Carrie F. Beadnell

PACT Teams:

• Experienced user of CPRS, Vista and JLV
• Place successful consults for inter-facility and community care on a daily basis
• Place orders for lab tests, imaging tests, durable medical equipment and supplies
• Establish effective communication with Veterans and families as well as all members of the interdisciplinary team
• Able to work independently
• Assess and provide care for walk-in and scheduled patients
• Work closely with the health team to facilitate positive outcomes
• Utilized critical thinking skills to prioritize nursing interventions based on patients'' acuity levels and individual needs.

Float Pool:

• Trained in and worked in the following departments: 3B, Emergency Department, CLC1/CLC2, Domiciliary and Wound Care
• Utilized critical thinking skills to prioritize nursing interventions based on patients'' acuity levels and individual needs.
• Conducted thorough patient assessments to identify changes in condition, promptly notifying physicians and initiating appropriate interventions when necessary.
• Proficient with detailed patient assessments and computerized documentation
• Administer medications via all routes, monitor patient responses and carefully document all responses within prescribed times
• Proficient with IV insertion, maintenance and administration of fluids and medications
• Assist patients in recovery from medical procedures by providing wound care, monitoring vital signs and managing pain
• Maintain composure and efficiency during emergent and rapid response situations
• Perform wound care, dressing changes and suture/staple removal
• Perform clinical procedures including IV and Port access, urinary catheterization, nasogastric tube placement and maintenance, EKG testing and bladder scanning

• Independent with admissions and discharges
• Proficient with computerized documentation
• Managed patients recovering from medical or surgical procedures, including facilitating wound care, pressure ulcer prevention and pain management
• Thorough and accurate physical assessments
• Collaborated with interdisciplinary team to meet the patient's personal, physical, psychological and cognitive needs
• Interact with patient and family regarding Plan of Care education
• Supervised professional and paraprofessional nursing staff and delegated tasks to maintain continuum of care
• Administered medications and treatment to patients and monitored responses while working with healthcare teams to adjust care plans
• Foley catheter insertion and maintenance
• Phlebotomy and other specimen collection and preparation
• IV insertion and maintenance

• Triage RN- Assessed all patients arriving to the clinic and initiated care based on presenting signs and symptoms
• Order lab tests as instructed by the medical provider and communicate results to the patients,
• Delivered medications via all routes and monitored and documented patient responses
• Skilled with IV insertion, implanted port access and phlebotomy
• Performed 12-Lead EKG tests and reported results to medical provider
• Routinely test and analyze results for urinalysis, pregnancy, blood glucose, strep throat and influenza
• Collaborate with health team members to facilitate positive patient care outcomes
• Arrange and supervise patient transfers to the hospital via ambulance per medical provider instructions
• Assist MD with minor surgeries and procedures

• Self-directed and acts independently
• Administered medications accurately via all routes
• Conducted student vision and hearing screening tests
• Maintained and updated student immunization records
• Assessed and treated minor student and staff wounds and injuries
• Provided education for students and staff

• Expertly perform clinical procedures including IV and Port access, Phlebotomy, Urinary catheterization, Nasogastric tube placement and maintenance, 12 lead EKG, Restraint application and care
• Medication administration via all routes
• Frequently assessed patient condition, progress and medication side effects and reported findings to patient's medical provider
• Conscious sedation administration and monitoring of patient until fully recovered
• Administered blood products
• Assist Physicians with minor surgeries and procedures
• Collect blood, tissue and other laboratory specimens and prepare for testing
• Perform CPR and administer medications following ACLS guidelines