Somnium

Somnium

Johannes Kepler wrote one of the first works of science fiction intended to explain and popularize science. It was called Somnium, “The Dream”. He imagined a journey to the Moon, the space travelers standing on the lunar surface and observing the lovely planet Earth rotating slowly in the sky above them. By changing our perspective we can figure out how worlds work. In Kepler’s time one of the chief objections to the idea that the Earth turns was the fact that people do not feel the motion. In the Somnium he tried to make the rotation of the Earth plausible, dramatic, comprehensible: “As long as the multitude does not err, … I want to be on the side of the many. Therefore, I take great pains to explain to as many people as possible.” (On another occasion he wrote in a letter, “Do not sentence me completely to the treadmill of mathematical calculations – leave me time for philosophical speculations, my sole delight.”).

With the invention of the telescope, what Kepler called “lunar geography” was becoming possible. In the Somnium, he described the Moon as filled with mountains and valleys and as “porous, as though dug through with hollow and continuous caves”, a reference to the lunar craters Galileo had recently discovered with the first astronomical telescope. He also imagined that the Moon had its inhabitants, well adapted to the inclemencies of the local environment. He describes the slowly rotating Earth viewed from the lunar surface and imagines the continents and oceans of our planet to produce some associative image like the Man in the Moon. He pictures the near contact of southern Spain with North Africa at the Straits of Gibraltar as a young woman in a flowing dress about to kiss her lover – although rubbing noses looks more like it to me.

Do not sentence me completely to the treadmill of mathematical calculations – leave me time for philosophical speculations, my sole delight.” (Johannes Kepler). Image: A Fractal Suite by © Elena

Because of the length of the lunar day and night Kepler described “the great intemperateness of climate and the most violent alternation of extreme heat and cold on the Moon,” which is entirely correct. Of course, hi did not get everything right. He believed, for example, that there was a substantial lunar atmosphere and oceans and inhabitants. Most curious is his view of the origin of the lunar craters, which make the Moon, he says, “not dissimilar to the face of a boy disfigured with smallpox”. He argued correctly that the craters are depressions rather than mounds. From his own observations he noted the ramparts surrounding many craters and the existence of central peaks.

But he thought that their regular circular shape implied such a degree of order that only intelligent life could explain them. He did not realise that great rocks falling out of the sky would produce a local explosion, perfectly symmetric in all directions, that would carve out a circular cavity – the origin of the bulk of the craters on the Moon and the other terrestrial planets. He deduced instead “the existence of some race rationally capable of constructing those hollows on the surface of the Moon. This race must have many individuals, so that one group puts one hollow to use while another group constructs another hollow.”

Against the view that such great construction projects were unlikely, Kepler offered as counterexamples the pyramids of Egypt and the Great Wall of China, which can, in fact, be seen today from Earth orbit. The idea that geometrical order reveals an underlying intelligence was central to Kepler’s life. His argument on the lunar craters is a clear foreshadowing of the Martian canal controversy. It is striking that the observational search for extraterrestrial life began in the same generation of the invention of the telescope, and with the greatest theoretician of the age.

Parts of the Somnium were clearly autobiographical. The hero, for example, visits Tycho Brahe. He has parents who sell drugs (at a pharmacy). His mother consorts with spirits and daemons, one of whom eventually provides the means to travel to the moon. The Somnium makes clar to us, although it did not to all of Kepler’s contemporaries, that “in a dream one must be allowed the liberty of imagining occasionally that which never existed in the world of sense perception”. Science fiction was a new idea at the time of the Thirty Years’ War, and Kepler’s book was used as evidence that his mother was a witch.

The Fire

The Fire

After the storm there was a flickering and crackling in the forest nearby. We went to see. There was a bright, hot, leaping thing, yellow and red. We had never seen such a thing before. We now call it “flame”. It has a special smell. In a way it is alive. It eats food. It eats plants and tree limbs and even whole trees, if you let it. It is strong. But it is not very smart. If all the food is gone, it dies. It will not walk a spear’s throw from one tree to another if there is no food along the way. It cannot walk without eating. But where there is much food, it grows and makes many flame children.

