Emily Olson

• Competency in the Emergency Severity Index with the ability to triage patients to appropriate care settings and initiate interventions according to patient stability
• Managed emergency department operations, ensuring efficient patient flow and staff assignments.
• Mentored new and student nurses, providing guidance on best practices and clinical decision-making skills.
• Collaborated with hospital leadership to develop strategies for addressing challenges specific to the emergency department setting.
• Member of the emergency department unit council

• Assessed and intervened for patients in a level 1 emergency department, addressing respiratory and cardiac emergencies, level 1 trauma activations, complex fractures, and ECMO initiation.
• Administered emergency care to patients, ensuring timely treatment and stabilization in high-pressure situations.
• Facilitated effective communication between patients, families, and healthcare providers during crises.

• Abbott Northwestern WestHealth Emergency Dept/Urgent care, Plymouth MN
• Spooner Health Emergency Department, Spooner WI

Delivered high-quality patient care in diverse clinical settings across multiple states.

• Conducted initial and ongoing assessments and interventions for emergency department patients in critical access setting, ensuring timely and appropriate care.

• Initiate conscious sedation for endoscopy procedures and monitor patient vital signs and sedation response to medication administered
• Assisted general surgeons during endoscopy procedures, ensuring patient safety and procedural accuracy.
• Prepared patients for inpatient and outpatient surgical procedures, performing IV placement and maintenance, educating on surgical expectations, and collaborating with families for post-op care.

• Education experience: Study abroad opportunity in South Africa and Namibia. Course work focus on dismantling racism and the apartheid era in South Africa.
• GPA: 3.51