Ehjay Talatala BSN RN

• Streamlined patient documentation processes to enhance accuracy and efficiency in electronic health records.
• Conducted thorough assessments to identify critical injuries, ensuring timely interventions were executed.
• Experienced in monitoring ventilator settings, respiratory status, oxygenation, and patient response while recognizing and responding to ventilator alarms.
• Skilled in ETT care, suctioning, secretion management, oral care, and maintaining airway safety.

Neurological & Stroke Care: Strong experience caring for adult patients with complex neurological conditions, including ischemic and hemorrhagic strokes, seizures, and traumatic brain injuries, with a focus on comprehensive neurological assessment and early recognition of changes in condition.

Clinical Judgment & Prioritization: Demonstrates strong clinical judgment while managing multiple patients, prioritizing urgent needs, responding to changes in patient status, and coordinating timely interventions with the healthcare team.

Adaptability & Patient-Centered Care: Adaptable to diverse clinical environments through experience floating across hospital units and caring for medical-surgical, trauma, and orthopedic patients while maintaining safe, individualized, and patient-centered care.

• Operated under direction of licensed nursing professionals and pursued opportunities to learn new skills.
• Observed and communicated changes in patient's condition to registered nurse on duty.
• Observed medical procedures to advance nursing knowledge and prepare for more challenging experiences.
• Completed clinical work in different units to achieve degree standards and build nursing knowledge.
• Coordinated with healthcare team to establish, enact and evaluate patient care plans.

• Administered medications via oral, IV, and intramuscular injections and monitored responses.
• Performed regular rounds to check on well-being of patients.
• Actively sought and incorporated feedback from nursing mentors to continuously improve clinical skills and knowledge.

Recognized and reported abnormalities or changes in patients' health status to nursing staff for immediate assessment.

• Documented patient intake and dietary requirements and aided with feeding and monitoring.
• Managed and maintained patient rooms, shared-living areas and nursing stations.
• Obtained and documented vital signs, collected lab specimens, ambulated patients, and addressed concerns.

• Fostered relationships with patients, caregivers and healthcare teams to achieve individual care plan targets.
• Engaged with patient family and friends to provide courteous, efficient visit experience.
• Used mobility devices and Lift equipment to transport patients.
• Assisted patients with shaving, bathing and oral hygiene to promote healthy habits and overall wellness.