Giavanna DiGregorio

-Staff RN on a 45 bed medical-surgical/telemetry unit in a diversely populated metropolitan area.

-Caring for a wide variety of patients ranging from observation, pre/post-surgical and ICU/PCU downgrades.

-Providing quality patient care through thorough assessments, focus assessments, medicine administration, creating and implementing care plans, EHR documentation, wound care, assistance with activities of daily living, along with therapeutic communication and emotional support.

-Maintains training and clinical expertise in telemetry monitoring to recognize changes in cardiac rhythms to implement intervention for patient status improvement.

-Collaboration with interdisciplinary teams including physicians, case management, physical therapy, respiratory therapy and pharmacy to advocate and maximize patient outcomes.

-Nurse preceptor for newly graduated nurses, educating them on hospital policy and protocol.

Coordinated with nursing assistants during shift changes for report, prioritizing patient care.

-Assisting with safe patient transfers and utilizing a variety of assistive devices.

Secured patient environments to enhance safety measures.

Provided ADL assistance.

Responded promptly to call-lights.

-Obtaining vital signs and monitoring I/Os. Reporting out of range results to the primary RN.

-Training newly hired staff.

Identified fluctuations in patient conditions.

Applied departmental procedures to ensure reduced risks during patient care.

Ensured confidentiality of patient information.