Constance McCullah

Ambitious bachelors prepared, registered nurse, eager to put my extensive knowledge to use to benefit your facility and help serve the community of need. Fast learner, quick on my feet and always looking for new opportunities to expand my knowledge base. 

Professional Experience

May 2022 to Current: UChicago Medicine Comer Children Hospital, Level 1 Trauma, Clinic Float Nurse

• Performs initial triage assessment of patient and prepares patient for examination/treatment.
• Triages patient
• Appropriately prioritizes order that patient is seen based on triage data in accordance with established protocol.
• Initiates admission chief complaint assessment documentation and takes vital signs in order of acuity, and initiates database per policy.
• Provides and documents pertinent information, education and instruction to patients and/or their families regarding patient's condition, limitations and course of care, with the knowledge and oversight of the practitioner.
• Sets up room and equipment for procedures, and operates and maintains equipment.
• Maintains inventory of supplies, medications and pharmaceuticals and places special orders.
• Places pharmacy order
• Makes referral appointments
• Calls in prescriptions per PA/FNP/MD orders
• Files patient information in medical record
• Place MD lab, imaging, and referral orders into patient’s chart
• Triaging message and phone calls regarding medical advice and providing patient education 
• Receives telephone calls, answering inquiries, and/or refers questions to appropriate staff members

March 2022 to Current: UChicago Medicine Comer Children Hospital,  Level 1 Trauma, Emergency Room RN Float

• Provided direct patient care at a level 1 trauma center in accordance with the provider's orders and standards of nursing practice.
• Provide IV administration as needed, conscious sedation, and local anesthesia for wounds.
• Clean wounds, manage bleeding, splint fractures, and remove foreign bodies as appropriate.
• Assist other providers and physicians in lifesaving procedures, such as level 1 traumas, level two traumas, ingestions, cardiac and respiratory arrests, and intubations.
• Preceptor for new and transitioning nurses.
• Monitoring and management of chest tubes, tracheostomies,  and ventilators.
• Providing education to patients and their families on disease processes, therapeutic regimens, including medication and non-medicated pain management techniques.
• Providing care and obtaining resources for victims of abuse and their families.
• Triaging patients based on their acute symptoms and appropriately providing care based on the patient's acuity.
• Documented all clinical encounters using EMR software and ensured that appropriate follow-up is provided within established timeframes
• Mental health intake process for patients with mental health disorders
• 1:1 supervision and de-escalating aggressive psych patients

October 2020 to September 2022: La Rabida Children's Hospital, Pediatric RN

• Caring for stepdown PICU/ NICU patients suffering from a long-term chronic illness, a traumatic injury, or a victim of abuse. Proficient in caring for high acuity trach/ventilator-dependent children, as well as G/J tube, NG, or TPN dependent. Rapid Response team RN, ground transport nurse, and Preceptor to new RN’s.
• Acute Care Clinic/ ED experience: Providing care to various illnesses demanding immediate interventions on pediatrics of all ages. Regularly cared for asthmatics and sickle cell patients in crisis, upper respiratory infections and lower acuity rashes, earaches, etc.
• Serves on various hospital wide committees including, Family Teaching Committee; this committee was founded to write standardized discharge instructions and guides to provide to parents of complex children to aid in their transition to home. Burn and wound committee and development committee where we discuss best evidence-based practice for protocols pertaining to our population.

September 2019 to June 2022: Bethshan Association, Registered Nurse 

• Long-term care facility for residents with complex medical conditions, including behavioral and mental disabilities. Nursing duties include assessment, planning, medication administration, administration of enteral feedings, therapies, and providing culturally competent care.

Trinity Christian College, Palos Heights, IL BSN, May 2020

• 3.4 G.P.A.
• Minor: Psychology