DANIELLE GALLINA

Provide Emergency Department clinical nursing care to patients of any age group. Conducts triage while considering both physical and psychosocial elements. Quickly assesses incoming patients and prioritizes care based on need, available staffing and patient acuity.

• Administer medications and treatments, monitoring for reactions and side effects.
• Collaborate with multidisciplinary teams to deliver comprehensive, individualized patient care plans.
• Implement infection control protocols, maintaining a safe environment for all patients.
• Provide emotional support during critical situations, fostering a compassionate care atmosphere.
• Educate patients and families on health management, discharge instructions, and treatment plans.
• Perform assessments, lab draws, IV starts, EKGs, diagnostic procedures and maintain accurate medical records.
• Assist with moderate sedations and respiratory emergencies
• Teaches, onboards and mentors professional and paraprofessional nursing staff and assists with complex nursing and diagnostic procedures. Responds to all emergencies during the shift. Responsible for advanced cardiac life support code team management until arrival of physician or provider.

• Assess and treat respiratory, cardiac, neurological, psychological and abdominal symptoms in patients across the lifespan.
• Triage patients to determine priorities in care and determine appropriate nurse initiated orders (NIOs).
• Perform assessments, lab draws, IV starts, EKGs and diagnostic procedures and maintain accurate medical records.
• Safely administer medications and assess for efficacy.
• Assist with moderate sedations.
• Communicate effectively with patients and families to explain procedures, health teachings and discharge instructions.
• Always promote health and support to patients and families in coping with illness.
• Additional roles including: Charge Nurse, precepting new hires, graduates and student nurses.

• Worked as a Registered Nurse at multiple Emergency Centers, Telemetry Units and a Surgical Center.
• Adapted to new situations and work environments quickly without much guidance.
• Provided quality emergent care to patients across the lifespan with an array of illnesses.

• Charge Nurse responsible for army medics and EMTs in a six bed, Level I trauma center.
• Coordinated care of critically ill patients with the physician, specialty departments and Korean facilities.

• Charge and Staff Nurse for a 20 bed Telemetry Unit.
• Additional duties including: Acting Head Nurse, management of monthly and daily schedules for 54 staff members--both active duty and civilian nurses.
• Head Nurse that successfully implemented a ROTC, National Advance Leadership sick call clinic.

• LPN, Oncology and Outpatient Infusion/Observation Clinic, MAMC 1997-1998.
• Responsible for assessment and treatment of critically ill patients.
• Provided emotional support to patients and family members from onset of diagnosis until the end of life.
• Additional duties included blood transfusions and medication administration.