Alicia M. Renteria
Travel Nurse, Intensive Care
Fort Worth, TX · (817) 555 0119 · name@example.com · linkedin.com/in/aliciamrenteria
Key Qualifications
EXPERIENCE
Seven years of intensive care nursing, four on travel contracts
SETTINGS
Eleven thirteen week contracts in 16 to 40 bed intensive care units in four states
SPECIALTIES
Mechanical ventilation, vasoactive drips, continuous renal replacement therapy, rapid orientation
SYSTEMS
Epic at seven sites, Oracle Health formerly Cerner at four, Pyxis and Omnicell cabinets
LICENSURE
Texas multistate registered nurse license, Critical Care Registered Nurse credential
EDUCATION
Bachelor of Science in Nursing, Trinity Prairie State University
Executive Summary
Intensive care registered nurse with seven years of practice, the last four on thirteen week travel contracts across Arizona, Colorado, Florida and New Mexico under a Texas multistate license through the Nurse Licensure Compact. Has completed eleven contracts in mixed medical and surgical intensive care units from 16 to 40 beds, eight of them extended by the hospital. Holds the Critical Care Registered Nurse credential and is usually taking a full assignment by the third shift.
Signature Achievements
- Completed eleven thirteen week intensive care contracts across four states with eight extensions and no contract ended early.
- Marked as eligible for rehire by every one of the eleven assignment units on the agency's end of contract evaluation.
- Reached independent assignment within three shifts at each site after a two to three day hospital orientation.
- Held no documented medication error across about 640 travel shifts, including titration of norepinephrine, vasopressin and insulin drips.
- Served on the rapid response rotation at three assignment hospitals that asked travelers to cover the pager.
- Earned the Critical Care Registered Nurse credential in 2021 and recertified in 2024 while on assignment.
Professional Experience
Travel Registered Nurse, Intensive Care
Meridian Crossing Travel Nursing, Dallas, TX March 2022 to present
Eleven thirteen week contracts in intensive care units in Tucson, Colorado Springs, Fort Collins, Tampa, Jacksonville and Albuquerque, eight extended for a second term
- Take a two patient assignment in mixed medical and surgical intensive care units from 16 to 40 beds after a two to three day orientation.
- Manage ventilated patients, continuous renal replacement therapy and vasoactive drips under each hospital's titration protocol.
- Float to progressive care and the emergency department when the unit census drops, as the contract requires.
- Learn each site's charting build before the first full shift, and chart in Epic at seven sites and Oracle Health formerly Cerner at four.
- Extend contracts when the unit asks, most recently a 26 week stretch at a 40 bed unit in Tampa.
Registered Nurse, Medical Intensive Care Unit
Trinity Bend Medical Center, Fort Worth, TX June 2019 to March 2022
24 bed medical intensive care unit in a 460 bed hospital, two patient assignment
- Cared for ventilated patients with septic shock, respiratory failure and diabetic ketoacidosis.
- Titrated vasoactive and sedation drips and ran continuous renal replacement therapy circuits.
- Completed a twelve month critical care nurse residency and then precepted the next two residents.
- Worked the surge intensive care unit during the 2020 and 2021 respiratory seasons at a three patient ratio.
Licensure and Certification
Texas Board of Nursing, registered nurse license number 934120, multistate license under the Nurse Licensure Compact
Critical Care Registered Nurse, American Association of Critical Care Nurses, recertified 2024
Basic Life Support and Advanced Cardiovascular Life Support, current
Education
Bachelor of Science in Nursing, Trinity Prairie State University, Fort Worth, 2019
Core Skills
Ventilator management · Vasoactive drip titration · Continuous renal replacement therapy · Rapid unit orientation · Floating to step down · Epic and Oracle charting · Rapid response coverage · Arterial line monitoring · Sedation scoring · Contract handoff reports