Gina Smith

• Provided comprehensive care services to a diverse patient population, including preventive care, chronic disease management, and acute illness treatment requiring lab work, in-depth diagnostics, and screenings for best treatment plans.
• Develop and implement treatment plan with physicians, advocating for and educating patients on medical and non-medical options and coordinating with other therapeutic disciplines.
• Interpret lab and radiology results to treat direct and complex medical conditions, manage medications, and guide progress with disease management and rehabilitation efforts
• Conducted thorough physical examinations, assessed patient symptoms, and formulated appropriate treatment plans resulting in improved health outcomes.
• Collaborated with physicians and specialists to coordinate patient care and implement evidence-based treatment protocols.
• Educated patients on disease prevention, medication management, and self-care techniques to support long-term health.

· Provide postanesthesia care to patients during phase 1 recovery.

· Monitor and observe vital signs while providing continuous patient assessment and airway management

· Monitor surgical sites for post-operative complications and mange post-operative pain

· Use of critical thinking skills to make competent clinical decisions in a fast-paced environment

· Monitor patients for condition changes and report any changes to the doctor

· Ensure that the all nursing activities are carried out in accordance to individual patient care plan

· Perform managerial and administrative functions, such as taking responsibility for the units staffing and throughput of patient care in the emergency department.

· Observe and monitor members of the health care team to ensure best practice techniques of nursing care are being provided to patients and their families.

· Monitor all aspects of patient care including vital signs, cardiac rhythms and symptoms to maintain consistency of care and report any changes in the patient’s condition.

· Coordinate and consult with the health care team members to assess, plan, and implement patient care.

· Consult with outside health care facilities to facilitate and coordinate the transfer of patients in and or out of Baptist Health Madisonville Emergency Department.

· Communicate with physicians concerning patient’s subjective and objective symptoms to formalize tentative diagnosis.

· Order, interpret, and evaluate diagnostic test to identify and assess the patient’s condition.

· Perform nursing skills, such as but not limited to, venipuncture, EKG recording and interpretation, IV access, IO access, and medication administration.

· Active team member of the unit based council committee, team leader for the Blue Jay Consultant Project.

· Recipient of the 2010 Daisy Award for extraordinary nurse