Dana Baker

• Deliver safe, high-quality nursing care throughout image-guided procedures including biopsies, drainages, port placements, angiograms, and embolizations.
• Administer moderate sedation and reversal medications under direct physician supervision.
• Monitor cardiac rhythm via telemetry, assess sedation tolerance, and track procedural outcomes.
• Educate patients and families pre/post procedure; provide discharge planning.
• Maintain aseptic technique and manage infection control during port access and vascular interventions.
• Adhere to radiation safety protocols and collaborate with radiologists and technologists for seamless patient care.
• Administered medications via oral, IV, and intramuscular injections and monitored responses.
• Sustained quality standards by performing routine medication audits and upholding internal and industry best practices.

Psychiatric Residential Treatment Facility (PRTF)

• Provide nursing care and medication oversight in pediatric and adolescent behavioral health setting.
• Collaborate with psychiatrists, therapists, and social workers on individualized treatment plans.
• Monitor for medication effects, ensure safety, and provide crisis intervention as needed.

• Lead a team of 2 LPNs and 4–6 CNAs on a 72-bed long-term care and rehabilitation unit.
• Oversee admissions, care planning, medication administration, and staff scheduling.
• Ensure documentation accuracy, lead quality audits, and enforce infection control standards.
• Supervise daily operations, interdisciplinary coordination, and vaccination efforts.
• Conducted routine facility inspections, identifying areas needing improvement and eliminating hazards posed to staff and residents for continued compliance with associated regulations.