Deborah Zufelt

Assisting Hospital departments to work through difficulties arising on scheduled shifts.

Plan utilization of oncoming staffing for next shift.

Assist in meeting supply needs for patients.

Take patient load as needed.

Assist in resolving customer service concerns.

Cared for patients in5-bed ER unit and 11 bed Med/ surg unit, supporting fellow nurses in delivering outstanding treatment to patients.

Effectively prioritized assignments, executing care based on each patient's relative condition and delegating tasks to available personnel deliver safe and efficient care.

Trained new nurses in proper techniques, care standards, operational procedures and safety protocols.

• Respond to emergency situations such as pre-eclampsia, early labor and fetal distress.
• Work closely with doctors in coaching pregnant women through childbirth and post-natal recovery.
• Coach new mothers with breastfeeding techniques, postpartum self-care and infant care to promote easier transition into motherhood.
• Assess infant health directly after birth using APGAR and monitored health for specified amount of time for any changes in status.
• Start intravenous fluids, administered medications and documented patient charts by recording food and fluid output and intake.
• Managed caseload of 6 patients simultaneously by providing bedside care, treatments, IV therapy and wound care.
• Educated patients and families on medical-surgical procedures, therapeutic regimens and pain management techniques.
• Managed patients' pain by implementing pharmacological and non-pharmacological pain management interventions.
• Used Healthland to document patient plan of care by taking into account nursing interventions, diagnosis and expected patient outcomes.
• Educated family members and caregivers on patient care instructions.
• Advocated for and strived to protect health, safety and rights of patient.

• Monitored up to 5 telemetry patients with 2 on cardiac medication drips
• Assisted Hospitalists/ cardiologists in monitoring patients assigned to chest pain unit, including notifying of lab results and medicating patients as needed.
• Precepted student nurses and oriented new hires, providing guidance and mentorship when teaching on hospital policies, emergency procedures and nursing best practices
• Updated patient charts with data such as medications to keep records current and support accurate treatments

• Primary worked on Orthopedic Unit and floated to med/surg, pediatrics, and postpartum
• Administered medications via oral, IV and intramuscular injections and monitored responses.
• Effectively prioritized assignments, executing care based on each patient's relative condition and delegating tasks to available personnel deliver safe and efficient care.
• Worked within interdisciplinary health care team to develop, implement and make adjustments to patient care plans, individualizing strategies and methods to improve health and meet recovery goals.
• Updated patient charts with data such as medications to keep records current and support accurate treatments.