One of us had a brave and fearful thought: to capture the flame, feed it a little, and make it our friend. We found some long branches of hard wood. The flame was eating them, but slowly. We could pick them up by the end that had no flame. If you run fast with a small flame, it dies. Their children are weak. We did not run. We walked, shouting good wishes. “Do not die!”, we said to the flame. The other hunterfolk looked with wide eyes.

Ever after, we have carried it with us. We have a flame mother to feed the flame slowly so it does not die of hanger. Flame is a wander, and useful too; surely a gift from powerful beings. Are they the same as the angry beings in the storm?

The flame makes holes in the darkness. The flame is ours. Image: A couple of Elves in a Magic Forest by © Elena

The flame keeps us warm on cold nights. It gives us light. It makes holes in the darkness when the Moon is new. We can fix spears at night for tomorrow’s hunt. And if we are not tired, even in the darkness we can see each other and talk. Also – a good thing! – fire keeps animals away. We can be hurt at night. Sometimes we have been eaten, even by small animals, hyenas and wolves. Now it is different. Now the flame keeps the animals back. We see them baying softly in the dark, prowling, their eyes glowing in the light of the flame. They are frightened of the flame. But we are not frightened. The flame is ours. We take care for the flame. The flame takes care of us.

(This sense of fire as a living thing, to be protected and cared for, should not be dismissed as a “primitive” notion. It is to be found near the root of many modern civilisations. Every home in ancient Greece and Rome and among the Brahmans of ancient India had a hearth and a set of prescribed rules for caring for the flame. At night the coals were covered with ashes for insulation; in the morning twigs were added to revive the flame. The death of the flame in the hearth was considered synonyms with the death of the family. In all three cultures, the hearth ritual was connected with the worship of ancestors. This is the origin of the eternal flame, a symbol still widely employed in religions, memorial, political and athletic ceremonies throughout the world).

Citizens of Their Time

Citizens of Their Time

By and large Huygens imagined the environments and inhabitants of other planets to be rather like those of seventeenth-century Earth.

He conceived of « planetarians » whose « whole Bodies, and every part of them, may be quite distinct and different from ours… this is a very ridiculous opinion… that is impossible a rational Soul should dwell in any other shape than ours ». You could be smart, he was saying, even if you looked peculiar. But he then went on to argue that they would not look very peculiar – that they must have hands and feet and walk upright, that they would have writing and geometry, and that Jupiter has its four Galilean oceans.

A few others had held similar opinions. In his Harmonice Mundi Kepler remarked “It was Tycho Brahe’s opinion concerning that bare wilderness of globes that it does not exist fruitlessly but is filled with inhabitants”.

A Muse. Illustration by Elena

Christian Huygens was, of course, a citizen of his time. Who of us is not? He claimed science as his religion and then argued that the planets must be inhabited because otherwise God had made worlds for nothing. Before he lived before Darwin, his speculations about extraterrestrial life are innocent of the evolutionary perspective. But he was able to develop on observational grounds something akin to the modern cosmic perspective:

What a wonderful and amazing scheme have we here of the magnificent vastness of the Universe… So many Suns, so many Earths… and every one of them stock’d with so many Herbs, Trees and Animals, adorn’d with so many Seas and Mountains… And how must our Wonder and Admiration be increased when we consider the prodigious Distance and Multitude of the Stars.

The Voyager spacecraft are the lineal descendants of those sailing-ship voyages of exploration, and of the scientific and speculative tradition of Christian Huygens. The Voyagers are caravels bound for the stars, and on the way exploring those worlds that Huygens knew and loved so well.

Toronto Street Art II

Toronto Street Art II

Several wall drawings and graffiti. Mount Pleasant Road, Don River Valley and more. 

Mount Pleasant Highway, near the intersection with Bloor street.

Famous musicians represented on a wall near a music cafe on Spadina street.

Girls on an electrical shield on Bay street, near Davenport avenue.

A streetart in face of an historical church

Graffiti with artisticaly applied shades.

Public art dispay on a Toronto street.

Art display on one of the busiest streets of the city.

Graffiti with artistically painted roses on a green shield.

Sketch of elegant roses on a wall in Yorkville.

SAM -a graffiti on a shield on Young street, near Rosedale station.

A graffiti near a school at Bay street and Davenport avenue intersection.

