Sherri Smith
Jonesboro
Summary
Daisy Award winning Registered Nurse, with 13 years of experience. Skilled in patient care, critical thinking, and communication. Strong focus on team collaboration and achieving optimal patient outcomes. Reliable and adaptable, ensuring efficient and compassionate care in dynamic environments. Equipped with expertise in medical procedures, patient assessments, and care coordination.
Overview
13
13
years of professional experience
Work History
RN
Armor Health Care
06.2025 - Current
- Function in the role of an Infirmary and Intake nurse. Evaluates patient needs, prioritize care plans and provide health treatments to detained individuals, while documenting nursing procedures, maintaining medical records and patient status
- Performing initial health screenings and physical assessments of newly detained individuals.
- Monitoring and documenting patient health including vital signs, medical history.
- Providing direct patient care, triaging, assessing patient needs, developing care plans, and coordinating services.
- Managing acute and chronic conditions such as asthma, hypertension, and diabetes.
- Responding to medical emergencies, providing first aid, and ensuring timely transport to appropriate healthcare facilities.
- Educating patients on preventative care, healthy lifestyle choices, and substance abuse prevention.
- Understanding and adhering to correctional facility security protocols, while working closely with correctional officers and other healthcare professionals, to ensure the safety and well-being of patients.
- Maintaining accurate medical records, documenting treatment plans, and reporting any relevant information
CLINICAL COORDINATOR
DAVITA DIALYSIS
02.2024 - 01.2026
- Supervises and performs direct patient care including but not limited to taking and monitoring vital signs, initiation and termination of dialysis, documentation, physical assessment of patients and patient treatments, taking and transcribing physician’s orders, drawing, documenting, and reviewing laboratory work.
- Notes signs of trauma, patients’ general physical and mental condition, reviews dialysis orders, documents observations in patient medical records
- Analyzes patient assessments, laboratory data and, when concerns are noted, brings issues to the attention of the physician
- Communicates all emergencies, patient life-threatening complications and related incidents to supervisor and Medical Director
- Assesses patient and family learning readiness and provides appropriate information on renal disease
- Provides dialysis therapy, including but not limited to formulating dialysis plan per physician orders, weight, and rate of ultrafiltration, verifying safety measures are in place and complied with, administering medications or other appropriate treatments, discontinuing dialysis according to established procedure, documenting all activity appropriately
- Administers patient quality care in a considerate, respectful manner
- Participates in the development and implementation of the patient’s short- and long-term plan of care and monthly progress note
- Provides unsupervised patient care
- Facility Health Meeting (FHM) leader and driver for improvement
- Supervises and monitors direct patient care administered by PCTs, LPN/LVNs and RNs
- Infection control manager
RN/CHARGE NURSE II
FRESENIUS KIDNEY CARE
08.2023 - 01.2024
- Supervises and performs direct patient care including but not limited to taking and monitoring vital signs, initiation and termination of dialysis, documentation, physical assessment of patients and patient treatments, taking and transcribing physician’s orders, drawing, documenting and reviewing laboratory work.
- Notes signs of trauma, patients’ general physical and mental condition, reviews dialysis orders, documents observations in patient medical records
- Analyzes patient assessments, laboratory data and, when concerns are noted, brings issues to the attention of the physician
- Communicates all emergencies, patient life-threatening complications and related incidents to supervisor and Medical Director
- Assesses patient and family learning readiness and provides appropriate information on renal disease
- Provides dialysis therapy, including but not limited to formulating dialysis plan per physician orders, weight and rate of ultrafiltration, verifying safety measures are in place and complied with, administering medications or other appropriate treatments, discontinuing dialysis according to established procedure, documenting all activity appropriately
- Administers patient quality care in a considerate, respectful manner
- Participates in the development and implementation of the patient’s short and long term plan of care and monthly progress note
- Provides unsupervised patient care
- Supervises and monitors direct patient care administered by PCTs, LPN/LVNs and RNs
RN/CLINICAL COORDINATOR
DAVITA DIALYSIS
09.2020 - 08.2023
- Supervises and performs direct patient care including but not limited to taking and monitoring vital signs, initiation and termination of dialysis, documentation, physical assessment of patients and patient treatments, taking and transcribing physician’s orders, drawing, documenting and reviewing laboratory work.
