Tanya Hughes

Current

• Registered Nurse at American Mobile Healthcare

Past

• Registered Nurse at Cookeville Regional Medical Center
• Primary Registered Nurse at Johnson City Medical Center
• Registered Nurse at Horizon Medical Center

• Nurse Extern at Methodist Healthcare
• Nurse Intern at Baptist Memorial Hospital
• Senior Medical Research Technician at University of Tennessee
• Certified Nursing Assistant at National Health Care Corporation
• Certified Nursing Assistant at West Tennessee Healthcare
• Cashier at The Shoe Dept
• Shoe Department Clerk at Wal-Mart

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Education

• Baptist Memorial College of Health Sciences
• Lambuth University

Connections

16 connections

Industry

Hospital & Health Care

Tanya Hughes’s Summary

Experienced bedside critical care nurse seeking to learn more about information technology and healthcare.

Tanya Hughes’s Specialties:

nursing, critical care nursing, informatics.

Tanya Hughes’s Experience

• Registered Nurse

  American Mobile Healthcare

  (Public Company; 1001-5000 employees; AHS; Hospital & Health Care industry)

  March 2008 — Present (1 year 9 months)

  Travel Nurse specializing in Critical Care.

• Registered Nurse

  Cookeville Regional Medical Center

  (Non-Profit; 501-1000 employees; Hospital & Health Care industry)

  May 2006 — March 2008 (1 year 11 months)

  Registered Nurse on a 16 bed Intensive Care Unit. Experienced in basic and advanced nursing care of adults focusing on the critical care needs including: hemodynamic monitoring, temporary & transcutanous pacemakers, cardiac monitoring, ventilator support, intra-aortic ballon pump management, advanced and basic life support, and assist in various bedside procedures. Also experienced as Advanced Cardiac Life Support Instructor. Experience with Star Navigator, Physician Portal, Arrow IABP systems and Agilant Monitor.

• Primary Registered Nurse

  Johnson City Medical Center

  (Non-Profit; 1001-5000 employees; Hospital & Health Care industry)

  December 2004 — April 2006 (1 year 5 months)

  Registered Nurse on a 19 bed Cardiac Intervention Progressive Care Unit. Experienced in basic and advanced nursing care of adults focusing on the post cardiac intervention care including: removal of sheaths, FemStop device application, hemodynamic monitoring, temporary & transcutanous pacemakers, cardiac monitoring, ventilator support, advanced and basic life support, assist in various bedside procedures, orient new staff members and supervise LPN staff. Experienced with Medication Administration checK (MAK), Siemens Patient Record, SMS, and SpaceLab Monitors.

• Registered Nurse

  Horizon Medical Center

  (Public Company; 201-500 employees; HCA; Hospital & Health Care industry)

  September 2003 — December 2004 (1 year 4 months)

  Registered Nurse and shift charge nurse in 6 bed Intensive Care Unit. Experienced in basic and advanced nursing care of adults focusing on the post cardiac intervention care including: hemodynamic monitoring, temporary & transcutanous pacemakers, cardiac monitoring, ventilator support, advanced and basic life support, assist in various bedside procedures, supervise LPN staff when assisting on other units, orient new staff, assist with emergency transport of critical patient via ambulance to higher level of intervention facility. Cross-trained to assist with High Acuity Medical-Surgical, Medical-Surgical, Post Anesthesia Care Unit and Emergency Department. Experienced with Meditech documentation, eMAR, and Agilant Monitor.

• Nurse Extern

  Methodist Healthcare

  (Non-Profit; 10,001 or more employees; Hospital & Health Care industry)

  July 2002 — August 2003 (1 year 2 months)

  Nurse Extern in the Operating Room, Pre-operative Holding and the Emergency Department. Responsible for basic life support, interviewing patients, transporting patients, assessing patient needs, inserting Foley catheters, NG tubes, dressing changes and other basic nursing care under supervision of a Registered Nurse. Taught new nurse externs skills. Emergency Department is a Level 2 Trauma Center. Experienced with Siemens monitor

• Nurse Intern

  Baptist Memorial Hospital

  (Non-Profit; 5001-10,000 employees; Hospital & Health Care industry)

  January 2002 — April 2003 (1 year 4 months)

  Nurse Intern in Intensive Care Unit. Responsibility for inserting Foley catheters, patient asssessment, dressing changes, providing basic life support and basic nursing care under the supervision of a Registered Nurse. Experienced with Agilant monitor.

• Senior Medical Research Technician

  University of Tennessee

  (Educational Institution; 10,001 or more employees; Higher Education industry)

  June 1998 — January 2002 (3 years 8 months)

  Assisted with protocol development, evaluation, and implementation with a large 7 year research study into Health, Aging, and Body Changes. Work with research participatents, data collection, data review, and various measurement devices including Kin-Com, DEXA, and Sarhara. Responsible for Quality Control for a variety of medical equiment and data.

• Certified Nursing Assistant

  National Health Care Corporation

  (Public Company; 5001-10,000 employees; NHC; Hospital & Health Care industry)

  May 1996 — May 1998 (2 years 1 month)

  Provided basic nursing care in a long term care setting.

• Certified Nursing Assistant

  West Tennessee Healthcare

  (Public Company; 5001-10,000 employees; Hospital & Health Care industry)

  1997 — 1997 (less than a year)

  Provided basic nursing care in a long term care setting.

• Cashier

  The Shoe Dept

  (Retail industry)

  September 1996 — April 1997 (8 months)

  Assist customers with purchasing, exchange funds, credit card transactions.

• Shoe Department Clerk

  Wal-Mart

  (Public Company; 10,001 or more employees; WMT; Retail industry)

  April 1993 — August 1995 (2 years 5 months)

  Responsible for assisting customers in product choice, shoe fitting, and making product returns decisions.

Tanya Hughes’s Education

• Baptist Memorial College of Health Sciences

  BSN , Nursing , 2000 — 2003

• Lambuth University

  BS , Chemistry, Mathematics , 1994 — 1998

Additional Information

Tanya Hughes’s Interests:

ballet, music, film, computers

Tanya Hughes’s Groups:

Alpha Gamma Delta, Society for Creative Anachronism

•    National CPR & AED Awareness Week - Save a Life!

Tanya Hughes’s Honors:

Nursing Honor Society member
Gamma Beta Phi Honor Society Outstanding Member 1997 & 1998
Gamma Beta Phi Honor Society
General Chemistry Award
Presidential Hyde Scholar

Tanya Hughes’s Contact Settings

Interested In:

• career opportunities
• consulting offers
• expertise requests
• reference requests
• getting back in touch