Crystal Pippin

• Observed surgeon's body language, movements and demeanor during operations to anticipate needs.
• Kept optimal supply levels in treatment rooms, triage and other areas to meet typical patient loads.
• Communicated with healthcare team members to plan, implement and enhance treatment strategies
• Designed Surgeon Preference cards to facilitate more effective procedures with communication
• Adapted to fast-paced environment with 30 to 40 cases per day
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Professional Nursing Care to patients assigned to the Neuro Stroke Unit with a commitment to quality and safety. Following professional nursing practices and performing skills with accordance to hospital policy and procedures. Delivering safe and effective patient care as a staff nurse, preceptor, and charge nurse. Developing care plans based on individual needs to facilitate a safe discharge to decrease thirty day re-admissions to hospital.

• Quickly responded to situations impacting safety and security to unit, actualizing crisis prevention interventions to control and de-escalate situations.
• Conferred with physicians to discuss diagnoses and devise well-coordinated treatment approaches.
• Documented patient information obtained from interviews concerning symptoms, medications and prior treatment.
• Minimized hospital stays with recovery-centered approaches, reducing average in-patient stay length

Association of Peri-Operative Registered Nurse course enhanced nursing knowledge to delivery best practices for patients undergoing surgery. Gained valuable skills to circulate various procedures with Vascular, OBGYN, Orthopedics, General, ENT, and Eye surgeries. Trained new nurses along with leading the team as charge nurse. Worked closely with the emergency team to correlate a safe transition from a trauma to the operating room while preparing specific cases to meet the needs of the patient.

• Trained new nurses in proper techniques, care standards, operational procedures and safety protocols to optimize performance and safety.
• Provided effective bedside care to patients before and after procedures reduce concerns and provide comfortable and successful experiences.
• Kept optimal supply levels in treatment rooms, triage and other areas to meet typical patient loads.
• Collected, labeled and transported specimens and delivered to lab for testing.