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Matilda Reed
Registered Nurse Intern with supervised experience in patient assessment, medication safety, care coordination, and clinical documentation. Practical work includes Patient assessment, Medication safety, Care planning, Clinical documentation.
Experience
UT Southwestern Medical Center
Dallas · United States
Registered Nurse Intern
Jun 2026 - Aug 2026
- Under supervision, compared postoperative observations with baseline vital signs, reported deterioration using SBAR, and rechecked pain response and discharge teaching before the next care handoff.
- The team completed physical and psychosocial assessments for assigned patients and escalated changes against unit criteria; I supported research preparation, validation, and documentation under mentor review. The team gave the care team a current, documented basis for treatment and handoff decisions; confirmed with my mentor that my contribution was limited to the assigned support and validation work.
- The team reconciled medication orders, allergies, and administration records before each scheduled dose; I supported research preparation, validation, and documentation under mentor review. The team resolved discrepancies before administration and retained the clinical review trail; confirmed with my mentor that my contribution was limited to the assigned support and validation work.
- Under supervision, used postoperative assessments to identify a patient-safety concern, checked medication orders and allergies before administration, and documented the reassessment after the clinical team’s intervention.
- Under supervision, owned the assigned patient handoff using structured assessments, resolved medication-list discrepancies with the supervising nurse and completed patient-safety checks before transfer.
- Under supervision, designed an infection-control reminder using observed patient-care omissions, reduced incomplete handoff fields by 26% in a supervised chart audit and documented compliance follow-up.
Selected project
Registered Nurse — independent case study
Intern project team member
Sep 2025 - May 2026
- In a mentor-reviewed simulation, completed physical and psychosocial assessments for assigned patients and escalated changes against unit criteria; gave the care team a current, documented basis for treatment and handoff decisions.
- As a second supervised exercise, reconciled medication orders, allergies, and administration records before each scheduled dose; resolved discrepancies before administration and retained the clinical review trail.
- Under supervision, the team coordinated discharge teaching with patients, families, pharmacy, and follow-up providers using a shared checklist; I supported research preparation, validation, and documentation under mentor review
- Prepared a fictional case record with an event timeline, incomplete documentation and an escalation question; checked source consistency without using identifiable patient or participant records.
- Created a review checklist separating administrative completeness from clinical decisions, tested a missing-date and conflicting-entry scenario, and documented which questions required a qualified professional’s review.
- Owned the synthetic case-document review using approved training guidance, resolved a missing signoff and completed a version-controlled supervisor-review packet without real patient data.
Education
University of Texas at Arlington
Arlington, Texas · United States
B.S. Nursing — in progress
Sep 2023 - Jun 2027
Relevant coursework: Health assessment, pharmacology, adult nursing, supervised clinical rotations
Skills
Role expertise
Patient assessment · Medication safety · Care planning · Clinical documentation · Patient education
Publications
- Published a personal training-case reflection using fictional records, explaining the handoff checks, confidentiality boundaries and decisions reserved for licensed clinical staff.


