AVERY HANSEN

                                                                             RUSH UNIVERSITY 

                                                                                     Chicago, IL

Student Nurse 

• Rotated through General Medicine, Medical and Surgical ICU, NICU, IMCU, Pediatrics and Pediatric psychiatry, Labor and delivery, postpartum and antepartum, and orthopedics
• I completed my immersion on a General medicine and acute observation floor

On these floors I: 

• Management of care for up to 4 patients and Gave reports to oncoming nurses quickly and effectively
• Completed Efficient and focused head-to-toe assessments
• Used Epic for charting, reviewing patient records, and communicating with the medical team about patient condition changes and intervention needs
• Completed blood draws through central lines and the printing of labels to deliver blood to the laboratory
• Management of admission and discharge needs for patients with varying acuity
• Care for ileostomy bags, NG tubes, Foley catheters with continuous bladder irrigation, surgical wound care, and pressure injuries
• Managed PEEP, CPAP, and BiPAP machines as well as programmed IV pumps
• Participated in Rapids and resuscitated patients manually

• Sigma Theta Tau National Honors Society of Nursing
• Completed a Quality Improvement project: Closing the Gap: Exploring Underutilization of Postpartum Home Visits