Jessica Colin

• Streamlined nursing procedures for increased efficiency and improved

patient outcomes at level IV trauma facility.

• Served as a mentor to new nurses, providing guidance on best practices and fostering professional growth.

• Executed clinical skills such as IV insertion, IV insertion with ultrasound, wound care management, medication administration accurately and efficiently.

• Promoted continuity of care by effectively communicating with healthcare team members during shift handoffs and transitions of care.

• Managed high-stress emergency situations calmly, while prioritizing appropriate interventions for optimal patient outcomes.

• Utilized advanced assessment techniques; identified early signs of deterioration and intervening promptly, reducing potential complications.

• Medication administration via oral, IV, intramuscular, and rectal route; monitored responses.

• Assessment and triage of varying conditions immediately upon arrival, reviewing EMT reports, determining initial prioritization according to existing patient caseload at a busy level III trauma, 53-bed unit ER.
  
• Collection and interpretation of diverse clinical data including vital signs, lab results, wound progression.
  
• Managing the care of patients experiencing life-threatening problems requiring complex assessment, high intensity therapies and interventions.
  
• Managed care to patients with varying acuity levels including psychiatric.
  
• Care and maintenance of invasive monitoring of patients via arterial lines, PICC, central lines and artificial airways.
  
• Management of continuous drips such as vasopressors, insulin, antiarrhythmics, heparin, and narcotics.
  
• Intravenous and phlebotomy performed as needed for laboratory diagnostics, sedation and local anesthesia for wounds.
  
• Assists with cleaning wounds, managing bleeding, set fractures and removal foreign bodies as appropriate.
  

• Utilized critical thinking skills to make quick decisions in high-pressure situations, prioritizing patient needs and addressing emergent issues promptly.

• Performed various nursing interventions such as wound dressing, vital sign monitoring, and specimen collection.

• Administered medications via oral, PIV, and intramuscular injections and monitored responses.

• LDA insertion and management: urinary catheters, PIV, ART, central, PICC, and airway management lines.

• Complex care of patients: MIs, CVAs, Sepsis, DKA, Cardiac and Respiratory distress and resuscitation.

• Provided preceptorship, training newly hired nursing staff and sharing expertise insights improving overall performance team dynamics.

• Ensured the operating room was prepared with all necessary supplies, implants, instrumentation, and equipment, in accordance with the physician's preference card in the cardio-thoracic department.
  
• Prior to transporting patients from Pre-op to OR, identified the patient, reviewed with the patient the site and procedure to be performed and ensured the completion of the medical record, including and H&P.
  
• Assisted the anesthesiologist before, during and after cases as indicated.
  
• Adhered to established hospital safety requirements and procedures to ensure a safe, sterile working environment with utilization of the AORN guidelines.
  

• Managed critical care patients with complex medical conditions, providing compassionate care and support to families.
  
• Provided life-saving interventions during emergency situations, stabilizing patients and preventing further complications.
  
• Maintained strict adherence to infection control protocols, reducing hospital- acquired infections in the ICU setting.
  
• Conducted ongoing monitoring of vital signs, lab results, and diagnostic tests to promptly identify changes in patient conditions.
  

• Medication administration to assistant patients in addiction recovery, health assessments, urine and blood specimen collection.
  
• Patient education on safe and successful use of methadone or suboxone therapy to discontinue opiate use.
• Reduced medication errors through meticulous attention to detail in the administration process.
• Educated patients on potential side effects, enhancing their understanding of prescribed medications purposes and risks.
  

• Medication administration and reminders to residents, maintained accurate medical records and medication refills, and signed up new residents for services.
• Assisted supervisor with new facility set ups.
  

• Assisted residents with activities of daily living, personal hygiene, and social activities, medication administration, initiating and discontinuing intravenous lines, insulin injections, peg tube feeding, ostomy and wound care, and care plan implementation.
  

• Maintained accurate patient medical records by recording medical history, vital statistics and test results.
  
• Performed assessments and skills such as recording temperature, pulse, blood pressure readings, and injections.
  
• Handled patient pharmacy needs by phoning in prescriptions to preferred pharmacies and assisting with prior authorizations.
  
• Reduced opioid dependency by utilizing non-pharmacological interventions and alternative therapies for pain management.
  
• Collaborated with interdisciplinary teams to develop comprehensive pain management strategies for patients with chronic conditions.
  
• Improved patient satisfaction scores by consistently providing empathetic, compassionate care and addressing concerns about pain management.
• Coordinated referrals to specialists such as physical therapists or psychologists when necessary for comprehensive patient care plans.