Andrea Shoenfelt
Hillsborough,NJ
Summary
Patient-oriented Nurse with 25 years of diverse experience in direct patient care, staff supervision and department operations. Skilled at multitasking and prioritizing patient needs and daily assignments. Offering expertise with cardiac specialty.
Overview
25
25
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification
Work History
Nurse Educator
Morristown Medical Center
11.2016 - Current
- Organized short-term educational programs such as lectures and workshops to address specific clinical topics.
- Remained up to date on clinical protocols, procedures and developments within Morristown Medical Center to serve as informational resource to staff members.
- Assessed educational needs of nurses. Responsible for maintaining yearly competencies of both nurses and nursing assistants.
- Demonstrated appropriate use of equipment such as CAPD and the CCPD cycler and provided operational guidance to our staff nurses.
- Provided individualized instruction to struggling hire learners.
- Precepted new nurses following established standards of practice and organizational policies.
Registered Nurse
Morristown Medical Center
08.1998 - Current
- 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.
- Administered medications and treatment to patients and monitored responses while working with healthcare teams to adjust care plans.
- Educated patients, families and caregivers on diagnosis and prognosis, treatment options, disease process, and management and lifestyle options.
- Provided direct patient care, stabilized patients, and determined next course of action.
- Managed care from admission to discharge.
- Trained new nurses in proper techniques, care standards, operational procedures, and safety protocols.
- Conferred with physicians to discuss diagnoses and devise well-coordinated treatment approaches.
- Contributed substantially to successful department Beacon accreditation by writing about our high standards of care.
- Medication Ambassador member responsible for creating cardiac medication cards for cardiac side effects for patient education.
- Charge Nurse
Education
Bachelor of Science - Nursing
The College of New Jersey
Ewing, NJ05.1998
Skills
- Direct Patient Care
- Professional Development
- Aseptic Techniques
- Systems Evaluation
- Clinical Education
- Mentoring
- Patient Education
Accomplishments
Winner of the prestigious Ben Lobel award in 2019
PACT Level 4 recipient
Employee of the month
Certification
ANCC Medical-Surgical Certification
BLS/ACLS certified
Timeline
Nurse Educator
Morristown Medical Center
11.2016 - Current
Registered Nurse
Morristown Medical Center
08.1998 - Current
Bachelor of Science - Nursing
The College of New Jersey