Alicia Bradshaw

• Collaborated with physicians to quickly assess patients and deliver appropriate treatment while managing rapidly changing conditions.
• Administered medications via oral, IV, and intramuscular injections and monitored responses.
• Educated patients, families and caregivers on diagnosis and prognosis, treatment options, disease process, and management and lifestyle options.
• Trained new nurses in proper techniques, care standards, operational procedures, and safety protocols.
• Most recently: Performed chart auditing for quality improvement and regulatory compliance. Assisted as interim diagnosis coder for Home Health patient admissions. Provided clinician education and performance feedback. Assisted the Quality team with processes related to patient admissions and recertifications of services.

Worked in 3 levels of care: Skilled Nursing Center, Assisted Living, and Wellness Nurse for Employee Health and the Independent Resident population.

• Routine wellness clinic duties include vital signs checks and health assessment, wound care, and consultation/ patient education.
• Emergency response and care performed for the Independent population. .
• Communicated with family members, campus administrators and other appropriate parties for significant health changes in residents’ conditions.
• Provide annual TB screening and administration of vaccinations for campus employees.
• Collaborated with physicians to quickly assess patients and deliver appropriate treatment while managing rapidly changing conditions.
• Administered medications via oral, IV, and intramuscular injections and monitored responses while working with healthcare teams to adjust treatments.
• Administered basic patient care and treatments by dressing wounds, treating bedsores, giving enemas and performing catheterizations.

Provided direct patient care, stabilized patients, and determined next course of action.

• Managed patients recovering from medical or surgical procedures.
• Performed wound care with a collaborative team approach.
• Administered medications via oral, IV, and intramuscular injections and monitored responses.
• Documented treatments delivered, medications and IVs administered, discharge instructions, and follow-up care.
• Promoted patient and family comfort during challenging recoveries to enhance healing and eliminate non-compliance problems.

Collaborated with physicians and interdisciplinary team to quickly assess patients and deliver appropriate treatment while managing rapidly changing conditions.

• Explained course of care and medication side effects to patients and caregivers in easy-to-understand terms.
• Facilitated therapeutic communication, conflict resolution and crisis intervention by redirecting negative behaviors and helping patients regain or improve coping abilities.
• Provided direct patient care, stabilized patients, and determined next course of action.
• Updated patient charts with data such as medications to keep records current and support accurate treatments.
• Administered medications and treatment to patients and monitored responses while working with healthcare teams to adjust care plans.
• Conducted ongoing monitoring and evaluations of behaviors and conditions, and updated clinical supervisors with current information.