Heather Hoosock

Conduct nurse interviews reviewing patients medical and surgical history, medications, and healthcare needs. Providing preoperative patients with education regarding upcoming surgery. Chart review to make sure patient is optimized for surgery. Coordinating patient care with all departments involved in surgery. Multidisciplinary team member.

RN in busy emergency room. Integral part of a interdisciplinary team caring for a large diversity of patients. Responsible for triage, treatment and management of emergent and non emergent care. Managed transfers, admissions, state reporting, and referrals.

Collaborated with physicians to quickly assess patients and deliver appropriate treatment while managing rapidly changing conditions.

Registered Nurse in Post Anesthesia Care Unit, Ambulatory Surgical Unit and Outpatient Care Unit . Surgical patients consisted of Orthopedics, plastic, thoracic, vascular, trauma, ear nose and throat, GYN, cardiac, Urology, general, ocular, and neurology.  Floated to the ambulatory unit to perform preoperative and postoperative care. Floated to outpatient care unit where I managed infusions, recovered post cardiac catheter, pacemaker and ablation patients.