Damika Harrison

• Document patient information acquired from intake questions including medical-surgical history, current medication list, prior relative treatment.
• Update and inform physicians of patient condition to help develop a solid plan of care
• Train new hires on the protocols and proper techniques for standards of care for interventional Radiology and Vascular patients
• Coordinate patient movement from inpatient units, and ancillary departments to the VIC while ensuring the outpatient cases are assessed, evaluated and prepared in a timely manner to help ensure on time case start times
• Help to develop training materials to improve onboarding processes for new team members.
• Coordinate team schedules to maximize resources and meet project deadlines effectively.
• Supervised day-to-day operations to meet performance, quality and service expectations (Key performance indicators).
• Developed strong working relationships with staff, fostering a positive work environment.

• Precepted new nurses, by providing guidance on unit functions and individual roles, hospital policies and procedures and nursing best practices
• Facilitated therapeutic communication, conflict resolution and crisis intervention by redirecting negative behaviors and helping patients regain or improve coping abilities
• Coordinated nursing care on unit via staff assignments, assisting and rounding with physicians, monitoring patient orders and communicating with ancillary departments

• Met with clients in their homes assessed the amount and type of care needed and assigned home health aids based on applicable experience.

• Provided client status updates to both physicians and family members.

• Utilizes excellent judgment skills and well-defined assessment skills in the ability to recognize true medical problems, conditions and emergencies
• Ensure medical stability of persons under the influence of chemicals and also referrals for person that have a chemical dependency
• Performs medical screening and examination of new intake inmates

• Administered medications and treatment to patients and monitored response while working with healthcare teams to adjust care plans.
• Educated patients and families on medical-surgical procedures, therapeutic regimens, and pain management techniques.
• Monitored hemodynamic variances to identify signs of life-threatening complications.
• Collaborated daily with health care team during interdisciplinary rounds while charge nurse to achieve optimum patient care.
• Precepted new nurses on unit and hospital policies, clinical skills, and direct patient care.

• Performed various nursing interventions such as wound dressing, vital sign monitoring, IV therapy initiation and maintenance and specimen collection.
• Effectively prioritized assignments, executing care based on each patient's relative condition and delegating tasks to available personnel deliver safe and efficient care.

• Utilizes assessment skills and techniques to determine patient needs and condition upon admission and on an on-going basis, responding appropriately
• Monitored patients' conditions and reported changes in behavior, physical and metabolic presentation to discuss treatment with physicians.