Christina Pritchard

An administrative supervisor's primary responsibility involves staffing, including managing sick calls and ensuring the appropriate staff coverage for patients, but crisis management and patient flow and placement are also key responsibilities.

• Managed needs of chronically ill and acute patients with well-coordinated treatment strategies.
• Personalized bedside care and interactions based on cultural backgrounds of different patients.
• Worked with intubated and ventilated patients, monitoring and reporting on conditions to maintain stats within optimal levels.
• Responded rapidly to critical codes to coordinate stabilization treatments and restore vital functions.
• Operated critical care equipment to keep patients stable and promote recovery.
• Administered medications to treat patients' symptoms and address underlying disease progression.
• Counseled patients and families on treatments, care options and discharge instructions.
• Documented work in [System] and updated patients' charts with orders and observations.
• Coordinated with healthcare staff from various disciplines to devise, carry out and manage personalized care plans to benefit patient health and recovery.
• Assessed and managed various patient treatments for numerous patient diagnoses from sepsis to acute respiratory distress.
• Oversaw various aspects of telemetry by administering PA catheters and arterials, vasoactive drugs, titration, thrombolytic therapy, dysrhythmia interpretation and chest tubes.
• Conducted patient assessments, recorded vitals and analyzed records and charts to define care requirements.
• Trained and coached new employees on protocols and best practices to promote ideal patient outcomes.
• Guided and educated patients and caregivers on diagnoses, disease management, preventive measures, medication use and self-care to foster consistency in care administration.

• Obtained patient vital signs and reported results to staff nurse or physician, noting changes from prior measurements.
• Answered patient assistance calls, assessed needs and offered qualified support.
• Collected and transported specimens to prepare for lab testing.
• Monitored, tracked and conveyed important patient information to healthcare staff to help optimize treatment planning and care delivery.
• Maximized patient satisfaction by helping individuals carry out personal tasks such as dressing and walking.
• Helped patients maintain healthy skin by checking wounds, assessing integrity and bathing bedbound individuals.
• Supported patient admissions, discharges and transfers to promote team productivity.
• Organized and replenished unit supplies to maintain team readiness for expected demands.
• Responded to patient emergencies with immediate care and notified clinicians to provide comprehensive assistance.
• Assisted with feeding and monitored intake to help patients achieve nutritional objectives.
• Assisted nursing staff with respiratory, cardiopulmonary and physical therapies.
• Helped patients complete activities of daily living.