Kimberly Sawyer
Chandler
Summary
Dynamic charge nurse with over 20 years of experience in critical care and nurse management. Proven expertise in patient advocacy, medication administration, and patient-centered care delivery, ensuring safety and high-quality outcomes in fast-paced environments.
Overview
25
25
years of professional experience
4
4
Certifications
Work History
Registered Nurse
AZ IV Medics
Chandler
04.2023 - Current
- Administer IV therapy to patients in their homes for several different conditions, including wellness, sickness, and overall hydration.
- Conduct patient assessments to evaluate overall health status and needs.
- Provide teaching and education for continuity of care.
Registered Nurse/Charge Nurse
Banner Gateway Medical Center
Gilbert
10.2013 - Current
- Leads daily operations of a Level II, fast-paced labor and delivery/antepartum unit, averaging 275 deliveries per month.
- Coordinates patient assignments, prioritizes admissions, and delegates tasks to maintain high quality, safe care.
- Acts as the primary point person between physicians, anesthesiologists, surgical teams, and support staff to ensure safe care.
- Attend all deliveries to help with high-risk care and resuscitation, if necessary.
- Responds to and manages patient escalations, staffing issues, and code situations with a calm, but confident, demeanor.
Registered Floor Nurse
Banner Gateway Medical Center
Gilbert
10.2013 - Current
- Deliver safe, patient-centered care to laboring and immediate postpartum women.
- Pre-op, circulate in the OR, and post-op nursing for multiple cesarean sections each week.
- Circulate D&C’s, administer high-risk medications, including magnesium sulfate, ephedrine, terbutaline, oxytocin, and blood, following strict standards of care.
- Maintain and support epidural and spinal anesthesia.
- Administer treatment and medications for sepsis patients, carefully checking dosages and compatibilities, central lines, IV lines, and blood and blood products.
Registered Nurse/Charge Nurse
Banner Desert Medical Center
Mesa
02.2001 - 10.2013
- Led daily operations of a Level III antepartum/labor unit with high-acuity patients who were transferred in from multiple outside hospitals.
- Acted as a liaison between maternal-fetal medicine specialists, anesthesiology, NICU, ICU, and telemetry to provide safe care for the mother and the baby.
- Provide expert nursing care during emergent cesarean deliveries, fetal monitoring, maternal decompensation, or collapse.
- Monitored nursing compliance with standards of care and hospital patient safety initiatives.
Education
BSN - Nursing
Arizona State University
Tempe, AZ12-2000
Skills
Patient assessment
Case management
Medication administration
Patient advocacy
Critical care nursing
Nurse management
Quality and continuity of care
Parent and patient education
Certification
ACLS-current through April 2027
Timeline
Registered Nurse
AZ IV Medics
04.2023 - Current
Registered Nurse/Charge Nurse
Banner Gateway Medical Center
10.2013 - Current
Registered Floor Nurse
Banner Gateway Medical Center
10.2013 - Current
Registered Nurse/Charge Nurse
Banner Desert Medical Center
02.2001 - 10.2013
BSN - Nursing
Arizona State University