Aarika Nycole Wall
Columbia,WI
Summary
Organized and dependable candidate successful at managing multiple priorities with a positive attitude. Willingness to take on added responsibilities to meet team goals. Patient-oriented Nurse with three years of diverse experience in direct patient care, staff supervision and department operations. Skilled at multitasking and prioritizing patient needs and daily assignments. Offering expertise with neurosurgical critical care specialty. Professional nurse who has proven clinical knowledge in the critical care setting, embodies interpersonal strength and has demonstrated technical abilities to manage critically ill patients. Knowledgeable about EMR charting, medication administration and interdisciplinary collaboration focused on optimizing patient care, support, and safety. Quality-focused and efficiency-driven leader. Hardworking and passionate student who is eager to enter the field of nurse anesthesia. Detail-oriented team player with strong organizational skills. Ability to handle stress, multiple projects and strict deadlines simultaneously with a high degree of accuracy. Possesses excellent time management and problem-solving skills. Successful at advocating for patients and their anticipated needs while being dedicated to delivering best-in-class patient care and individualized plans for families and patients. Knowledgeable Critical Care Registered Nurse with superior knowledge of neurosurgical treatments, techniques, diagnostic procedures, and managing needs of medically complex patients. Proven record of responding quickly to changing patient needs and delivering positive outcomes. Manages small loads of critically ill patients and consistently delivers exceptional care.
Overview
3
3
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification
Work History
Adjunct Clinical Instructor
University Of South Carolina
07.2023 - Current
- Supervised group of 8-10 students
- Assigned students to patients based on learning objectives and patient needs.
- Provided immediate and constructive feedback to students individually and as group.
- Instructed students on how to perform head-to-toe assessments on patients and how to intervene in medical emergencies.
- Provided nursing skill demonstrations for medication administration, dressing changes and clinical logs.
- Instructed and coached students to help overcome academic issues and personal challenges.
- Conducted clinical simulations and provided weekly feedback for each individual student.
- Delivered individualized instruction on observation, assessment, decision-making and patient health teaching.
- Improved student performance by defining clear goals and communicating performance metrics.
- Incorporated instructional aids and motivational strategies to eradicate learning gaps.
- Supervised students when administering medications to maintain patient safety.
Adjunct Clinical Instructor
Midlands Technical Community College
05.2023 - Current
- Supervised group of 8-10 students
- Assigned students to patients based on learning objectives and patient needs.
- Provided immediate and constructive feedback to students individually and as group.
- Instructed students on how to perform head-to-toe assessments on patients and how to intervene in medical emergencies.
- Provided nursing skill demonstrations for medication administration, dressing changes and clinical logs.
- Instructed and coached students to help overcome academic issues and personal challenges.
- Conducted clinical simulations and provided weekly feedback for each individual student.
- Delivered individualized instruction on observation, assessment, decision-making and patient health teaching.
- Improved student performance by defining clear goals and communicating performance metrics.
- Incorporated instructional aids and motivational strategies to eradicate learning gaps.
- Supervised students when administering medications to maintain patient safety.
Administrator of Duty
MUSC - Columbia Medical Center
11.2022 - Current
- EPIC Charting System
- Performs duties across three campuses within Midlands Division of MUSC including: Downtown, Northeast, and Kershaw.
- Representative of hospital executive administration, goals of this job include: ensuring all hospital operations, meeting compliance/regulatory statues, and providing continuity of care for all patient populations.
- This role requires supervising activities related to all levels of nursing care, which include critical care, and emergency departments at all locations.
- Management of critically ill patients requiring transfer to higher level of care.
- Requires constant ability to demonstrate leadership and supervision skills while using superior assessment, judgement, and critical thinking in all aspects of management and care of patients across all services.
- Includes supervision and management of 300+ of employees.
- Provided leadership in analyzing, defining and improving business processes and solving complicated issues.
- Work to allocate services and resources to improve and maintain services and enhance profitability.
- Troubleshoot employee concerns and recommended corrective actions to resolve issues.
- Completed forms and reports to facilitate admission, transfer or discharge.
