AMANDA GRIM

1) Pediatric assessment

2) Allergy Testing Procedures: skin prick testing, oral food challenge, oral immunotherapy therapy (acted as the oral food challenge and oral immunotherapy coordinator).

3) Allergy Immunotherapy Administration; subcutaneous allergen immunotherapy, post-injection monitoring, dose adjustments per protocol, identifying local vs. systemic reactions, emergency preparedness.

4) Biologic administration and teaching.

5)Anaphylaxis recognition and management: epinephrine administration, oxygen administration, nebulizer treatments, iv access when indicated, BLS/PALS certification.

• Manage care from admission to discharge
• Implement medication/IV administration, catheter insertion, and airway management
• Provide didactic and clinical instructions to orient new nurses and potential student nurses to achieve training outcomes.
• Update patient charts with data such as medications to keep records current and support accurate treatments.
• Collaborate with physicians to quickly assess patients and deliver appropriate treatment while managing rapidly changing conditions.
• Collect blood, tissue and other laboratory specimens and prepared for lab testing.
• Administer medications via oral, IV and intramuscular injections and monitor responses.
• Closely monitor, and assess newborns' health status and communicate Key changes to practitioner or physician.
• Maintain active communications with parents and other family members, putting complex health topics in clear form.
• Provide parents with detailed education on proper newborn care, breastfeeding, and monitoring for illness.
• Provide strong leadership while orienting, training, and mentoring new nurses.
• Provide exceptional care to high-acute patients needing complex care such as ventilator management, high frequency ventilation, conventional ventilation, inhaled nitric oxide therapy, and neonatal total body cooling therapy.

• Participated in nursing simulation activities, evidence-based practice project implementation and competency development to further nursing education.
• Minimized hospital stays with recovery-centered approaches, reducing average in-patient stay length.
• Organized and managed care of patients undergoing various therapies and procedures.
• Managed care from admission to discharge.
• Implemented medication and IV administration, catheter insertion and airway management.
• Collaborated with physicians to quickly assess patients and deliver appropriate treatment while managing rapidly changing conditions.
• Coordinated patient admissions, assignments, and discharges of 40 bed unit
• Promoted active communication and productive collaboration among staff.
• Evaluated assignments of all NICU nursed to ensure consistently high standards of medical care.
• Provided exceptional care to high-acute patients needing complex care such as ventilator management, high frequency ventilation, conventional ventilation, inhaled nitric oxide therapy, and neonatal total body cooling therapy.

• Managed care from admission to discharge.
• Implemented medication and IV administration, catheter insertion and airway management.
• Collaborated with interdisciplinary team members and advocated for appropriate individualized care of critically ill newborns.
• Provided exceptional care to high-acute patients needing complex care such as ventilator management, High frequency ventilation, conventional ventilation, inhaled nitric oxide therapy, neonatal total body cooling therapy.

• Managed care from admission to discharge.
• Administered medications via oral, IV and intramuscular injections and monitored responses.
• Updated patient charts with data such as medications to keep records current and support accurate treatments.
• Prioritized and distributed assignments and workload based on individual staff strengths and experience.
• Fostered improvement in staff development, personnel training and standards of patient care.
• Followed policies, procedures and hospital regulations for protocol compliance and patient safety.
• Onboarded new hires by providing orientation and education materials and ensuring proper NICU education was provided and completed per hospital and unit policy.
• Trained new nurses in proper techniques, care standards, operational procedures and safety protocols.
• Created schedule each period providing optimal coverage and experience needs for each shift while considering employee needs.
• Assisted unit Nursing Director with any other projects or tasks needed.

• Managed care from admission to discharge.
• Cared for antepartum women at risk for complications.
• Administered antepartum non-stress tests.
• Assessed labor progression via cervical assessment.
• Provided care for women post surgical hysterectomy procedure.
• Attended vaginal and cesarean births to provide resuscitation to neonates.
• Assessed newborns and provided initial transitional care.
• Educated new parents on basic neonate home care.
• Stabilized critically ill or premature neonates for transfer to Level 3 facilities.