Brean Simms

432 Laredo Dr. Smyrna, DE 19977 | 302-480-8531 | breansimms@yahoo.com

Objective
· To obtain a position as a registered nurse where my knowledge, skills, and experiences will be best utilized.

Education
ASSOCIATE DEGREE NURSING | MAY 2016 | DELAWARE TECHNICAL AND COMMUNITY COLLEGE
Completed over 400 clinical hours at various locations including Christiana Hospital, Wilmington Hospital, and Bayhealth
integrating sound nursing judgment, and incorporating theoretical knowledge and clinical reasoning skills, to provide
clinically competent nursing care for individuals, families, and communities.

CERTIFIED NURSING ASSISTANT | JULY 2011 | GENESIS HEALTHCARE /TYGART CENTER

Completed 140 hours training through Genesis Healthcare to learn basic nursing skills, anatomy and physiology,
nutrition, and infection control that are vital to daily operations in hospitals and nursing care facilities.

Completed course training for American Heart Association BLS for Healthcare Providers (CPR and AED) Program

Experience
REGISTERED NURSE | CADIA REHABILITATION CAPITOL | AUG 2016 – CURRENT
· Develop a plan of care to provide culturally competent, safe, effective care to patients recently discharged from
hospitals, to return them to their optimal level of function.
· Assure quality of care by adhering to therapeutic standards; measuring health outcomes against patient care goals and
standards; making or recommending necessary adjustments; following the facility’s philosophies and standards of care
set by state board of nursing, state nurse practice act, and other governing agency regulations
· Collaborate with multidisciplinary teams to resolve patient problems and needs
· Promote patient independence through advocacy and education
· Utilize an electronic health record to analyze, document, and communicate actions, irregularities, and continuing needs
of patients to make safe decisions that improve patient outcomes and maintain continuity of care

CERTIFIED NURSING ASSISTANT | CADIA REHABILITATION CAPITOL | JULY 2013-AUG 2016

· Provided support to patients with hygiene and daily activities by assisting with showers, baths, shaving, dressing, and
aiding patient to the bathroom while providing bedpans and urinals. Incontinence care; emptied and changed catheters
and colostomy bags.
· Assisted with serving meals, feeding patients when necessary, and providing hydration and nourishment between
meals.
· Responsible for transporting, ambulating, turning, and re-positioning patients
· Checking vital signs and weight; performing bowel and urine tests, and recording intake and output information while
reporting observations to the nursing supervisor.
· Documented resident behavior through electronic charting and completing forms/reports.
· Provided comfort by answering patients’ call lights and requests.
· Helped nurse with wound care and dressing changes.
HOME HEALTH AIDE | BAYADA HOME HEALTH CARE SERVICE | OCT 2014-AUG 2016
· Provided support to clients and their families with activities of daily living, light housekeeping, bathing, dressing,
grooming, toileting, nail care, range of motion/exercises, transfers/use of mechanical lifting devices, ambulation, oral
feeding, vital sign checks, and home management tasks such as laundry, meal preparation, and bed making.

CERTIFIED NURSING ASSISTANT | MAPLESHIRE NURSING AND REHABILITATION CENTER | JULY 2011 – MAY 2013
· Provided support to patients with hygiene and daily activities by assisting with showers, baths, shaving, dressing, and
aiding patient to the bathroom while providing bedpans and urinals. Incontinence care; emptied and changed catheters
and colostomy bags.
· Assisted with serving meals, feeding patients when necessary, and providing hydration and nourishment between
meals.
· Responsible for transporting, ambulating, turning, and re-positioning patients
· Checking vital signs and weight; performing bowel and urine tests, and recording intake and output information while
reporting observations to the nursing supervisor.
· Documented resident behavior through electronic charting and completing forms/reports.
· Provided comfort by answering patients’ call lights and requests.
· Helped nurse with wound care and dressing changes.

Licenses and Awards Received

REGISERED NURSE
· L1-0049145

CERTIFIED NURSING ASSISTANT

· DEWV0000008245

PHI THETA KAPPA HONOR SOCIETY (2014 – PRESENT)

ACADEMIC ACHIEVEMENT (2013-2016)

DEAN’S LIST (2014)

References
Available upon request.