Kalena Butts
Kingsport
Summary
To obtain a position with a leadership or management focus, where I can leverage my advanced clinical skills, organizational abilities, and dedication to high quality patient care to guide interdisciplinary teams, improve healthcare outcomes, and contribute to strategic initiatives that serve a diverse patient population.
Overview
9
9
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification
Work History
Registered Nurse
Johnson City Medical Center
Johnson City
06.2024 - Current
- Speciality: Operating Room
- Assisted in surgical procedures by preparing instruments and sterile fields.
- Collaborated with surgical teams to coordinate patient care before, during, and after surgery.
- Ensured appropriate positioning of patients on operating table prior to surgery.
Registered Nurse
Fort Sanders Regional Medical Center
Knoxville
03.2024 - 06.2024
- Speciality: Oncology
- Educated patients and families about treatment protocols and side effects.
- Provided emotional support to patients undergoing cancer treatments.
- Identified potential problems before they escalated into serious complications utilizing critical thinking skills.
Registered Nurse
Mount Sinai West
New York
11.2023 - 02.2024
- Speciality: Telemetry
- Monitored patient vital signs using telemetry equipment for early detection of abnormalities.
- Developed individualized plan of care for each patient based on assessment data obtained from various sources such as labs, diagnostic tests and other health professionals' reports.
- Maintained current knowledge of healthcare trends, standards of care, treatments, drugs and therapies used in the field of Telemetry nursing.
Registered Nurse
Holston Valley Medical Center
Kingsport
05.2016 - 11.2023
- Specialty: Orthopedic, Neurology, Trauma
- Conducted routine assessments to evaluate patient health status and identify needs.
- Monitored vital signs, administered intravenous fluids, medications, blood transfusions and other treatments according to physician orders.
- Demonstrated effective communication skills when interacting with patients, families and healthcare team members.
- Performed wound care including dressing changes, debridement and irrigation; monitored healing progress.
- Maintained aseptic environment to prevent patient infections or other unwanted outcomes.
- Participated in activities related to continuous improvement initiatives within the department.
Education
Master of Science - Nursing
King University
Bachelor of Science - Nursing
King University
Associates of Science - Pre-Nursing
Northeast State Community College
Skills
- Patient monitoring
- Medication administration
- Wound care management
- Electronic health records
- Patient education
- Team collaboration
- Critical thinking
- Effective communication
- Time management
- Conflict resolution
- Patient management
- Compassion and empathy
- CPR certification
- Operating room protocols
- Patient safety monitoring
- Infection control standards
- Continuing education
- Patient safety protocols
- Multidisciplinary care coordination
- Staff supervision
- Direct patient care
- Nursing assignments
- Delegation
- Multitasking and organization
- Surgical procedures
- Patient assessment
- Clinical documentation
- Interdisciplinary collaboration
- Team leadership
- Ethical practice
- Patient communication
- Circulating nurse skills
- Operating room safety
- Verbal and written communication
- Advanced cardiovascular life support (ACLS)
- Sanitation
Affiliations
American Nurses Association (ANA)
Certification
- BLS, American Heart Association, 01/27
- ACLS, American Heart Association, 10/25
- Registered Nurse, Tennessee Board of Nursing, 02/26, 215371
- Registered Nurse, New York Board of Nursing, 08/26, 907342-01
- Certified Nurse Practitioner, Tennessee Board of Nursing, 02/26, 34927
Personal Information
Title: Rn, MSN
Timeline
Registered Nurse
Johnson City Medical Center
06.2024 - Current
Registered Nurse
Fort Sanders Regional Medical Center
03.2024 - 06.2024
Registered Nurse
Mount Sinai West
11.2023 - 02.2024
Registered Nurse
Holston Valley Medical Center
05.2016 - 11.2023
Master of Science - Nursing
King University
Bachelor of Science - Nursing
King University
Associates of Science - Pre-Nursing
Northeast State Community College