisons in educating HCPs in Foundation’s genomic testing
• Fostered, maintained and nurtured relationships with oncology practices, providers and support staff
• Presenting genomics education at local Oncology Nursing Society chapter meetings
• Regular travel to oncology offices to complete educational in-services

• Managed care of hematology/oncology patients and acted as point person, educator and advocate among the interdisciplinary team
• Coordinated and case managed care over 300 malignant hematology and oncology patients
• Active participant in multidisciplinary tumor boards
• Identified and prevented barriers to care
• Participated in multidisciplinary visits with the patient and ensured smooth treatment process to survivorship
• Participated in continuing education to remain aware of new treatments, trial opportunities and side effect management

• Charge nurse in infusion center that saw 100+ patients each day
• Administering chemotherapy/biotherapy agents
• Educating oncology patients and families
• Coordinating care of oncology patients with entire health care team
• Managing care of Hematology/Oncology patients with complex regimens in a high-volume and fast-paced clinic environment
• Managed adverse drug reactions and rapid clinical changes
• Onboarded and oriented new nurses
• Started as a travel RN with TruStaff agency that floated between multiple Indiana University satelite oncology offices (CICC) and ultimately signed on with Simon Cancer Center infusion location full time.

• Administered high-dose chemotherapy, stem cell infusions, blood products, CAR-T infusions and complex biotherapy regimens
• Oriented new nurses to BMT specialty
• Monitoring and providing interventions for a complex and quickly declining patient population
• Apheresis procedure trained to run autologous, allogenic and t-cell collections autonomously under FACT with both pediatric and adult patients
• Photopheresis procedures independently

• Inpatient nurse managing care of hematology/oncology patients, both before during and after treatment
• Bone marrow transplant nurse that care for and administered high dose chemotherapy before transplant, administered stem cells for transplant and managed complex medical care post transplant in house
• Brief employment as I was recruited to work at Vanderbilt 3 months later, which had been a long time goal of mine.

- Travel nurse for AMN Healthcare

- 13 week assignment at Stanford Cancer Center to manage outpatient care of bone marrow transplant patients

- Administered Chemotherapy, blood products and stem cell infusions

- Managed complex treatment protocols and hypersensitivity reactions

- Inpatient critical care bone marrow transplant nurse

- Treated and managed care of active transplant patients as well as patients experiencing post transplant complications

- Monitored complex antirejection medication regimens, administered high dose chemotherapy and stem cells

- Managed care of critically ill ICU status patients on vents, CRRT, pressors, etc.

- Participated in end of life care and discussions

- Oriented new nurses after 1 year experience

- Flexed between day shift and night shift