Elizabeth Szymborski
Traverse City,MI
Summary
Dedicated and seasoned RN with more than 30+ years of diverse experience in direct patient care, staff supervision and department operations. Skilled at multitasking and prioritizing patient needs and daily assignments while working as a staff RN/ Charge Nurse in the Emergency Department of a Level 1 Trauma Center located in Houston, Texas.
Overview
36
36
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification
Work History
RN, Emergency Room/RN/Charge Nurse
Memorial Hermann Hospital Texas Medical Center
05.1990 - 10.2022
- Enhanced patient satisfaction through effective communication, empathy, and timely response to their needs.
- Collaborated with interdisciplinary teams for comprehensive patient care plans, resulting in better health outcomes.
- Provided direct patient care, stabilized patients, and determined next course of action.
- Used first-hand knowledge and clinical expertise to advocate for patients under care and enacted prescribed treatment strategies.
- Provided skilled, timely and level-headed emergency response to critically-ill patients.
- Administered medications via oral, IV, and intramuscular injections and monitored responses.
- Improved patient outcomes by providing high-quality nursing care and implementing evidence-based practices.
- Trained new nurses in proper techniques, care standards, operational procedures, and safety protocols.
- Educated patients, families and caregivers on diagnosis and prognosis, treatment options, disease process, and management and lifestyle options.
Patient Care Technician
Memorial Hermann Hospital Texas Medical Center
09.1986 - 05.1990
- Monitored vital signs and reported changes to nursing staff, ensuring timely medical interventions when necessary.
- Assisted nurses with essential tasks, streamlining workflow and increasing efficiency in a healthcare setting.
- Enhanced patient satisfaction by providing compassionate and attentive care.
- Completed activities of daily living for patients unable to self-care, and assisted those with limited mobility in completing tasks.
- Helped patients with self-feeding and assisted feeding, based on individual needs.
- Provided high-quality personal care to patients, promoting comfort and dignity during their hospital stay.
Education
Associate of Applied Science - Nursing
Houston Community College
Houston, TX05.1990
Skills
- Hard Working
- Dependable
- Effective communicator
- Works well with others
- Ability to oversee staff
- Strong Clinical Judgment
- Coordinate patient care
Certification
- BLS - Basic Life Support
- ACLS - Advanced Cardiac Life Support
- PALS - Pediatric Advanced Life Support
- TNCC - Trauma Nursing Core Course
- ABLS - Advanced Burn Life Support
- NIHSS - NIH Stroke Scale Training
Timeline
RN, Emergency Room/RN/Charge Nurse
Memorial Hermann Hospital Texas Medical Center
05.1990 - 10.2022
Patient Care Technician
Memorial Hermann Hospital Texas Medical Center
09.1986 - 05.1990
Associate of Applied Science - Nursing
Houston Community College
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