Christina Woods

• Collaborated with physicians to quickly assess patients and deliver appropriate treatment while managing rapidly changing conditions.
• Educated patients, families and caregivers on post operative care.
• Provided direct patient care, stabilized patients and determined next course of action.
• Conducted regular audits of clinical practices related to infection control measures, identifying areas for improvement and providing targeted recommendations.
• Optimized environmental cleaning procedures, resulting in decreased transmission of pathogens within the facility.
• Identified and mitigated unnecessary infection risks through regular reviews and procedural assessments.
• Promoted a culture of safety within the healthcare facility by serving as a resource on infection prevention best practices.
• Conducted thorough investigations of surgical site infections identifying root causes, and implementing corrective actions.

• Prepared patients for surgeries in the main Surgery area, and floated to other surgical areas as needed.
• Took excellent care of patients after surgery and prepared them to go home by evaluating their readiness based on my nursing assessment and judgement.

• Managed care from admission to discharge.
• Provided direct patient care, to a 7-9 patient assignment, stabilized patients and determined next course of action.
• Implemented medication and IV administration
• Conferred with physicians to discuss diagnoses and devise well-coordinated treatment approaches.
• Administered medications and treatment to patients and monitored responses while working with healthcare teams to adjust care plans.
• Collected blood, tissue and other laboratory specimens and prepared for lab testing.

Passed medications for 17-30 patients, did patient treatments according to provider orders, informed providers of changes in patient's health, supervised CNA's, made daily decisions in plans of care based on patient conditions and priorities.

• Documented patient vitals, behaviors and conditions and communicated concerns to provider
• Assisted Active Duty airmen (flyers and Sere specialists) with their annual flight physicals, including eye exams
• Documented patient information obtained from interviews concerning symptoms, medications and prior treatment
• Provided basic patient care and treatment, such as administering EKG's assisting with minor procedures and dressing wounds
• Collaborated with the Flight Medicine team to improve processes to get Airmen back up flying as soon as possible

• LPN in busy Surgical office:
• Set up for, and assisted surgeons with in-office procedures
• Collected and processed patient specimens in a timely manner, communicated priority results to physicians quickly and accurately
• Collaborated with office team to keep physician schedules running smoothly and on time
• Maintained confidentiality of all patient information to conform to HIPAA, internal and other regulatory standards
• LPN in Employee Health:
• administered and logged immunizations for over 3000 employees
• Took medical histories and onboarded new employees (urine drug screens, immunizations, tb testing)
• Organized and ran the yearly flu shot clinics
• Assisted in biometric screenings for the hospital Wellness program

• Worked on Obstetrics unit
• Scrub nurse for C-sections
• Assisted RN staff with ruling out labor, pre-term labor
• Worked with physician and RN with vaginal deliveries
• Assisted with the front desk ( coordinating patient assignments with charge nurse, making patient charts, answering phone calls and call lights)
• Patient care for post -partum patients
• Provided newborns-first baths, hearing screenings, infant care
• Patient Teaching under RN supervision

• Managed patient care through closely monitoring respiration, blood pressure and blood glucose levels.
• Monitored, tracked and conveyed important patient information to healthcare staff to help optimize treatment planning and care delivery.
• Obtained patient vital signs and input/output measurements from inpatients.
• Cared for mother/baby couplets, as many as 5-6 couplets a day
• scrubbed c-sections when needed