Freenea Stewart

• Managed staffing schedules, ensuring adequate coverage for all shifts while minimizing overtime costs.
• Led successful team comprised of RNs, LPNs, and ancillary staff.
• Assisted in the onboarding process for new hires, offering guidance and mentorship to help them acclimate quickly to their roles.
• Evaluated clinical competency of nursing staff through direct observation, feedback sessions, and periodic skills assessments.
• Facilitated open communication among team members by conducting regular staff meetings and encouraging feedback from all levels of personnel.

• Evaluated patient care processes to identify areas for improvement, implementing changes that enhanced overall patient outcomes.
• Coordinated staff training sessions to enhance clinical skills, promoting professional development among nursing staff.
• Oversaw daily operations of nursing department, ensuring adherence to safety and quality standards.
• Conducted performance evaluations for nursing personnel, providing constructive feedback to support career growth.
• Led staff meetings to keep team informed of departmental changes and provide opportunities for nurses to share ideas and concerns.
• Trained new nurses in proper techniques, care standards, operational procedures, and safety protocols.
• Managed staff scheduling and time off to adequately staff nursing floors and allow nurses earned time off.
• Supervised, directed, and motivated high-quality performance from nursing staff.
• Fostered open communication among nurses through regular team meetings, promoting collaboration and shared decision making
• Investigated and independently resolved complaints from staff, physicians, and patients by leveraging clinical judgment and unit management expertise.

-Established compassionate environment by providing emotional, psychological and spiritual support to patients, friends and families

-Work closely with all healthcare providers to facilitate and coordinate efficient, effective and quality healthcare

-Adapts to a rapidly changing work environment

• Supervised nursing staff, providing guidance and support to maintain high standards of patient care and safety.
• Facilitated patient admissions and discharges, streamlining processes to enhance patient flow and satisfaction.
• Trained staff on emergency response procedures, ensuring preparedness for any critical situations that may arise.
• Trained new nurses in proper techniques, care standards, operational procedures, and safety protocols.
• Coordinated nursing care on unit through staff assignments, assisting and rounding with physicians, monitoring patient orders, and communicating with ancillary departments.
• Conducted daily shift briefs to inform staff of changes in patient care assignments.
• Promoted a safe working environment by adhering to infection control policies and regularly reviewing safety protocols.
• Served as a liaison between nursing staff, physicians, and management, fostering open communication channels among all parties involved in patient care.
• Championed a positive work culture by recognizing exemplary performance from team members and addressing conflicts promptly when they arose.

- Care for critically or chronically ill cancer patients

-Administered chemotherapy, implement new methods of symptom treatment and monitor patients' progress

-Assess and monitor physical and emotional status

-Keep track of laboratory, pathology and imaging studies

-Collaborate with doctors and other clinicians about treatment plans

-Educate patients to understand the disease, treatment plan and possible side effects

-Help translate complex medical terminology and answer questions

-Help plan for and manage symptoms throughout treatment

-Managed schedules for adequate nursing coverage

-Determined areas of improvement to initiate change

-Mentored new team members to improve performance

-Develop a plan of care based upon the nursing assessment; include the coordination of other member of the healthcare team and discharge planning

-Determine which standard of care and practice apply to the patient; prioritize patient care based on new information

-Involve family or significant individuals in planning activities; manage time and resources for atypical patient assignment; oversee delegation of specifics of care plan to LVN and unlicensed personnel

-Implement plan of care; analyze situations and anticipate problems; perform therapeutic physician or nurse initiated interventions; evaluate and document patient responses to provided care; determine the impact of nursing improvement; educate patients and families

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• Provided direct patient care, including wound care and vital sign monitoring, to promote healing and recovery.
• Operated infusion pumps to deliver intravenous therapies, ensuring patient safety and comfort.
• Performed emergency response procedures, including CPR and airway management, to stabilize patients.
• Administered medications using automated dispensing systems to ensure precise dosage and timing.
• Utilized critical thinking skills to prioritize nursing interventions based on patients'' acuity levels and individual needs.