A colorful graffiti near a primary school on Yorkville street in Yorkville neigborhood.

Sherbourne Subway Station graffitti. Artists: Jim Bravo, Lula Lumaj, Emanuel Ciobanica, Linda Huang, Klodian Lumaj, Awuradowa Afful, Matthew Sherren, Nicole Argentieri, 2014.

Sherbourne Subway station. Walk trough the seasons. A graffiti transformation. Project sponsored by the Toronto Arts Council.Kathleen Bomers, THFA Chow, Mark Dias. The passage to Rosedale.

The City of Toronto, Toronto Catholic District, School Board, in Kind Donations, Home Depot, Para Paints, Serve Canada Youth, Homo Artists, Mildred Avendano, Caroline Nitsch, Kushnam Polad

Don Valley, an example of art street on a bridge.

Evergreen Site, an iron structure on a wall.

Evergreen Site, a tennis shoes in front of the entry.

A passage from Sherbourne subway station to Rosedale.

Queen park, a wallk covered with graffiti under a bridge.

A house on the Evergreen Site with a big sunflower on a wall.

Painting under a bridge, landscapes, nature and various scenes of live.

Painting over a big residential building on Wellesley street in the downtown.

A very nice dog and painter picture on a wall on Wellesley street.

A Gothic picture, artstreet in black and white colors on Toronto streets.

Dundas streetm, a heavy truck going through the downtown of Toronto.

Another example of Gothic interpretation of Toronto street art.

Street graffiti in the Sherbourne neighborhood, near a Basic Food grocery.

A tunel on the Sherbourne subway station, under Bloor street.

Many spaces under bridges are painted in different colors and represent various scenes.

VBicycles parking painted many colors.

A Venus images on a wall on Bathurst street.

Another passage of railway station.

Just many circles and other images and paintings.

A wolf image on an Evergreen chimney.

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Career for nurses: Most nurses start out as staff nurses at a hospital. Once they master the art of reading a doctor's handwriting you could move on to a better shift or a shift management role. According to the US BLS (Bureau of Labor Statistics), job opportunities for nurses are growing at a better than average pace. Job prospects will be the best for nurses who choose to work in doctors' offices. They also project that there will be solid opportunities available in nursing and assisted living homes, especially as the baby boomers age.

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Registered Nurse

Pathway to a successful career in the medical field.

To have a career in the medical field

Registered Nurse

I have been teaching Vocational Nursing students from […] Having a wide and varied experience in nursing, as a registered nurse, I use those experiences to make my teaching more accessible to the students. I also update myself on current evidenced based theory in nursing practice, and current changes in the BVNPT testing focus.

Work Experience

Nurse Instructor

Central Nursing College

Los Angeles, CA

January 2008 to Present

Responsibilities

Theory and Clinical Instructor of VN program taught all subjects and NCLEX Review.

Developed schedules, updated class syllabus,

Developed quizzes, test and exams.

Acted as Student Staff liaison.

Provided orientation for new staff.

Accomplishments

Focused on the use of Anatomy and Physiology.

Developed peer tutoring program.

Skills Used

Teaching, assessment, management and supervisory skills.

Director of Oncology unit and ISU

Hollywood Presbyterian

Los Angeles, CA

July 2001 to August 2004

Responsibilities

Nursing Director of the Oncology unit and the ISU. Managed 60-90 full or part-time/per-diem staff. 24 hour responsibility for the care provided. Rotated coverage of the Nursing Office both days and Night shift.

Accomplishments

Developed staff education provided by the Medical Director once a month.

Rotated all RN's through the ONS Oncology course. 50% of all RN's were certified to give chemotherapy. 4 staff achieved ONS national certification.

Highest customer service scores among Adult care units.

Skills Used

A varied of management, and supervisorial skills along with knowledge of basic nursing care and assessment skills.

Clinical Supervisor ISU

Hollywood Presbyterian Medical Center

Los Angeles, CA

April 1998 to June 2003

Responsibilities

Reopened the ISU. 24 hour responsibility for 12 bed unit designated to provide care the the patient with HIV/AID's. Managed the budget, QA, responsible for hiring, discipline and termination of employees. Developed staff education inservices and monthly lectures from the director and high use Physicians.

