Dedicated and patient focused Registered Nurse with 24 years of supervision experience at Harris Hill Nursing Facility. Proven ability to lead nursing staff and ensure quality care, while providing compassionate rehabilitation, long term care and end-of-life support. Committed to enhancing patient outcomes through effective decision-making and collaboration with healthcare teams. Expertise in patient assessment and medication administration, along with compassionate care and reliability.
• Responsibilities include supervising a 192 bed skilled nursing facility, including long term care and rehabilitation units on the 11-7 shift.
• Ensuring quality care, managing schedules, and collaborating with other healthcare professionals to meet resident needs.
• Gathering information about a patient's health status through patient assessment and identifying potential problems, developing a plan
of care, notification of physicians on call, implementing orders and follow-up assessments
• Responsible for administering medications and treatment and providing hands on patient care. IV medication administration and blood draws through central catheters.
• End of life care, ensure comfort, dignity and emotional support to patients and family members. • Addressing patient concerns promptly by investigating issues thoroughly and collaborating with appropriate personnel to resolve problems efficiently.
Substitute school nurse for Alden Central School District, caring for primary, intermediate,middle and high school students on an as needed basis.
•Job responsibilities include delivering comprehensive nursing care for long-term patient care unit.
•Responsible for administration of medications and treatments, patient assessments, transcribing orders, developing and following care plans for ongoing quality long term care.
Registered Nursing Licensure #467996-01
CPR/AED certified