Erna Badnjevic

Registered Nurse/Charge Nurse:

Provide clinical leadership and supervision for a 25-bed telemetry unit, ensuring safe, high-quality, and patient-centered care for patients with cardiac and medical conditions.

- Coordinate and oversee daily nursing assignments, staffing adjustments, and patient flow to optimize resource utilization, and maintain appropriate nurse-to-patient ratios.

- Experience with 1:6 ratios in primary RN nursing, along with providing care to patients in a team-based model with LPNs using a 1:8 ratio.

- Serve as a clinical resource and mentor to nursing staff, supporting professional development, effective communication, and evidence-based practice.

- Collaborate with interdisciplinary teams, including physicians, case managers, and ancillary departments, to facilitate timely admissions, discharges, and transfers.

- Monitor cardiac telemetry and ensure a prompt response to arrhythmias and acute changes in patient condition.

- Promote adherence to hospital policies, infection control standards, and regulatory requirements.

-Participate in quality improvement initiatives and staff education to enhance patient outcomes and unit performance.

Clinical Coordinator – Surgical Oncology (HPB)

Levine Cancer Institute, Charlotte, NC.

- Supported a multidisciplinary team of four HPB surgical oncologists in a high-volume outpatient clinic setting.

- Coordinated patient flow for new consultations, preoperative assessments, and postoperative follow-ups.

- Collaborated with surgical, medical, and radiation oncology teams to ensure seamless transitions of care, and timely communication of treatment plans.

- Managed scheduling, diagnostic testing coordination, and patient education to optimize clinic efficiency and satisfaction.

- Maintained accurate and detailed electronic medical records in compliance with institutional and regulatory standards.

-Served as a liaison between providers, nursing staff, and ancillary departments to support high-quality, patient-centered care.

- Motivated and monitored staff progress in achieving the unit's process improvement goals, such as decreasing falls, decreasing central line bloodstream infections, and decreasing hospital-acquired pressure ulcers.

- Upheld and demonstrated the unit culture by exhibiting a positive 'can-do' attitude.

- Coordinated patient assignments and ensured efficient utilization of staff.

-Addressed patient and family concerns, and determined solutions to maintain and improve patient satisfaction.

-Communicated up the chain of command with pertinent issues concerning patients and staff.

-Provided fair and safe assignments, and fairly assigned admissions according to acuity.

-Worked for brief period of time and returned back to my prior position due to pregnancy.

-Experience in managing multiple IV lines and infusions with intense, life-saving medical drugs..

-Provided and managed care for ventilated patients, established good relationships with residents, physicians and respiratory therapists.

-Experienced providing 1:1 care which involved running dialysis on your assigned patient

-Involved in and provided care for rapid responses and CPR’s through out the entire hospital.

-Administered critical care interventions to stabilize patients in life-threatening situations.

-Promoted a culture of teamwork and collaboration within the ICU department by actively engaging in constructive problem-solving discussions with colleagues.

-Conducted thorough ICU rounds with multidisciplinary team members daily, ensuring effective communication regarding each patient''s plan of care.

-Managed complex patient caseloads with varying acuity levels, effectively prioritizing care needs and allocating resources as necessary.

-Managed post-dialysis patients and monitored vital signs.

-Administered prescribed medications safely and effectively while closely monitoring potential side effects or adverse reactions.

-Quickly responded to situations impacting safety and security to unit, actualizing crisis prevention interventions to control and de-escalate situations.

-Analyzed telemetry readings, providing timely interventions for critical changes in patient status.

-Delivered high level of quality care to diverse populations while overseeing patient admission and triaging based on acuity and appropriate department admission.

-Provided compassionate end-of-life care for terminally ill patients while supporting their families during difficult times.

-Ensured patient safety through vigilance in infection control practices, falls prevention strategies, and medication administration protocols.