Bonita Maree Robb

• Collected blood for titers and administered Covid and Flu vaccines and performed Urine drug screens for all new hires.

Worked at mcleod since 2001,

transferred to home health in 2007-2011,

transferred back to CCU in 2011 worked in CCU until 1/2022

transferred to Occupational Health and currently still working in that department.

• Administered medications and treatment to patients and monitored responses while working with healthcare teams to adjust care plans.
• Administered medications via oral, IV, and intramuscular injections and monitored responses.
• Educated patients, families and caregivers on diagnosis and prognosis, treatment options, disease process, and management and lifestyle options.
• Collaborated with physicians to quickly assess patients and deliver appropriate treatment while managing rapidly changing conditions.
• 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.
• Implemented medication and IV administration, catheter insertion, and airway management.
• Updated patient charts with data such as medications to keep records current and support accurate treatments.
• Evaluated healthcare needs, goals for treatment, and available resources of each patient and connected to optimal providers and care.
• Organized and managed care of patients undergoing various therapies and procedures.
• Advocated for patients by communicating care preferences to practitioners, verifying interventions met treatment goals and identifying insurance coverage limitations.
• Conferred with physicians to discuss diagnoses and devise well-coordinated treatment approaches.
• Collected blood, tissue, and other laboratory specimens and prepared for lab testing.
• Monitored patient condition by interpreting and tracking EKG readings, identifying irregular telemetry readings and updating team members on changes in stability or acuity.
• Maintained quality care and comfort for patients with heart failure, pulmonary hypertension, and other conditions.
• Provided exceptional care to high-acute patients needing complex care such as ventilator management, extensive wound care and rehabilitation.
• Managed quality care for patients with heart failure, end-stage renal disease and coronary artery disease.
• Provided didactic and clinical instructions to orient new nurses and potential student nurses to achieve training outcomes.
• Oversaw various aspects of telemetry by administering pa catheters and arterials, vasoactive drugs, titration, thrombolytic therapy, dysrhythmia interpretation, and chest tubes.
• Coordinated with healthcare staff from various disciplines to devise, carry out, and manage personalized care plans to benefit patient health and recovery.
• Conducted patient assessments, recorded vitals, and analyzed records and charts to define care requirements.
• Assessed and managed various patient treatments for numerous patient diagnoses from sepsis to acute respiratory distress.
• Trained and coached new employees on protocols and best practices to promote ideal patient outcomes.
• Worked with intubated and ventilated patients, monitoring and reporting on conditions to maintain stats within optimal levels.
• Utilized critical thinking skills to assess, plan and implement evidence-based patient care.
• Responded rapidly to critical codes to coordinate stabilization treatments and restore vital functions.
• Collaborated with interdisciplinary healthcare team to deliver optimal patient outcomes.
• Performed timely resuscitation and stabilization of acutely ill patients.
• Operated critical care equipment to keep patients stable and promote recovery.
• Managed needs of chronically ill and acute patients with well-coordinated treatment strategies.
• Completed diagnostic tests and patient assessments to evaluate treatment progress.
• Administered medications to treat patients' symptoms and address underlying disease progression.
• Protected critically ill patients from unnecessary risks by limiting visitors, using proper PPE, and using strong infection control procedures.
• Documented work in hospital system and updated patients' charts with orders and observations.
• Personalized bedside care and interactions based on cultural backgrounds of different patients.
• Counseled patients and families on treatments, care options and discharge instructions.
• Assisted patients to maintain current understanding of conditions and presentation.
• Cared for end of life patients and families.
• Cared for CRRT, Swan Ganz catheters, Covid pt's on vent. and Impellas, temp pacemakers, fresh MI's from cath lab, cardiac dysrhythmia's, cardiac arrest/hypothermia pt's, sepsis, resp. arrest, DKA.