ABELLE B. DULLA

Responsible for caring for patients who require extended medical care. Experience in an Long Term Acute Care setting Experience with Vents, Trachs, Drips, EG Tubes and able to read Tele-strip.

Provide care for 5-6 patients.

Adjust and perform in fast paced environment.

Keep up with many admissions and discharges.

Be able to monitor and administer medications (orally, subcutaneously, and through an IV).

Educate patients and family on surgical processes and how to manage their illness/injury.

Monitor and adjust specialized equipment used on patients, and record and interpret electronic displays.

Interpret and understand telemetry readings, notifying appropriate medical team members of any irregularities.

Perform the duties required of a registered nurse's care for patients with pulmonary HTN, respiratory failure, COPD, CHF, Heart Failure, A-Fib and the like.

Use computer equipment to monitor cardiac and other vital information. Start IV’s, draw blood, see the patient from start to finish.

Responsible for caring for patients who require extended medical care.
Experience in an Long Term Acute Care setting
Experience with Vents, Trachs, Drips, EG Tubes and able to read Tele-strip
Provide care for 5-6 patients.
Adjust and perform in fast paced environment.
Keep up with many admissions and discharges.

Promotes and restores patients' health by completing the nursing process; collaborating with physicians and multidisciplinary team members; providing physical and psychological support to patients, friends, and families; supervising assigned team members.
Provide care to a diverse patient population, dying patients and provide education and support to family members faced with critical decisions such as discontinuing life support and deciding how to care for people with brain injuries.
Member of RRT & Code Blue team. Serve as resources to other nursing units. Identify patients' age-specific needs and alter care plans as necessary to meet those needs. Provide post-mortem care. Perform approved therapeutic or diagnostic procedures based upon patients' clinical status.
Evaluate patients' vital signs and laboratory data to determine emergency intervention needs. Administer blood and blood products, monitoring patients for signs and related to transfusion reactions symptoms. Administer medications intravenously, by injection, orally, through gastric tubes, or by other methods. Set up and monitor medical equipment and devices such as cardiac monitors, mechanical ventilators and alarms, oxygen delivery devices, transducers, and pressure lines. Monitor patients' fluid intake and output to detect emerging problems such as fluid and electrolyte imbalances. Monitor patients for changes in status and indications of conditions such as sepsis or shock and institute appropriate interventions.
Assess patients' pain levels and sedation requirements. Assess patients' psychosocial status and needs including areas such as sleep patterns, anxiety, grief, anger, and support systems. Collaborate with other health care professionals to develop and revise treatment plans based on identified needs and assessment data. Collect specimens for laboratory tests. Compile and analyze data obtained from monitoring or diagnostic tests. Conduct pulmonary assessments to identify abnormal respiratory patterns or breathing sounds that indicate problems. Document patients' medical histories and assessment findings. Document patients' treatment plans, interventions, outcomes, or plan revisions. Identify patients who are at risk of complications due to nutritional status. Prioritize nursing care for assigned critically ill patients based on assessment data and identified needs. Assist physicians with procedures such as CVL placement, endotracheal intubation, and elective cardioversion. Ensure that equipment or devices are properly stored after use. Identify malfunctioning equipment or devices.

• Promotes and restores patients' health by developing day-to-day management and long-term planning of the patient care area; directing and developing staff; collaborating with physicians and multidisciplinary professional staffs; providing physical and psychological support for patients, friends, and families.
• Accomplishes nursing human resource objectives by orienting, training, assigning, scheduling, coaching, counseling, and disciplining employees; communicating job expectations; planning, monitoring, appraising job contributions; adhering to policies and procedures.
• Completes patient care requirements by scheduling and assigning nursing and staff; following up on work results.
• Resolves patient needs by utilizing multidisciplinary team strategies.
• Protects patients and employees by developing and interpreting infection-control policies and protocols; enforcing medication administration, storage procedures, and controlled substance regulations.
• Maintains a cooperative relationship among teams by communicating information; responding to requests; building rapport; participating in team problem-solving methods.
• Maintains patient confidence and protects operations by monitoring confidential information processing.
• Maintains documentation of patient care services by auditing patient and department records

• Develop and implement action plans for effective treatment of patients.
• Maintain record of patient's treatment and progress of recovery
• Refer patients to therapeutic, professionals in order to address particular needs or challenges Interact with patient’s family to update plan of care , progress and discharge planning.
• Assist patients with the interpretation of medical documents.
• Ensure tests administered to patients are appropriate and necessary.
• Oversee the coordination and integration of health and case management functions in order to achieve a common goal.
• Monitor patient response and progress of treatment to recommend adjustments where necessary.
• Establish good working relationship with physicians to ensure timely and effective patient recovery
• Monitor the quality of health care provided to patients to ensure they are up to acceptable standard Contact patient’s health insurer to verify coverage and benefits.
• Prepare and implement patient discharge plan which allows for continued treatment after hospital discharge Ensure patients have the necessary utilities and amenities required for complete convalescence.

