Christina Thompson

• Educated patients, families and new graduate nurses about medications and treatment instructions to facilitate continuum of care.
• Provided skilled, timely and level-headed emergency response to critically-ill patients.
• Promoted patient and family comfort during challenging recoveries to enhance healing.
• Used first-hand knowledge and clinical expertise to advocate for patients under care and enacted prescribed treatment recommendations.

• Provided skilled nursing such as phlebotomy, wound care, foley insertions, medication education and conducted home safety evaluations.
• Completed initial assessments of patients and family to determine and address individual home care needs. ·
• Advocated for patients by communicating care preferences to practitioners, verifying interventions met treatment goals and identifying insurance coverage limitations.
• Responded promptly and professionally to patient questions and concerns.

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• Coordinated and collaborated with a multidisciplinary team to provide quality patient care.
• Record and document patients vitals, administering medication or treatments when necessary.
• Challenged myself to become a relief charge my second year of nursing.
• Demonstrated leadership by aiding and training new nurses in proper techniques, care standards, operational procedures, and safety protocols.
• Quickly responded to situations impacting safety and security to unit, actualizing crisis prevention interventions to control and de-escalate situations.

• Provided friendly customer service all while remaining calm during periods of high volumes.
• Monitored food and refrigerator temperatures to maintain food safety and handling regulations.
• Completed successful daily cash audits to correctly balance drawers at end of shifts.
• Helped management keep adequate supply on hand by notifying of shortages.