Krysta Owens

• Enhanced patient care by implementing evidence-based nursing practices and protocols.
• Streamlined nursing workflows for increased efficiency and improved patient outcomes.
• Collaborated with interdisciplinary teams to develop individualized care plans for patients.
• Support all members of staff and maintain a professional work environment.

Provide direct patient care at 3 Endoscopy Center's in Winston Salem and Kernersville.

Manage care of patients in the endoscopy centers from admission to discharge. This includes prepping the patient for the procedure, assisting the physicians in the procedure rooms, and recovering the patients in the PACU.

Also performed charge nurse/float duties.

• .Monitor and assessed patients in recovery room following surgical procedures.
• Collaborated with patients and healthcare teams to assess, plan, implement and evaluate custom care plans for each individual.
• Promoted quality of care by adhering to industry standards and measuring health outcomes against patient care goals and benchmarks.

Clinical Instructor for Senior Students.

Case Manager in the Surgical Intensive Care Unit and Medical Oncology Intensive Care Unit.

Assessment, planning, facilitation, care coordination, evaluation and advocacy for options and services to meet individual and families comprehensive health needs through communication and available resources to promote patient safety, quality of care, and cost effective outcomes.

Heart Failure Case Manager for the Special needs population.

Registered Nurse in the Critical Care Float Pool.

Registered in the Critical Care Float Pool for Forsyth Medical Center, Kernersville Medical Center, Thomasville Medical Center, Rowan Regional Medical Center.

Registered Nurse for Critical Care Transport. Provided patient care in the back of the ambulance with another RN for critically ill patients going from hospital to hospital.

Adjunct Clinical Instructor for Senior level students at Wake Forest Baptist Medical Center and Forsyth Medical Center.

Bedside nurse for a 30-bed Medical Intensive Care Unit. Acted in the role of Charge Nurse, Rapid Response Nurse, as well as precepting new nurse's.