Sarah Norman
Highlands Ranch
Summary
I am passionate about providing high quality, kind, empathetic, compassionate, non-judgemental care to every patient I encounter. I have years of professional experience working with marginalized communities and am constantly seeking to better understand my own biases so that I can care better for my patients. I have spent the last 2 years managing a medical staff, training nursing students and teaching new staff how to care well for patients and their sexual health.
Overview
15
15
years of professional experience
Work History
Nurse Manager
Alternatives Pregnancy Center
Denver
09.2023 - Current
- Supervised nursing and sonography staff to ensure the highest standard of care was given to our patients.
- Coordinated medical staff schedule for 4 clinic locations
- Yearly wrote and edited policies and procedures
- Conducted yearly employee evaluations and skills evaluations
- Trained new staff and supervised nursing students
- Wrote curriculum and taught new staff and volunteers in a classroom setting.
- Provided high quality, trauma-informed, permission based healthcare in the context of an STI appointment
- Phone triage
- Created the annual budget for the medical staff and worked within that budget to keep 4 clinics running
- Taught FEMM (natural family planning) to patients who wanted to avoid pregnancy but did not desire to be on hormonal birth control
STD Clinician
Alternatives Pregnancy Care Center
Denver
09.2021 - 09.2023
- Provided high quality, trauma-informed, permission based care in the context of an STI appointment
- Conducted holistic sexual health risk assessment, vital signs, venipunctures, urine tests and pelvic exams
- Provide education based on evidence based research for patients regarding common infections
- Proficient knowledge in treating STIs and vaginal infections
- Phone triage
Nurse Manager
The Keim Center
Chesapeake
08.2016 - 05.2017
- Provided limited to sonography to women in the first and second trimester of pregnancy for pregnancy confirmation
- Provided pregnancy education for first and second trimester patients
- Phone triage
Registered Nurse
DePaul Medical Center
Norfolk
03.2012 - 09.2013
- Floor nurse and charge nurse
- Administered medications according to established protocols and patient care plans.
- Monitored patient vitals and reported changes to the healthcare team promptly.
- Educated patients and families on treatment plans and health management strategies.
- Collaborated with multidisciplinary teams to optimize patient care and outcomes.
- Trained in telemetry
- ACLS certified
Registered Nurse
Kindred Healthcare Inc.
Charleston
05.2011 - 09.2011
- Floor nurse trained in wound care, trach care and telemetry
- Served as team leader in charge of central line care
- Administered medications according to established protocols and patient care plans.
- Monitored patient vitals and reported changes to the healthcare team promptly.
- Maintained a safe environment for all patients by adhering to infection control policies and procedures.
- ACLS certified
Registered Nurse
Cleveland Regional Medical Center
Shelby
03.2010 - 04.2011
- Administered medications according to established protocols and patient care plans.
- Educated patients and families on treatment plans and health management strategies.
- Collaborated with multidisciplinary teams to optimize patient care and outcomes.
- Utilized electronic health records to document patient information accurately.
- Utilized critical thinking skills to assess clinical situations quickly and accurately.
- Trained in telemetry
- ACLS certified
Education
Bachelor's of Science And Nursing -
University of North Carolina Charlotte
Charlotte12-2009
Skills
- Staff supervision
- Policy writing
- Budget management
- Curriculum development
- Phone triage
- Patient education
- Leadership skills
- Effective communication
- Time management
- Staff development
- Strong clinical judgment
- Multidisciplinary care coordination
- Critical thinking
- Patient counseling
- Student nurse management
- Therapeutic communication
- Clinical skills
My Guiding Principals
- I am always seeking to learn more and challenge my own narratives and biases. I have had the incredibly opportunity for the past 4 years to learn and grow from the diverse community of patients that I care for. Despite some of my work history being in the context of a faith based non-profit, I have extensive knowledge in spiritual trauma and refuse to perpetuate that in how I care for my patients. You can be confident that I am always seeking to learn and do better and will not bring religious judgment to my job. I am firmly rooted in what it is to be responsible to others, not for them and so I can hold space for other's beliefs, free of judgement and full of compassion.
Volunteer Work
- Volunteered as a registered nurse and limited nurse sonographer at The Keim Center from March 2011-July 2016
- Served as a chuch camp nurse in the summer of 2011
- Disaster relief as a triage nurse in Haiti Jan 2011
Certifications
- Limited sonographer certification from NIFLA in 2013
- FEMM teacher certification in 2024 (current)
Timeline
Nurse Manager
Alternatives Pregnancy Center
09.2023 - Current
STD Clinician
Alternatives Pregnancy Care Center
09.2021 - 09.2023
Nurse Manager
The Keim Center
08.2016 - 05.2017
Registered Nurse
DePaul Medical Center
03.2012 - 09.2013
Registered Nurse
Kindred Healthcare Inc.
05.2011 - 09.2011
Registered Nurse
Cleveland Regional Medical Center
03.2010 - 04.2011
Bachelor's of Science And Nursing -
University of North Carolina Charlotte
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