Ester Robinson

• Provided education to patients and families about disease process and self-care management techniques.
• Collaborated with multi-disciplinary staff to improve overall patient care and response times.
• Administered medications and various vaccines and performed in-office labs and tests.
• Monitored changes in patients' medical conditions and made necessary adjustments in treatment plans according to physician's orders.
• Directed, supervised and evaluated medical, clerical or maintenance personnel.
• Communicated with patients with compassion while keeping medical information private.
• Reviewed relevant lab results in order to identify any significant changes that could affect the course of treatment.
• Conducted comprehensive assessments of clients' physical, psychological, social and environmental status; analyzed data to develop an appropriate plan of care.
• Provided case management services including assisting with referrals, authorizations, eligibility verification, and benefits coordination.
• Coordinated discharge planning activities for patients transitioning from acute or sub-acute levels of care to home or community settings.
• Collaborated with other healthcare professionals including physicians, nurses and therapists to coordinate optimal patient care outcomes.
• Assisted with developing short-term goals based on identified needs while working towards long term objectives established by the patient's physician.
• Assessed patient needs, developed individualized plans of care, and monitored outcomes to ensure effective delivery of health care services.
• Assisted physicians with patient care by taking vital signs, administering injections and performing other nursing duties.
• Followed rehabilitation and treatment care plans to accelerate patient recovery, minimize pain and optimize patient outcomes.
• Took temperatures or blood pressures, dressed wounds and provided other basic patient care or treatments.
• Assembled and used catheters, tracheotomy tubes or oxygen suppliers.
• Administered prescribed medications or started intravenous fluids, noting times and amounts on patient charts.
• Collected blood, urine or sputum from patients to perform routine laboratory tests.
• Performed routine laboratory tests including urinalysis, blood glucose monitoring and others.
• Developed individualized plans of care for each patient based on assessment data collected.
• Worked with social workers, physical therapists and speech therapists to assess patient needs, plan and adjust plans of care and actualize nursing interventions to promote and restore patient health.
• Charted changes in patient conditions and discussed concerns with supervising healthcare provider.

Supervise CNAs, Administered medications, Obtain vitals signs, weights and recorded, Document/chart. Perform feeding via gastro tube or NGT, catheterized patients, perform wound care, provide patient care,