Also provided bedside care for this same cliental. 75-80% patient care, 25-30% management.

Accomplishments

Staff education and lecture given by Medical Director and high use Medical Staff.

Progressed from non monitored unit to monitored unit.

Case management run patient care conference twice a month.

Skills Used

Variety of bedside and management skills. Basic nursing knowledge and assessment skills.

Head Nurse ISU, Med/Surg unit and Respiratory Department

Hollywood Presbyterian Medical Center -

Los Angeles, CA

June 1995 to April 1999

Responsibilities

Opened a 12 bed unit for the care of patients with HIV/AID's. Managed the ISU and the 8th floor Med/Surg unit. Preformed all hiring, discipline and termination of 165 employees. Managed the budget for these departments, staff education, patient education and Quality performance.

Accomplishments

Opened a 12 bed ISU to provide exemplary care for the underserved client with HIV/AID's. This unit closed after 6 months due to low census.

Development of an acuity system for the Respiratory department.

Skills Used

Various Leadership, Management, Nursing skills. Basic nursing knowledge and assessment skills.

Staff Nurse/Charge Nurse Immunosuppressed unit

Midway Hospital

Los Angeles, CA

June 1991 to June 1995

Responsibilities

Provided nursing care for patients with HIV/AID's.

Accomplishments

Assisted with the training and orientation of new staff.

Assisted with the opening of an expanded wing at the medical center.

Skills Used

A variety of Nursing skills. Basic nursing knowledge and assessment skills.

Staff Nurse Per Diem and Registry

Kaiser Permanente and Nelly's Registry

Los Angeles, CA

January 1995 to June 1998

Responsibilities

Provided nursing care for critically ill patients at a variety of ICU's and CCU's.

Accomplishments

Staff education. Educated the nursing staff on PIE charting versus Focus charting.

Skills Used

Varity of critical care skills

Critical Card Supervisor Adult Med/Surg

Kaiser Permamente

Los Angeles, CA

January 1981 to December 1990

Responsibilities

Clinical Supervisor

Managed 37 staff on the 11p-7a shift. Assisted the house supervisor with placement of patients, assisted the Code Blue team, made next shift assignments. Participated in Quality Management, development of care plans and staff education. Rotated as Clinical Supervisor of all adult ICU's.

Accomplishments

Staff education leading to reduction of pressure sores developed in the ICU. Successful passage of Joint Commission/DHS surveys. Successful completion of Management courses.

Skills Used

Basic nursing and critical care skills Leadership skills. Customer service skills. Basic nursing knowledge and assessment skills.

Head Nurse: Renal Transplant Unit

Harbor/UCLA Medical Center

Torrance, CA

June 1979 to January 1982

Responsibilities

Managed 8 RN's in the Renal Transplant unit and 3 RN's in the ESRD/Dialysis unit and provided patient care. The Renal Transplant unit was 7 beds and the ESRD/Dialysis unit was 5 beds.

Accomplishments

Upgraded the staff education to Critical Care level. Transitioned to staff to 12 hour shifts. Preformed staff education and discipline,Performance improvement, patient education etc.

Skills Used

Nursing skills and Management/Leadership skills. My major goal was to update the nursing education of the staff to allow to provide safe effective care for transplant patients during the immediate post-op period. Basic nursing knowledge and assessment skills.

Critical Care RN

Harbor/UCLA Medical Center

Torrance, CA

February 1977 to June 1978

Responsibilities

Critical Care Nurse in the Coronary Care unit night shift. Became the Charge nurse after 6 months. Planned and managed care for CCU clients. Provided direct supervision for 4-6 RN's and 1 Orderly. Code Blue team member.

I provided direct patient care for the CCU patient: Cardiac monitoring, pacemaker monitoring and placement,

Swan-Ganz and other cardiac catheter placement and monitoring.

Accomplishments

Voted 1982 Nurse of the Year by my peers for promoting the Nursing process and patient advocacy.

Skills Used

Basic bedside care, assessment skills Cardiac monitoring, Swan-Ganz placement and monitoring, IV placement and monitoring. Administration of medications. External pacemaker placement, Temp. pacemaker placement and monitoring. Calculation and administration of cardiac medications.

