Courtney Riecken

• Provide primary care for adult and geriatric patients in an inpatient psychiatric facility and short-stay orthopedic surgery center.
• Independently provide cross cover and perform patient admissions at community hospitals overnight; assess, diagnose, and treat complex patients with a variety of medical conditions, and facilitate transfer to high levels of care when necessary.
• Prescribe medications and treatments to manage acute and chronic illnesses.
• Conduct physical exams and interpret laboratory and diagnostic data in order to formulate appropriate, and individualized plans of care for each patient.
• Collaborate with ancillary staff and specialty services to ensure patients get appropriate, patient-focused inpatient care, as well as comprehensive discharge planning with appropriate follow-up and resources.
• Built trust and rapport with patients by listening to concerns, advocating for wellness and educating on acute and chronic health issues.
• Manage pharmacological and non-pharmacological treatment of various disorders and diseases.
• Prioritize preventative medicine and counsel patients regarding health promotion and disease prevention technique

• Provide comprehensive and compassionate care to hospitalized patients.
• Independently assess, diagnose, and treat acute and chronic medical problems in the inpatient setting.
• Reviewed laboratory results and diagnostic studies to formulate a plan of care for each patient.
• Documented all assessments and treatments within the electronic health record system.
• Prescribe medications, including controlled substances, as needed for appropriate treatment plans.
• Collaborated with multidisciplinary teams, patients, and their families to ensure optimal patient outcomes.
• Manage complex patients in a variety of medical and step-down ICU units, who require close follow-up and monitoring.
• Proficient in completing history and physicals on newly admitted patients, as well as completing daily rounds on already admitted patients.
• Prioritize education for patients and families on disease processes, treatments, medications, discharge instructions, and follow-up appointments.
• Facilitate goals of care and end-of-life discussions when applicable and appropriate, according to state regulations and hospital policies.
• Participate in daily interdisciplinary rounds to discuss patient care plans with attending physicians and other members of the healthcare team.
• Maintain an active knowledge of current clinical guidelines related to hospitalist nursing practice standards.
• Serve as a preceptor to train and educate students and onboarding advanced practice providers
• Obtained NIH and Trauma Nurse Core Course certification

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• Provided direct patient care in a fast-paced ICU setting, including physical assessments, administering medications, monitoring vital signs and providing emotional support.
• Proficiently cared critically ill patients with a variety of medical conditions including trauma related injuries and complications, stroke, sepsis, shock, surgical recovery and neurological conditions and emergencies
• Coordinated with physicians to implement individualized treatment plans for each patient.
• Performed CPR and other emergency procedures according to hospital protocols.
• Monitored intravenous drips, assisted with intubation and ventilator management.
• Served as Charge nurse- managed patient assignments, coordinated patient admissions, transfers and discharges, participated in multi-disciplinary rounds, responded to rapid responses and stroke alerts, and served as a leader and resource for the nursing staff
• Served as a preceptor who trained and mentored new nurses and students

• Provided direct patient care to patients in multiple critical care and progressive care settings including cardiac, cardiovascular, surgical/trauma, neuro, and medical ICU, as well as post anesthesia recovery
• Collaborated with other healthcare professionals to provide evidence based, holistic care to critically ill patients.
• Assisted physicians with bedside procedures including line insertions, intubation and chest tube placement
• Provided emotional support and compassionate nursing care to patients and their families during critical illness and the end of life decision making and process
• Managed advanced equipment such as the Artic Sun, balloon pump, CVVH, and ECMO while caring for critically ill, unstable patients
• Utilized Epic EMR for clinical documentation
• Strictly maintained HIPAA compliance and prioritized patient safety and privacy

• Provided care to hospitalized patients requiring dialysis services both in the dialysis unit and on a 1:1 basis
• Performed hemodialysis while closely monitoring the hemodynamic status of the patient
• Able to safely access and manage dialysis access, such as fistulas, grafts, and catheters.
• Collaborated with nephrologists and the hospital staff to provide the highest quality of care to patient's requiring acute or chronic dialysis
• Trained in plasma pheresis and CVVH management
• Trained in water safety, machine set up and appropriate cleaning techniques to ensure and maintain patient safety during and after dialysis
• Utilized Epic EMR for patient documentation

• Managed 1-3 patients in a critical care setting at a Level 2 Trauma center and stroke certified hospital
• Specialized in care of critically ill patients suffering from trauma, stroke, shock, organ failure and recovering from complex surgeries.
• Utilized McKesson EMR for patient documentation

• Provided direct patient care to 1-2 ICU patients requiring close monitoring and critical care management in a teaching hospital
• Experience caring for very ill patients with multiple co-morbidities and suffering from conditions such as liver failure, hepatorenal failure, pre and post organ transplant, GI bleeding, alcohol/drug withdrawal and pancreatitis
• Managed patients requiring multiple titratable drips, advanced medical equipment, and assisted physicians and residents with bedside procedures such as central line placement, paracentesis and thoracentesis
• Provided compassionate end of life care to patients and their families
• Frequently set up and managed CVVH machines and cared for patient's requiring this therapy
• Utilized Cerner EMR for clinical documentation

• Provided direct patient care and performed dialysis services to hospitalized patients requiring both acute and chronic dialysis treatments
• Independently performed hemodialysis, peritoneal dialysis, plasma pheresis, and set up CVVH
• Provided patient education regarding procedures and disease process
• Traveled to multiple inpatient facilities within the Fort Wayne area to perform dialysis services and collaborated with nephrologists and staff at each facility to ensure appropriate, safe, and individualized patient treatments.

• Provided direct patient care to patients in a cardiac/cardiovascular surgery step-down unit with a variety of cardiac conditions, including congestive heart failure, cardiac arrhythmias, renal failure, acute myocardial infarction, and post-cardiac bypass surgery.
• Independently interpreted cardiac rhythm strips and EKGs
• Provided patient and family education throughout the stay and at discharge regarding important lifestyles changes, medications, disease process, and follow up.
• Utilized Cerner for patient documentation

• Provided direct patient care to a diverse population of patients in a coronary medical intensive care unit from admission to discharge. This included patients with chronic and acute life threatening medical conditions including renal failure, respiratory failure, cardiac arrhythmias, acute myocardial infarction, cardiac arrest, liver failure, GI bleed, septic shock, substance withdrawal, and post coronary intervention management.
• Managed patients requiring mechanical ventilation, invasive hemodynamic monitoring, vasoactive drips, sedation, continuous renal replacement therapy, surgical drains, sheaths, catheters, and enteral nutrition
• Served as Code Team leader- utilized critical thinking and team work in emergent situations to care for patients requiring ACLS/BLS and other life saving interventions
• Acted as a preceptor to assist in training new staff and nursing students
• Served on the Education committee- helped encourage evidence based practice and participated in training staff and new hires on new equipment, practices, and protocols

• Performed nursing duties and direct patient care for patients on the telemetry floor and ICU under the supervision of a registered nurse preceptor
• Assisted with patient admissions, assessments, medication administration, activities of daily living and attended to overall patient needs

• Transcribed physician orders into the EMR
• Performed direct patient care on the telemetry/heart failure unit including performing vital signs, ADLs, and patient transfers
• Collaborated with nursing and other staff to meet the needs of each patient
• Completed basic dysrhythmia class and also served as a monitor tech, who watched telemetry monitors and reporting arrhythmias to nursing staff