CYNTHIA M. KNEZICH

• Provide direct patient care MICU
• Work collaboratively with attending doctor; residents, staff to provide quality patient care and support staff
• Orient new staff to policies and procedures
• Expedite quality assurance program and collect data on patient trends and mortality indicators
• Secured charge nurse role on all shifts (D/E/N)
• Resource for staff; Wound care; Fall prevention; Chemotherapy
• Study coordinator for National Institutes of Health: SOLVD or studies of left ventricular dysfunction
• Administered medications via oral, IV, and intramuscular injections and monitored responses.
• Performed various nursing interventions such as wound dressing, vital sign monitoring, and specimen collection.

• Maintained personnel records and updated internal databases to support document management.
• Screened and transferred incoming calls, took down messages, and transmitted information and documents to internal personnel.
• Collected, validated, and distributed information to employees.
• Computerized office activities, maintained customer communications, and tracked records through delivery.
• Maintained personnel records and updated internal databases to support document management.
• Facilitated cross-departmental collaboration, resulting in increased efficiency and timely project completion.
• Implemented data-driven decision-making processes, leading to more informed business choices.
• Organized workflow and delegated tasks effectively to ensure timely project completion without compromising quality.
• Established an organized filing system that streamlined document retrieval and reduced misplaced files.

• Collaborated with physicians to quickly assess patients and deliver appropriate treatment while managing rapidly changing conditions.
• Administered medications via oral, IV, and intramuscular injections and monitored responses.
• Administered medications and treatment to patients and monitored responses while working with healthcare teams to adjust care plans.
• Provided direct patient care, stabilized patients, and determined next course of action.
• Educated patients, families and caregivers on diagnosis and prognosis, treatment options, disease process, and management and lifestyle options.
• Managed care from admission to discharge.
• Trained new nurses in proper techniques, care standards, operational procedures, and safety protocols.
• Reduced hospital readmissions through effective discharge planning, patient education, and follow-up care coordination.
• Enhanced patient satisfaction by providing compassionate, holistic nursing care that addressed physical, emotional, and spiritual needs.
• Streamlined medication administration processes for increased safety and accuracy during busy shifts.
• Collaborated with interdisciplinary teams to develop comprehensive treatment plans for complex patients with multiple comorbidities.
• Prevented the spread of infections by consistently adhering to strict infection control protocols and educating patients on proper hygiene practices.
• Assisted in the training and mentorship of new nursing staff members, contributing to a positive work environment and high-quality patient care.
• Improved patient outcomes by implementing evidence-based nursing interventions and individualized care plans.
• Proved successful working within tight deadlines and a fast-paced environment.
• Skilled at working independently and collaboratively in a team environment.

Expert IV insertion; PICC line assist; Central line management

• Communicated with healthcare team members to plan, implement and enhance treatment strategies.
• Responded to adult codes within medical system; expedited critical care for emergent patient populations
• Ensured quality vascular access standards were achieved; strong intervention skills
• Precept new/current employees; IV and central line care; CLABSI prevention
• Resource nurse: Instructed staff on current vascular access policies & procedures; current practice
• Infusion therapy nurse in areas of GI, MS, Anemia, Blood transfusion
• Documented treatments delivered, medications and IVs administered, discharge instructions, and follow-up care.
• Explained course of care and medication side effects to patients and caregivers in easy-to-understand terms.
• Self-motivated, with a strong sense of personal responsibility.
• Skilled at working independently and collaboratively in a team environment.
• Reduced complications through meticulous assessment of patients'' needs and appropriate catheter selection.

• Supervised students when administering medications to maintain patient safety.
• Assigned students to patients based on students' learning objectives and patient needs.
• Provided immediate and constructive feedback to students individually and as group.
• Instructed students on how to perform head-to-toe assessments on patients and how to intervene in medical emergencies.
• Provided nursing skill demonstrations for medication administration, dressing changes and clinical logs.
• Conducted clinical simulations and provided feedback for each individual student.
• Delivered individualized instruction on observation, assessment, decision-making and patient health teaching.
• Reduced complications through meticulous assessment of patients'' needs and appropriate catheter selection.
• Excellent communication skills, both verbal and written.
• Cultivated interpersonal skills by building positive relationships with others.

• Pre-operative, perioperative and post-operative care nurse
• Assure patient care; education provided to patient and family
• Procedure assist; cautery, scope, biopsy acquisition.
• Delivered high level of quality care to diverse populations while overseeing patient admission and triaging based on acuity and appropriate department admission.
• Provided skilled, timely and level-headed emergency response to critically-ill patients.
• Equipped patients with tools and knowledge needed for speedy and sustained recovery.
• Promoted patient and family comfort during challenging recoveries to enhance healing and eliminate non-compliance problems.
• Quickly responded to situations impacting safety and security to unit, actualizing crisis prevention interventions to control and de-escalate situations.

• Delivered high level of quality care to diverse populations while overseeing patient admission and triaging based on acuity and appropriate department admission.
• Provided skilled, timely and level-headed emergency response to critically-ill patients.
• Quickly responded to situations impacting safety and security to unit, actualizing crisis prevention interventions to control and de-escalate situations.
• Promoted patient and family comfort during challenging recoveries to enhance healing and eliminate non-compliance problems.

• Promote and sell Phoenix Dialysis Machines.
• Maintained nursing guidelines by writing and updating policies and procedures.
• Anticipated potential problems that may occur on shift and set shift priorities accordingly.
• Promoted patient's independence by establishing patient care goals.
• Completed patient care requirements by scheduling and assigning nursing and staff.
• Communicated with healthcare team members to plan, implement and enhance treatment strategies.
• Documented treatments delivered, medications and IVs administered, discharge instructions, and follow-up care.

• Collaborated with physicians to quickly assess patients and deliver appropriate treatment while managing rapidly changing conditions.
• Administered medications via oral, IV, and intramuscular injections and monitored responses.
• Administered medications and treatment to patients and monitored responses while working with healthcare teams to adjust care plans.
• Educated patients, families and caregivers on diagnosis and prognosis, treatment options, disease process, and management and lifestyle options.

• Collaborated with physicians to quickly assess patients and deliver appropriate treatment while managing rapidly changing conditions.
• Administered medications via oral, IV, and intramuscular injections and monitored responses.
• Administered medications and treatment to patients and monitored responses while working with healthcare teams to adjust care plans.
• Educated patients, families and caregivers on diagnosis and prognosis, treatment options, disease process, and management and lifestyle options.

• Collaborated with physicians to quickly assess patients and deliver appropriate treatment while managing rapidly changing conditions.
• Administered medications via oral, IV, and intramuscular injections and monitored responses.
• Administered medications and treatment to patients and monitored responses while working with healthcare teams to adjust care plans.
• Educated patients, families and caregivers on diagnosis and prognosis, treatment options, disease process, and management and lifestyle options.

• Supervise care for acute and chronic dialysis patients in ICU and outpatient setting
• Work collaboratively with nephrologist, social worker and dietitian to direct patient care
• Teach patients fluid management; electrolyte imbalance; dietary restrictions
• Provide highly skilled care for fistula; suture/staple removal and cannulation
• Provide highly skilled care for central lines; dressing changes; suture placement and removal
• Orient new staff to unit protocols and policy; delegation of work to team members
• Charge nurse responsibility with triage and acute patient management
• Advocated for and strived to protect health, safety, and rights of patient.
• Administered medications and treatment to patients and monitored responses while working with healthcare teams to adjust care plans.