Staff RN

Harbor/UCLA Medical Center

Torrance, CA

Responsibilities

Plan and provide physical care for patients in the Neuro/Vent Dependent Medical Surgical floor. Prepared and administered medication for a team of 28 patients.

Accomplishments

Developed Team leading and time management skills. Was a member of the Wound/Skin care committee. Acquired Los Angeles County Critical Care Certificate.

Skills Used

Patient care skills included but not limited to: Care of Vent dependent patients,wound care, care for clients with psych/neurological disturbances, care for patients with limited mobility, preop eye surgery, enteral and parental feeding, administration of oral, intravenous and intramuscular medication.Basic nursing knowledge and assessment skills.

Education

Associates Degree in Nursing

Harbor College - Wilmington, CA

1972 to 1977

Skills

Bedside nursing skills (Med/Surg, Adult Critical Care), Nursing Management, Quality Management/Performance Improvement, Customer Service skills/Patient Satisfaction

Awards

Nurse of the Year Harbor UCLA Medical Center

1981

Promoting the Nursing process and patient advocacy.

A hospital. Photo by ElenaB.

Registered Nurse

Detroit, MI

To obtain employment within your facility with hopes of advancements in the future.

Work Experience

Charge Nurse

Kaiser Peermanente Detention Center

Sacramento, CA

Responsibilities

Admit patients into facility, perform intake examination, perform blood sugar checks, immunizations, PST implants, IV starts, round with physician, wound care, monitor patients, triage patients, and assist physician.

Accomplishments

Positive impact on the facility as a whole. I have always been an advocate for treating others how I'd like to be treated as long as safety was involved.

Skills Used

I was able to work in different areas as needed. I wasn't just working in one position, sometimes I was charge RN, triage nurse, sick call nurse, or etc.

Registered Nurse/Labor and Delivery

North Fulton Hospital

June 2010 to April 2015

Registered Nurse Labor and Delivery

Lady of Lourdes Hospital

July 2001 to March 2010

Surgical Technician/Labor and Delivery

Lady of Lourdes Hospital

July 1999 to July 2001

Surgical Technician

Labor and Delivery

Center, GA

January 1997 to November 1999

Physician Assistant

General Surgery

April 1991 to April 1994

Coosa Medical Group, GA

Surgical Technician

Labor and Delivery

Newbook, GA

November 1989 to April 1991

Transition to Practice

Lady of Lourdes Hospital

Performed a 72 hour rotation with preceptor on the Neonatal ICU unit. Obtained knowledge and experience with mechanical ventilators, electronic medical records, oscillators, assessments of neonates, and infants. Dedicated graduate nurse. Strong interpersonal skills with patients and staff during my rotations. Reliable, ethical healthcare provider with ability to stay calm and self-motivated during crises, and to collaborate on multidisciplinary teams. Proven ability to build positive relationships with patients, family members, physicians and other medical professionals.

Key Accomplishments

    CPR, NRP, AED, TELE, ACLS and BLS Certified

    Knowledge of Electronic Medical Records, MAK, Essentris, and Sorian

    Gained experience in procedures such as application of wound vac and removal of stitches and staples.

    Earned a reputation for excellence in service delivery. Supervisor comments: "Stephanie is going to be a wonderful RN because she is a natural. She has excellent interpersonal skills and readily establishes rapport with diverse patient population her clinical skills are outstanding Stephanie would be an asset to any nursing team."

Education

    ADN in Nursing

    Wayne County Community College -

    Detroit, MI

Nurse Management

Trauma Nursing ER; Disease Management; Wound Management; Patient Education; Preventative Care

Work Experience

Staff /Charge Nurse RN

Robert Giffard Medical Centre

July 2010 to Present

Currently serves as the Clinical Staff Nurse on 15 -Bed Medical Surgical / Telemetry Observation Unit.

Achievements:

    Actively participates as a collaborative member of an interdisciplinary healthcare team

    On Medical-Surgical/ Telemetry Observation unit providing care for vets in a therapeutic environment dedicated to chronic, acute and preventive healthcare.

    Proactively approaches professional development; working toward RN-BSN completion along with remaining current with the VA mission of continual education of evidence based practices provided per TMS and various workshops and in-services.

