Aleathea Edwards
Brooklyn,New York
Summary
Dedicated and highly motivated recent nursing informatics graduate with a solid healthcare and information technology foundation. Possessing a strong understanding of nursing workflows and a keen interest in leveraging technology to improve patient care and streamline healthcare processes. I am eager to contribute my knowledge and passion for healthcare informatics to a dynamic healthcare environment.
Overview
5
5
years of professional experience
Work History
Registered Nurse, Behavioral Health
Gracie Square Hospital
420 E 76th St, New York, NY 10021
07.2023 - Current
- Collaborates with physicians to quickly assess patients and deliver appropriate treatment while managing rapidly changing conditions.
- Administer medications via oral, IV, and intramuscular injections and monitor responses.
- Educate patients, families, and caregivers on diagnosis and prognosis, treatment options, disease process, and management and lifestyle options.
- Facilitate therapeutic communication, conflict resolution, and crisis intervention by redirecting negative behaviors and helping patients regain or improve coping abilities.
Accountable Care Manager, Registered Nurse
Kings County Hospital
451 Clarkson Ave Brooklyn NY 11203
01.2023 - Current
- Ensures that documentation in the medical record supports the care plan and justifies admission and continued stay.
- Coordinates and/or participates in multidisciplinary rounds: reviews plan of care and discusses the estimated length of stay {LOS), need for continued hospitalization and appropriateness of resources utilization, consultations, treatment plan, and discharge plan. Completes Patient Review Instrument {PRI/), Screen, and all other regulatory required documents.
- Collaborates and consults with physicians and other health care professionals to reach an efficient caretaking pathway, identify, eliminate, and implement solutions to barriers, and collect and analyze related data, as needed.
Registered Nurse, Behavioral Health
Kings County Hospital
451 Clarkson Ave Brooklyn, NY 11203
01.2019 - 01.2023
- Administered medications and assessed side effects, successes, and failures of new medications.
- Completed admission screenings and discharges.
- Educated patients and families about mental health, diagnoses, and treatment options.
- Responded to numerous crisis situations and aggressive outbreaks to restore the safety and security of patients and staff.
- Performed standard nursing duties such as drawing blood, and physical well-check examinations.
- Monitored vital signs, nutritional intake, and signs and symptoms of complications to report deviations to the supervisor.
- Provided direct quality care to patients by monitoring, recording, and evaluating psychiatric conditions.
- Administer standing, PRN, and court-ordered psychotropic medications (PO, IM, sub-Q, sublingual), administering meds during periods of increased psychotic, threatening behaviors that pose a risk of imminent danger, as per facility policy.
- Charge duties such as making staff assignments, interdisciplinary treatment team meetings to coordinate care, managing staff (staff nurses and support staff), and ensuring completed documentation, code cart logbook, first dose response documentation, pain reassessment documentation, medications cleared from worklists or queue, labs drawn (ANC, valproic acid, lithium, CBC, BMP, UA, FS, etc.)
Education
Master of Science - Nursing Informatics
Capella University
Minneapolis, MN01.2024
Bachelor of Science - Nursing
CUNY School of Professional Studies
119 W 31st ST, New York, NY 1000101.2022
Skills
- Epic Super User
- Clinical experience
- Project Management
- Nurse Residency Mentor
- Problem-Solving
- Communication
Timeline
Registered Nurse, Behavioral Health
Gracie Square Hospital
07.2023 - Current
Accountable Care Manager, Registered Nurse
Kings County Hospital
01.2023 - Current
Registered Nurse, Behavioral Health
Kings County Hospital
01.2019 - 01.2023
Master of Science - Nursing Informatics
Capella University
Bachelor of Science - Nursing
CUNY School of Professional Studies