Gina Keklik RN

• Prepare patients for surgery and procedures. Tasks include IV starts, insert foley catheters, EKG's and IV drug administration.
• Created warm, supportive atmosphere to keep patients feeling safe and comfortable immediately before and after procedures.
• Evaluated patients to detect contraindications before anesthesia or scheduled surgery.
• Documented procedure plans, surgery notes and progress updates to facilitate communication among healthcare providers.
• Developed and executed daily goals and care plans for up to 26 surgical patients per day.
• Assisted families by answering questions, supplying general information and providing updates on patient progress.
• Communicated medical information and discharge instructions to patients and families to reduce return visits.
• Precept new nurses.
• Responsible for running our team lean board.
• Recover patients after various GI procedures, including colonoscopy, endoscopy, ERCP, TEE's and various Intervention radiology procedures.

Provided emotional support and guidance to new mothers and families during labor, delivery and postpartum.

• Coached new mothers with breastfeeding techniques, postpartum self-care and infant care to promote easier transition into motherhood.
• Responded to emergency situations such as pre-eclampsia, early labor, and fetal distress.
• Assisted physician during delivery, examination and surgical procedures by anticipating needs, encouraging patient, and attending to baby after birth.
• Supported physicians in both planned and emergency Cesarean section procedures.
• able to scrub and circulate for ob/gyn surgical procedures.
• Coordinated care of low and high-risk laboring women of childbearing age and immediate stabilization of newborn following delivery.
• Worked closely with doctors and midwives in coaching pregnant women through childbirth and post-natal recovery.

• Performed various nursing interventions such as wound dressing, vital sign monitoring, and specimen collection.
• Administered medications via oral, IV, and intramuscular injections and monitored responses.
• Assessed physical, psychological, physiologic, and cognitive status of patients.
• Monitored patients' conditions and reported changes in physical presentation, appearance, and behavior to discuss treatment with physicians.

• Developed and implemented comprehensive case management plans to address client needs and goals.
• Assisted clients in navigating housing, legal services and public benefits to gain access to valuable resources.
• Monitored clients' progress and tracked client services to provide crisis interventions.
• Coordinated services with other agencies, community-based organizations, and healthcare professionals to provide useful benefits to clients.
• Managed special accounts
• Responsible for hiring new case managers and managed a team of ten.

• 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.
• Supervised and managed daily scheduling, tasking, and administration.
• Administered medications and treatments to patients as ordered by physician, maintaining accountability for accurate narcotic count at end of each shift.
• Managed a 30 bed sub-acute unit.