ANDREA SMALL
Orange City,FL
Summary
Seasoned nursing professional offering proven clinical knowledge, natural interpersonal strengths and technical abilities. Knowledgeable about EMR charting, medication administration and interdisciplinary collaboration focused on optimizing patient care and support. Quality-focused and efficiency-driven leader.
Overview
18
18
years of professional experience
Work History
Registered Nurse, Medical-Surgical Unit
Advent Health Fish Memorial
09.2020 - Current
- Collect blood, tissue and other laboratory specimens and prepare for lab testing.
- Minimize hospital stays with recovery-centered approaches, reducing average in-patient stay length.
- Conferr with physicians to discuss diagnoses and devise well-coordinated treatment approaches.
- Advocate for patients by communicating care preferences to practitioners, verifying interventions met treatment goals.
- Administer medications via oral, IV and intramuscular injections and monitor responses.
- Update patient charts with data such as medications to keep records current and support accurate treatments.
- Train new nurses in proper techniques, care standards, operational procedures and safety protocols.
- Collaborate with physicians to quickly assess patients and deliver appropriate treatment while managing rapidly changing conditions.
- Educate patients, families and caregivers on diagnosis and prognosis, treatment options, disease process and management and lifestyle options.
- Teach patients how to improve lifestyle choices, dramatically reducing chance of symptom reoccurrence.
Registered Nurse, PACU
Northern Lights - Eastern Maine Medical Center
12.2019 - Current
- Coordinate care with physicians and other clinical staff to prepare for treatment, carry out interventions and enhance continuum of care to deliver comprehensive services.
- Administer medications, track dosages and document patient conditions.
- Monitor and record patient condition, vital signs, recovery progress and medication side effects.
- Assess patient health needs by reviewing and tracking EKG readings to address telemetry readings and quickly inform teammates on stability or acuity changes.
- Deliver direct patient care, including stabilizing patients and identifying treatment options.
- Educate patients and families on treatment strategies and at-home care.
- Answer patient questions and provide take-home materials for further information.
- Insert and manage peripheral lines.
- Manage central, arterial and PICC lines.
- Monitor post-op vitals, set up PCA, fluids, review post-op orders and assimilate patients to unit.
Registered Nurse, PCU
St. Joseph Hospital
12.2018 - 07.2020
- Built cooperative relationship and rapport with patients and actively sought information to understand issues, needs, and expectations.
- Clearly communicated with supervisors, health care providers, patients, and family members about patient needs and progress.
- Demonstrated safe and responsible use of equipment; maintained infection control and safety measures with every single patient contact.
- Maintained positive relationships and communication with team members.
- Prioritized patient care based on resource availability and need level.
- Applied clinical expertise in wound care, intravenous therapy, ventilation care, catheterization, and pain management techniques.
- Analyzed records data and reports in order to identify health care needs and deliver optimum patient care.
- Adjusted effectively to alterations in circumstances and priorities; recommended solutions for improvement.
Traveling Registered Nurse, RNnetwork
RN Network
09.2018 - 12.2018
- Patient care in an acute care setting (PCU), managing/titrating various IV drips, safely administering medications, documenting head to toe assessment for each assigned patient and focused assessment with any changes in patient status, collaborating care with peers to ensure delivery of the best care.
Assistant Nurse Manager
Hospice Of The Comforter
01.2016 - 09.2018
- Offer a listening ear to both patients and their loved ones to ensure that their emotional and mental, as well as physical needs are met, provide a high level of quality, compassionate care to patients and their caregivers, closely monitor and treat acute conditions, accurate completion of admission, transfer and/or discharge of each patient, administration and review of medications, assess up to 5 patients (head to toe and focused), collaborate care with physician for treatment of acute symptoms, coordinate bed placement for admissions to unit, assist with employee annual reviews, coaching and teaching staff, starting and maintaining IV and subcutaneous access sites, basic dressing changes, maintenance of pluerex drains, chest tubes, NG tubes and PEG tubes, completing staff shift assignments.
Clinical Leader
Advent Health Fish Memorial
08.2014 - 12.2015
- Daily rounds on unit to ensure safety, coordination of patients into unit, daily leadership rounding with patients, monitored nursing hourly rounds with coaching when necessary, quality control for discharge information being given to patients, attended "bed meetings" to assist with needs of unit/hospital, sent daily end of shift report to nurse manager, assisted RNs and PCTs with patient care needs, assisted with annual reviews for staff, daily huddle with staff to communicate areas for improvement and to share successes, responded to codes throughout unit and other areas of hospital, achieved high staff morale and retention through effective communication, prompt problem resolution, proactive supervisory practices and facilitating a proactive work environment.
- Charge Nurse in Progressive Care Unit (30 bed unit).
Assistant Nurse Manager, PCU
Advent Health Waterman
10.2012 - 08.2014
- Assisted with monthly unit staff schedule, helped RNs and PCTs with patient care, leadership rounding with patients, researched and reviewed critical lab values to ensure proper treatment and follow up, monthly monitoring and reporting of employee hand washing, organized daily patient assignment, coordinated placement of patients in unit, attended "huddle" to communicate unit/hospital staffing needs, coached and taught staff members relating to policies and procedures, administered wound care, medications, and any necessary treatments, monitored nursing care, including process assessment and implementation, built rapport with patients and family members in an effort to deliver exceptional care.
Registered Nurse
Advent Health Fish Memorial
05.2008 - 10.2012
- Assessed up to 5 patients (head to toe and focused assessments), monitored vital signs, worked with peers to develop plan of care and discharge planning, assisted patients with ADLs, hourly rounding for patient safety, medication review and administration, assessed and interpreted cardiac telemetry strips, collected admission data, discharge teaching, oriented graduate nurses and experienced nurses new to facility, monitored post operative vital signs and operative sites, prepared patients for surgery or invasive/non- invasive procedures, provided patients with health education pertaining to their needs, wound care, ostomy care, tracheostomy maintenance to include suctioning and cleaning, monitored fluid intake and output levels, ensured efficacy of treatments through monitoring of treatment regimens, advocated for patients by communicating their care preferences to practitioners and ensuring interventions met their goals for treatment, liaised between patients and physicians to ensure patient comprehension of treatment plans, assisted doctors with bedside procedures such as a thoracentesis, paracentesis and wound care.
Education
RNnetworkBasic life support (bls) certification, advanced cardiac life support (acls) certification -
Associate of science -
Daytona Beach Community College
2007
Additional Information
- ADDITIONAL INFORMATION , ME (License # 73041)
Timeline
Registered Nurse, Medical-Surgical Unit
Advent Health Fish Memorial
09.2020 - Current
Registered Nurse, PACU
Northern Lights - Eastern Maine Medical Center
12.2019 - Current
Registered Nurse, PCU
St. Joseph Hospital
12.2018 - 07.2020
Traveling Registered Nurse, RNnetwork
RN Network
09.2018 - 12.2018
Assistant Nurse Manager
Hospice Of The Comforter
01.2016 - 09.2018
Clinical Leader
Advent Health Fish Memorial
08.2014 - 12.2015
Assistant Nurse Manager, PCU
Advent Health Waterman
10.2012 - 08.2014
Registered Nurse
Advent Health Fish Memorial
05.2008 - 10.2012
RNnetworkBasic life support (bls) certification, advanced cardiac life support (acls) certification -
Associate of science -
Daytona Beach Community College
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