Heidi Ehlinger

• Worked Full-time 36 hours a week on day shift.
• Administered psychotropic medications, monitoring for side effects, effectiveness, and making adjustments as necessary to optimize treatment outcomes.
• Established rapport with patients from diverse backgrounds through empathic listening and culturally sensitive communication practices.
• Coordinated discharge planning with patients, families, and community providers to ensure continuity of care and successful transition back into the community.
• Educated patients and family members about medical conditions and mental health, medications, treatments and preventive measures.
• Conducted ongoing assessments to track patient progress, evaluate treatment effectiveness, and modify plans as needed to achieve desired outcomes.
• Performed frequent ongoing assessments of patients' status to address changes.
• Collaborated with multidisciplinary teams to ensure comprehensive care for patients with mental health disorders.
• Facilitated group therapy sessions to enhance social skills development, emotional regulation, and conflict resolution among patients with varying diagnoses.
• Documented in CPRS.
• Provided crisis intervention services during psychiatric emergencies, ensuring patient safety through effective de-escalation techniques.
• Came up with treatment plans and communicated with patients about options, medications and self-management.
• Increased quality of care by participating in ongoing professional development opportunities such as workshops, conferences, and online courses.
• Earned Highly Satisfactory on performance evaluation.
• Collaborated as general member on the Unit Patient Council.

• Worked Full-time 36 hours day shift.
• Managed patients in the Behavioral Intensive Care Unit.
• Performed Safety Rounds.
• Maintained therapeutic communication.
• Administered psychotropic medications per orders.
• Implemented Non-Violent Crisis Intervention.
• Educated patients and families.
• Precepted new staff.
• Acted as Charge Nurse for 3 nurses and 2 therapeutic program workers.
• Managed milieu.
• Handled inquiries and complaints from patients, parents and guardians regarding specific treatments and overall care.
  

• Conducted group therapy sessions for patients with psychiatric diagnoses.
Protected patients, consistently following safety procedures and information
restrictions.

• Maintained accurate records and charted consistently in EHR system.
Immunized patients against communicable diseases based on seasonal factors,
age or current transmission rates.

• Treated patients with mental health issues alongside multidisciplinary team.

• Contributed to quality improvement initiatives focused on enhancing patient safety, satisfaction, and overall experience within the psychiatric unit.
• Utilized evidence-based practice guidelines to inform clinical decision-making processes when caring for psychiatric patients.

• Worked Full-time day shift 36 hours a week.
  Cared for 5 patients on busy medical-surgical unit • with telemetry.
• Performed tracheostomy care.
  Cared for post-operative Head and Neck patients, Vascular patients, Podiatry,
  Burns, Urology and Plastic Surgery patients.
• Fast paced unit with many admissions and discharges.
• Educated families and caregivers on diagnosis, prognosis and treatment plans.
• Administered medication orally or through IV to facilitate care and healing.
• Collaborated with healthcare team to develop appropriate treatment options and advocate for patient needs.
• Utilized critical thinking skills to prioritize nursing interventions based on patients'' acuity levels and individual needs.
• Conducted thorough patient assessments to identify changes in condition, promptly notifying physicians and initiating appropriate interventions when necessary.

• Worked Full-time 36 hours a week day shift.
Cared for 6 Post-operative patients on busy 24 bed Organ transplant and medical surgical unit with telemetry.

• Worked closely with physicians, surgeons and nursing staff as part of unit team.

• Stabilized patients experiencing emergency complications and decompensations.

• Administered oral, IV and intramuscular medications as part of patient treatments.

•Managed direct care of patients, conducted assessments and documented care activities. Coordinated patient care and nursing workflows to manage high volume caseloads with available resources.

• Dressed, cleaned and redressed wounds for optimum healing.
• Maintained accurate records and charted consistently in EHR

system.

• Utilized critical thinking skills to prioritize nursing interventions based on patients'' acuity levels and individual needs.
• Conducted thorough patient assessments to identify changes in condition, promptly notifying physicians and initiating appropriate interventions when necessary.

Worked Full-time 32 hours a week on Adult inpatient floor with 20 beds.

• Utilized evidence-based practice guidelines to inform clinical decision-making processes when caring for psychiatric patients.
• Contributed to quality improvement initiatives focused on enhancing patient safety, satisfaction, and overall experience within the psychiatric unit.

• Obtained venipuncture specimens per orders.

• Performed rounds and safety checks.
• Implemented Non-Violent Crisis Intervention Techniques.
• Administered Psychotropic medications per orders.
• Acted as Charge nurse for 3 nurses and 2 therapeutic program workers.
• Assisted and encouraged patients with ADLs.
• Educated patients and families.
• Preceptorship of new staff.
• Conducted group therapy sessions for patients with psychiatric diagnoses.

• Worked Full-time 36 hours a week on flex shift.

Administered oral, IV and intramuscular medications as part of • patient treatments.
• Electroconvulsive monitoring unit observation per orders.
• Recorded changes in patient conditions and laboratory test results.

• Implemented treatment plans for acute and chronic conditions.
• Documented in Epic system.
• Monitored patients' cardiac rhythms.
• Perform NIH stroke assessment.

• Utilized critical thinking skills to prioritize nursing interventions based on patients'' acuity levels and individual needs.
• Conducted thorough patient assessments to identify changes in condition, promptly notifying physicians and initiating appropriate interventions when necessary.
• Collaborated with interdisciplinary teams to develop comprehensive treatment plans for complex patients with multiple comorbidities.

• Worked Full-time 32 hours days and evenings on 20 bed Adult Inpatient psychiatric floor.
• Managed milieu.
• Conducted group therapy sessions for patients with psychiatric diagnoses.
• Experience with Schizophrenia, Bipolar disorder, SAD, Personality Disorders, Dual diagnoses, Substance Abuse patients.
• Implemented Non-Violent Crisis Intervention Techniques.
• Administered Psychotropic medications as ordered.
• Acted as Charge Nurse for 3 nurses and 2 therapeutic program workers.
• Educated patients and their families.
• Education and preceptorship of new staff.
• Performed rounds and observation, ensuring safety at all times.
• Obtained venipuncture specimens for laboratory samples per orders.
• Documented in EPIC system.
• Enhanced therapeutic communication skills through active listening and empathy, fostering positive rapport with patients and families.