Eric Verité

• Responsible for creating individualized care plans for patients and working with medical professionals to come up with treatment and discharge options.
• Provision of compassionate, evidence-based, and efficient care to individuals, families, communities and patient populations.
• Working specifically with the adult oncology population, with a focus on hematological malignancies.
• Coordination of pre/post bone marrow and stem cell transplant processes and scheduling.
• Patient education specific to all aspects of oncology care, to include understanding of treatment regimens, importance of diagnostic testing and follow-up, and maintaining care alignment with patient goals of care.
• Improved patient outcomes by implementing evidence-based nursing practices and protocols

Acute neurocritical care in the inpatient setting to include:

• Continuous electroencephalogram (EEG)
• Intracranial pressure (ICP) monitoring
• Management of vasospasm related to subarachnoid hemorrhage
• Neuro-oncology care coordination
• Neurosurgery post-operative care coordination
• Neurorehabilitation care coordination
• Conducted neurological assessments at regular intervals, detecting subtle changes in clinical status that could signal worsening conditions or potential complications.
• Enhanced patient care by implementing evidence-based nursing practices and protocols.
• Reduced medication errors through meticulous charting and double-checking dosages.
• Collaborated with interdisciplinary team members for comprehensive patient assessments and treatment plans.
• Improved patient satisfaction scores by providing empathetic, compassionate care to diverse populations.
• Reduced incidences of hospital-acquired infections through strict adherence to infection control policies and procedures.

Role repsponsibilities:

• Providing care for patients in Hem/Onc Units.
• Working collaboratively to provide excellent care to patients and families in the safest environment.
• Gathered patient health data through interviews and observation, documenting data in electronic records.
• Performed various nursing interventions such as wound dressing, vital sign monitoring and specimen collection.
• Coordinated with physicians to perform bedside procedures such as intravenous injections, vascular line insertions & bone marrow biopsies.
• Monitored patients' conditions and reported changes in physical presentation, appearance and behavior to discuss treatment with physicians.
• Implemented medication and IV administration, catheter insertion and airway management.
• Informed patients and families of effective treatment options and at-home care strategies, enhancing long-term outcomes.

• Independently provided care in the inpatient BMT care setting for pre- & post-transplant, as well as CAR-T patients.
• Identified and managed care for treatment specific complications such as ICANS and CRS.
• Performed various nursing interventions such as wound dressing, vital sign monitoring, and specimen collection.
• Administered medications via oral, IV, and intramuscular injections and monitored responses.
• Educated patients, families and caregivers on diagnosis and prognosis, treatment options, disease process, and management and lifestyle options.
• Collected blood, tissue, and other laboratory specimens and prepared for lab testing.
• Implemented medication and IV administration, catheter insertion, and airway management.
• Monitored patients' conditions and reported changes in physical presentation, appearance, and behavior to discuss treatment with physicians.
• Monitored patient reactions after administering medications and IV therapies.
• Used first-hand knowledge and clinical expertise to advocate for patients under care and enacted prescribed treatment strategies.

Role responsibilities:

• Worked with the Providers to ensure all baseline clinical information, both diagnostic and therapeutic, was gathered together in a systematic fashion prior to the patients visit, working to ensure new patients were prepared for the testing, evaluation and potential outcome of the visits ahead of time.
• Collaborated with the Team Coordinators, Care Coordinators and Managed Care Coordinators to ensure all appropriate business related information was gathered prior to the visit, authorizations have been obtained and pre-registration had taken place.
• Collaborated with other members of the team to ensure that patient flow was expedited during clinical practice sessions.
• Ensured provider orders that resulted from new patient visits were recorded and executed. Worked to ensure that laboratory and other diagnostic findings were available to clinicians in a timely fashion after tests were performed, tracking post visit information flow to ensure plans of care were executed in a timely fashion.
• Ensured that when hospitalization was required; patients and family members had clear expectations surrounding the pre-hospitalization, hospital stay and post discharge period, troubleshooting any problems patients and their families may encountered in preparing for or during their hospital stay.
• Identified needs of patients through observations of disease symptoms, emotional state, cultural and socioeconomic background and response to medical regimen and treatment, using knowledge of the cognitive, physical, emotional and chronological maturation process.
• Assessed patient/family learning needs; including barriers to learning and the most effective teaching methods, implementing patient teaching utilizing all available resources.

