
Experienced nursing professional bringing demonstrated clinical expertise, leadership skills and technical knowledge. Proficient in updating charts, monitoring medications and working with multidisciplinary teams to optimize patient care. Quality driven and efficient with strong interpersonal skills.
Permanent Charge Nurse for 22 beds, 10 PCU beds and 12 med-tele beds.
Developed clinical staff with regular evaluations and annual feedback sessions.
Educated team members, patients, and family members on care plans, medical regimens, and protocols.
Scheduler for 80 + staff member
Participates in patients rounds and provide service recovery,
Assessed patient conditions, monitored behavior's and updated supervising physicians with observations and concerns.
Built strong relationships with patients and families for optimized care satisfaction.
Led staff meetings to keep informed and departmental changes and provide opportunities for nurses to share ideas and concerns.
Managed performance of 20 nursing staff, reviewing task completion, & prioritization.
Serving as fine liaison within department for the medical staff.
Participates in departmental committees which includes Fall, Skin, CritiCal Lab, Medical Review, Diabetes, Safety Coordinator & Unit speficic Audits.
Trained new nurses in proper techniques, care standards , operational procedures and protocols
Staff nurse for 60 skilled bed units, duties include total bedside care medication administration, care for patients with long term ventilator and tracheostomy tube
Assessed physical, physiological, physiologic, and cognitive status of patients.
Performed various nursing interventions such as wound dressing, vital sign monitoring, and specimen collection.
2023 Nightingale Nominees
Daisy Awards Recipient March 2018/May 2020
Employee of the Month March 2022
Nominated for 100 Great Iowa Nurses