APRIL TOWNSEND

• Adaptable to new units and workflows through PRN app‑based assignments

• High‑volume patient management (5–6 patients per shift)

• Admission, discharge, and transfer coordination

• Interdisciplinary communication with physicians, case managers, and ancillary teams

• Prioritization, delegation, and time‑critical decision‑making

• Float adaptability across med‑surg, telemetry, step‑down, and observation units

• Administered medications and monitored patient responses to ensure optimal care outcomes.
• Advocated for patient needs in multidisciplinary meetings, driving focused and effective treatment approaches.
• Utilized critical thinking skills to prioritize nursing interventions based on patients'' acuity levels and individual needs.
• Conducted thorough patient assessments to identify changes in condition, promptly notifying physicians and initiating appropriate interventions when necessary.
• Educated family members and caregivers on patient care instructions.
• Documented treatments delivered, medications and IVs administered, discharge instructions, and follow-up care.

• Patient management 5-6 patients per shift
• Administered medications and monitored patient responses to ensure optimal care outcomes.
• Collaborated with interdisciplinary teams to develop and implement individualized care plans.
• Educated patients and families on health management, promoting adherence to treatment protocols.
• Performed comprehensive assessments to identify patient needs and adjust care strategies accordingly.
• Led quality improvement initiatives that enhanced patient safety and reduced hospital readmission rates.
• Streamlined documentation processes, improving accuracy and compliance with healthcare regulations.
• Mentored junior nursing staff, fostering professional development and enhancing team performance.

• Delivers high quality patient care for up to 5-6 patients at a time requiring telemetry monitoring and/or procedures based on various illnesses
• Provides patient and family health promotion and maintenance through education and demonstration
• Continuously assesses and rapidly recognizes change in patient condition and decline
• Promotes teamwork and takes roles in team situations such as staff assists, rapid responses, codes
• Participates in the coordination of care and discharge with various interdisciplinary teams
• Advocates for patients based on collaborative goals and responses to care

• Delivers high quality patient care for up to 4-5 patients at a time requiring telemetry monitoring and/or procedures based on various illnesses
• Provides patient and family health promotion and maintenance through education and demonstration
• Continuously assesses and rapidly recognizes change in patient condition and decline
• Promotes teamwork and takes roles in team situations such as staff assists, rapid responses, codes
• Participates in the coordination of care and discharge with various interdisciplinary teams
• Advocates for patients based on collaborative goals and responses to care

• Floats to the medsurge/tele, emergency department, intensive care unit, and pre anesthesia care units in order to deliver high quality patient care for up to 4 patients at a time requiring telemetry monitoring and/or procedures based on various illnesses
• Effectively precepts newly hired nurses to the telemetry float pool
• Provides patient and family health promotion and maintenance through education and demonstration
• Continuously assesses and rapidly recognizes change in patient condition and decline
• Promotes teamwork and takes roles in team situations such as staff assists, rapid responses, codes
• Participates in the coordination of care and discharge with various interdisciplinary teams
• Advocates for patients based on collaborative goals and responses to care

• Delivers high quality patient care for up to 4 patients at a time requiring telemetry monitoring and/or procedures based on various illnesses
• Routinely floats to the Progressive Care Unit (PCU) Step Down Unit (SDU)
• Effectively precepts newly hired nurses and nursing students educating them on nursing skills including the prioritizing, direct patient care, medication administration, disease processes, and health promotion/teaching
• Provides patient and family health promotion and maintenance through education and demonstration
• Continuously assesses and rapidly recognizes change in patient condition and decline
• Promotes teamwork and takes roles in team situations such as staff assists, rapid responses, codes
• Participates in the coordination of care and discharge with various interdisciplinary teams
• Advocates for patients based on collaborative goals and responses to care

• Delivers high quality patient care for up to 5 patients at a time requiring telemetry monitoring and/or procedures based on various cardiovascular illnesses
• Provides patient and family health promotion and maintenance through education and demonstration
• Continuously assesses and rapidly recognizes change in patient condition and decline
• Promotes teamwork and takes roles in team situations such as staff assists, rapid responses, codes
• Participates in the coordination of care and discharge with various interdisciplinary teams
• Advocates for patients based on collaborative goals and responses to care