Joslyn Jackovic

Intermediate Post Surgical Unit (medical/surgical)

February 2024-December 2024

• Collaborated with doctors and surgeons to develop and implement individualized care plans.
• Monitored vital signs and documented patient progress in electronic health records.
• Educated patients and families on treatment plans, medications, and post-discharge instructions such as maintaining drains at home.
• Assisted in training new nursing staff on procedures and hospital protocols.
• Conducted regular assessments to identify changes in patient conditions and adjust care accordingly.
• Learned prioritization of multiple patients.
• Expanded knowledge and skills that are needed to care for patients after general, thoracic, vascular, ENT, and urologic surgeries.
• Observed post surgical aspects of care from PACU to discharge.
• Handled chest tubes, jackson pratt drains, nephrostomy tubes, ostomies, foley catheters, suprapubic catheters, nasogastric tubes, penrose drains, and hemovacs while monitoring drainage output and complications.
• Performed daily care and suctioned tracheostomies (non ventilator) and laryngectomies.
• Served as a preceptor for nursing students and externs.
• Performed wound care and or daily dressing changes as ordered.
• Performed insertion of nasogastric tubes and foley catheters.

Critical Care Unit

December 2024-Present

• Conducted thorough patient assessments to identify changes in condition, promptly notifying physicians and initiating appropriate interventions when necessary.
• Assisted in the training and mentorship of new nursing staff members, contributing to a positive work environment and high-quality patient care.
• Collaborated with the critical care intensivists and interdisciplinary teams to develop comprehensive treatment plans for complex patients with multiple comorbidities.
• Served as a preceptor for nursing students during their clinical rotations, providing valuable real-world experience and guidance to foster professional growth.
• Provided support for patient's families during difficult medical decisions or end-of-life care, serving as a liaison between the healthcare team and loved ones.
• Managed patients recovering from medical or surgical procedures that require mechanical ventilation or an arterial line.
• Cared for intubated and sedated patients that are hemodynamically unstable.
• Assisted in intubations, central line and arterial line placements, bronchoscopies, respond to medical emergencies, rapid responses, and stroke alerts.
• Assist in transporting a mechanically ventilated patient on multiple drips to CT scan, MRI, interventional radiology, and cardiac catheterization lab.
• Manage drips such as sedation and vasopressors, and titrate them based on patient response.
• Trained in taking care of fresh post operative open heart patients and managing to wean them off the ventilator.
• Trained in continuous renal replacement therapy in unstable patients.
• Cross trained in PACU and recover patients from the OR.
• Performed insertion of orogastric tubes, esophageal or rectal temperatures probes, and flexiseals.
• Managed tracheostomies on the ventilator and performed daily care and in-line suctioning.