Alanah Lux

• Provide care for up to 4 acutely ill patients simultaneously

• Serve as preceptor for new nurses, offering mentorship and training

• Act as charge nurse, overseeing unit operations and staff coordination

• Perform comprehensive patient assessments to monitor and respond to changing conditions

• Manage central lines

• Perform Foley catheter insertion, care, and management

• Perform NG tube insertion and management

• Collaborate with the interdisciplinary care team to optimize patient outcomes

• Obtained vital signs for up to 21 patients during a shift and reported abnormal findings to the RN

• Performed EKGs

• Assisted with admissions and discharges

• Verbal de-escalation of agitated patients

• Completed 15-minute safety checks on all patients

• Maintained HIPPA compliance

• Encouraged patients to participate in group activities and complete ADLs

• Created and initiated group activities centered around patient healing

• Gained experience charting in MediTech

• Assumed the role of 1:1 patient safety attendant for patients with behavioral health issues or cognitive concerns

• Obtained vital signs and reported any abnormal findings to the RN

• Assisted patients with ADLs

• Identified signs of escalation in patients and used therapeutic communication to help redirect and

de-escalate

• Gained experience charting in EPIC

• Escalated patient and employee safety concerns to management helping to create a culture of change

• Preceptor to new safety attendants