TERI BLANTON

• Identified learning needs of patients and families and responded with advocacy and health education.
• Reported patients' status and delegated nurse assignments to achieve optimal outcomes.
• Informed patients and families of effective treatment options and at-home care strategies, enhancing long-term outcomes.
• Managed elements of patient care from admission to discharge or transfer to other units.
• Precepted student nurses and oriented new hires, providing guidance and mentorship when teaching on hospital policies, emergency procedures and nursing best practices.
• Identified patient care requirements by establishing personal rapport with patients and families.
• Monitored patients' conditions and reported changes in physical presentation, appearance and behavior to discuss treatment with physicians.
• Implemented medication and IV administration, catheter insertion and airway management.
• Gathered patient health data through interviews and observation, documenting data in electronic records.
• Formulated plans for nursing measures to restore, maintain and promote patients' physical and mental health.
• Directed patient care by initiating and following through with plan of care, continuing care and discharge instructions.
• Coordinated with physicians to perform bedside procedures such as intravenous injections, vascular line insertions and bronchoscopies.
• Conferred with physicians to discuss diagnoses and devise well-coordinated treatment approaches.
• Ordered, interpreted and evaluated diagnostic tests to identify and assess patient condition.
• Vaccinated patients to protect individuals from measles, pneumonia, influenza and other illnesses of concern.
• Performed various nursing interventions such as wound dressing, vital sign monitoring and specimen collection.
• Collected blood, tissue and other laboratory specimens and prepared for lab testing.
• Administered medications via oral, IV and intramuscular injections and monitored responses.
• Assessed physical, psychological, physiologic and cognitive status of patients.
• Educated patients, families and caregivers on diagnosis and prognosis, treatment options, disease process and management and lifestyle options.
• Teamed on trauma and emergency interventions involving serious head injuries, gunshot wounds and thoracic trauma.
• Updated patient charts with data such as medications to keep records current and support accurate treatments.
• Trained new nurses in proper techniques, care standards, operational procedures and safety protocols.
• Coordinated patients' post-discharge treatment plans with physicians and other nurses to promote continuity of medical care.
• Supervised new employees and student nurses to promote adherence to established patient care standards and practices.
• Monitored patients' respiratory status and ventilator operation and made adjustments to promote stabilization.
• Followed HCA ethical values and principles and adhered to HIPAA medical record regulations to promote patients' privacy.
• Maintained respectful treatment environment that honored patients' and families' cultural and religious traditions and preferences.

Administered medications via oral, IV and intramuscular injections and monitored responses.

• Effectively prioritized assignments, executing care based on each patient's relative condition and delegating tasks to available personnel deliver safe and efficient care.
• Worked within interdisciplinary health care team to develop, implement and make adjustments to patient care plans, individualizing strategies and methods to improve health and meet recovery goals.