- Notes signs of trauma, patients’ general physical and mental condition, reviews dialysis orders, documents observations in patient medical records
- Analyzes patient assessments, laboratory data and, when concerns are noted, brings issues to the attention of the physician
- Communicates all emergencies, patient life-threatening complications and related incidents to supervisor and Medical Director
- Assesses patient and family learning readiness and provides appropriate information on renal disease
- Provides dialysis therapy, including but not limited to formulating dialysis plan per physician orders, weight and rate of ultrafiltration, verifying safety measures are in place and complied with, administering medications or other appropriate treatments, discontinuing dialysis according to established procedure, documenting all activity appropriately
- Administers patient quality care in a considerate, respectful manner
- Participates in the development and implementation of the patient’s short and long term plan of care and monthly progress note
- Provides unsupervised patient care
- Facility Health Meeting (FHM) leader and driver for improvement
- Supervises and monitors direct patient care administered by PCTs, LPN/LVNs and RNs
- Infection control manager
RN
Advantis medical
01.2019 - 07.2019
- Functioned in the role of Critical Care, Trauma, LTACH, MED-SURG travel nurse. Responsible for the critical care of 2-3 patients per shift.
- Evaluated patient needs, prioritizes care plans and provide health treatments, while documenting nursing procedures, maintaining medical records and patient status.
- Analyzed patient laboratory data
- Communicated all emergencies, patient life-threatening complications and related incidents to the physician and ensured physicians orders and treatments were carried out properly
RN
Fairview Park Hospital
01.2013 - 01.2019
- Functioned in the role of a Critical Care, Progressive Care, and Medical Surgical Charge Nurse by supervising and delegating responsibilities to team members. Evaluated patient needs, prioritized care plans and provided health treatments, while documenting nursing procedures, maintaining medical records and patient status.
- Evaluated patient needs, prioritizes care plans and provide health treatments, while documenting nursing procedures, maintaining medical records and patient status.
- Noted signs of trauma, patients’ general physical and mental condition, reviewed patient orders, documented observations in patient medical record
- Analyzed patient laboratory data and, when concerns are noted, brings issues to the attention of the physician
- Administered patient quality care in a considerate, respectful manner
Education
Bachelor of Science in Nursing - BSN
Middle Georgia State University
06-2022
Associate of Science in Nursing - RN
Middle Georgia State University
05-2013
Associate of Applied Science in Radiologic Technology - undefined
Heart of Georgia Technical College
10-2009
Skills
- Daisy Award Winner
- Leadership
- Communication
- Teamwork
- Problem Solving
- Critical Thinking
- Time Management
- Patient Assessment
- Patient Advocacy
- Infection Control
- Cannulation
- IV Placement and Infusions
- Medication Management
- EMAR Competent
- Basic Life Support (BLS)
- Advanced Cardiac Life Support (ACLS)
Timeline
RN
Armor Health Care
06.2025 - Current
CLINICAL COORDINATOR
DAVITA DIALYSIS
02.2024 - 01.2026
RN/CHARGE NURSE II
FRESENIUS KIDNEY CARE
08.2023 - 01.2024
RN/CLINICAL COORDINATOR
DAVITA DIALYSIS
09.2020 - 08.2023
RN
Advantis medical
01.2019 - 07.2019
RN
Fairview Park Hospital
01.2013 - 01.2019
Associate of Science in Nursing - RN
Middle Georgia State University
Associate of Applied Science in Radiologic Technology - undefined
Heart of Georgia Technical College
Bachelor of Science in Nursing - BSN
Middle Georgia State University