Amanda Dominique

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• Assisted clients in navigating social services, hospice, home health care, and public benefits to gain access to valuable resources.
• Liaised with social worker to expedite financial assistance not covered by insurance.
• Prior authorization requests, with peer to peer set up.
• Advocated for social and community service programs to increase awareness and funding.
• Perform over the phone triage on patients to determine severity of illnesses.
• Educated family members and caregivers on patient care instructions.

• Assess and manage complex ICU patients including tasks such as managing intra-aortic balloon pumps, continuous renal replacement therapy, arctic sun, trauma, and post cardiac surgery patients
• Direct care of a 22 bed unit; assist physician with bedside procedures such as Swan Ganz catheters, arterial lines, central lines, and placing chest tubes; assist with emergency bedside intubation
• Maintaining communication with patient support system/family unit providing updates as they become available
• Create and maintain relationships with team members creating a reliable unit of care providers for all patients.

• Responsible for teaching, supervising and evaluating nursing students in affiliated clinical organizations
• Support student learning by connecting theory principals with clinical judgement
• Develop and maintain a positive working environment between nurses and students.

• Performed all required patient care, physical assessment, documentation, medication administration, admissions and discharges
• Supervised, directed and mentored assigned team members in proper care, policy and procedures
• Reported abnormal patient findings to MD, applying appropriate nursing measures
• Collaborated with other members of the health care delivery team to deliver quality health care in accordance with unit standards.

• Create nursing unit schedule to ensure all shifts and duties are appropriately covered
• Create and maintain departmental budget and monitor spending, adjusting as necessary
• Work toward goals established in organizational strategic plan to provide high quality service
• Provide exceptional customer service resulting in high marks on customer satisfaction surveys
• Delegate tasks as necessary to floor staff to ensure patient needs are met
• Conduct regular staff meetings to disseminate necessary information to departments
• Coordinate with other department leaders to ensure smooth patient transitions with open lines of communication.