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Abigail Ackerman

Boston,MA

Overview

2
2
years of professional experience

Work History

Registered Nurse, Supportive Care Unit

MGH, Phillips House 20
06.2023 - Current
  • Facilitated patient transitions between different levels of care, ensuring continuity of services and minimizing disruptions in treatment plans.
  • Educated family members and caregivers on patient care instructions.
  • Provided skilled, timely and level-headed emergency response to critically-ill patients.
  • Facilitated therapeutic communication, conflict resolution and crisis intervention by redirecting negative behaviors and helping patients regain or improve coping abilities.
  • Administered medications via oral, IV, and intramuscular injections and monitored responses.
  • Managed care from admission to discharge.
  • Enhanced patient satisfaction by providing compassionate, holistic nursing care that addressed physical, emotional, and spiritual needs.
  • Implemented medication and IV administration, catheter insertion, and airway management.

Registered Nurse, Medical-Surgical Unit

MGH Phillips House 20
04.2022 - Current
  • Acted as charge/resource nurse and oriented new nurses & nursing students.
  • Advocated for patients and families in collaboration with an interdisciplinary team in order to best support their goals of care.
  • Educated patients and families on medical-surgical procedures, therapeutic regimens, and pain management techniques.
  • Consistently maintained accurate documentation of patient assessments, interventions, and outcomes.
  • Monitored hemodynamic variances to identify signs of life-threatening complications and performed emergency condition stabilizing interventions.

Education

Bachelor of Science - Nursing

University of Massachusetts - Boston
Boston, MA
12.2021

Skills

  • Medication and IV administration
  • Direct Patient Care
  • Patient Assessments
  • Patient and family advocacy
  • Wound Care
  • Intravenous therapy
  • Telemetry monitoring
  • Tracheostomy Care
  • Proper catheter insertion/removal
  • Diabetes management
  • Hospice and palliative care

Timeline

Registered Nurse, Supportive Care Unit

MGH, Phillips House 20
06.2023 - Current

Registered Nurse, Medical-Surgical Unit

MGH Phillips House 20
04.2022 - Current

Bachelor of Science - Nursing

University of Massachusetts - Boston
Abigail Ackerman