Emily Heberle

• Provided direct patient care, stabilized patients and determined next course of action.
• Managed care from admission to discharge.
• Taught patients how to improve lifestyle choices, dramatically reducing chance of symptom reoccurrence.
• Administered medications and treatment to patients and monitored responses while working with healthcare teams to adjust care plans.
• Evaluated healthcare needs, goals for treatment and available resources of each patient and connected to optimal providers and care.
• Advocated for patients by communicating care preferences to practitioners, verifying interventions met treatment goals and identifying insurance coverage limitations.
• Conferred with physicians to discuss diagnoses and devise well-coordinated treatment approaches.
• Organized and managed care of patients undergoing various therapies and procedures.
• 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.
• Implemented medication and IV administration, catheter insertion and airway management.
• Provided exceptional care to high-acute patients needing complex care such as ventilator management, extensive wound care and rehabilitation.
• Advised patients and caregivers of proper wound management, discharge plan objectives, safe medication use and disease management.
• Updated patient charts with data such as medications to keep records current and support accurate treatments.
• Trained new nurses in proper techniques, care standards, operational procedures and safety protocols.
• Reviewed post-operative orders and continuously monitored patients' post-operative vitals, set up PCA and fluids and oriented patients to unit.
• Monitored patient reactions to drugs and carefully documented findings.
• Collaborated with physicians to quickly assess patients and deliver appropriate treatment while managing rapidly changing conditions.
• Collected blood, tissue and other laboratory specimens and prepared for lab testing.
• Educated patients, families and caregivers on diagnosis and prognosis, treatment options, disease process and management and lifestyle options.

Worked with cardiac, wound, orthopedic rehab patients, some respite/hospice/LTC.

Worked with general medicine/surgery/tele for several years on the same unit. Floated to other units within the hospital system when the need was there to maternity, ICU, cardiac, (charge nurse on the newly renovated orthopedic unit) and ER.

Worked for a 30 year old quadriplegic/ventilated man in his parents home as a private duty RN. Ostomy, chronic SQ Dilaudid pain pump. Changed tracheostomy and tube feeds.