Stephanie Paulk is a registered nurse with over 15 years of experience in various medical settings including emergency rooms, cardiac catheterization labs, and high schools. She has extensive leadership experience managing nursing operations and administrative tasks. Her skills include emergency patient care, auditing patient charts, data management, and developing educational programs.

1. SS T E P H A N I ET E P H A N I E PP A U L KA U L K , M . E, M . E DD , R N, R N
14831 Raleighs Meadow Court, Cypress, TX 77433  stephaniepaulk2@gmail.com  281-802-0744
Experienced Registered Nurse with experience in a variety of medical settings along with a proven ability
to lead others and manage daily administrative operations. Comfortable working in a high stress
environment Highly adept in managing complex patient cases in addition to maintaining positive
communication with co-workers, vendors, patients and members of management.
KK E YE Y CC O M P E T E N C I E SO M P E T E N C I E S
• Emergency Patient Care
• Patient/Family Education
• Insurance Billing/Coding
• Excel Spreadsheet Reporting
• Needs Assessments
• Auditing Patient Charts
• Patient Assessments/Triage
• DMS System Super User
• Policy / Procedure Review
• Program Planning/Evaluation
• Attention to Detail
• Team Leadership
• Scheduling
• Data Management
• Create PowerPoints
PP R O F E S S I O N A LR O F E S S I O N A L EE X P E R I E N C EX P E R I E N C E
TOMBALL REGIONAL HOSPITAL 2013-PRESENT
Registered Nurse-Interventional Cardiac Cath Lab
 Direct daily nursing and administrative operations within a fast-paced environment with a
concentration on increasing productivity, efficiency, and patient care levels
 Monitor patients for changes in medical status, administer medication to patients as needed, and
play an instrumental role in diagnostic testing for cardiac patients and the STEMI call team
 Act as DMS Coordinator / Super User and was integral during a transition to a new MacLab
software system which included importing and updating and assigning procedure descriptions and
billing codes, CPT codes, and inventory management
 Maintain an expert level knowledge in computerized charting methods, act as liaison between the
Emergency Department and Cardiac Cath Lab, and represent the department within the Nursing
Staffing Effectiveness Committee
 Play a role in creating call schedules, reconciling/auditing patient charts, managing internal data
management systems, and devising comprehensive departmental reports
 Analyze and review patient records, extract pertinent data, create reports and spreadsheets to
evaluate trends, track key indicators and multiple case types and volumes monthly. Assist
physicians in case reports for credentialing purposes. Review case charts to evaluate if correct billing
codes and inventory was charged appropriately. Report monthly case and physician totals to
director to give directly to administration with spreadsheet trend graphs and assess and compare
physician procedure costs and medication usage for pharmacy and administration
 Manage the DMS system for updates in personnel, assist with billing reconciliation, and any other
reports requested by Director or for inventory semi-annual report to administration
 Discovered, and corrected, severe billing issue with new DMS (Data Management System” billing
interface to ensure this billing error did not continue to cost Thousands of dollars per error
 Experience working with Cerner Power Chart, MacLab, DMS, and other EMR
MEMORIAL HERMANN MEMORIAL CITY HOSPITAL 2012-2013
Registered Nurse-Emergency Room
 Guided nursing operations within an Emergency department which included working effectively
with cross-functional medical teams and assessing both critical and non-critical patients
 Adept in caring for both elderly and pediatric patients in addition to successfully handling
psychiatric emergencies in a professional and caring manner
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2. SS T E P H A N I ET E P H A N I E PP A U L KA U L K , M . E, M . E DD , R N, R N
14831 Raleighs Meadow Court, Cypress, TX 77433  stephaniepaulk2@gmail.com  281-802-0744
PP R O F E S S I O N A LR O F E S S I O N A L EE X P E R I E N C EX P E R I E N C E CC O N T I N U E DO N T I N U E D ::
CYPRESS FALLS HIGH SCHOOL 2007-2011
Registered Nurse
 Played an instrumental role in managing medical/nursing needs for approximately 3,500 students
and 275 staff members which required providing health education, administering medication, and
quickly identifying individual medical needs
 Maintained student medical/immunization records, devised reports used by both the Health
Services Director and county health department, and tracked epidemiological data as requested by
the Texas Health Department
 Created and administered a training program for all School Nurses who worked athletic or other
large events in our school district, scheduled nurses for these events and worked as Liaison between
the nurses and event coordinators for the school district and the Richard E Berry Center
 As part of my internship for MEd program I created various Health Education programs and
administered parts of these programs within the family education class at Cypress Falls High School
and developed evaluation tools for these programs
 Assess student and family needs and provide appropriate community referrals
 Worked closely with School Administration for safety and health matters and served as part of the
School Administrative Team
MEMORIAL HERMANN HOSPITAL NORTHWEST 2005-2007
Registered Nurse-Interventional Cardiac Cath Lab
 Coordinated both nursing and operational tasks within the organization which included assisting
with sterile table preparation, ensuring standard operating procedures are followed, and handling
computerized charting functions
 Monitored complex patient cases, consistently updated electronic medical charts, performed
diagnostic testing, and acted as a member of the emergency STEMI call team
EE D U C A T I O ND U C A T I O N / C/ C E R T I F I C A T I O N SE R T I F I C A T I O N S
MASTER OF EDUCATION (MED), ALLIED HEALTH EDUCATION AND ADMINISTRATION (2010)
UNIVERSITY OF HOUSTON, HOUSTON, TX
OUTSTANDING GRADUATE STUDENT AWARD
COMPLETED 240-HOUR INTERNSHIP PROGRAM WITH CFISD AND THE HEALTH MUSEUM
B.S., HEALTH WITH COMMUNITY HEALTH OPTION AND BIOMEDICAL SCIENCES EMPHASIS
TEXAS A&M UNIVERSITY, COLLEGE STATION, TX
ASSOCIATE’S DEGREE IN NURSING, PARAMEDIC TO RN TRANSITION PROGRAM
NORTH HARRIS MONTGOMERY COMMUNITY COLLEGE DISTRICT, HOUSTON, TX
ASSOCIATE OF APPLIED SCIENCE, EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICES (EMS)
BLINN COLLEGE-BRYAN CAMPUS, BRYAN, TX
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