- Evaluated operational practices and identified improvement opportunities to develop revisions for systems and procedures.
- Managed department schedule
- Youngest member of department with highest performance rating
- Assist with creating processes to implement cost reductions and developed reporting procedures to maintain consistent monitoring of productivity.
- Network daily with industry professionals to exchange best practice knowledge and stay abreast of latest developments within division.
Charge Nurse/Primary Rapid Response
Prisma Health Richland Hospital
06.2022 - 01.2023
- EPIC Charting System
- 14-bed unit that houses wide variety of neuro critical care patients that require intense monitoring and neuro specific care.
- Coordinated 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.
- Built rapport with patients and family members to deliver exceptional care.
- Administered medications and treatment to patients and monitored responses while working with healthcare teams to adjust care plans.
- Implemented quality patient care techniques to align with safety, health, and organizational regulations.
- Worked with patients diagnosed with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD), asthma, congestive heart failure (CHF), cerebrovascular accidents (CVA), diabetes or sepsis to asses needs and determine best options for care.
- Routine, daily tasks include ventilator management, titration of vasoactive drugs, and bedside procedures which include central lines, arterial lines, and insertion of external ventricular devices.
- Cared for patients who are extremely unstable and on top of neurological insult, suffer various comorbidities.
- Management of patients requiring frequent CT and MRI scans while being prepared for life-threatening emergencies.
- Oriented new travelers, and staff nurses to unit.
- Served as charge nurse anywhere between 50%-100% of my shifts, being responsible for anywhere between 7-10 staff nurses, including travelers.
- Chart auditing and checking for proper documentation
- During emergencies, responsible for management and care of critically ill/crashing patients until neurosurgeon is available on site.
- When in charge capacity, often served as Primary Rapid Response nurse responding to deteriorating patients hospital-wide.
Critical Care Clinical Instructor
Central Piedmont Community College
08.2022 - 01.2023
- EPIC Charting System
- Precepted individual nursing students during on-site capstone clinical projects
- Managed and supervised 10 senior nursing students through their critical care rotation
- Teaching methods included focusing on building confidence in knowledge and skills, improving critical thinking, and promoting independence.
- Supervised students when administering medications to maintain patient safety.
- Assigned students to patients based on students' learning objectives and patient needs.
- Provided immediate and constructive feedback to students individually and as group.
- Instructed students on how to perform head-to-toe assessments on patients and how to intervene in medical emergencies.
- Provided nursing skill demonstrations for medication administration, dressing changes and clinical logs.
- Instructed and coached students to help overcome academic issues and personal challenges.
- Conducted clinical simulations and provided feedback for each individual student.
- Delivered individualized instruction on observation, assessment, decision-making and patient health teaching.
- Incorporated instructional aids and motivational strategies to eradicate learning gaps.
- Improved student performance by defining clear goals and communicating performance metrics.
Resource Nurse
Abbott Northwestern Hospital
09.2022 - 10.2022
- EPIC Charting System
- 3-day contract during nursing strike of 15,000 nurses
- Assignment was strictly critical care
- Tasks included overseeing 5 pods of ICU patients and staff managing patients, assisting where necessary with all patient care
- Also assisted with CODE Blue, CRRT setup, massive blood transfusion protocol using Belmont rapid infuser, and end of life patients.
- Documented treatments delivered, medications and IVs administered, discharge instructions, and follow-up care.
- Communicated with healthcare team members to plan, implement and enhance treatment strategies.
- Managed patients recovering from medical or surgical procedures.
- Provided skilled, timely and level-headed emergency response to critically-ill patients.
- Provided exceptional care to high-acute patients needing complex care such as ventilator management, extensive wound care and rehabilitation.
Travel Nurse/RN Preceptor/Nursing Student Preceptor
Novant Health Presbyterian Medical Center, EPIC
10.2021 - 05.2022
- EPIC Charting System
- Managed care of 2-3 critically ill patients
- Responsible for managing acute strokes, aneurysm, and brain surgeries post-operatively
- Responsible for ventilator management, titration of vasoactive medications, setup and management of external ventricular devices and lumbar drains.
