Amy Pallesen, MSN, RN, WCC

Floated Nurse through several types of health care facilities including Emergency Department, ICU, Medical-Surgical, urgent care, acute care and mental health care.

• Clinical competence. A solid foundation of clinical skills and experience is necessary
  to adapt to different patient populations, care environments, technology, and facility policies and procedures.
• Strong communication skills. I have ability to quickly and families — and work well with the establish rapport with patients and interdisciplinary team — is necessary to maintain continuity of care.
• Ability to work independently and as a team member. I am able to work without the same level of support or training and orientation as full-time staff. I am self-motivated to seek answers
  about procedures, supplies, and patient needs independently and able to assist those staff members that may need help or assistance.
• Adaptability. Each facility i go to uses different EHR and I am able to quickly adapt and use various programs and equipment.

• Maintained accountability for the Post Acute Rehabilitation Services program to assure adherence to ethical, legal, regulatory and professional standards; Assures nursing compliance to Accreditation of Healthcare Organizations laws, regulations, policies, procedures and standards for safety, infection control, and environment of care
• Facilitates performance and quality improvement program for Nursing Services in coordination with Nursing Administration and Quality Department
• Provide direct supervision and effective leadership to assigned subordinates
• Plan, set priorities, provide direction and maintain day to day responsibility of nursing staff schedule, patient care, treatment and/or services provided
• Responsible to coordinate with RN Educator to develop and facilitate nurse specific training to assist employees to improve and maintain competencies
• Provide direct patient care utilizing emergency room triage and interventions, and the nursing process
• Record patients' medical records and monitor vital signs
• Supervising nursing staff and monitoring their needs
• Coordinating daily administrative duties, including schedules, nursing assignments, and patient care
• Overseeing patient admissions, transfers, and discharges
• Mentoring and training new staff and providing support and guidance to all staff members
• Monitoring medical charts and providing compassionate care and assistance to patients and families
• Liaising with doctors and administrators and communicating any protocol changes to staff
• Ensuring compliance with all health and safety regulations
• Recording and maintaining accurate reports
• Identifying issues or emergencies and responding in a calm and efficient manner

• Evaluated and revised lesson plans and course content to achieve student-centered learning.
• Encouraged class discussions by building discussions into lessons, actively soliciting input, asking open-ended questions and using techniques to track student participation.
• Graded quizzes, tests, homework, and projects to provide students with timely academic progress information and feedback.
• Built relationships with students, mentoring on personal, professional and academic goals while providing coaching on effective study habits.

• Analyze and interpret patient history, symptoms, physical findings or diagnostic information to develop appropriate diagnoses
• Develop treatment plan based on scientific rationale, standards of care and professional practice guidelines
• Diagnose or treat acute health care problems, i.e., illness, infection or injury
• Prescribe medication based on efficacy, safety, dosage and frequency
• Counsel patient on drug regimen and possible side effects or interactions with other substances, i.e., food supplements, over-the-counter(OTC) medications or herbal remedies
• Educate patient about self-management of acute or chronic illness, tailoring instructions to patient's individual circumstances
• Providing patient care, listening to patients' needs and problems, administering medicines, handling distressed patients, and teaching patients how to handle their emotions
• Time-management
• Critical thinking and problem-solving
• Maintains patient confidentiality and upholding professional ethics
• Teamwork skills displayed through experience collaborating with other nurses and doctors to improve patient and family education programs
• Often times consulted on administrative issues and concerns related state and federal regulations related the health and well being of the patients and staff safety
• Perform specialized, professional nursing duties in the case of critically ill, severely injured and/or traumatized emergency patients
• Assess, triage and administer medications utilized in the emergency room
• Observe patients for adverse medication reactions and responds appropriately or notifies physician(s)
• Interpret data obtained from observation, examination, monitoring and update patient's electronic health record
• Operate and monitor specialized equipment such as cardiac monitors, volume respirators, EKG machines, gastric and thoracic suction, cardiac pace makers, hypothermia devices, defibrillators, etc

• Supervised and managed daily activities of clinical team consisting of physicians, nurses, and support staff.
• Implemented new policies and educated staff on changes.
• Coordinated, monitored, assigned, and documented patient and clinical care activities.
• Built strong relationships with patients and families for optimized care satisfaction.
• Mentored new clinical staff members for proper onboarding and orientation processes.
• Upheld quality assurance procedures to maintain patient safety and satisfaction.

• Collaborated with physicians to quickly assess patients and deliver appropriate treatment while managing rapidly changing conditions.
• Educated patients and answered questions about health condition, prognosis, and treatment.
• Followed all personal and health data procedures to effectively comply with HIPAA laws and prevent information breaches.
• Performed triage on incoming patients and determined severity of injuries and illnesses.
• Participated in evidence-based practice project implementation, nursing competency development and nursing simulation activities.
• Facilitated therapeutic communication, conflict resolution and crisis intervention by redirecting negative behaviors and helping patients regain or improve coping abilities.
• Quickly responded to situations impacting safety and security to unit, actualizing crisis prevention interventions to control and de-escalate situations.