Christa Apatey

• Managed care from admission to discharge. Providing direct patient care, stabilized patients and determined next course of action.
• Per form Physical assessment, evaluate healthcare needs, goals for treatment and available resources of each patient to ensure quality care, safety and comfort.
• Provide treatment and care interventions such as extensive wound care, ostomy care, blood and blood product administration, catheter insertion, airway management and rehabilitation.
• Update patient charts with data such as medications to keep records current and support accurate treatments.
• Educated patients, families and caregivers on diagnosis and prognosis, treatment options, disease process and management and lifestyle options.
• Collaborated with physicians to discuss diagnoses and assess patients and deliver appropriate treatment while managing rapidly changing conditions.
• Administered medications via various routes (IV,IM, SC, oral, topical , rectal ) to patients and monitored responses while working with healthcare teams to adjust care plans.
• Obtaining samples such as blood, urine, stool and swabs for laboratory investigations.

• Managed care from admission to discharge. Providing direct patient care, stabilized patients and determined next course of action.
• Per form Physical assessment, evaluate healthcare needs, goals for treatment and available resources of each patient to ensure quality care, safety and comfort.
• Provide treatment and care interventions such as extensive wound care, ostomy care, blood and blood product administration, catheter insertion, airway management and rehabilitation.
• Update patient charts with data such as medications to keep records current and support accurate treatments.
• Educated patients, families and caregivers on diagnosis and prognosis, treatment options, disease process and management and lifestyle options.
• Collaborated with physicians to discuss diagnoses and assess patients and deliver appropriate treatment while managing rapidly changing conditions.
• Administered medications via various routes (IV,IM, SC, oral, topical , rectal ) to patients and monitored responses while working with healthcare teams to adjust care plans.
• Obtaining samples such as blood, urine, stool and swabs for laboratory investigations.

· Created and implemented staff schedules and provided quality nursing care to patients.

· Enforced disease prevention protocols among staff members, patients and visitors.

· Answered questions and addressed concerns from employees promptly through email, phone and in person.

· Provided patients with direct nursing care during periods of department short-staffing.

· Created and integrated new nursing protocols designed to improve patient outcomes while minimizing medical errors.

· Participated in meetings with department heads to discuss census information, admissions and discharges for residents.

· Worked closely with store manager to maintain day-to-day operations.

· Distributed staff, assignments and resources to meet patient care needs in each unit, reduce overtime and cut costs.

· Maintained a safe and therapeutic environment and ensure quality care to all patients under my care.

· Providing nursing care such as physical assessment, medication administration, wound care, pre and post operative care and planning patients care using the nursing process.

· Supervise and educate junior staffs, liaise with other members of the health care team to ensure maximum care of patients under my care.

· Admission and discharge of patients.

· Distributed staff, assignments and resources to meet patient care needs in each unit, reduce overtime and cut costs.

· Maintained a safe and therapeutic environment and ensure quality care to all patients under my care.

· Providing nursing care such as physical assessment, medication administration, wound care, pre and post operative care and planning patients care using the nursing process.

· Supervise and educate junior staffs, liaise with other members of the health care team to ensure maximum care of patients under my care.

· Admission and discharge of patients.