Carlene Russell

RN Pediatric Nurse Education Coordinator, OR RN, RN Care Coordinator, NICU RN, PCA

• Establish an effective relationship with patient and family
• Assess patient and family’s strengths and needs
• Provide family-centered plan of care for discharge
• Works in close collaboration with the involved providers on the care team
• Provides information and various resources to the patient and their family that helps with maintaining the optimal level of care for the patient after discharge
• Maintains knowledge of The Joint Commission, Medicare/Medicaid and other regulatory standards and requirements
• Reorder/Order medications/transcribe new orders in MAR
• Answer calls from physicians and patient’s family members
• Manage patient care and delegation to an LPN or PCA
• Chart patient care on shift and during surgeries
• Scrub and assist during surgeries with surgeons
• Complete treatments as ordered
• Vital Signs
• Assist in an emergent situation
• Insertion of PIV and urethral catheters
• Incident Reports
• Collaborated with physicians to quickly assess patients and deliver appropriate treatment while managing rapidly changing conditions.
• Administered medications via oral, IV, and intramuscular injections and monitored responses.
• Trained new nurses in proper techniques, care standards, operational procedures, and safety protocols.
• Collected blood, tissue, and other laboratory specimens and prepared for lab testing.
• Kept count of all surgical instruments and sponges used during operations and procedures.
• Collaborated with members of patients' healthcare team to deliver appropriate level of care.
• Monitored surgical patients and delivered quality level of care before, during and after operations to promote positive outcomes.
• Organized and managed care of patients undergoing various therapies and procedures.
• Assessed team members' workloads and pitched in to help in areas where need was most evident.
• Contributed substantially to successful department JCAHO accreditation by consistently operating to highest standards of care.

OR RN, Process Quality Improvement Charge, Charge Nurse

• 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.
• Trained new nurses in proper techniques, care standards, operational procedures, and safety protocols.
• Updated patient charts with data such as medications to keep records current and support accurate treatments.
• Organized and managed care of patients undergoing various therapies and procedures.
• Collected blood, tissue, and other laboratory specimens and prepared for lab testing.
• Contributed substantially to successful department JCAHO accreditation by consistently operating to highest standards of care.
• Collaborated with other healthcare professionals to provide quality patient care.
• Supervised and managed daily scheduling, tasking, and administration.
• Kept count of all surgical instruments and sponges used during operations and procedures.
• Collaborated with members of patients' healthcare team to deliver appropriate level of care.
• Assessed team members' workloads and pitched in to help in areas where need was most evident.