GHADA ASKRI

• Evaluated healthcare needs, goals for treatment, and available resources of each patient and connected to optimal providers and care.
• Contributed substantially to successful department JCAHO accreditation by consistently operating to highest standards of care.
• Organized and managed care of patients undergoing various therapies and procedures.
• Oversaw delivery of care for patients on medical-surgical unit, providing direct care, delegating nursing assignments and supervising team comprised of nurses, LPNs, technicians, and unit clerks.

Pediatric Nurse Duties and Responsibilities

• Identifies changes in a child's signs and symptoms and intervenes in emergency situations
• Differentiates between normal and abnormal physical findings
• Participates in activities to manage a child's pain levels
• Serves as a child advocate
• Provides supportive care to dying children
• Evaluates a child for signs and symptoms of abuse
• Administers medication using age-appropriate guidelines
• Determines a child's needs related to pain management
• Analyzes situations to anticipate pathophysiological problems and detect changes in status
• Maintains privacy and confidentiality in nurse/child relationships
• Involves the child and family in the care plan and determines the child's needs based on a careful analysis of symptoms in relation to their growth and development
• Performs physical examinations, such as measuring vitals, taking blood and urine samples, and ordering diagnostic tests
• Explains to parents and families how to take care of their children and protect their health, including advising them on how to design their home for conditions such as paralysis and juvenile diabetes

• Assess patients condition before surgery
• Ensure that the Operating Room is prepared with all necessary supplies, implants, instrumentation, and equipment
• Keep the operating room sterilized
• Position the patient on operating table
• Pass medical instruments to the surgeons during operation
• Monitor patient’s vital signs
• Evaluate postoperative patients
• Reviews charts for completeness, in accordance with documentation protocols prior to and after the surgical procedure
• Adhere to all relevant health and safety standards
• Communicate with patients, teammates, and physicians to ensure continuity of care

• Checking and recording patients’ vitals before, during, and after dialysis treatment.
• Ensuring that hemodialysis and peritoneal dialysis treatments are administered to patients correctly.
• Monitoring patients during dialysis treatment to identify any adverse reactions.
• Preparing and updating nursing care plans.
• Promptly notifying the appropriate medical practitioner of any problems that occur during dialysis treatments.
• Working with the Dialysis Technicians to ensure that dialysis machines and equipment are set up correctly.
• Teaching patients and their family members how to operate home dialysis machines should they decide on home dialysis therapy.
• Educating patients on dialysis treatment options, kidney disease management, as well as suitable nutrition and exercise regimens.

• Change dressings, insert catheters, and start IVs
• Adjust specialized medical equipment as needed, as well as interpret and record measurements
• Monitor patients’ vitals and report adverse reactions to medications in a timely manner
• Collaborate on discharge planning with the healthcare team
• Answer questions and educate patients and their families on surgical procedures and post-surgery care
• Maintain and update patient files, medical charts, and health records
• Adhere to best nursing practices, standards, and protocols