Curriculum Vitae
Constance J. Paine, RN, CCRN, LNCC
CP LegalMed Consulting
4058 Hegg Street
San Diego, California 92115
619.997.8407 Cell
619.255.9501 Fax
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCES
Licensed Registered Nurse (RN) for over 40 years
NURSING EXPERIENCES
Relief manager over ICU-CCU/ Medical-Surgical/Orthopedics
Critical Care/Transitional Care/Medical-surgical staff nurse
Wound Care Assessment and Management
Fall risk assessment
Rapid response team
Open-heart patients/Intra-aortic balloon pumps/Continuous venous dialysis
Care and management of pacemakers and implantable defibrillators
Adult cardiopulmonary/Ventilated patients (acute and chronic)
Pre and post care of cardiac catheterization patients
Telemetry monitoring
Stroke care (acute and chronic)-work in a stroke certified hospital
Moderate sedation for procedures in ICU and interventional radiology
(Ex.: endoscopy, bronchoscopies, biopsies, etc.)
Initiation of intravenous catheters and management of intravenous therapy
Management of epidural catheters and patient controlled analgesia
Skull Base Surgery
Medical/Surgical Patients
Dermatology
Neonatal Intensive Care-Level 1
Colostomy/Ileostomy Patients
Interventional Radiology
Skilled Nursing Facility Care/Rehabilitation
SPECIAL CERTIFICATES AND LICENSES
CCRN certified
LNCC
RN License-California #254307
ACLS provider
BLS provider
PROFESSIONAL SUBSCRIPTIONS
American Journal of Critical Care Nursing
Advance for Nurses
EDUCATION
University of California, San Diego and Children’s Hospital
Certification in Neonatal Nursing
200 West Arbor Road, San Diego, California 92103
Attended-9/95 to 6/96
Grossmont College/Grossmont Hospital
Certification in Critical Care Nursing
8800 Grossmont College Drive, El Cajon, California 92020
Attended-9/87 to 9/88
Swedish Hospital School of Nursing
Diploma in Nursing
Minneapolis, Minnesota
Attended-9/70 to 5/73
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
11/11 to present
UCSD Thornton
La Jolla, CA.
Position-staff nurse in ICU
Relief charge/resource/rapid response nurse
1/83 to 10/11
Alvarado Hospital
6655 Alvarado Road
San Diego, CA. 92120 Phone: 619.287.3270
Positions held-Intensive care staff nurse and relief shift manager full time since 1988. Interventional radiology part time since 2004. Neonatal ICU part time from 1996 to 2000. Medical-surgical manager 1/83 to 9/88.
Job responsibilities- Direct patient care in ICU and sub-acute units, caring
for variety of disease entities. Assist with central line insertion, arterial line placement, chest tube insertions and administering conscious sedation for numerous bedside procedures, i.e. bronchoscopies. Initiation and management of intravenous therapy. Relief manager supervising and coordinating care of ICU patients. Assessment, staging and documentation of existing and new pressure ulcers and initiation of appropriate treatment for wounds, i.e. wound vacs, debriding gels. Review and revision of hospital policies and procedures. Assisting interventional radiologist with special procedures, i.e. stents, drain placement, angiograms. Bedside care of neonates requiring intensive care in level 1 nursery. Supervising nursing care and writing nursing evaluations on medical-surgical unit.
1/76 to 9/82
Marin General Hospital
250 Bon Air Road
Greenbrae, California 94904 Phone: 415.925.7000
Position held-Staff nurse and assistant manager for medical surgical unit.
Job responsibilities-direct patient care for surgical and neurology patients, assisted with employee evaluations and writing of policies.
6/75 to 12/75
Fairview-Southdale Hospital
6401 France Avenue South
Edina, Minnesota 55435 Phone: 952.924.5000
Position held-Staff nurse and relief charge
Responsibilities-patient care for general surgical patients
6/73 to 5/75
Rochester Methodist Hospital (affiliated with Mayo Clinic)
201 West Center Street
Rochester, Minnesota 55902 Phone: 507.266.7890
Position held-staff nurse on surgical unit
Responsibilities-patient care of surgical and dermatologic patients, including pre-and post-procedure education and discharge planning.
REFERENCES
Available upon request
Updated 11/13