Aysha Patel
Fort Worth,TX
Overview
9
9
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification
Work History
Registered Nurse- Intensive Care Unit
Baylor Scott & White All Saints
06.2023 - Current
- Staff RN for Medical/Surgical ICU.
Trained in post-op cardiac cath patients, CRRT, Swan placements.
- Provides high quality care for a wide variety of critical care patients, encapsulating all interventions within
Critical Care RN scope of practice.
- Participates in Code situations: BLS/ACLS/PALS Certified.
- Manages ventilated/sedated patients, arterial lines, central lines, Swan-Ganz catheters, all other invasive
lines, continuous ECG monitoring.
- Manages all pharmacological drips, including vasoactive/sedative drips
- Collaborates with physicians from all disciplines including Critical Care Team (MD/Fellow/Pharmacist) and
Cardiothoracic Surgeons to provide/manage care for critically ill patients.
- Collaborates with and educates patient/family as appropriate in a critical care setting.
- Provides end of life cares for patient/family as appropriate in a critical care setting.
ICU Nurse Tech/Health Unit Coordinator
Baylor Scott & White
04.2018 - 06.2023
- Delivered basic nursing care of patients
- Encouraged patient/family participation in care and provided emotional support and comfort measures to them
- Provided general nursing care such as bathing, positioning patients, lifting, turning and ambulating patients
- Attended and participated in scheduled training and educational classes to maintain current certification as a Nursing Technician
- Monitored and obtained vital signs, input and output, cardiac rhythms, and notified RN or Charge RN of any medical/physical changes
- Precepted new hires on multiple units including, telemetry, oncology, ICU, NICU, Postpartum, and PCU.
Resident Care Assistant/ Medical Technician
Brookdale Senior Living
05.2018 - 05.2019
- Assisted in the daily preparation of medication for disbursement
- Helped residents with daily living activities
- Observed and reported behavioral changes
- Supervised the administration of medication to residents
- Transported residents to and from daily activities
- Prepared reports on residents’ medications
- Responded to medical emergencies.
Caretaker
Home Instead
08.2015 - 12.2018
- Helped with ADL's, by means of cooperative service plans
- Provided excellent resident care under the supervision of certified caregiver
- Promoted resident dignity, freedom and choice
- Observed residents' physical and mental conditions on a regular basis
- Reported any changes to the PCA
- Assisted seniors to and from dining room and activities
- Took vital signs of residents as assigned
- Performed first aid and initiated emergency response procedures.
Education
Bachelor of Science - Nursing
University of Texas At Arlington
Arlington05.2023
Skills
- Able to implement safe, competent and ethical nursing interventions for patients and their families ensuring
quality care throughout the continuum, including admission, assessment, treatment and referral/discharge
in accordance with institutional policy and regulations - Clinical experience with a broad range of patient diagnoses requiring the ability to process critical details in
a highly dynamic health care environment - Able to foster effective relationships and leadership across the care team, collaborating with
interdisciplinary team members to plan, implement and evaluate patient care - Proficient at listening and responding to patient and family member concerns by developing a common
rapport - Adept at educating patients about treatments, procedures, recovery measures, medications, interventions
and physician instructions Utilizes teach-back method to ensure understanding - Self-initiated learner who seeks out learning opportunities, strong organizational skills, attention to detail,
and high motivation to provide quality patient care - Intravenous therapy
- Therapy management
- Ethical Practice
- Telemetry monitoring
- Advanced Life Support
- ECG
- Respiratory maintenance
- Neurological monitoring
- Clinical judgment
- Quality Improvement
- End of life care
Certification
- Registered Nurse
- (BLS) Basic Life Support Certification (AHA)
- (ACLS) Advanced Cardiovascular Life Support Certification (AHA)
- (PALS) Pediatric Advanced Life Support Certification (AHA)
- NIHSS Stroke Scale Certification
References
References available upon request.
Timeline
Registered Nurse- Intensive Care Unit
Baylor Scott & White All Saints
06.2023 - Current
Resident Care Assistant/ Medical Technician
Brookdale Senior Living
05.2018 - 05.2019
ICU Nurse Tech/Health Unit Coordinator
Baylor Scott & White
04.2018 - 06.2023
Caretaker
Home Instead
08.2015 - 12.2018
Bachelor of Science - Nursing
University of Texas At Arlington