ELASHABA OLIVER

• Collaborated with physicians to quickly assess patients and deliver appropriate treatment while managing rapidly changing conditions.
• Administered medications via oral, IV, and intramuscular injections and monitored responses.
• Administered medications and treatment to patients and monitored responses while working with healthcare teams to adjust care plans.
• Educated patients, families and caregivers on diagnosis and prognosis, treatment options, disease process, and management and lifestyle options.
• Provided direct patient care, stabilized patients, and determined the next course of action.
• Trained new nurses in proper techniques, care standards, operational procedures, and safety protocols.
• Evaluated healthcare needs, goals for treatment, and available resources of each patient and connected to optimal providers and care.
• Organized and managed care of patients undergoing various therapies and procedures.
• Advised patients of proper wound management, discharge plan objectives, safe medication use, and disease management.
• Monitored patient condition by interpreting and tracking EKG readings, identifying irregular telemetry readings, and updating team members on changes in stability or acuity.
• Participated in nursing simulation activities, evidence-based practice project implementation, and competency development to further nursing education.
• Managed quality care for patients with heart failure, end-stage renal disease, and coronary artery disease.
• Educated family members and caregivers on patient care instructions.
• Evaluated patient histories, complaints, and current symptoms.
• Communicated with healthcare team members to plan, implement, and enhance treatment strategies.
• Monitored patients recovering from medical or surgical procedures.
• Monitored patient reactions after administering medications and IV therapies.
• Provided skilled, timely, and level-headed emergency response to critically ill patients.
• Quickly responded to situations impacting the safety and security of the unit, actualizing crisis prevention interventions to control and de-escalate situations.
• Facilitated therapeutic communication, conflict resolution, and crisis intervention by redirecting negative behaviors and helping patients regain or improve coping abilities.
• Conducted ongoing monitoring and evaluations of behaviors and conditions, and updated clinical supervisors with current information.
• Performed frequent checks on life support equipment and made necessary adjustments to preserve optimal patient conditions.

• Venous blood collection and IV placement
• Obtaining blood from a PICC line and Implanted port
• Collaborated with physicians to quickly assess patients and deliver appropriate treatment while managing rapidly changing conditions.
• Administered medications via oral, IV, and intramuscular injections and monitored responses.
• Administered medications and treatment to patients and monitored responses while working with healthcare teams to adjust care plans.
• Educated patients, families, and caregivers on diagnosis and prognosis, treatment options, disease process, and management and lifestyle options.
• Updated patient charts with data such as medications to keep records current and support accurate treatments.
• Monitored patient condition by interpreting and tracking EKG readings, identifying irregular telemetry readings, and updating team members on changes in stability or acuity.
• Maintained quality care and comfort for patients with heart failure, pulmonary hypertension, and other conditions.

• Administered medications and treatment to patients and monitored responses while working with healthcare teams to adjust care plans.
• Updated patient charts with data such as medications to keep records current and support accurate treatments.
• Evaluated healthcare needs, goals for treatment, and available resources of each patient and connected to optimal providers and care.
• Advised patients and caregivers of proper wound management, discharge plan objectives, safe medication use, and disease management.
• Audited charts and reviewed clinical documents to verify accuracy.
• Contributed substantially to successful department JCAHO accreditation by consistently operating to the highest standards of care.

• Practice proper patient identification, in a high-paced environment
• Spoke with patient to gather information for lab records, reduce fear, or anxiety, and optimize cooperation.
• Decipher the best method for drawing blood depending on the specific patient.
• Collected blood samples using vacutainer tubes, tourniquets, syringes, butterfly needles, and straight needles.
• Labeled and transferred tubes and followed exact directions for handling and storing specimens for transport.
• Protected patients by following infection control, sharps disposal, and biohazardous waste disposal procedures.
• Stocked phlebotomy cart or carrier with appropriate supplies.

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