    Collaborated with nursing peers to create a template to monitor patient care and activities on the unit within 24 hour time span.

    Super User for several new projects rolled out to improve patient services and care including the Alleyn IV pumps. Worked with staff as resource person orientate for newest BMS for the midnight shift. Responsible for Readiness Rounds doing monthly audits of the charts.

    Collaborate proactively with co-peers in emergent and Code Grey events to deliver fast care ranging from BCLS to rapid transport to higher acuity of care units.

    Observation telemetry unit with 10 monitored beds.

Clinical Nurse Manager

Clinical nurse manager of 5

Toronto Western Hospital

May 2008 to June 2010

20 bed Medical Surgical Oncology Unit supervising over 40 employees of Registered Nurses, PCAs, and Unit Clerks providing direct patient care for an average daily census of 56 patients in a teaching hospital

Achievements:

    Systematically evaluated the quality and effectiveness of the nursing practice on the unit by contributing to the professional development of the nursing staff, student nurses and professional colleagues.

    Promoted research and integrative evidence based practices into nursing care delivery to current patient population such as developing a therapeutic pet petting program utilizing certified animals and volunteers to promote wellness in our geriatric patients.

    Monitored Regulatory agency standards and customer services expectations at the DMC/Vanguard Corporation. Responsible for interviewing and hiring staff.

    Worked effectively within the bounds of approved budget, ensured the availability and operation of necessary equipment and supplies for safe patient care and delivery.

Staff Nurse Charge Nurse/ Preceptor

Select Specialty Hospital April 2003 to April 2008

Quebec, Canada

Registered Nurse in the 36-bed Ventilator Dependent Unit providing direct patient care for an average daily census of 36 patients.

Achievements:

    While functioning as charge nurse; supervised six Registered Nurses and three Nursing Assistants

    Precept 3 - 6 new nurses a year in the Ventilator Dependent/Pulmonary Unit

    Trained staff to perform vent care and properly navigate the ventilators, Wound Vac application, Unna boot application, and Pulsed Electro-Magnetic field therapy.

    Collaborated with team as part of Rapid Response Team

    Worked with patient and family to provide all levels of care from admission to discharge for medically complex population.

Staff Nurse Trauma Unit ER

Receiving Hospital

Toronto, Canada

August 1999 to January 2003

Registered Nurse in a Trauma I ER providing direct patient care for all levels of emergent care situations and patients.

Achievements:

    Provided care for all aspects of emergency care, including Acute Myocardial infarction, MVA, GSW, massive trauma, DKA, Respiratory failure, Rapid intubation, conscious sedation, Seizure, CHF, Stroke and NSTEMI protocol.

    Promoted health and supported patients and families in extreme circumstances, EKG and bedside monitoring. Also was shared employee with Harper ER provided Vent care, urgent care, including Pediatric and OB nursing

    Worked at both Receiving Hospital and Select Specialty Hospital at same time interval

Education

BSN working toward degree in RN to BSN completion 1 class left to completion

Toronto University

Toronto, Ontario, Canada

2016

Nurse Tech/Unit Secretary

Work Experience

Nurse Tech/Unit Secretary

Jewish Hospital

Montreal, Quebec, Canada

June 2012 to Present

Assists the nurse. Takes vital signs, ambulates patients, assists with feeding, strict documentation of intake and output, turns patients, and finger sticks. Cross-trained for the unit secretary.

Unit Secretary

Victoria Hospital

Montreal, Quebec, Canada

November 2009 to May 2012

Opened and closed registers and answered the phones. Recovered departments and greeted clients, worked as a secretary at Victoria Care-giving Center. Taught children shapes, colors and numbers. Prepared lessons. Counseled with them as well as worked with special needs children. Assisted my boss in preparation to lessons or anything she needed help with. Managed for school when she was away. Worked at this facility until the school moved locations.

Temporary Office Employee

Hospital Victoria children center

June 2006 to August 2009

Sent out orders for physical therapy, ESIs, and radiology. Answered the phones taking messages for the nurse, screened calls for the M.A. and P.A., and answered general medical questions for patients. Checked patients in and out. Logged superbills and diagnostics into Chart Logic. Made appointments for patients using Lytec. Entered new patients into the computer and updated current patients. Prepped rooms for the doctor.