• Responsible for the recruitment, retention, and training of the nurses.
• Direct, oversee and evaluate all nursing personnel (registered nurses, LPN etc.).
• Set objectives and long-term goals for the nursing department
• Organize and coordinate admission, nursing and patient care procedures
• Develop and enforce policies aiming for legal compliance and high quality standards
• Control budgets and monitor expenditures. Monitor staffing budget. Meets nursing financial standards by providing annual budget information; monitoring expenditures; identifying variances; implementing corrective actions .Maintains nursing supplies inventory by studying usage reports; identifying trends; anticipating needed supplies; approving requisitions and cost allocations..
• Resolve issues and deficiencies when needed
• Manage record-keeping procedures
• Collaborate with other departments and professionals to streamline operations.
• Collaborate with upper management, interdisciplinary teams and other stakeholders in order to develop, implement and evaluate programs and services.
• Meets nursing operational standards by contributing information to strategic plans and review; implementing production, productivity, quality, and customer-service standards; resolving problems; identifying system improvements.
• Identifies patient service requirements by establishing personal rapport with potential and actual patients and other persons in a position to understand service requirements.
• Maintains nursing guidelines by writing and updating policies and procedures.
• Assures quality of care by developing and interpreting hospital and nursing division's philosophies and standards of care; enforcing adherence to State board of nursing and state nurse practice act requirements and to other governing agency regulations; measuring health outcomes against standards; making or recommending adjustments.

Implements an effective hospital-wide infection control and prevention program in keeping with the CDC,Joint Commission and other regulatory agencies. Protect patients, families, employees and visitors by adhering to and maintaining infection control policies and protocols. Directs all function of the Employee Health program. Serves as a member of the Hospital Quality Council.

Plans and coordinate Hospital General Orientation, facility wide education, in service training, continuing education, annual performance and competency reviews of department personnel to ensure staff is competent to provide services. Conducts corporate compliance agreement training and other needed staff education. HR Onboarding Serves as a member of the Hospital Quality Council

Promotes and restores patients' health by developing day-to-day management and long-term planning of the patient care area; directing and developing staff; collaborating with physicians and multidisciplinary professional staffs; providing physical and psychological support for patients, friends, and families.

Accomplishes nursing human resource objectives by orienting, training, assigning, scheduling, coaching, counseling, and disciplining employees; communicating job expectations; planning, monitoring, appraising job contributions; adhering to policies and procedures.

Completes patient care requirements by scheduling and assigning nursing and staff; following up on work results.

Resolves patient needs by utilizing multidisciplinary team strategies.

Protects patients and employees by developing and interpreting infection-control policies and protocols; enforcing medication administration, storage procedures, and controlled substance regulations.

Maintains a cooperative relationship among teams by communicating information; responding to requests; building rapport; participating in team problem-solving methods.

Maintains patient confidence and protects operations by monitoring confidential information processing.

Maintains documentation of patient care services by auditing patient and department records.

Promotes and restores patients' health by completing the nursing process; collaborating with physicians and multidisciplinary team members; providing physical and psychological support to patients, friends, and families; supervising assigned team members.

Provide care to a diverse patient population, dying patients and provide education and support to family members faced with critical decisions such as discontinuing life support and deciding how to care for people with brain injuries.

Member of RRT & Code Blue team. Serve as resources to other nursing units.

Identify patients' age-specific needs and alter care plans as necessary to meet those needs. Provide post-mortem care. Perform approved therapeutic or diagnostic procedures based upon patients' clinical status.
Evaluate patients' vital signs and laboratory data to determine emergency intervention needs. Administer blood and blood products, monitoring patients for signs and related to transfusion reactions symptoms. Administer medications intravenously, by injection, orally, through gastric tubes, or by other methods. Set up and monitor medical equipment and devices such as cardiac monitors, mechanical ventilators and alarms, oxygen delivery devices, transducers, and pressure lines. Monitor and record patients' fluid intake and output to detect emerging problems such as fluid and electrolyte imbalances. Monitor patients for changes in status and indications of conditions such as sepsis or shock and institute appropriate interventions.
Assess patients' pain levels and sedation requirements. Assess patients' psychosocial status and needs including areas such as sleep patterns, anxiety, grief, anger, and support systems. Collaborate with other health care professionals to develop and revise treatment plans based on identified needs and assessment data. Collect specimens for laboratory tests. Compile and analyze data obtained from monitoring or diagnostic tests. Conduct pulmonary assessments to identify abnormal respiratory patterns or breathing sounds that indicate problems. Document patients' medical histories and assessment findings. Document patients' treatment plans, interventions, outcomes, or plan revisions. Identify patients who are at risk of complications due to nutritional status. Prioritize nursing care for assigned critically ill patients based on assessment data and identified needs. Assist physicians with procedures such as CVL placement, endotracheal intubation, and elective cardioversion. Ensure that equipment or devices are properly stored after use. Identify malfunctioning equipment or devices.

Promotes and restores patients' health by completing the nursing process; collaborating with physicians and multidisciplinary team members; providing physical and psychological support to patients, friends, and families; supervising assigned team members.

Promotes and restores patients' health by completing the nursing process; collaborating with physicians and multidisciplinary team members; providing physical and psychological support to patients, friends, and families; supervising assigned team members.