Irene Stadler

Teaching BLS CPR and assessing students' skills per American Heart Association's guidelines

Assessing, educating, and medicating patients. Providing wound care. Administering IV fluids IV antibiotics, IV Heparin gtts, per MD Order

School Nurse  duties (Medicating children, providing first aid , acute care, emergency care, doing  nursing assessments; writing nursing care plans, doing the Daily Tally, Monthly Report; ordering supplies; in general, managing the health suite)

Home visiting, client assessment, education, & referral

Assessing, educating, providing psychosocial care, & medicating clients. Visiting clients in the community for assessment.

Investigated animal bite cases, performed blood pressure screenings at Neighborhood Nursing Offices (NNO's) & health fairs, administered vaccines, including rabies vaccines, to Baltimore City residents & employees, & outside agencies, coordinated and participated in a multitude of employee health clinics for BCHD and outside agencies (Vaccine administration, venipuncture, specimen collection), made home visits, administered vaccines to Needle Exchange clients, taught Blood Borne Pathogens & CPR,  supervised FHS nursing staff employees, maintained attendance records, attended meetings, revised & prepared outdated vaccine protocols for Field Health Services/Generalized Nursing & submitted to MD for signature, resolved issues, questions, & concerns from doctors, medical facilities, & outside agencies.

Assessing patients, administering medications (including chemotherapy), monitoring I & O's,  implementing doctors orders, writing nursing care plans, performing IV catheter insertion & port-a-cath needle insertion & site care, performing wound care, writing nursing notes, monitoring patient labs, teaching CPR to staff

Staff nursing duties (Medication administration, chemotherapy administration, IV insertion, etc.) charge nurse duties (nursing assignments, coordinating admissions & discharges, etc.) (Also, CCU - Approximtely three months in 2003)