Jessica Harrington

Assessing and monitoring patient conditions. Communicating effectively with patients, families, and providers. Educating patients and families about procedures, medications, and disease process. Safe medication administration and documentation. Medical documentation in EPIC. ACLS skills. Responding quickly and effectively in emergency situations. Caring for neurology patients including those with acute strokes, seizure disorders, TBI, and continuous EKG. Caring for telemetry patients including those on cardiac drips and telemetry monitoring. Caring for patients experiencing acute psychiatric emergencies. Care and maintenance of IV lines. Drawing blood off of and caring for PICC lines and midlines. Precepting new graduate nurses.

Assists client with self-administration of medications. Helps with house cleaning, meal preparation and laundry.

Observes and reports changes in client's condition. Follows specific care plans for clients. Assists with personal care needs of client such as bathing and dressing.

Assists with post-mortem care. Performs care in an end-of-life hospice setting. Performs care for clients with special needs.

Assisted in level 2 trauma center situations, CPR, and emergency procedures. Received direction and assignments from physicians and nurses, providing efficient support to optimize patient care. Responded quickly and calmly to emergency situations, providing life-saving measures when necessary. Collected basic samples, labeled specimens properly, and transferred to the laboratory for testing. Obtained STAT EKGs, blood glucose monitoring, and other necessary tasks. Worked in pediatric emergency settings. Assisted with post mortem care