Colleen Hennessey

Develop and implement comprehensive care plans for a caseload of 30+ patients in collaboration with healthcare teams, ensuring optimal patient outcomes and quality of care.

• Conduct regular patient assessments to identify healthcare needs, establish goals, and monitor progress towards meeting objectives.

• Developed and implemented individualized health care plans for students with chronic illnesses or disabilities, ensuring their specific medical needs were met during the school day.
• Conducted health screenings and assessments for students, including vision and hearing exams, to identify potential health issues and provide appropriate referrals and interventions as necessary.

• Educated patients, families and caregivers on diagnosis and prognosis, treatment options, disease process, and management and lifestyle options.
• Monitored patient reactions to drugs and carefully documented findings.
• Collaborated with physicians to quickly assess patients and deliver appropriate treatment while managing rapidly changing conditions.
• Implemented and managed complex nursing interventions for post-operative transplant patients, ensuring optimal recovery and positive outcomes.

• Trained new nurses in proper techniques, care standards, operational procedures, and safety protocols.
• Provided direct patient care, stabilized patients, and determined next course of action.
• Administered medications and treatments as prescribed by physicians.