Judith Onstine

• Emergency Department charge nurse for 9 years.
• Member of Mass Casualty Disaster/Disaster team.
• Member of special pathogens team
• Member of the Excellence Council for 4 years

Provide total patient care in acute care setting. Including: triage, patient assessment, initiating and monitoring IV infusions, administering IM, IV and oral medications. Completing and documenting physician orders. Initiating paperwork for transfer of patients to a higher level of care via ground or flight EMS.

Registering Emergency Department patients into computer system. Entering billing information into computer system, receiving payments on accounts, answering and transferring calls. Helping ED staff when needed, including CPR.

Collection of blood via venipuncture. Receiving urine, stool, semen and other body fluid for processing. Specimen processing in outpatient setting. Cross trained to inpatient lab phlebotomy due to staffing shortage.

Phlebotomy. EKGs, wound care, CPR, urinary catheter placement, sterile field set ups, cleaning/stocking rooms and patient transport to inpatient floors and radiology. Assisted with sutures, splinting and pelvic exams. Anything else requested by nurses or MDs within my scope of practice.

Answer phones, order entry, sending results. I took a phlebotomy class at Methodist hospital while employed in this position then cross trained into phlebotomy. Also did phlebotomy in NUrsing home settings.

• Respond to and provide pt care to critically injured and ill patients om scene and during transport. Patient care during hospital to hospital transports to higher level of care facility. CPR, EPi Pen, defibulator and Combi-tube certified.
• Evaluated patient vital signs and status to determine care needs using pulse oximeters and electronic vital sign machines.
• Communicated with patients about pain, comfort, and needs during transportation and preliminary medical care.
• Evaluated patient histories to assess and prioritize levels of care.
• Controlled wounds and injuries en-route to hospitals, prepping patients for advanced treatments or maintaining conditions pre-arrival.