Sophie Galan

Registered Nurse

The University of Kansas Health System

Jun 2024 - Current (2 years 4 months)

Registered Nurse at The University of Kansas Health System. Completing the New Grad Nurse Residency Program and working in the Bell Hospital Tower Pre-Operative and Post-Operative Units. Caring for patients under various services including orthopedics, ophthalmology, urology, transplant, general, plastics, breast, GYN, pediatrics, pulmonary and bariatric surgery. Collaborating 1:1 with surgeons, anesthesiologists, and OR nurses, along with other peri-anesthesia RNs to ensure patient safety and satisfaction. Providing quality care to patients through therapeutic communication, critical assessment skills, as well as implementing and evaluating therapeutic interventions to ensure successful surgery and recovery experiences. Show less

Nurse Extern

Overland Park Regional Medical Center

Apr 2023 - Feb 2024 (11 months)

As a Level 2 Nurse Extern at Overland Park Regional Medical Center, I work in the Telemetry Department within the Stroke/Neurology Trauma Center. My responsibilities typically include obtaining vital signs, blood sugars, assisting with daily cares, and aiding nurses on the unit with completing tasks that encourage the progress of patient care. During this experience, I have the opportunity to shadow other departments within Overland Park Regional Medical Center to explore potential career specialties, including my interest in OB/L&D. I had the opportunity to pass skill checks to go from Nurse Extern Level 1 to Nurse Extern Level 2 with department leaders which allowed me to complete tasks above the PCT/CNA scope of practice and begin implem

Nursing Student

Ann & Robert H. Lurie Children's Hospital of Chicago

Dec 2022 - Apr 2023 (5 months)

As a Nursing Student at Loyola University Chicago and one of forty students accepted into the Northwestern Memorial Enhanced Clinical Experience Cohort, I had the privilege to participate in clinical rotations in the following areas during my BSN: - Northwestern Memorial Hospital Feinberg | Neurosurgery Clinical Role Transition (CRT) - Northwestern Memorial Hospital Feinberg | Med Surg 2 Clinical Experience - Northwestern Memorial Hospital Galter | Inpatient Psychiatry & Psych ED Clinical Experience - Northwestern Memorial Hospital Lavin | GI Lab Community Clinical - Northwestern Prentice Women's Hospital | Antepartum, Postpartum, Triage, L&D, & NICU Clinical - Ann & Robert H. Lurie Children's Hospital of Chicago | Pediatrics Clinical Exper

Nursing Student

Northwestern Medicine

Aug 2022 - May 2024 (1 year 10 months)

As a Nursing Student at Loyola University Chicago and one of forty students accepted into the Northwestern Memorial Enhanced Clinical Experience Cohort, I had the privilege to participate in clinical rotations in the following areas during my BSN: - Northwestern Memorial Hospital Feinberg | Neurosurgery Clinical Role Transition (CRT) - Northwestern Memorial Hospital Feinberg | Med Surg 2 Clinical Experience - Northwestern Memorial Hospital Galter | Inpatient Psychiatry & Psych ED Clinical Experience - Northwestern Memorial Hospital Lavin | GI Lab Community Clinical - Northwestern Prentice Women's Hospital | Antepartum, Postpartum, Triage, L&D, & NICU Clinical - Ann & Robert H. Lurie Children's Hospital of Chicago | Pediatrics Clinical Exper

Resident Assistant

Loyola University Chicago

Aug 2022 - May 2024 (1 year 10 months)

As a Resident Assistant (RA) through Loyola University Chicago Residence Life, I help provide assistance and opportunities for students to excel throughout their campus experience by coordinating events, providing support and assistance for students, and creating an inclusive and safe environment, among other responsibilities. I directly supervise over 60 residents on my floor and manage over 360 residents in the building during duty hours. I am responsible for administrative tasks, emergency response, documentation and reporting, programming, wellness check-in chats, health & safety inspections, fire safety drill leadership, budget planning, interpersonal communication with staff and residents, advertising, community building, RA team bond

Certified Nursing Assistant

Village Shalom

Jun 2021 - Dec 2021 (7 months)

As a Certified Nursing Assistant (CNA) at Village Shalom within the Memory Care Unit, I helped residents with varying levels of dementia with their activities of daily living, including bathing, dressing, feeding, oral care, and provided assistance with other activities in the community while advocating for patient-centered care. My responsibilities included documentation and charting, maintaining a safe environment in patient rooms and community areas, supervising high risk patients, assisting with food preparation and set-up, feeding dependent residents, tracking I&Os, organizing and participating in group activities/therapy, interacting with residents and staff, fostering patient-nurse relationships with residents, therapeutic communicat

Third Key Holder

Claire's

Feb 2020 - May 2020 (4 months)

As a Third Key Holder at Claire's Stores, Inc., I acted as a customer service representative, sales associate, and ear-piercing specialist. This experience represented my first paid job. I had key access to the store, was responsible for opening and closing shifts, was entrusted with working at the store independently, performed ear-piercing sales, services and education, drove product sales, provided exceptional customer service, managed the store phone line, conducted merchandise sales and returns, restocked merchandise, organized product floor plans, performed store housekeeping, balanced registers, completed store conversion calculations, documented weekly and daily reports, deposited cash at the bank on behalf of the store, and communi

CNA Clinical Experience - Tallgrass Creek Retirement Community

Erickson Living

Nov 2019

As a Certified Nursing Assistant (CNA) Student through Blue Valley Center for Advanced Professional Studies (CAPS), I was able to perform clinical experience rotations at Tallgrass Creek. During this opportunity, I was able to shadow CNAs in long-term care setting and assisted with ADLs, interacted with residents and staff, and advocated for patient-centered care, while developing my foundational nursing skills through this introduction to caring for vulnerable populations.

Intern

Menorah Medical Center

Oct 2019 - Nov 2019 (2 months)

As a Certified Nursing Assistant (CNA) Intern through Blue Valley Center for Advanced Professional Studies (CAPS) at Menorah Medical Center, I had the opportunity to participate in 3 week rotations for 3 hours a day, once a week for 12 weeks in 4 departmental rotations: CCU & Telemetry, Med Surg Unit, Rehab, and Cath Lab. During this internship I interacted with patients and HCA staff, answered call lights, inserted a female external catheter with RN supervision, performed a bladder scan with shadow, observed patients in post-op and monitored vitals and symptoms including pain rating and oral hydration tolerance, observed a loop recorder implantation, observed a successful cardioversion, and observed a carotid stent placement, among other i

CNA Clinical Experience

Lakeview Village, Inc.

Oct 2019

As a Certified Nursing Assistant (CNA) Student through Blue Valley Center for Advanced Professional Studies (CAPS), I was able to perform clinical experience rotations at Lakeview Village. During this opportunity, I was able to shadow CNAs in long-term care setting and assisted with ADLs, interacted with residents and staff, and advocated for patient-centered care, while developing my foundational nursing skills through this introduction to caring for vulnerable populations.

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