Diligent nursing professional with more than 15 years of experience in various healthcare roles, looking for the opportunity for growth in an environment I'm passionate about. A patient-focused individual bringing strong knowledge, experience, and clinical skills needed for the collaboration to provide excellent quality care to patients and their families.
Lead nurse of a 50 bed unit responsible for overseeing all patient care activities provided by lower level nursing staff. Coordinate medical & nursing care, as well as collaboration with physicians, families, social services, and other ancillary departments. Responsible for comprehensive assessments of new admissions, hospital return patients, & those with quickly deteriorating conditions. Medication administration. Ongoing care-planning.
Staff nurse on MICU/SICU unit. Provide compassionate care to critical patients exhibiting acute and chronic illnesses. Continually assess patients, monitor vital signs, and collaborate with physicians as needed to direct patient care. Pair with respiratory therapy to manage mechanical ventilator support. Administer medications via multiple routes. Provide basic patient care such as bathing and grooming. Maintain central and arterial lines. Delegate appropriate nursing care tasks.
Provided direct patient care, such as vein puncture, electrocardiograph, glucose monitoring, vital signs, skin care, comfort measures, and positioning. Assist with admission, transfer, and discharge, pre- and post-operative care, postmortem care, collect lab specimens.
Provide direct patient care, such as assisting with bathing, skin care, positioning, toileting needs, ambulatory and the safe transferring patients, assisting with meals, and post-Mortem care.
Assist with preparation of patient trays for varied diets. Clean and sanitize dishware.
Assisted in delivering and cleanup of patient trays. Safely fed residents and provided them with fresh water.