Easti Lauder Boutique

Montreal, Quebec, Canada

June 2001 to June 2006

Responsibility was to ensure all of customer's cosmetic needs were met. Maintained a constant inventory of product in conjunction with supply and demand. Managed accounts receivable for each client and also responsible for collections. Was aware of economic forecasts for my marketing area. Formulated custom skincare combinations for each individual person. Kept a log of stock. Managed money efficiently.

Education

Prattville, AL

Eastern Michigan University

2009 - 2014

Registered Nurse CV

Seeking a position as a Personal Care Assistant, Monitor Tech or New Grad Registered Nurse

Work Experience

Registered Nurse (Per Diem)

Registered Nurse - Victor Valley Global Medical Center

Winchester, CA

February 2016 to Present

Preparing client for invitro fertilization and egg donation procedure.

    Assuring all signatures and consents are signed

    Monitoring patient before, during and after procedure.

    Circulating nurse between sterile/nonsterile field, assisting surgeon during procedure

    Transferring recovery patients and monitoring post op.

Home Health Nurse (Per Diem)

Shelby Baptist Hospital

Alabaster, AL

August 2012 to January 2016

Evaluate patients and develop appropriate care plans

    Apply care plans according to individual patients

    Assess outcomes and manage care plan modifications as needed

    Provide nursing services based on the care plan devised such as wound care, PICC line care, dressing changes, and catheterization

    Administer medication as instructed

    Manage emergency procedures

Flu Clinic Registered Nurse (Per Diem)

Onsite Wellness

Montgomery, AL

May 2002 to July 2012

Administered flu vaccines to Corporate Office Employees in Alberta, Canada

    Prepared, stored, and filled various vaccines, conducted patient Biometric screening

    Prepared for emergency situations

    Provided dedicated and courteous attention to the participant at all times

    Provided clients with result explanation and counseling

Education

Oklahoma Baptist University

2010

Additional Information

    RN – Registered Nurse License

    ACLS – TC ID - AHA

    BLS– TC ID - AHA

    Hospital Fire and Life Safety Certified

VOLUNTEER EXPERIENCE

Volunteer - Age Well Senior Center – Richmond, NX 2009

    Assisted with Meals on Wheels program, delivering meals, senior center event coordinator, food safety presentations

    Home Health visits, updating patient charts, making sure that patients’ needs are being met in the home

    Home safety checks, requesting shower bars/seats and assistive devices for clients

Hospital Volunteer

    Rotated in Telemetry Unit, Cardiac Unit, Orthopedic Unit

    Assisted nurses in office duties, breaking down charts, organizing charts and paperwork

    Kept patients in comfortable environment, delivered small food and drink items as requested, clearing and organizing room clutter

    Transport & discharge of patients

    Running errands for Nurses and Unit Secretary.

Staff Nurse

Obstetric triage nurse in a labor and delivery unit.

Work Experience

Staff Nurse

St. Joseph's Hospital

Marshfield, WI

March 2013 to Present

Hired to be the first antepartum nurse for this facility. Responsible for the care of high-risk antepartum patients.

    Cross-trained in labor and delivery. Responsible for the care of intrapartum and immediate postpartum patients, including scrubbing and circulating in the operating room.

    Currently, one of only three triage nurses in the Perinatal Assessment Center. Responsible to assess any patient that presents with an obstetrical issue and work directly with the physician to determine if the patient meets criteria for either discharge or admission.

Staff Nurse

Licensed Practical Nurse - Quality Healthcare

Castalian Springs, TN

2003 to 2013

Responsible for the care of the high-risk antepartum, postpartum, newborn, gynecological, and medical-surgical patients.

Education

Nursing Assistant Program

Muscogee Manor & Rehab Center

Skills

Proficient in sterile speculum exams, sterile vaginal exams, collecting cultures, phlebotomy, iv starts, admitting patients by obtaining full obstetrical and medical history, teaching patients regarding proper care during pregnancy, fetal monitoring, assessing patients for labor, ruptured membranes, among other problems they may have during pregnancy.

Nurse Case Manager

To obtain a position that will able me to gain experience, allow me to utilize my trained skills and develop my aptitudes in the labor environment
Work Experience
Nurse Case Manager