Carrie Ayers

• Provide critical care to patients with potential life threatening conditions.
• Observe patients, use advanced assessment skills, analyze data, communicate findings to healthcare team professionals.
• Proficient at hemodynamic monitoring, vasoactive, and inotropic drip titration.
• Train new staff to policy/procedures, work flow, and delegation.
• Excellent active listening, problem-solving, empathy, and effective communication to facilitate conflict resolution and find mutually beneficial solutions.
• Communicate goals and objectives that are compliant with current laws and patient goals.
• Improve quality and efficiency of level of care delivered to patients.

• Train, supervise, and support new staff members.
• Accountable for processing of inbound and outbound freight.
• Maintain accurate inventory control while preventing loss.
• Interaction with team and customers to support selling initiatives and provide great customer service.
• Assemble merchandise, operate cash register, forklift, and cardboard baler.

• Flexibility to work in different departments and take on tasks

assigned in each location

• Technology skills to use various medical equipment and software programs
• Resource for permanent staff

• Knowledge and Adaptability to serve as a flexible resource for nurses on a variety healthcare units.
• Swat Nurse: A resource nurse for all ICU/PCU/ER units

Float through all high acuity units to assist, advise, Code Blue Nurse, and lab draws for difficult patients.

• Excellent attention to detail and time management skills.
• Demonstrates flexibility and knowledge to care for diverse patient populations with varying acuities.

• Ability to work in a dynamic and intense environment that

requires excellent analytical and assessment skills

• Strong background knowledge on hemodynamics, arrhythmia management, pathophysiology, and pharmacology.
• Excellent technical skills such as intravenous management and ventilator care
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• Strong leadership and delegation skills

• Coordinates and communicates patient care needs for discharge planning in interdisciplinary care conferences and with members of the health care team.
• Knowledge of EVDs, ICP monitoring and treatment, care of patients with brain tumors, hemorrhages, CVAs, brain and spine surgery and trauma.
• Orient and train new nurses to policy, procedure, nursing skills, time management, and unit specifics.

• provide extended care to patients living with disabilities or suffering from progressive or chronic illnesses.
• Knowledge of use and care of long term IV access, feeding tubes, and wounds.
• Management and care of tracheostomies and long term ventilator patients.
• Precept and orient new nurses

• Supervise and delegate nursing assignments and care
• Assesses patient's condition, including biophysical, psychosocial and age specific needs.
• implements and evaluates patient care while performing nursing procedures to treat and rehabilitate patients.
• Maintained clear, concise, and accurate patient records.
• Track patient pain management plans, nutritional regimes, and changes in patient mental health behavior.