Role responsibilities:

• Responsible for exercise of independent judgment in the direction, planning, coordination, implementation and evaluation of nursing care provided for patients with complex illnesses requiring outpatient chemotherapy, transfusions and infusion therapy.
• Responsible for the day to day operations of the Oncology and Infusion Therapy Services including management of personnel, direction of patient care and management of resources.
• Tasked with coordinating effective collaboration between medical staff, nursing staff, administration, and support services personnel.
• Responsible for the allocation, execution, and management of service line budget.

Role responsibilities:

• Provide direct nursing care in the inpatient setting, including appropriate supportive care and administration of chemotherapy, blood components, fluid and electrolyte replacements, and other oncology treatments as prescribed to a population of acute medical oncology patients with various solid tumor cancers, forms of leukemia, lymphoma, and multiple myeloma.
• Perform nursing assessments and triage of patient care needs for new and established patients.
• Provide education to patients, families, and significant others; acting as an information resource to health care professionals, peers, patients, and the public.
• Provide family support as required, including applicable referrals and bereavement counseling.
• Follow established departmental policies, procedures, and objectives, continuous quality improvement objectives, and safety, environmental, and/or infection control standards.
• Train and guide other nursing and support staff engaged in clinical activities; participating in research and related activities.

Role responsibilities:

• Safely administer chemotherapeutic agents to patients in the Cancer Care Center.
• Display clinical proficiency, including management and safe delivery of age-specific patient centered care (encompassing young adult to geriatric clients) through assessment, planning, implementation, and evaluation of overt and covert changes in clinical conditions of oncology patients in accordance with prescribed standards.
• Provide care and instruction to patients and families from a basis of specialized knowledge in oncology nursing.
• Plan and assigns work to unit support staff and professional nursing, as needed.

Role responsibilities:

• Assisted in the delivery of patient care through the nursing process of assessment, planning, implementation and evaluation.
• Directed and guided patient teaching and activities commensurate with licensure level and education.
• Generated and reviewed nursing care plans to ensure data collected and nursing diagnoses were appropriate and conformed with policy and procedures.
• Reviewed medical records to ensure nursing practice provided was within boundaries of state guidelines.
• Ensured all referrals for consultation, treatment or resolution of problems were valid and applicable to the documented nursing plans.
• Monitored the nursing service, ensuring the provision of progressive patient care plans, employing the total team approach including patient teaching and self-care.
• Assisted the DON to ensure that the technical and clinical skills of the nursing staff were current and functioned within the scope of their licensure.
• Facilitated therapeutic communication, conflict resolution and crisis intervention by redirecting negative behaviors and helping patients regain or improve coping abilities to prevent further disability.
• Taught patients how to improve lifestyle choices, dramatically reducing chance of symptom reoccurrence.
• Stabilized prisoners suffering from falls, stab wounds or other injuries prior to hospital transfer.
• Performed mental health evaluations when warranted and recommended patients to therapists.

Role responsibilities:

• Conduct planning of aerospace propulsion maintenance functions and activities.
• Inspect, maintain, test and repair aerospace propulsion systems, including jet engines and auxiliary equipment.
• Diagnose aircraft engines and determined appropriate repairs needed to correct such issues.
• Currently hold a 7-level skill qualification for performance of highly complex technical duties in addition to providing supervision.
• Responsible for the career development of all enlisted personnel under my supervision.
• Strive to achieve optimal performance and efficiency from subordinates and ensure the product or service is of the quality necessary for total mission effectiveness.
• Trained and instructed subordinates on aerospace propulsion systems and related maintenance tasks.