- Administered CPR to patients in cardiac arrest following American Heart Association Standards.
- Communicated with healthcare team members to plan, implement and enhance treatment strategies.
- Documented treatments delivered, medications and IVs administered, discharge instructions, and follow-up care.
- Managed patients recovering from procedures.
- Used first-hand knowledge and clinical expertise to advocate for patients under care and enacted prescribed treatment strategies.
- Provided exceptional care to high-acuity patients needing complex care.
- Offered exceptional care and support to individuals recovering from acute incidents and dealing with chronic conditions.
- Conducted ongoing monitoring and evaluations of behaviors and conditions, and updated clinical supervisors with current information.
Registered Nurse - New Grad
Duke Health
08.2020 - 09.2021
- Completed Duke's Nurse Residency program and was promoted to Clinical Nurse II.
- Collaborated with physicians to quickly assess patients and deliver appropriate treatment while managing rapidly changing conditions.
- Administered medications via oral, IV, and intramuscular injections and monitored responses.
- Administered medications and treatment to patients and monitored responses while working with healthcare teams to adjust care plans.
- Educated patients, families and caregivers on diagnosis and prognosis, treatment options, disease process, and management and lifestyle options.
- Provided direct patient care, stabilized, and determined next course of action for up to three patients.
- Managed care from admission to discharge.
- Implemented medication and IV administration, catheter insertion, and airway management.
- Evaluated healthcare needs, goals for treatment, and available resources of each patient and connected to optimal providers and care.
- Organized and managed care of patients undergoing various therapies and procedures.
- Advocated for patients by communicating care preferences to practitioners, verifying interventions met treatment goals and identifying insurance coverage limitations.
- Conferred with physicians to discuss diagnoses and devise well-coordinated treatment approaches.
- Collected blood, tissue, and other laboratory specimens and prepared for lab testing.
- Monitored patient condition by interpreting and tracking EKG readings, identifying irregular telemetry readings and updating team members on changes in stability or acuity.
- Provided exceptional care to high-acuity patients needing complex care such as ventilator management, extensive wound care and rehabilitation.
- Managed quality care for patients with heart failure, end-stage renal disease and coronary artery disease.
- Orchestrated quality-driven, cost-effective care in high-volume level one trauma setting.
Education
Bachelor of Science - Nursing
North Carolina A&T State University
Greensboro, NC07.2021
Associate Degree in Nursing - Nursing
Durham Technical Community College
Durham, NC05.2020
Associate of Arts - Education
Durham Technical Community College
Durham, NC08.2016
Bachelor of Arts - Liberal Studies, Biology
North Carolina A&T State University
Greensboro, NC12.2010
Skills
- IV insertion
- Vasoactive Drug management
- Ventilator and Airway Management
- Pharmacologic Intervention
- Arterial Line and Central Line management
- Sedation
- Critical Care Assessment
Certification
- Licensed Registerd Nurse - initial certification May 2020
- BLS Certification
- ACLS Certification
- PALS Certification
- Certified Critical Care Registered Nurse (CCRN)
Timeline
Adjunct Clinical Instructor
University Of South Carolina
07.2023 - Current
Adjunct Clinical Instructor
Midlands Technical Community College
05.2023 - Current
Administrator of Duty
MUSC - Columbia Medical Center
11.2022 - Current
Resource Nurse
Abbott Northwestern Hospital
09.2022 - 10.2022
Critical Care Clinical Instructor
Central Piedmont Community College
08.2022 - 01.2023
Charge Nurse/Primary Rapid Response
Prisma Health Richland Hospital
06.2022 - 01.2023
Travel Nurse/RN Preceptor/Nursing Student Preceptor
Novant Health Presbyterian Medical Center, EPIC
10.2021 - 05.2022
Registered Nurse - New Grad
Duke Health
08.2020 - 09.2021
Bachelor of Science - Nursing
North Carolina A&T State University
Associate Degree in Nursing - Nursing
Durham Technical Community College
Associate of Arts - Education
Durham Technical Community College
Bachelor of Arts - Liberal Studies, Biology
North Carolina A&T State University
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