Johanna Dougherty

• Administered medications and monitored patient vital signs to ensure optimal health outcomes.
• Collaborated with healthcare team members to coordinate patient treatment and improve care quality.
• Assisted in developing individualized care plans based on patient assessments and physician recommendations.
• Educated patients and families on post-treatment care, enhancing understanding of health management.
• Implemented infection control protocols, maintaining a safe environment for patients and staff.
• Mentored junior nursing staff, fostering professional growth and improving team performance.
• Conducted comprehensive assessments to identify changes in patient conditions, ensuring timely interventions.
• Improved patient outcomes by administering medications, monitoring vital signs, and documenting relevant information.
• Cared for wounds, provided treatments, and assisted with procedures.
• Assisted with admissions, appointments, transfers, and discharges.
• Documented accurate and complete patient information to address patient problems and expected outcomes.
• Demonstrated excellent technical skills in wound dressing changes, catheter insertion, and other routine nursing procedures.
• Managed patient care through closely monitoring respiration, blood pressure, and blood glucose levels.
• Managed time-sensitive tasks effectively under pressure while maintaining composure during critical situations or emergencies.
• Performed routine evaluations of each patient's status, needs, and preferences.
• Adapted quickly to changing patient needs, adjusting care plans accordingly to ensure optimal outcomes in diverse clinical scenarios.
• Administered controlled narcotics, and performed catheterizations.
• Gathered lab specimens, ordered testing, and interpreted results to diagnose patients.
• Used aseptic techniques to provide sterilized wound care and dressing applications.
• Advocated for patients' needs and preferences with healthcare providers, fostering patient-centered care.
• Conducted regular patient assessments to identify changes in health status, enabling timely interventions.
• Monitored patient reactions to medications and treatments, quickly addressing adverse reactions.

• Streamlined patient intake processes, reducing wait times and enhancing overall patient experience.
• Collaborated with interdisciplinary healthcare teams to ensure continuous quality improvement in patient care delivery.
• Demonstrated excellent technical skills in wound dressing changes, IV therapy administration, catheter insertion, and other routine nursing procedures.
• Facilitated efficient communication between patients, families, and healthcare providers to promote continuity of care across settings.
• Obtained patient vital signs and input/output measurements from inpatients.
• Administered controlled narcotics, and performed catheterizations.
• Provided compassionate palliative care for terminally ill patients while supporting their emotional needs during end-of-life stages.
• Evaluated patients to identify and address wounds, behavioral concerns, and medically relevant symptoms.
• Offered immediate assistance in emergency and routine paging situations to evaluate needs and deliver care.
• Assisted with feeding and monitored intake to help patients achieve nutritional objectives.
• Assisted physicians with diagnostic testing and procedural support for optimal treatment decisions.
• Delivered wound care and managed dressings, preventing infections and promoting healing.
• Enhanced patient recovery by providing compassionate care and closely monitoring vital signs.
• Administered medications and injections to patients.
• Monitored patient health conditions to report changes to assigned physician.
• Assessed patients' temperature, pulse, and blood pressure and recorded in electronic medical records.
• Reviewed patient history to verify conditions and current medications.
• Delivered emotional support to patients and families during challenging times.
• Helped patients complete bathing, dressing and eating.
• Took samples to complete diagnostic and routine assessment tests.

• Administered controlled narcotics, inserted IVs, and performed catheterizations.
• Comforted and counseled patients and families throughout the care process.
• Guided new nursing staff in best practices and procedures. to enhance professional development opportunities within the team dynamic.
• Collaborated with interdisciplinary team of healthcare and social service providers to address patients' needs through effective intervention and care planning.
• Took samples to complete diagnostic and routine assessment tests.
• Assessed patients' temperature, pulse, and blood pressure and recorded in electronic medical records.
• Monitored patient health conditions to report changes to assigned physician.
• Administered medications and injections to patients.
• Enhanced patient recovery by providing compassionate care and closely monitoring vital signs.
• Delivered wound care and managed dressings, preventing infections and promoting healing.

• Delivered wound care and managed dressings, preventing infections and promoting healing.
• Enhanced patient recovery by providing compassionate care and closely monitoring vital signs.
• Administered medications and injections to patients.
• Monitored patient health conditions to report changes to assigned physician.
• Assessed patients' temperature, pulse, and blood pressure and recorded in electronic medical records.
• Comforted and counseled patients and families throughout the the care process.
• Administered controlled narcotics, and performed catheterizations.
• Evaluated patients to identify and address wounds, behavioral concerns, and medically relevant symptoms.
• Provided compassionate palliative care for terminally ill patients while supporting their emotional needs during end-of-life stages.
• Facilitated efficient communication between patients, families, and healthcare providers to promote continuity of care across settings.
• Demonstrated excellent technical skills in wound dressing changes, Hypodermoclysis, catheter insertion, and other routine nursing procedures.
• Advocated for patients' needs and preferences with healthcare providers, fostering patient-centered care.
• Documented accurate and complete patient information to address patient problems and expected outcomes.

Well educated with insertion and care with Trachs, G-Tubes, Foleys, Wound Vacs, All types of Ostomies.

• Advocated for patients' needs and preferences with healthcare providers, fostering patient-centered care.
• Evaluated patients to identify and address wounds, behavioral concerns, and medically relevant symptoms.
• Assessed patients' temperature, pulse, and blood pressure and recorded in electronic medical records.
• Monitored patient health conditions to report changes to assigned physician.
• Administered medications and injections to patients.
• Enhanced patient recovery by providing compassionate care and closely monitoring vital signs.
• Delivered wound care and managed dressings, preventing infections and promoting healing.
• Administered controlled narcotics, and performed catheterizations.
• Reviewed patient history to verify conditions and current medications.
• Demonstrated excellent technical skills in wound dressing changes, catheter insertion, and other routine nursing procedures.
• Gathered lab specimens, ordered testing, and interpreted results to diagnose patients.
• Performed routine evaluations of each patient's status, needs, and preferences.
• Administered medications and monitored patient vital signs to ensure optimal health outcomes.

Fall 2010 - Spring 2012 SWIC RN Program

Fall 2007 - Fall 2008 Lutheran School of Nursing

Fall 2004 - Spring 2007 SWIC Prerequisites to the RN Program

• Dean's List - Fall 2004 - Spring 2007
• Honoree of Phi Theta Kappa