Paula Luhrs

Providing direct patient care in an 18 bed Emergency Department to pediatric and adult patients. General medical, surgical, cardiac, and trauma patients.

Instructed Certification Courses of ACLS; BlS; Trauma Care/TNCC

Certified in Emergency Care (CEN) 1991-2016

Certified in ACLS;BLS;PALS;TNCC current

• Used critical thinking to break down problems, evaluate solutions and make decisions.
• Evaluated healthcare needs, goals for treatment and available resources of each patient and connected to optimal providers and care.

Employed seasonally during the months of January through April as Contract RN working in various Emergency Departments each year, full time.

(2016 & 2017 I worked for Baycare out of Dunedin HomeCare. Assessments; direct care; IV therapy; Wound care and management; Professional collaboration/liaison

Taught Staff Nurses in Critical Care Areas within the hospital and to Staff nurses in a consortium of five hospitals in South Jersey, Critical Care Courses. Instructor in certification courses of BLS; ACLS; CEN; CCRN

(Began my own certifications in Critical Care

Nursing and in teaching in these same courses during these years)

1971-1972-Staff Nurse ICU

1973-1980-Nurse Manager ICU &CCU

1980-1983- Critical Care Instructor ICU & CCU

1967-1968- on Cardiac Telemetry Unit

1968-1971- in Intensive Care Unit

Care of Pediatric and Adult patients, cardiac;

Medical; Surgical; Trauma